Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. The Victorian Socialists (VS) stood in all 22 seats that cover the two Legislative Council (LC) regions of Northern Metropolitan and Western Metropolitan. The Socialist Alliance passes resolution that Labor'sIndigenous Voice to Parliament will be another token gesture, unless the government is forced by a strong popular movement to take real measures towardsFirst Nations justice. [29], Members of the party are involved in activist campaigns for a range of progressive causes. The Freedom Party, Angry Victorians and similar far-right parties scored less than 2% of the vote where they ran. Around half of those were Church of England, with Presbyterians and Methodists being the next two largest . Victorian Socialists, in particular, are the most zealous supporters of the trade union bureaucracy. Socialist Alternatives preparedness to use its numbers to restrict the democratic participation of independents in the Victorian Socialists means that Socialist Alliance does not believe that our continued participation in the project can be effective. If the group publishes the US state department narrative on China and Russia, you'll be able to note an example of controlled opposition, willing or not. Socialist Alliance councillor Sue Bolton will run with Steve Jolly and Colleen Bolger on the Victorian Socialists ticket in the November Victorian state election. Authorisation for electoral content by V. Miley, Suite 1.07, 22-36 Mountain St, Ultimo, NSW, 2007. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. They're slightly bigger in Geelong and have had to bus out Geelong members to campaign for things. We will also contest the City of Greater Geelong Council elections. We recognised then that in any new collaborative effort it is important to retain the political strengths of existing groups, and that this can be a challenge to balance against developing more united structures. Contents History Australian Socialist League Socialist Labor Party Jolly has been a long-time councillor on Yarra City Council, one of the local government areas included in the Northern Metropolitan seat. VS aims "to put politicians on a worker's wage so they live like the rest of us" and "to get socialists into parliament who will fight to make workers richer and billionaires poorer".[5][6]. In July 2022, VS Assistant Secretary and 2022 state election candidate Liz Walsh was the organiser of large demonstrations in Melbourne, protesting the overturning of abortion rights by the United States Supreme Court, as well as calling for expanded access to abortion and increased healthcare funding in Australia. The anti-conscription campaign was arguably the first time that women entered the public stage in Australia in a significant way in their own right. As such, the party supports a platform that includes the reversal of historical privatization of industries, along with strong support for labour unions. A faction of the VSP hoped to "bore from within" and win the ALP for socialism. The Victorian Socialists serve a definite function, in seeking to channel workers and young people who are attracted to a socialist perspective, back behind the political establishment. They both have good socialist policies. Engaging in a combination of grassroots activism and electoral politics, Socialist Alliance currently has two elected officeholders across Australia, all of whom serve on the local government level. It is exciting to think about how effective this campaign could become. The Victorian Socialists began as a collaboration between Socialist Alternative, the Socialist Alliance, and individuals not aligned with either group. Sign up Get Involved There are lots of ways to get involved with Victorian Socialists in 2023. [2], The Victorian Socialist Party in 1905 was "unique among Australian political organisations for its explicit opposition to racism". Jagdish Patel from the Monitoring Group met with Prof Satnam Virdee to speak about his book 'Racism, Class and the Racialized Outsider'. In 2020, Socialist Alternative member Jorge Jorquera was elected as the Victorian Socialists candidate for Maribyrnong Council in Melbourne. No new gas or coal. The party achieved a vote of 4.2% in the Northern Metropolitan Region while achieving 7.2% of the vote for the lower house seat of Broadmeadows, in a field of four candidates.[19][20]. Vic Soc is organised by Socialist Alternative (Cliffite Trotskyists) and other socialists. There is so much that can be done to fix this state, if only it were run in the interests of workers, migrants, Indigenous people and the poor. A ghost is haunting the United States the ghost of socialism. ], Subscribe to Socialist Alliance & Green Left newsletters. [25][26] Socialist Alternative member Jorge Jorquera became the first Victorian Socialists candidate to be elected to office, winning a seat on the Maribyrnong City Council. Socialist Alliance Councillor Sue Bolton at a refugee rights rally. Whichever group rejects this new round of war propaganda against China and Russia (which we have seen before, over and over, targeted at lots of nations over the years) which only serves the violent expansionist plutocrats give them your spare dollarydoos, or at least your spare time. Spence) advocated the Land Plan, others, after the rejection of the third Petition in 1848, were attracted by Christian Socialism, co-operative associations and trade unionism. THE VICTORIAN AGE. Socialist . Candidates included the former Geelong Trades Hall Secretary Tim Gooden for the Western Victoria Region and local councillors Stephen Jolly and Sue Bolton for the Northern Metropolitan Region. He was born John Kane in Greendale, Victoria in 1882, as one of 18 siblings. Socialist Alliance makes ambitious plans at its 17th National Conference Socialist Alliance delegates discussed global and domestic political developments and decided on directions and campaign priorities at its 17th national conference. It represents not a left-wing opposition to the capitalist political establishment, but rather a vehicle for a privileged layer of the middle class, especially within sections of academia and the union apparatuses, to join it. Under business-as-usual politics, its divide and conquer. Nahui Jimenez, 26 Victorian Socialist Lower House Candidate for Brunswick. Seats that recorded big votes for VS were: Footscray, where Maribyrnong councillor Jorge Jorquera won9.77%; Broadmeadows(8.37%); Greenvale (7.15%); Brunswick(8.24%); Northcote (6.76%); Preston(6.28%); Laverton (6.36%); and St Albans(6.78%). The obvious question is why? Receive updates about our campaigns and events. By running as a candidate, Bolton can harness support from anti-racist, Islamic, First Nations and disability activists. Recent decisions have shown that Victorian Socialists is not open to allowing any groups of independents, for example, to develop its political life outside of elections. The Liberal Democrats and the Derryn Hinch Justice Party did not win a seat. Founded in February 2018, it is an electoral alliance of various socialist parties, organisations, community groups and trade unionists. It allows us to build unity by working together on a campaign. The Victorian Socialists office is located on the traditional lands of the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation. Former political party in Victoria, Australia, 1951 Australian Communist Party ban referendum, "Parliament of Victoria, Legislative Assembly election results for 29 December 1908", "Solidarity Forever, by Bertha Walker - Chapter 2, Tom Mann", Communist Party of Australia (MarxistLeninist), Pensioner and Citizen Initiated Referendum, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Victorian_Socialist_Party&oldid=1084120241, Defunct political parties in Victoria (Australia), Short description is different from Wikidata, All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 22 April 2022, at 17:18. As at November 2020, the party had one elected representative, Jorge Jorquera, a Councillor on Maribyrnong City Council. We will also collaborate in handing over to Victorian Socialists any of the positions or responsibilities that we have undertaken. "So, how come the left is so divided?" we are routinely asked. KERRYN PHELPS: Why Independents are the teal deal ], Subscribe to Socialist Alliance & Green Left newsletters. Victorian Socialists was established in 2018 as an alliance of pseudo-left groups, but now functions as an electoral front for Socialist Alternative. Our Policy Platform | Victorian Socialists Our Policy Platform The billionaires have had it too good for too long. The Victorian Socialists office is located on the traditional lands of the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation. Establish a state bank offering low-interest loans on average mortgages. 27 febrero, 2023 . Sue Bolton, Socialist Alliance (SA) Merri-Bek councillor and Pascoe Vale candidate, toldGreen Left that socialists received significant votes. The Treasurers values-based capitalism looks like it will include cuts to public spending, greater private investment, cuts to services and greater upfront costs. Most VSP members were also members of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), or later became members. The Victorian Socialist Party ( VSP) was a socialist political party in the Australian state of Victoria during the early 20th century. He played a key role in the community-led campaign to stop the East West Tunnel and, more recently, supported the Carlton and United Brewery strikers. ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref. Join the discord community at http://abolish.capital, Press J to jump to the feed. CEO salaries are up more than 40 percent in a year while living standards for everyone else are getting smashed. "The labour movement's championing of democratic rights and improved standards of life has so altered the Australian environment as to make Bolshevism inapplicable," he wrote. The ruling elite in Washington is seeking to shore up its global hegemony through military force. Authorisation for electoral content by V. Miley, Suite 1.07, 22-36 Mountain St, Ultimo, NSW, 2007. Despite the party labelling itself Marxist, "the Party's socialism in reality involved a loosely integrated body of ideas, largely British in origin or form". Capitalism is destroying the planet and all life as we know it We need a climate revolution, Your donation will help our campaign for ecosocialist system change. It is running candidates in the Geelong region for the seats of Geelong and Lara as well as the seats of Broadmeadows and Pascoe Vale in Northern Metropolitan Melbourne. Leadership aspirants said they would reverse that. Which is more active? I'd preference both above lab/lib/greens. Authorisation for electoral content by V. Miley, Suite 1.07, 22-36 Mountain St, Ultimo, NSW, 2007. That means taking the power back and building a society that looks after working people and those who have been left behind. Disgraced former Labor MP Adam Somyurek, who ran for the Democratic Labour Party, is predicted to win the last spot in the Northern Metropolitan region. The working class must have a political voice, which the Australian ruling class is seeking to stifle with this legislation. In a 2021 article, the organisations secretary Corey Oakley declared: Imagine if we had had a socialist in the Victorian parliament this last year. Victorian Socialists would have had a voice in the mainstream debate defending Dan Andrews from all the lunatic attacks from right-wing elements, while claiming to challenge him from the left.. After a conversation in which we try and put 150-odd years of struggle into its historical context, they inevitably respond with: Yes, but dont you think youd be able to fight the right better if you were bigger and stronger?. The 1920 second congress of the Communist International, in a resolution drafted by Leon Trotsky, explained: Activity in parliament consists primarily of revolutionary agitation from the parliamentary rostrum, unmasking opponents, and ideological unification of the masses, who, particularly in areas that lag behind, are still prejudiced by democratic illusions and look to the parliamentary rostrum. Ross's two sons, Lloyd Ross[6] and Edgar Ross, however, both became prominent Communist Party members. In this, the outfit is seeking to emulate other pseudo-left organisations internationally that it has previously promoted, including Syriza in Greece, Podemos in Spain, the Democratic Socialists of America, and the Corbynite wing of the British Labour Party. 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