Socialist Democracy (Australia)
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Socialist Democracy was a network of Trotskyist activists in Australia
who were in sympathy with the reunified Fourth International
.
Most had been members of the Socialist Workers Party. After the SWP's National Committee split that party from the International after its 1985 World Congress, supporters of the International found themselves outside the SWP. They formed Socialist Democracy, which was recognised as a sympathising section by the International's 1962 World Congress.
Reflecting the International's encouragement for regroupment, Socialist Democracy supported and joined the Socialist Alliance
.
The group's initial experience of the Alliance was positive. It became the principal collective activity of group members. However, the success of the Alliance strained relations between the Democratic Socialist Perspective
(DSP) and the International Socialist Organisation
came to a head in 2002. The DSP intended to dissolve into the Alliance, a move which Socialist Democracy warned would lead to a terminal crisis in the Alliance.
Socialist Democracy finally disbanded in December 2005.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
who were in sympathy with the reunified Fourth International
Reunified Fourth International
The Fourth International is a Trotskyist international. In 1963, the majorities of the two public factions of the Fourth International, the International Secretariat and the International Committee, reunited, electing a United Secretariat of the Fourth International...
.
Most had been members of the Socialist Workers Party. After the SWP's National Committee split that party from the International after its 1985 World Congress, supporters of the International found themselves outside the SWP. They formed Socialist Democracy, which was recognised as a sympathising section by the International's 1962 World Congress.
Reflecting the International's encouragement for regroupment, Socialist Democracy supported and joined the Socialist Alliance
Socialist Alliance (Australia)
The Socialist Alliance was founded in 2001 as an alliance of socialist organisations and individuals in Australia, initiated by the Democratic Socialist Perspective and the International Socialist Organisation along with 6 other founding socialist organisations, to create greater left unity in the...
.
The group's initial experience of the Alliance was positive. It became the principal collective activity of group members. However, the success of the Alliance strained relations between the Democratic Socialist Perspective
Democratic Socialist Perspective
The Democratic Socialist Perspective was an Australian Marxist political group, which operated as the largest component of a broad-left socialist formation, the Socialist Alliance...
(DSP) and the International Socialist Organisation
International Socialist Organisation (Australia)
The International Socialist Organisation was an Australian Trotskyist political organisation, founded in 1971, originally as the Marxist Workers' Group until it dissolved to form Solidarity in 2008 with two other socialist organisations...
came to a head in 2002. The DSP intended to dissolve into the Alliance, a move which Socialist Democracy warned would lead to a terminal crisis in the Alliance.
Socialist Democracy finally disbanded in December 2005.