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The Socialist Party (SP) is a small Trotskyist political party in Australia affiliated with the Committee for a Workers' International (CWI). The SP has branches in Melbourne, Sydney, Newcastle and Perth.〔"(Join )" ''Socialist Party''. Accessed: 20 October 2009.〕 It publishes a monthly magazine called ''The Socialist'' which contains a socialist perspective on news and current issues.〔"(Publications )" ''Socialist Party''. Accessed: 20 October 2009.〕 In the City of Yarra, it distributes a bi-annual report on the activities of its local council campaigns. (The SP is not connected to the party which was known as the Socialist Party of Australia from 1971 to 1996, which is currently called the Communist Party of Australia.) ==History== The Socialist Party (Australia) traces its influences through the British Trotyskyist Militant group which practised Entryism in that country's Labour Party. It began in 1985 as a small faction within the Australian Labor Party (ALP), when members who had lived in Britain and become members of British Militant returned to Australia to help build an Australian section of the organisation.〔Peter Taaffe, "(History of the CWI )" (book; accessed online 28/2/2012)〕〔"(About The Socialist Party )", pamphlet, accessed online 28/2/2012)〕 The group was originally known as Militant. At that time the ALP was seen by Militant as having "maintained its internal democracy and its active working class membership base", and so they participated politically within that party.〔Steve Jolly, 2006, "(The Case For A New Workers Party )", accessed online 28/2/2012)〕 They organised primarily within the New South Wales trade union movement and Young Labor (the youth wing of the ALP). At one point, Militant had control of three Young Labor branches. During the early 1990s when the ALP and most social democratic parties internationally moved to the right, and after other Marxist groups (including their sister party British Militant) were expelled by Labour parties overseas, Militant left the ALP. They wrote that by that stage it had "played a key role in the introduction of neo-liberal policies and no longer has democratic structures that ensure workers interests are represented".〔Steve Jolly, 2006, "(The Case For A New Workers Party )", accessed online 28/2/2012)〕 After leaving the ALP, the group became known as the Militant Socialist Organisation before becoming the Socialist Party. The name of the organisation's monthly newspaper was changed from ''The Voice'' to ''The Socialist'', and in May 2012 the 8-page broadsheet format was changed to a longer magazine format. Socialist Party now has branches in Victoria, New South Wales and Western Australia, and individual members across the country. It actively campaigns on a range of issues, and holds regular branch meetings open to the public. It argues for revolutionary socialist politics, while also participating in election campaigns, and has had two local councilors elected from its Melbourne branches, in the City of Yarra. It continues to argue for the establishment of a new 'mass worker's party' to replace the ALP, based on trade unionism, community participation and a democratic membership. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Socialist Party (Australia)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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