This is a fairly honest and accurate account. However, what is not adequately described is the pervasive optimism and enthusiasm of a party that has mobilised and inspired a younger generation.
And it has done that for me as well, and I am decades older than most members. I was a teenager at the end of the Vietnam war.
The platform lacks polish. The party machiney is under done, but overcomes the fact that there are no billionaires or comfortable boomers donating funds with some savvy use of digital tech and volunteers. The party is not accountable to any interest groups except its members and the people of Victoria. It is not weighed down with the polite civility of the Greens middle class base.
Its growing whilst other parties (except ON are stagnant).
Main stream media willfully ignores the party's' existence, but I expect that will be replaced with the usual deluge of garbage criticism once the numbers start to be significant.
Good article. I am perpetually of the hope a socialist group (VicSoc, Socialist Alliance) can break through to the masses, but getting past some of the more stupol-ly elements of a small socialist party (minor quibbles blowing up, personality conflicts) is a challenge, it seems. Plus it's not a leftist group if it's not on the verge of fracturing every couple weeks 😉
Good on VS for trying to grow their ground presence and getting people for all the state election positions. Here's hoping that they get a couple people in, and if not, are at least able to spread the word that there's an alternative to the right wing populism that has infected a lot of the world right now. It's an uphill battle with horrible rich people funding the white supremacists.
Now is as good at time as any for a political.movement to launch particularly as voters are looking for alternatives – feeling letdown by the major parties. The very idea of socialism, probably doesn't have the negative connotations that it might have had in the past particularly with younger voters – who in fairness are looking for good policies that will help reverse growing inequalities.
This is a fairly honest and accurate account. However, what is not adequately described is the pervasive optimism and enthusiasm of a party that has mobilised and inspired a younger generation.
And it has done that for me as well, and I am decades older than most members. I was a teenager at the end of the Vietnam war.
The platform lacks polish. The party machiney is under done, but overcomes the fact that there are no billionaires or comfortable boomers donating funds with some savvy use of digital tech and volunteers. The party is not accountable to any interest groups except its members and the people of Victoria. It is not weighed down with the polite civility of the Greens middle class base.
Its growing whilst other parties (except ON are stagnant).
Main stream media willfully ignores the party's' existence, but I expect that will be replaced with the usual deluge of garbage criticism once the numbers start to be significant.
Good article. I am perpetually of the hope a socialist group (VicSoc, Socialist Alliance) can break through to the masses, but getting past some of the more stupol-ly elements of a small socialist party (minor quibbles blowing up, personality conflicts) is a challenge, it seems. Plus it's not a leftist group if it's not on the verge of fracturing every couple weeks 😉
Good on VS for trying to grow their ground presence and getting people for all the state election positions. Here's hoping that they get a couple people in, and if not, are at least able to spread the word that there's an alternative to the right wing populism that has infected a lot of the world right now. It's an uphill battle with horrible rich people funding the white supremacists.
Now is as good at time as any for a political.movement to launch particularly as voters are looking for alternatives – feeling letdown by the major parties. The very idea of socialism, probably doesn't have the negative connotations that it might have had in the past particularly with younger voters – who in fairness are looking for good policies that will help reverse growing inequalities.