{"id":32941,"date":"2012-11-01T09:46:06","date_gmt":"2012-10-31T23:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=32941"},"modified":"2012-11-01T10:49:22","modified_gmt":"2012-11-01T00:49:22","slug":"trot-guide-november-2012-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=32941","title":{"rendered":"Trot Guide November 2012 Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

SA & SP<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’m excited!<\/p>\n

In a breakthrough for the pseudo-socialist<\/a> Socialist Alliance (SA), Sue Bolton has been elected to Moreland Council! Sue becomes SA’s second local councillor, joining Sam Wainwright in Fremantle<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In Yarra Council, the Labor-loyal reformist left<\/a> Socialist Party (SP) fared well in terms of votes, but unfortunately their share of the preciousss was nevertheless reduced by one with the departure of Anthony Main, leaving Steve Jolly to once again fly the red flag alone.<\/p>\n

(There are close to 600 local councils in Australia, and many thousands of councillors, so long march through the (local) institutions will be long march.)<\/p>\n

RSP & SAlt & Solidarity<\/strong><\/p>\n

Those God Delusional<\/a> Cheerleaders for Capitalist Counterevolution<\/a> Socialist Alternative (SAlt) have begun issuing a series of statements from current and former members of the Anti-Communist Opportunists<\/a> of the Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) describing their reasons for joining SAlt. The most recent such statement comes from Van Thanh Rudd. For his part, veteran socialist and RSP member Max Lane has some Reflections on starting \u2018anew\u2019: some experiences from the Australian left<\/a> (October 14, 2012).<\/p>\n

On a less positive note, SAlt is also in some trouble in its heartland, the University of Melbourne. Thus “Solidarity at Melbourne Uni are in a campaign with the Liberal-dominated Clubs and Societies committee to disaffiliate us and sabotage the Marxism 2013 conference. Our agreement<\/a> on the Russia question<\/a> is relatively irrelevant; their rabidly sectarian shenanigans are the dominant barrier to unity and cooperation. Meanwhile the RSP (and the Alliance for that matter) are happy to discuss unity<\/a> and have long worked with us in a comradely way.” In other words, a petition<\/a> to disaffiliate the SAlt student club from the student union is in the works; members of SAlt blame<\/a> their arch-rivals in Solidarity for the petition, but Some Guy reckons that’s bollocks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At the other end of the scale, Australia’s best Trotskyist group has issued a stirring call-to-arms in defence of the beleagured Health Services Union: Police, Courts Hands Off the HSU!<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In political opposition to the pro-capitalist union tops, workers need a class-struggle leadership determined to take on the bosses and win. Such a leadership, linked to a revolutionary party would fight for nothing less than the overthrow of the whole rotting capitalist system through workers revolution. We demand: State out of the unions! Police, courts hands off the HSU! <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As for the AWL<\/strong>, CL<\/strong>, CPA<\/strong>, CPA(ML)<\/strong>, FSP<\/strong>, PLP<\/strong>, SEP<\/strong> and TP<\/strong>, more news as it comes to hand! In the meantime:<\/p>\n

CPA(ML), ’13th Congress Resolution on the Working Class’, Vanguard<\/em>, November 2012:<\/p>\n

Based on our analyses of classes and class contradictions in Australia, the CPA (M-L) is of the view that the principal contradiction in Australia\u2019s class struggle is between US economic and political domination and the overwhelming majority of the people, with the working class as the leading class in the anti-imperialist struggle for an independent, democratic and socialist Australia.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

LATE BREAKING NEWS!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Damn.<\/p>\n

I’ve only just discovered that the Communist League stood a candidate in the NSW local council elections in September<\/a>. Joanne Kuniansky stood for Mayor of Canterbury and got 518 votes (0.79%) for her troubles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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