Talk:Solidarity (Australia)

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Solidarity page created as its leading members came from the largest far left organisation in Australia (International Socialist Organisation) in the 90s but disintegrated due to the numerous splits, particularly the expulsion of leading ISO members who went on to form rival socialist group Socialist Alternative. This article is only yet a stub but I think it will have merit to document the history and direction of the revolutionary Australian left. Marxwasright (talk) 05:35, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
 * The International Socialist Organisation (Australia) (ISO) has merged with an organisation called Solidarity, which has been in existence for several years and was clearly is notable. The post-merger organisation is itself called Solidarity. The question is whether the ISO article should be moved here, and the article should deal with both precursor organisations, or whether a separate article should exist here, a question to which I do not know the answer. mge kelly 07:49, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
 * i think the 2 seperate pages are warranted as the iso page needs a lot of work in terms of expanding and citation, equally the solidarity page can be built apon in terms of the reunification of the 3 former groups and their current orientation. Marxwasright (talk) 12:41, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

neutrality and sources
the article appears to have been largely edited by a solidarity member or supporter who seems more motivated by promotion rather than encyclopedic material. apart from the introduction, the article cites no references. likewise, excluding the intro, the article makes no links to other pages. it makes a number of assertions, such as "Solidarity is well known on the Australian left for..." and "Members have played important roles in political movements..." without being backed up. Marxwasright (talk) 18:17, 12 July 2010 (UTC)


 * article still needs a huge amount of work. while a lot of the text has been neutralized, the majority of the article still makes no links to any other wikipedia articles. i have begun the slow process of going through the provided sources, adding where necessary unreliable source tags. while many sources have been provided, the majority of them make absolutely no reference to solidarity or former iso members'. Marxwasright (talk) 19:23, 25 August 2010 (UTC)


 * in true stalinistic fashion the unreliable source tags have been removed and even more sources added that make absolutely no reference to either solidarity or the former iso's involvement. i have removed these sources and replaced them with citation tags. this process of blatantly lying about solidarity's actions is not only deceptive and unprincipled but it contravenes the basic guidelines of writing a wikipedia article. Marxwasright (talk) 00:36, 14 September 2010 (UTC)