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The Democratic Socialist Perspective (DSP), is a Marxist political tendency within a broad Australian socialist grouping, the Socialist Alliance. The DSP can trace its organisational origins back to 1965 and the period from 1965 to the founding of the Socialist Workers League in 1972 is best understood as its prehistory. Subsequent to the formation of the SWL the history of the tendency can be conveniantly divided into an early period when they were known as the SWL, a middle period after they had renamed themselves as the Socialist Workers Party and then, following their break from Trotskyism, the period in which they were known as the Democratic Socialist Party. This last period ending in 2004 when they became known as Democractic Socialist perspective. Marxism is the political practice and social theory based on the works of Karl Marx, a 19th century philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary, along with Friedrich Engels. ...
The color red and particularly the red flag are traditional symbols of Socialism. ...
The Socialist Alliance is an umbrella group of socialist parties in Australia. ...
The SWP was for many years an orthodox Trotskyist group associated with the American Socialist Workers Party, but broke with Trotskyism in 1986, while maintaining Leon Trotsky's critique of the USSR. In place of Trotsky's theory of Permanent Revolution the DSP believes that socialist revolution in Third World countries (i.e. countries in which the development of capitalism was distorted by colonialism and imperialism) will take place in two connected stages. Trotskyism is the theory of Marxism as advocated by Leon Trotsky. ...
There are various Socialist Workers Parties throughout the world. ...
1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1915 passport photo of Trotsky Leon Davidovich Trotsky (Russian: Лев Давидович Троцкий; also transliterated Leo, Lev, Trotskii, Trotski, Trotskij and Trotzky ) (October 26 (O.S.) = November 7 (N.S.), 1879 – August 21, 1940), born Lev Davidovich Bronstein (Лев Давидович Бронштейн), was a Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist intellectual. ...
Permanent Revolution is the theory of how to sustain Communism within an undeveloped (backward) state. ...
For the Jamaican reggae band, see Third World (band). ...
Capitalism has been defined in various ways (see Capitalism). ...
World map of colonialism circa 1945. ...
A cartoon portraying the British Empire as an octopus, reaching into foreign lands A cartoon showing the U.S. growing up and growing girth. ...
The SWP and the DSP regularly contested Australian federal elections but never polled significant votes. They have from time to time practised entryism into the Australian Labor Party, but with little success. Entryism (or entrism or enterism) is a political tactic by which an organisation encourages members to infiltrate another organisation in an attempt to gain recruits, or take over entirely. ...
The Australian Labor Party or ALP is Australias oldest political party. ...
Through the Socialist Alliance, the DSP contested the 2001 federal election but failed to compete with the Australian Greens for left-wing votes. The Socialist Alliance is an umbrella group of socialist parties in Australia. ...
Legislative elections were held in Australia on 10 November 2001. ...
The Australian Greens is the national Greens party in Australia. ...
The DSP has a youth wing called Resistance and publishes a newspaper called Green Left Weekly (which, as of the early 1990's, replaced their earlier publication, Direct Action). Green Left Weekly is a left-wing Australian newspaper. ...
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Further reading Percy, John. Resistance: A History of the Democratic Socialist Party and Resistance: 1965-72. Resistance Books, Australia 2005. |
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