Australian Socialist Party information

Australian Socialist Party
Socialist Federation of Australia
(1907–1912)
Australian Socialist PartySocialist Federation of Australia; (1907–1912)
Abbreviation	ASP; SFA;
Founded	July 1907; 116 years ago
Dissolved	August 1922; 101 years ago
Headquarters	Socialist Hall, Pitt Street, Sydney, New South Wales
Newspaper	The International Socialist; The International Communist
Ideology	Socialism; Marxism; Marxism–Leninism; Communism;
Political position	Far-left
International affiliation	Third International (1919–1922)
Party branches	Victorian Socialist (1907–1912)
Colours	Red
Red flag
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The Australian Socialist Party (ASP) was a minor Australian far-left political party. Formed in 1912 as the reorganised Socialist Federation of Australia (SFA),^[1]^[2] which itself was founded in 1907,^[1]^[2] the ASP was active between the early 1910s and the beginning of the 1920s before folding in 1922. However much of its members had participated in the establishment of the Third International-aligned Communist Party in 1920.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

The party was opposed to Labor,^[7] stating in 1910: “The Labor Party does not clearly and unambiguously avow socialism, nor does it teach it: it is unlike any other working[-]class creation in the world in that it builds no socialist movement, issues no socialist books, debates no socialist problems. It is not international, it is not Marxian. In politics and practice it is liberalism under a new name; in utterance and ideal it is bourgeois.”^[8]^[9] The party's stated objective, as stated in its 1912 principles, was “The socialisation of the means of production, distribution, and exchange.”^[10] In August 1922 the Comintern officially recognised the Communist Party of Australia (CPA). As a result, many of the ASP members left the party to join the CPA and the party dissolved.^[11]

The Brisbane branch of the party established the first Queensland Communist Party.^[12]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Hill, E. F. (August 1945). "The Party As The Inheritor Of Socialist Trends In The Victorian Labor Movement" (PDF). reasoninrevolt.net.au. Communist Review. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 April 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f McIlroy, Jim (2003). Australia's First Socialists (PDF). Resistance Books. ISBN 187664639X.
^ Sharkey, L. L. (December 1944). An Outline History of the Australian Communist Party (PDF). Australian Communist Party. p. 17.
^ Davidson, Alastair (1969). The Communist Party of Australia: A Short History. Hoover Institution Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-8179-3261-9.
^ Macintyre, Stuart (1999). The Reds: The Communist Party of Australia from origins to illegality. Allen & Unwin. p. 1. ISBN 978-17610-6369-5.
^ Percy, John. A History of the Democratic Socialist Party and Resistance, Volume 1.
^ Percy, John (3 October 1995). "The origins of the CPA". greenleft.org.au. Green Left Weekly.
^ O'Lincoln, Tom (2009). "The Rise of Australian Communism". Marxists Internet Archive. Red Rag Publications.
^ "The Australian Labor Party and the Australian left". workersliberty.org. 2010.
^ "Socialist Federation of Australasia Principles and Policy, 24 February 1912". reasoninrevolt.net.au.
^ Percy, John. "Australia: Towards a history of the Communist Party of Australia". links.org.au.
^ Menghetti, Diane (1981). The Red North: The Popular Front in North Queensland (PDF). James Cook University. p. 25.

[hill-1] Hill, E. F. (August 1945). "The Party As The Inheritor Of Socialist Trends In The Victorian Labor Movement" (PDF). reasoninrevolt.net.au. Communist Review. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 April 2015.

[jim-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f McIlroy, Jim (2003). Australia's First Socialists (PDF). Resistance Books. ISBN 187664639X.

[3] Sharkey, L. L. (December 1944). An Outline History of the Australian Communist Party (PDF). Australian Communist Party. p. 17.

[4] Davidson, Alastair (1969). The Communist Party of Australia: A Short History. Hoover Institution Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-8179-3261-9.

[5] Macintyre, Stuart (1999). The Reds: The Communist Party of Australia from origins to illegality. Allen & Unwin. p. 1. ISBN 978-17610-6369-5.

[6] Percy, John. A History of the Democratic Socialist Party and Resistance, Volume 1.

[7] Percy, John (3 October 1995). "The origins of the CPA". greenleft.org.au. Green Left Weekly.

[8] O'Lincoln, Tom (2009). "The Rise of Australian Communism". Marxists Internet Archive. Red Rag Publications.

[9] "The Australian Labor Party and the Australian left". workersliberty.org. 2010.

[10] "Socialist Federation of Australasia Principles and Policy, 24 February 1912". reasoninrevolt.net.au.

[11] Percy, John. "Australia: Towards a history of the Communist Party of Australia". links.org.au.

[12] Menghetti, Diane (1981). The Red North: The Popular Front in North Queensland (PDF). James Cook University. p. 25.

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Abbreviation	ASP SFA
Founded	July 1907; 116 years ago (July 1907)^[1]^[2]
Dissolved	August 1922; 101 years ago (August 1922)^[2]
Headquarters	Socialist Hall, Pitt Street, Sydney, New South Wales
Newspaper	The International Socialist The International Communist
Ideology	Socialism Marxism Marxism–Leninism Communism
Political position	Far-left
International affiliation	Third International (1919–1922)
Party branches	Victorian Socialist (1907–1912)^[1]^[2]
Colours	Red
Red flag

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