Editing Labor Left (section)

{{short description|Organised faction of the Australian Labor Party}}
{{hatnote|For the left-wing faction of the Labour Party in the United Kingdom, see [[Labour left]]. For the British monthly political magazine known at one time as the Labour Left Briefing, see [[Labour Briefing]].}}
{{use Australian English|date=March 2023}}
{{use dmy dates|date=August 2017}}
{{Infobox political party
| name             = Labor Left
| native_name      = Progressive/Socialist Left
| caption          = [[Rose symbolism#Socialism|Rose symbol]] used by Labor Left branches<ref>{{cite web |title=nsw left |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=231684239001092&set=a.158096629693187 |website=Facebook |publisher=NSW Left |access-date=30 October 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241030000700/https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=231684239001092&set=a.158096629693187 |archive-date=30 October 2024 |date=7 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=SL VIC |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=116166437354835&set=a.116166454021500 |website=Facebook |publisher=Socialist Left Victoria |access-date=30 October 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241030000812/https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=116166437354835&set=a.116166454021500 |archive-date=30 October 2024 |date=19 June 2021}}</ref>
| colorcode        = {{Australian politics/party colours|labor left}}
| abbreviation     = LL
| leader1_title    = National Convenors
| leader1_name     = {{plainlist|
* [[Julian Hill (politician)|Julian Hill]]
* [[Tim Ayres]]
* [[Sharon Claydon]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Massola |first=James |date=14 February 2021 |title=What are Labor's factions and who's who in the Left and Right? |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/what-are-labor-s-factions-and-who-s-who-in-the-left-and-right-20210210-p5718j.html |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]}}</ref>
}}
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| newspaper        = {{nowrap|''Challenge Magazine''}}
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 |[[Democratic socialism]]<ref>{{Cite journal |last=McAllister |first=Ian |date=February 1991 |title=Party Adaptation and Factionalism within the Australian Party System |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2111444 |journal=American Journal of Political Science |volume=35 |issue=1 |pages=206–227 |doi=10.2307/2111444 |access-date=4 September 2024|jstor=2111444}}</ref><ref name="SydneyUni">{{cite book |url=https://apo.org.au/sites/default/files/resource-files/2019-11/apo-nid270306.pdf |title=Australian Politics and Policy |date=13 January 2023 |publisher=[[Sydney University Press]] |editor-last1=Barry |editor-first1=Nick |page=253 |isbn=978-1-74332-667-1 |editor-last2=Chen |editor-first2=Peter |editor-last3=Haigh |editor-first3=Yvonne |editor-last4=C. Motta |editor-first4=Sara |editor-last5=Perche |editor-first5=Diana |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231126133310/https://apo.org.au/sites/default/files/resource-files/2019-11/apo-nid270306.pdf |archive-date=26 November 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Frankel1997NewLabour">{{cite journal |last1=Frankel |first1=Boris |title=Beyond Labourism and Socialism: How the Australian Labor Party Developed the Model of 'New Labour' |journal=New Left Review |date=January–February 1997 |volume=221 |url=https://newleftreview.org/issues/i221/articles/boris-frankel-beyond-labourism-and-socialism-how-the-australian-labor-party-developed-the-model-of-new-labour |access-date=2 December 2024 |ref=Yes}}</ref>
 |[[Progressivism]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Massola |first=James |date=14 February 2021 |title=What are Labor's factions and who's who in the Left and Right? |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/what-are-labor-s-factions-and-who-s-who-in-the-left-and-right-20210210-p5718j.html |work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] }}</ref>
 |'''Historical:'''
 |[[Left-wing populism]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Robinson |first=Geoff |date=2008-01-06 |title=Labor lefts past and present |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-01-07/labor-lefts-past-and-present/1004608 |work=ABC News|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |location= |access-date=2024-09-04}}</ref>}}
| position         = [[Centre-left politics|Centre-left]] to [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]]<ref name="TheNightlyFactions" />
| national         = [[Australian Labor Party|Australian Labor]]
| colours          = {{color box|{{Australian politics/party colours|labor left}}|border=silver}} [[Red]]
| seats1_title     = Seats in the [[Australian House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]
| seats1           = {{Composition bar|49|151|hex={{Australian politics/party colours|labor left}}}}
| seats2_title     = [[Australian Labor Party#Ideology and factions|Federal Parliamentary Caucus]]
| seats2           = {{Composition bar|61|123|hex={{Australian politics/party colours|labor left}}}}
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| country          = Australia
}}
{{Labour politics in Australia}}
The '''Labor Left''' ('''LL'''), also known as the '''Progressive Left''', '''Socialist Left''' or simply the '''Left''', is one of the two major [[political faction]]s within the [[Australian Labor Party]] (ALP). It is nationally characterised by [[Progressivism|social progressivism]] and [[democratic socialism]] and competes with the more [[economic liberalism|economically liberal]] [[Labor Right]] faction.

The Labor Left operates autonomously in each state and territory of Australia, and organises as a broad alliance at the national level. Its policy positions include party democratisation, [[economic interventionism]], [[progressive tax]] reform, refugee rights, [[gender equality]] and same-sex marriage.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Labor faction chiefs lose control, leaving way open for left-wing issues such as gay marriage|url = http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/labor-powerbrokers-lose-control-with-reform-back-on-the-agenda-20150617-ghqeiy.html|website = The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date = 2015-12-31|date = 2015-06-17}}</ref> The faction includes members with a range of political perspectives, including [[Keynesian economics|Keynesianism]], confrontational [[Australian labour movement|trade unions]]<nowiki/>, [[Australian Fabian Society|Fabian]] [[social democracy]], [[New Left]]ism, and democratic socialism.<ref name=jacobin>{{cite web |url=https://jacobinmag.com/2020/07/australian-labor-party-factions |title=Locking Out the Left: The Emergence of National Factions in Australian Labor |last=Chiu |first=Osmond |date=27 July 2020 |website=[[Jacobin (magazine)|Jacobin]]|access-date=30 July 2020}}</ref>