[Marxism] Re Australian Socialist Alliance

[Pip Hinman & Peter Boyle <ppz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

DSP National Executive statement in response to the article “DSP split 
over future” by Greg Adler published in Weekly Worker (the newspaper of 
the Communist Party of Great Britain) 603 Thursday December 1, 2005:

The publication by the CPGB and former Australian Socialist Alliance 
member Greg Adler of selected and out-of-context quotations from the 
internal discussion being held in the Democratic Socialist Perspective 
in the lead-up to its congress in January 2006 is a calculated and 
malicious attempt to destroy the modest progress in regrouping the left 
made by the Socialist Alliance over the last four years.

The DSP membership, like the membership of any Socialist Alliance 
affiliate, has the right to have a frank internal discussion about the 
DSP’s perspectives towards the Alliance. Since the inception of the 
Alliance and prior to every DSP congress our members have always 
participated in a frank discussion about these relations.

The DSP has been the strongest builder of the Socialist Alliance and has 
made great sacrifices to advance this left regroupment project. It also 
has an unblemished record of operating constructively, democratically 
and collaboratively within the Alliance. Unfortunately, the same cannot 
be said of Greg Adler.

In the DSP’s internal discussion, a variety of views are expressed by 
members. None of them should be equated with the views of the DSP, even 
if these are views expressed by individuals holding leadership positions 
in the DSP.

The DSP remains completely committed to building the Socialist Alliance 
and a broad, multi-tendency socialist party project. Any change in this 
position will be promptly reported to the Socialist Alliance and 
announced publicly.

DSP National Executive
Friday, December 02, 2005


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