Australia: Socialist Alternative secret documents leaked for your amusement
Submitted by Chuck0:"One rival to the socialist leadership of the movement is the Melbourne based Autonomous Web of Liberation (AWOL) an amalgam of
anarchists/autonomists/greenies/life stylists who support non-violence, consensus decision making, "autonomous organising" and are
hostile to the socialist left.
There is undoubtedly a constituency for AWOL style ideas especially in the campus environment groups. However AWOL’s attempt to
pose as an alternative organising centre to the S11 alliance was a failure. "
"For all the talk of hundreds of "affinity groups" organising "autonomous" actions, the vast majority of protesters came to the blockade of
Crown casino organised by the s11 alliance. AWOL was irrelevant at the blockade, having less of an impact than S.A’s (socialist
alternative’s) Red contingent."
"The inability of AWOL and anarchists more generally to play a constructive role in the movement was more graphically reflected in the
lead up to M1. After S11 some of the vibrancy went out of AWOL and it moved in a more sectarian direction. AWOL refused to support
the M1 blockade, opposed to direct action and became essentially a disorganizing force. It combined sectarian sniping from the
sidelines at the M1 alliance with a determined attempt to prevent people participating in the blockade. "
