National Conference: testing the limits of party democracy
The draft National Platform is out and delegates are being elected – except where they are appointed, writes Iain Kerr.
Tag: democracy
Democracy strained: NSW Socialists pre-selections
Clarrie Lewis, a member of the Bread & Roses caucus, reports on a tense process to choose candidates for next year’s state election.
Suspended for appearing on a podcast
Marcus Strom stood to represent Sydney ALP at National Conference as a socialist anti-AUKUS, pro-Palestine candidate.
Bureaucracy bites in NSW Socialists
Socialist Alternative leaders in the new electoral front want to ban caucuses from identifying with the party in public. NSW Socialists member Clarrie Lewis reports.
Palestine movement needs democracy
The self-apppointed leadership must open up to democracy to ensure the movement can become a mass force. Martin Greenfield reports.
Fight is on for the soul of Mardi Gras
Mardi Gras 78er Ken Davis says democratic gains made by activists in the 1970s are being wound back by corporate and establishment elites.
United Workers Union: winner takes all
Do the UWU elections offer a real alternative? Or have apparatchiks merely fallen out? Bob Sparks investigates.
Don’t fall for the panic over neonazis
The labour movement must oppose anti-democratic laws that will always be used against the left, argues Marcus Strom