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Watch: Meeting commemorates decades-long Australian Trotskyist Barry Jobson 20 January 2021 Below is the full video of a Socialist Equality Party meeting on January 17, commemorating the life of Barry Jobson, a decades-long fighter for the program of Trotskyism. The speakers Cheryl Crisp, Nick Beams, Terry Cook and Max Boddy reviewed different aspects of Jobson’s political contribution to the working class, in the context of the deepening crisis of Australian and world capitalism. ....
SEP meeting honours the life and political legacy of Australian Trotskyist Barry Jobson The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) and International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) in Australia held a powerful online meeting last Sunday to commemorate the life of Barry Jobson, a former railway worker and veteran socialist, who died aged 78 on December 11. Jobson joined the Trotskyist movement in 1974 and dedicated his adult life to the struggle for Trotskyism and socialist internationalism in the working class.. SEP national secretary Cheryl Crisp chaired the meeting, which was addressed by Nick Beams, Terry Cook and Max Boddy, who reviewed different aspects of Jobson’s political contribution and their relevance for today. Crisp, Beams and Cook are all founding members of the Socialist Labour League, the SEP’s predecessor, established in 1972. ....
SEP public meeting: A tribute to Barry Jobson Australian Trotskyist 23 December 2020 The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) and International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) in Australia will be holding an online public meeting to commemorate the life of Barry Jobson, a longstanding comrade, who passed away on December 11 at the age of 78. The meeting will start at 2 p.m. on January 17, 2021 and will be livestreamed. His life holds crucial political lessons for workers and young people coming into revolutionary struggle today and we encourage you to attend. Comrade Barry joined the Socialist Labour League (SLL), the precursor to the SEP, in 1974. From that time, he played an indispensable role in the bringing the program of the Fourth International into the working class in key strategic areas. In particular, he worked for many years in the Elcar railway workshops in the southwestern Sydney suburb of Chullora. ....
Australian Trotskyist Barry Jobson dies aged 78 Barry Jobson, 1942–2020 (Photo: WSWS Media) From the time he joined the Socialist Labour League (SLL), predecessor of the SEP, in 1974 Comrade Barry was a tireless fighter for the program of Trotskyism in the working class, particularly in the Elcar railway workshops in the south-western Sydney suburb of Chullora where he worked for many years. One of the most significant features of his work, which he carried out in collaboration with fellow leading party member, Terry Cook, was his struggle to defend the interests of railway workers against the betrayals of the Labor Party, the Communist Party Stalinists and the trade union bureaucracies, all the time seeking to educate them in the program and principles of the Trotskyist movement. ....