Great Depression and Aftermath Cold War New Left Contemporary Active Historical Nick Origlass (13 January 1908 – 17 May 1996) was an Australian Trotskyist who served as mayor of Leichhardt in Sydney.
Together with fellow Trotskyists Laurie Short and Jim McClelland, he battled with the CPA-dominated leadership of the union.
Short and McClelland left the Trotskyist movement soon afterwards, becoming prominent figures in the Australian Labor Party (ALP).
Short became national secretary of the union in 1951, defeating the CPA's Ernie Thornton after a bitter legal battle.
[3] Meanwhile, Origlass formed the Labor Socialist Group to pursue an entrist strategy inside the ALP.