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. Sue Bolton, Victorias only other socialist councillor is the second candidate on the ticket. Subscribe to Socialist Alliance & Green Left newsletters. Socialist Alliance has been on the decline for a long time, particularly in Melbourne. But it would help champion progressive ideas in a mainstream way. Labor has underestimated just how difficult this cost of living and housing affordability crisis is for so many working people. Justice demands that the crimes committed against First Nations people - many of which are ongoing - be addressed, not simply with words, but with deeds. But Victorian Socialists do not even pretend to advance a program for workers globally. 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. That motion called on Victorian Socialists to: develop its organisational structures and sustain a more active membership. 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 woman question the victorian debate about gender summary. 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. 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. 8vo. Reform Acts. The Victorian Socialist Party (VSP) was a socialist political party in the Australian state of Victoria during the early 20th century. Jimenez is a Mexican-Australian who joined the Campaign Against Racism and the Socialist Alternative when she moved . But despite the whinging of the mainstream media, this will be no victory for the left. Nevertheless, the combined votes of the far-right parties were substantial in Eastern Victoria Region (20.8%); the Northern Victoria Region (20.02%); and the Western Victoria Region(19.8%). Labors vote continued to drop in working-class areasthe result of decades of imposing the dictates of the corporate elite at the expense of the jobs and conditions of workers and their families. Now were paying for it as the energy companies squeeze us for every cent. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. Members who were later prominent included John Curtin (Prime Minister of Australia 194145), Frank Anstey (a federal Labor MP 191034), Maurice Blackburn (a federal MP 193443), Don Cameron (a Senator 19381962), Fred Katz (a Senator 19471951),[1] and John Cain (three times Premier of Victoria). The main reason the Alliance left Victorian Socialists is because their only real claim to fame is having a councillor elected and if they had stayed, they wouldn't be able to really justify their existence. The Sustainable Australia Party (officially registered as Sustainable Australia Party - Stop Overdevelopment / Corruption ), formerly the Sustainable Population Party, is an Australian political party. We acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded and pay our respects to elders past, present and future. The Liberal Democrats and the Derryn Hinch Justice Party did not win a seat. 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. Now however, abstentionism has given way to its opportunist mirror-image, parliamentary cretinism, i.e., the desperate attempt to secure seats in parliament on a reformist, non-socialist program. Whichever group wants to bring the troops home from adventures in murdering foreigners for the profit of the ruling class, and wants to make peace with nations which want to be independent of US imperialism hug them. Receive updates about our campaigns and events. Socialist Alliance participated in the founding of the project because we felt that it could be a step towards a bigger and more united left, beginning with an electoral alliance. There are lots of ways to get involved with Victorian Socialists in 2023. The party that might have tapped this sentiment The Victorians imploded a couple of months before the elections. John Cain was the 34th Premier of Victoria. 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. 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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But the Daniel Andrews government barely sustained a graze, while the very vulnerable combined African community has been left reeling and open to further attack. 2016 US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: The 2016 US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION contest between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton revealed much more than just a presidential winner, it exposed how the Marxist MAINSTREAM MEDIA mob -- and the LEFT-WING PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL followers of SOCIALISM and COMMUNISM that politically control the media, attempted to sway the election in favor of Clinton because she . 00:51. 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. "Imagine if we had had a socialist in . Even though Socialist Alliance aren't able to properly campaign for all of the council wards they're running in, they have put up candidates to compete with Victorian Socialists who could have actually won some of those. But, even then, there were signs that the project may have a limited scope, as Socialist Alternative, the party with the greatest numbers participating, rejected proposals to invite other socialist groups to join. The ABCs election analyst Antony Green is predictingthat the Animal Justice Party will keep an LC seat in Northern Victoria. Reasons Fiona Patten is unlikely to retain her LC seat. What are the main differences between these parties? Victorian Socialists is a campaign to get a socialist elected. . 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Meanwhile investment into new fossil fuel projects continues, despite the pretence of a transition to renewables. [2], The VSP did not primarily contest parliamentary elections, seeing itself mainly as a force for socialist education in the wider Labor movement. [7] However, Socialist Alliance withdrew from the grouping in May 2020, citing disagreements with Socialist Alternative. The micro-party's volunteers have knocked on more than 10,000 doors in the inner-suburban seat of . By running as a candidate, Bolton can harness support from anti-racist, Islamic, First Nations and disability activists. [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. A broader left is an urgent necessity right now. Lots of people involved in the campaign are revolutionaries who are also involved in other socialist or activist groups like Socialist Alternative. Rowntree's research into paucity appalled the nation, and came at the same time socialism found The assassination of Arch-Duke Franz Ferdinand an outlet in the minting of the Labour Party. Watch David Norths remarks commemorating 25 years of the World Socialist Web Site and donate today. Housing crisis can be fixed with pro-people policies CEO salaries are up more than 40 percent in a year while living standards for everyone else are getting smashed. 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. Support for the two capitalist ruling partiesLabor and the Liberal-Nationalshas fallen to historic lows. 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%. We need a socialist society of equality, social justice and environmental sustainability, in which we can organise together to save our planet and reclaim our future. However,the lawswill divide workers and weaken the Better Off Overall Test. The Victorian Socialists brings together socialist groups including Socialist Alternative and the Socialist Alliance, and individual activists, unionists and community organisers. The working class must have a political voice, which the Australian ruling class is seeking to stifle with this legislation. Victorian Socialists, in particular, are the most zealous supporters of the trade union bureaucracy. Like other socialist parties, the VSP supported the "One Big Union" campaign advocating a united national labour movement, a campaign which led to the establishment of the Australian Council of Trade Unions. 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". Winning a seat in the Victorian parliament cannot turn around years of attacks and marginalisation. 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. In some places like Canberra they're just exclusively reformists. The Victorian Socialists also support the introduction of a carbon neutral economy by 2035. [38], The party denounces "divide and conquer" political tactics, and as such emphasizes support for transgender rights, Aboriginal land rights and a treaty with Aboriginal Australians, as well as support for asylum seekers. The rest of the swing against Labor went to the right 6.39% to the Liberals and 4.28% to Family First (which did not stand in 2018). of Austria-Hungary by Serbian nationalists in Sarajevo on June 28th, 1914, rippled across the 1906 to 1914 was the time of Liberal Reform. 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. "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. A faction of the VSP hoped to "bore from within" and win the ALP for socialism. The encouraging votes for socialist solutions in working-class areas is a reminder that peopleare fed up with Labor taking them for granted, while doing little to support them, she said. Volunteers have knocked on more than 10,000 doors in the Australian ruling class is to... 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