Democratic Socialist Electoral League

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The Democratic Socialist Electoral League was a minor Australian political party that operated from 1998 until its voluntary deregistration in 2001.[1] It supported a broadly socialist platform.

[edit] Policy

The Democratic Socialist Electoral League espoused a left-wing position on most issues, including privatisation, the environment, immigration and civil rights.[2] The party also had a comprehensive preferencing arrangement, supporting the Greens and some other left-wing groups. It differentiated itself from the Greens by claiming that the latter had no clear economic policy.[2] It supported Labor over the Liberal Party, and was particularly opposed to the rise of One Nation.[2]

The party had links to the Marxist Democratic Socialist Perspective[3], which, after the DSEL's deregistration, contested elections as part of the Socialist Alliance.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Australian Electoral Commission (2007). Democratic Socialist Electoral League. Retrieved on 2007-12-24.
  2. ^ a b c Democratic Socialist Electoral League (1998). POLICY. Retrieved on 2007-12-24.
  3. ^ Democratic Socialist Perspective (2007). DSP Campaigns. Retrieved on 2007-12-24.

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