Socialism At The Grass Roots

true grassroots democratic party” is the claim made by the founders of a new political party in Papua New Guinea, the Social workers Party of Papua New Guinea.

According to the secretary, Mr Peter Kavo, it is a coalition of urban an ff rural workers, students and villagers. Mr Kavo, a research officer j he Australian Union of Students said the party advocated, stood an(i fought for “a strong and viable socialist Papua New Guinea”.

Its policy calls for the immediate replacement with local people of expatriates holding such positions as shop assistants, clerks, foremen an “ departmental managers. Another plank calls for a social services scheme, financed proportionately by government taxes on employers and increased taxation on expatriate wages, to be introduced immediately . Worker-control of industry and the establishment of cottage industries at village level are also provided for in the policy.