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Fred Paterson Speeches in Parliament
Written in 1945, this booklet brings together the more important speeches of Fred Paterson to the Queensland parliament. A member for Bowen, QLD between 1944-49. His speeches are a model for Communists on how to use the parliamentary platform to rally for a socialist revolution.
The Story of J.T. Lang
The Story of J.T Lang, who dominated the NSW Australian Labor Party for the majority of the 1920s-40s, is one of anti-working class treachery. This pamphlet exposes the anticommunist attitude and anti worker policy that still exists within the ALP til today.
Socialism In Australia: Communist View on Democratic Socialism
In this booklet from 1957, ACP General Secretary Lance Sharkey takes issue with two academics, GDH Cole and Dr Burton, who suggested Marxism had “gone wrong”. It is a masterful debunking of the social democratic prejudices that still dominate the labour movement.
Labor Betrayed
This booklet from 1946 reminds workers of the rotten history of collaboration of the ALP in anti-worker attacks on the Australian Communist Party. The nature of World War 2 and the behaviour of the ALP and the similarities with the conditions in Germany at the time. It also sets out immediate demands for the post-war period that were at odds with the pro-capitalist plans of the ALP.
Democracy For Whom?
A brilliant pamphlet authored by Lance Sharkey explains the democratic processes of the Soviet Union, the unjustified defamatory allegations of starvation and the painting of Comrade Stalin as a dictator likening him to Mussolini and Hitler during and pre-WW2.
A Reply To Father Ryan
Forces continued to attack our union movement and P.J. Ryan, continued the crusade against communism and the ACP, writing a pamphlet attacking the then Gen Sec L.L. Sharkey. His response was accurate and swift as usual with a thorough analysis and rebuttal.
What Is This Labor Party?
An honest and detailed document explaining the nature of the Australian Labour Party, its assault and restraint of our union movement and its relationship to Capitalism. Published in the 1940s, yet remarkably relevant in our time. A very worthwhile read for understanding the ALP.