Leftist Parties of Australia

PARTY		PERIODICALS	CONTACT	IDEOL.	INTERNAT.	ELECTION Parl. '04	OTHER
Anarcho-Syndicalist Federation other faction	ASF	The Anarcho Syndicalist	e-mail	anar. syn.	close to AIT	no part.	refounded 2000, f. 1986
Anarcho-Syndicalist Network	ASN	Rebel Worker	e-mail	anar. syn.	close to AIT	no part.	split from ASF in 1992
Australia Class War				anar.	linked to UK Class War	no part.
Australian Greens		Green	e-mail	green		7.19%	f. 1992
Australian Labor Party	ALP	Labor Harold	e-mail	soc. dem.	SI	37.64%	f. 1901
Socialist Appeal		Socialist Appeal		tro.	IMT	no part.	active in ALP, split from Labour Militant (today Socialist Party)
Australian Women's Party	AWP		e-mail	feminist		no part.	f. 1995
Committee for a Revolutionary Communist Party in Australia	CRCPA	Struggle, Rabblerouser		mao.	close to RIM	no part.
Communist League			e-mail	tro.	SWP	0.0029% (one cand.)	split from SWP (forerunner of DSP) in 1986
Communist Left Discussion Circle		World Revolution		left. com.	ICC	no part.
Communist Party Advocates				rad. left.		no part.
Communist Party of Australia	CPA	The Guardian, Australian Marxist Review	e-mail	com.	ex-WMR	no part.	until 1996 the Socialist Party of Australia that split from Communist Party of Australia in 1971
Communist Party of Australia (Marxist-Leninist)	CPA-ML	Vanguard		mao.	ex-Chin.	no part.	split from CPA in 1964
Industrial Workers of the World	IWW	Direct Action	e-mail	anar. syn.	IWW	no part.	f. 1975
Libertarian Workers for a Self-Managed Society		The Anarchist Age	e-mail	anar.		no part.	f. 1977
National Preparatory Committee of the Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Australia		Eureka		mao.		no part.
New Era Communist Party of Australia						no part.
Nuclear Disarmament Party	NDP		e-mail	pacifist		no part.	f. 1984
October Seventh Socialist Movement	OSSM	The Southern Cross		stal.		0.0029%	f. 2003 as split from CPA
Progressive Labor Party	PLP	Progressive Labour, The Activist	e-mail	left. soc.		0.032%	f. 1996
Marxist Initiative		Australian Socialist	e-mail	left. soc.		no part.	f. 1992 mainly by rests of Association for Communist Unity (ACU); active in PLP
Socialist Action Group	SAG	Red Alert	e-mail	tro.			f. 2004 as split from SA
Socialist Alliance			e-mail	tro.		0.12%	f. 2001, alliance dominated by DSP and ISO
Democratic Socialist Perspective	DSP	Green Left Weekly	e-mail	tro.	ex-USFI	in Socialist Alliance	until 1989 the Socialist Workers' Party
Freedom Socialist Party	FSP	Freedom Socialist Bulletin	e-mail	tro.	FS	in Socialist Alliance	f. 1983
International Socialist Organisation	ISO	Socialist Worker	e-mail	tro.	IS	in Socialist Alliance	f. 1971 as Socialist Workers' Action Group (SWAG)
Socialist Democracy			e-mail	tro.	close to USFI	in Socialist Alliance	split from PLP in 2000
Workers League			e-mail	tro.	LIT	in Socialist Alliance
Workers Power		Workers Power	e-mail	tro.	L5I	in Socialist Alliance
Workers' Liberty			e-mail	tro.	linked to AWL (GB)	in Socialist Alliance	f. 1980
Socialist Alternative	SA	Socialist Alternative	e-mail	tro.		no part.	split from ISO
Socialist Equality Party	SEP		e-mail	tro.	ICFI	no part.	f. 1972 as Socialist Labor League
Socialist Labor Party of Australia	SLP		tel.: +61-363-341952		linked to SLP (USA)	no part.	f. 1907
Socialist Party		The Socialist, Voice (ceased), Militant (ceased)	e-mail	tro.	CWI	no part.	until Jan. 2000 Militant Socialist Organization
Solidarity		Solidarity	e-mail	tro.		no part.	f. 2003 as split from ISO, led by Ian Rintoul
Spartacist League of Australia	SL/A	Australasian Spartacist	fax: +61-2-281-2185	tro.	ICL	no part.
World Socialist Party of Australia		Socialist Comment			WSM	no part.	f. 1996