History

Remembering Daniel Bensaïd

from IV Online magazine : IV420 - January 2010

History of the DSP Part II: The 1980s - Our break with Trotskyism, and the processes of socialist renewal -- John Percy

By John Percy

History of the DSP Part I: The 1960s and 1970s - Our prehistory and Trotskyism -- John Percy

by John Percy
[This is the first of two talks presented to the 13th National Conference of the Democratic Socialist Party in January 1990. John Percy was a founder of the DSP, its national secretary from 1991-2005, and is now national secretary of the Revolutionary Socialist Party.]

Introduction

The Democratic Socialist Party, formerly the Socialist Workers Party, is only a relatively new party, but we have a rich history from which we can draw many valuable political lessons.

The ALP, the Nuclear Disarmament Party and the 1984 elections -- Jim Percy

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[This article is based on a report to a September 1984 plenum of the national committee of the Socialist Workers Party.]

Who will control the 21st Century? -- John Percy

by John Percy

[This is the text of a talk given to a seminar in Canberra on March 3, 2001. At the time Percy was national secretary of the Democratic Socialist Party. Along with others he was expelled from the DSP in May 2008, and is now national secretary of the Revolutionary Socialist Party.]

We’re all here because we’re concerned about our society and our world — the horrifying poverty, the terrible oppression, discrimination, environmental destruction we see around us or read about and view on our TV screens each night.

The Campaign Against the Vietnam War -- John Percy

Vietnam Voices Exhibition --
Photographs and posters of Sydney anti-war demonstrations

by John Percy*

[This is the text submitted for the catalog of the Vietnam Voices Exhibition at the Casula Powerhouse Museum in Sydney. Most of the posters used in the exhibition are from my collection and are now available at the image gallery on the RSP website http://gallery.rsp.org.au/main.php?g2_itemId=1957.]

Lessons from anti-Vietnam war movement -- John Percy

by John Percy

[This talk was presented to an anti-war teach-in on October 28, 2001, in Sydney. At the time Percy was national secretary of the Democratic Socialist Party. Expelled from the DSP in May 2008, he is now the national secretary of the Revolutionary Socialist Party.]

The Relevance of the ‘Communist Manifesto’ today -- John Percy

by John Percy

[This an edited version of a feature talk presented to the “150th Anniversary of the Communist Manifesto” socialist educational conference held in Sydney, Australia, January 3–7, 1998, sponsored by the Democratic Socialist Party and the socialist youth organisation Resistance. At the time John Percy was the national secretary of the DSP. He is now national secretary of the Revolutionary Socialist Party.]

Theses on the class nature of the People's Republic of China -- DSP document

[This resolution was adopted by the 18th Congress of the Democratic Ssocialist Party of Australia, held in Sydney, January 5-10, 1999. It was printed in Links magazine Number 12, May-August 1999.]

Marxism or Bauerite nationalism? -- Doug Lorimer

By Doug Lorimer

[This article appeared in Link magazine Number 13, September-December 1999. Doug Lorimer at the time was a member of the national executive of the Democratic Socialist Party. He is now a member of the national executive of the Revolutionary Socialist Party, and editor of its paper Direct Action.]

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