A riveting speech by Jack C. Henry, the QLD State Secretary of the Communist Party, covering the struggle against the social democrats, reformism and more. Delivered at the 14th Congress of the ACP in 1945 which was held in the Sydney Town Hall.

A pamphlet which is hard to put down, compiled into five well researched chapters, it details the workers movement of Australia from the late 1800’s until the late 1940s.

In 1949, ACP General Secretary, Lance Sharkey was asked by a journalist what the reaction would be if the USSR invaded Australia. Lance responded and would serve jail time for his comments. In this booklet, Fred Paterson, describes the sedition case.

Analysing the conditions of the party and the wider movement under illegality, it appeared in the first edition of Communist Review printed while the Party was underground, pending the High Court decision on the Communist Party Dissolution Act.

On the 30th of May 1949, George Albert Watson, the Deputy Crown Solicitor charged the General Secretary of the ACP Laurence Sharkey. It was alleged that on the 4th of March 1949, he uttered seditious words. Sharkey would serve a total of 13 months of a 3 year prison sentence.

On September the 23rd, 1948, a record crowd of over 30,000 people packed in and around Rushcutters Bay Stadium, to hear the debate between the anti communist priest Dr Paddy Ryan and well known communist Edgar Ross of the Communist Party’s Central Committee.

From a lecture by L.L Sharkey to a National Party School in 1944, detailing the history of the Communist Party from its founding in October 30, 1920. Detailing the political struggles and growth of the labour movement in Australia and the struggle against sectarianism and reformism.

Around the beginning of the 1960’s the Sino-Soviet split occurred and Communist Parties the world over found themselves deciding which line to support, that of the CPSU or CPC. This pamphlet is the Communist Party of Australia’s response to these events.

Filled throughout with inspiring accounts of brave and fearless Australians who traveled across the world to fight fascism and lost their lives in the struggle. This booklet is a sobering reminder of the threat of fascism and the dedication and sacrifice need to effectively fight it.

This short pamphlet presents a clear case for why those who wish to change society for the better should join the Communist Party of Australia. Using the scientific basis of Communist theory as the main argument and then giving a brief overview of the structure of the Communist Party, O’Day delivers a concise yet convincing pamphlet aimed at those who may be unfamiliar Communism and its tenets.

Published in 1948, “The Way Forward” contains the resolutions adopted by 15th congress of the Australian Communist Party. Resolutions concerning issues such as the unjust treatment of Aboriginal Australians, American imperialism and Australia’s role within it and the inadequacy of the Labor party show just how far back many of the issues we face today are deeply rooted in our past.

Written in 1944, “The W.E.A. Exposed” is a convincing rebuttal to the revisionist line being distributed by the “Workers’ Educational Association” that “collectivisation has meant an accentuation of inequality of economic and political power” in the Soviet Union. Lance Sharkey uses direct quotes from Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin to expose the deceptive nature of the W.E.A.