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Join us for the launch party of our 2022 state election manifesto, and find out how you can get involved in the historic campaign to get the first socialists elected to an Australian parliament for almost a century. The Victorian Socialist Party established a variety of cultural activities and institutions to form a community of socialists. The obvious question is why? Our natural resources the minerals beneath the ground, the arable land, the forests, the water in our rivers have been handed to the highest bidder. Victorian Socialists, in particular, are the most zealous supporters of the trade union bureaucracy. SA ran a smaller campaign, standing in the Geelong seats of Lara and Geelong and the Melbourne seats of Pascoe Vale and Broadmeadows. Support for the two capitalist ruling partiesLabor and the Liberal-Nationalshas fallen to historic lows. Victorian Socialists was established in 2018 as an alliance of pseudo-left groups, but now functions as an electoral front for Socialist Alternative. Lots of people involved in the campaign are revolutionaries who are also involved in other socialist or activist groups like Socialist Alternative. 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Another articleWhat would a socialist do in parliament?written last month by Victorian Socialists candidate Colleen Bolger, likewise insisted that being elected would see a socialist standpoint injected into contemporary debates and would thereby help shift politics to the left.. In the 2019 federal election, VS ran candidates for the electorates of Calwell, Wills, and Cooper. Every dollar our supporters contribute will help us get the message of people before profit to as many Victorians as we can. The Victorian Labor government looks set to be re-elected in a landslide. Join us for a discussion of the Victorian Socialists manifesto and find out how you can help get the first socialists elected to an Australian parliament for almost a century. The Victorian Socialists (VS) stood in all 22 seats that cover the two Legislative Council (LC) regions of Northern Metropolitan and Western Metropolitan. [30][31], VS ran candidates in the west and north of Melbourne for the 2022 Victorian state election, reportedly mobilising over 1000 volunteers for its campaign and knocking on over 180,000 doors. As such, the party supports a platform that includes the reversal of historical privatization of industries, along with strong support for labour unions. Join the SEP campaign against anti-democratic electoral laws! [6] Formed in 2010, it describes itself as being "from the political centre". Watch David Norths remarks commemorating 25 years of the World Socialist Web Site and donate today. We will also collaborate in handing over to Victorian Socialists any of the positions or responsibilities that we have undertaken. [12][13], The 2018 election campaign gained support from several trade unions including the ETU, VAHPA, UFU, CFMMEU (MUA division), AMIEU and NUW. Britain had become the most powerful nation in the world thanks to its growing number of colonies, however, with the industrial revolution, urban . 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.. For example, Victorian Socialists propose not the expropriation of the banks but rather a state-based Bank Super-Profits Tax on the biggest five banks operating in Victoria at 20 percent of annual profits and the creation of a State Bank of Victoria that would supposedly lend according to criteria encompassing the interests of society as a whole.. In Western Metropolitan, it received3.76%. [4], The party was founded in 1906 in Melbourne as a merger of a number of older socialist groupings. How else could Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull get away with his disgraceful attack on the Sudanese community, blaming them for gang violence? 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. 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. We need to put essential services and infrastructure in public hands again where they can be used to benefit everyone, rather than just make profits for the few. It undoubtedly has contributed to the vote for socialists both where we are known as campaigners and also where socialist policies made sense to those who dont really know us so well.. A socialist looks to the past to establish two pat ism underlay their socialist ideas; as a consequence, class terns of development: first, to trace the fundamental mecha struggle and revolution played less of a role than statist re- nism of the development of the means of production which formism (Pierson 212-239). "So, how come the left is so divided?" we are routinely asked. ], Subscribe to Socialist Alliance & Green Left newsletters. Cameron remained its secretary until 1932, by which time the party was moribund. This corruption underscores the true character of the Labor Party as a state-financed and trade union-backed bureaucratic shell, operating on behalf of big business against the working class. We have to change things. Weve got to put politicians on a workers wage so that they live like the rest of us. Other outer suburban seats were similar to Broadmeadows, with swings against Labor going to the left and the right. Its not just about raising these demands. While Victorian Socialists showed great potential when it was formed in early 2018 and ran two big and exciting socialist election campaigns, it has not lived up to its promise to build a more united left. The party that might have tapped this sentiment The Victorians imploded a couple of months before the elections. Whether its the relentless attacks on trans people, the racist panics about boat people or African gangs or the attacks on Aboriginal sovereignty all of it is there to divide us and to distract us from the great robbery going on right in front of our eyes. I'm involved in Victorian Socialists because I think getting a socialist elected means they could play an agitational role. Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. On every issue, the maintenance of the bourgeois state and capitalist property relations is taken as a given, regardless of the global economic crisis. Establish a state bank offering low-interest loans on average mortgages. [2], The Victorian Socialist Party in 1905 was "unique among Australian political organisations for its explicit opposition to racism". Most recently this was on display after the transnational giant Knauf locked out workers at its plasterboard plant in Port Melbourne. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. The Victorian Socialist Party (VSP) was a socialist political party in the Australian state of Victoria during the early 20th century. [36] The party proposes the creation of a publicly owned electricity grid, along with increased funding for transportation, healthcare system and public education, while removing government funding from private schools who have more resources than is necessary to meet the Schooling Resource Standard. If the momentum on the Victorian Socialists Facebook page is anything to go by 1000 people were following it within two days it is not an exaggeration to say that this initiative has captured peoples imagination. Meanwhile investment into new fossil fuel projects continues, despite the pretence of a transition to renewables. 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. THE VICTORIAN AGE. The Victorian Socialists (VS) stood in all 22 seats that cover the two Legislative Council (LC) regions of Northern Metropolitan and Western Metropolitan. Cameron was an organizer from 1919 and edited The Socialist from 1920 to 1923. CEO salaries are up more than 40 percent in a year while living standards for everyone else are getting smashed. It is exciting to think about how effective this campaign could become. Left-wing independent Gaetano Greco received 14.38% in the seat of Preston and has a chance of winning the seat from Labor. Not all projects are perfect. We invite all who wish to build a stronger, more united left to support this endeavour as a practical step towards building the socialist movement we so urgently need. These groups have all either taken office or propped up the discredited existing establishment parties, in order to suppress working-class resistance to the austerity dictates of the global financial markets. Good condition in wraps, back cover missing front loose therefor. 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This shift is a revealing response to the deepening crisis of the entire Australian political establishment. 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Progressives need to support that campaign. In 2020, Socialist Alternative member Jorge Jorquera was elected as the Victorian Socialists candidate for Maribyrnong Council in Melbourne. [36] In addition, the party seeks to cap the pay of Members of Parliament at AUD $87,000 per year, equivalent to that of a six-year nurse. Its leading figure was Robert Samuel Ross, a talented organiser and journalist. 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. 1/3 2:16 1.9K views 1 47 85 Show this thread Interested in @vic_socialists's Tweets? [3] These included more mainstream activities such as "regular lectures on political topics, speakers classes, the writing and distribution of radical literature, and public protest" to more eccentric such as "dances, camps, bicycle riding clubs, choirs, a Sunday School for youth". VS out-polled the Greens in several outer suburban seats. Authorisation for electoral content by V. Miley, Suite 1.07, 22-36 Mountain St, Ultimo, NSW, 2007. For these reasons alone, any readers living in the Northern and Western Metropolitan Regions of Melbourne should vote Victorian Socialists in both houses - and encourage others to do the same. Receive updates about our campaigns and events. Bolton received 4.48%in the seat of Pascoe Vale, while the VS candidate (at the top of the ticket) received5.36% giving a combined socialist vote of 9.84%. The party was founded in 2001 as an alliance of various socialist organisations and activists. Founded in February 2018, it is an electoral alliance of various socialist parties, organisations, community groups and trade unionists. Chartism, Social Agency, and the Victorian Novel, . Authorisation for electoral content by V. Miley, Suite 1.07, 22-36 Mountain St, Ultimo, NSW, 2007. Its policy proposals on various issueshousing, healthcare, education, public transport, etc.amount to reformist thin gruel. The Freedom Party, Angry Victorians and similar far-right parties scored less than 2% of the vote where they ran. London: Trinity Trust. Vic Soc is organised by Socialist Alternative (Cliffite Trotskyists) and other socialists. They both have good socialist policies. Victorian Socialists is a campaign to get a socialist elected. Jagdish Patel from the Monitoring Group met with Prof Satnam Virdee to speak about his book 'Racism, Class and the Racialized Outsider'. The 'socialist imperialists' were in the clear majority after 1900. Hug them tightly. Winning a seat in the Victorian parliament cannot turn around years of attacks and marginalisation. What to expect The Victorian Labor government looks set to be re-elected in a landslide. Contents History Australian Socialist League Socialist Labor Party [2] By 1921, after the foundation of the Communist Party of Australia, the then secretary Robert Ross advocated a eugenicist stance, stating to 'keep your races pure'. Legalise Cannabis looks like winningthreeLC seats. Like most socialists, the party initially welcomed the revolution, but by 1920 democratic socialists such as Ross had become critical of the Bolshevik regime. Check out some of our events here. Leadership aspirants said they would reverse that. Most VSP members were also members of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), or later became members. Join the discord community at http://abolish.capital, Press J to jump to the feed. As a young man, he changed his name to Cain when he converted from Roman Catholicism to Anglicanism, though very little else is known about his childhood. The climate emergency gets worse every year as mass extinction events and irreversible biodiversity losses put our future in jeopardy. With the departure of Socialist Alliance from their ranks, their party looks very different to the one which almost won an Upper House seat in the 2018 State Election. From last December, Andrews used his previous popularly supported association with the 2020 lockdown in Melbourne, which eliminated local virus transmission, in order to work with then Liberal-National Prime Minister Scott Morrison and New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet to scrap nearly all pandemic safety measures. 10 Above all, Victorian Socialists work to divert the rising opposition within the working class from developing into a politically conscious movement against Labor and the unions, and the capitalist order they defend. VS was formed as an electoral alliance between the Trotskyist Socialist Alliance, the Trotskyist Socialist Alternative and Councillor Jolly himself who has been a Trotskyist activist since well before he moved to Australia from the UK in the early 90s. 2019 federal election, VS ran candidates for the electorates of Calwell, Wills, Cooper. 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