The Reds: The Communist Party of Australia from origins to illegalityAllen & Unwin, 01.09.1999 - 496 Seiten The only large-scale comprehensive account of an intriguing part of Australia's past. 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 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 came to control many of the country's largest trade unions. Through its supporters, the Party influenced social movements and much of Australia's cultural life. It became the target of sustained surveillance and penetration by state police and federal security agencies. It retains the attention of many despite the revelations of the post-Cold War era. Full of fascinating characters and incidents, Stuart Macintyre's history is the first comprehensive account of Australian communism. 'This is a masterful book.' - Tom Sheridan, Academy of Social Sciences Newsletter 'This fascinating remembrance of the first two decades of the Communist Party of Australia. [is] both erudite. [and] infused with moral vision. a combination of courage, impeccable judgement and assiduous research.' - Ross Fitzgerald, Australian Book Review |
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... Baracchi, the knight errant of Australian radicalism. The son of the Victorian government astronomer, educated at Melbourne Grammar and the University of Melbourne, he had spent some years in English socialist circles before he took up ...
... Baracchi, the knight errant of Australian radicalism. The son of the Victorian government astronomer, educated at Melbourne Grammar and the University of Melbourne, he had spent some years in English socialist circles before he took up ...
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... Baracchi and the socialist bookseller Percy Laidler, launched a new journal, Proletarian Review, in June 1920 to publicise communist principles, while Carl Baker and the Russian activist John Maruschak tried and ultimately failed to win ...
... Baracchi and the socialist bookseller Percy Laidler, launched a new journal, Proletarian Review, in June 1920 to publicise communist principles, while Carl Baker and the Russian activist John Maruschak tried and ultimately failed to win ...
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... Baracchi and Reardon were the speakers. Glynn expressed his appreciation of the ASP's magnanimity: 'contrary to all expectations, the ASP had sunk everything in the interests of that unity for which they had called the conference ...
... Baracchi and Reardon were the speakers. Glynn expressed his appreciation of the ASP's magnanimity: 'contrary to all expectations, the ASP had sunk everything in the interests of that unity for which they had called the conference ...
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... Baracchi and made a Wobbly of him. A friend of Christian Jollie Smith at the University of Melbourne, she moved to Sydney in 1918 and boarded with the wife of Tom Glynn. She bore the reputation of a 'Rebel Girl' who sought to combine ...
... Baracchi and made a Wobbly of him. A friend of Christian Jollie Smith at the University of Melbourne, she moved to Sydney in 1918 and boarded with the wife of Tom Glynn. She bore the reputation of a 'Rebel Girl' who sought to combine ...
Inhalt
Tactics | |
Communism goes bush | |
The Depression communists | |
Towards the united front | |
Communism by fronts | |
Growth pains | |
The socialist sixth of the world | |
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Conclusion | |
Endnotes | |
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The Reds: The Communist Party of Australia from Origins to Illegality Stuart Macintyre Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2003 |
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