The abolition of courts-martial; all offences against discipline to be transferred to the jurisdiction of civil courts.
INDEPENDENT LABOUR PARTY
Constitution and Rules. 1907-8
Object.—An Industrial Commonwealth founded upon the Socialisation of Land and Capital.
Methods.—The education of the community in the principles of Socialism.
The Industrial and Political Organisation of the Workers.
The Independent Representation of Socialist Principles on all elective bodies.
Programme.—The true object of industry being the production of the requirements of life, the responsibility should rest with the community collectively, therefore:
The land, being the storehouse of all the necessaries of life, should be declared and treated as public property.
The capital necessary for industrial operations should be owned and used collectively.