โ Scribed by Stuart MacIntyre
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Shortlisted, Best Australian History Book, New South Wales Premier's History Literary Awards 1999 Winner, Non-fiction prize, The Age Book of the Year Awards 1998 Highly Commended, Fellowship of Australian Writers Literature Award, National Literary Awards 1988 In 1920, 26 men and women met in a dingy hall in Sydney to create a new political party. They expected the overthrow of capitalism and the emancipation of humanity - here, and all around the world. Two decades later, when Australia joined in the Second World War, the Commonwealth Government suppressed the Communist Party of Australia. The handful of idealists and dissidents had become a political force powerful enough, in the view of the authorities, to pose a threat to national security. The Communist Party was a major part of Australia's political landscape for more than half a century. It enlisted its members in a world-wide cause that was charged with hopes for revolutionary change and imbued with the iron discipline of warriors in a class war. It attracted fierce hostility; it inspired devotion. Australian communism wielded an influence far beyond its size. The Party cam
Title page......Page 3
Contents......Page 5
Abbreviations......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 9
Introduction......Page 13
1 Foundation......Page 24
2 What was to be done?......Page 40
3 Recognition......Page 65
4 Tactics......Page 88
5 Communism goes bush......Page 112
6 The line straightens......Page 142
7 Bolshevisation......Page 176
8 Class Against Class......Page 195
9 The Depression communists......Page 215
10 Towards the united front......Page 256
11 Communism by fronts......Page 300
12 Growth pains......Page 341
13 The socialist sixth of the world......Page 375
14 War......Page 393
Conclusion......Page 424
Endnotes......Page 432
Index......Page 481
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