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Percy was central to the DSP becoming an Australia-wide party during the 1970s. In the 1980s, he oversaw a series of attempts by the party to reach out to new forces and to regroup with other far-left organisations.
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In 1972, he became a founder of the Socialist Workers League. He became the League's Organisation Secretary in 1972 and its National Secretary in 1973. Due to the influence of the US
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Percy first became active in politics as a high-school student in 1965, helping organize demonstrations against the
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The Politics of the International Socialist Organisation and the Democratic Socialist Party
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In 1969, Percy was elected to the initial five-member secretariat of the
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He died of cancer on 12 October 1992, at the age of forty-three.
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A History of the Democratic Socialist Party and Resistance
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1891 Australian shearers' strike
Red Flag riots
Great Depression and Aftermath
Movement Against War and Fascism
Egon Kisch incident
Dalfram dispute
Black Armada
Cold War
1948 Queensland railway strike
1949 Australian coal strike
1951 Australian Communist Party ban referendum
New Left
Builders Labourers Federation
Green ban
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Occupy movement
Occupy Sydney
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