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.

One of the most important tasks of any principled Communist party is the education of the party members and the proletariat. In carrying out this task, ”Handbook for Tutors” sets out a practical and effective method for any comrade who wishes to tutor others in the basics of Communist theory, giving clear and precise instructions on the content to be taught and how exactly it should be taught.

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 by E.W. Campbell, “People Versus Banks” convincingly argues for the necessity of the nationalisation of the Australian private banking sector. The article is opened by the then Australian Communist Party President, Lance Sharkey covering nationalisation, the effects of The Great Depression and the rise of Fascism in pre-WW2 Europe.

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.

Written for the 1949 Australian federal election, the “Speakers’ Notes for the Australian Communist Party” provides an excellent overview of the challenges facing Australian workers in the immediate post-WW2 era and how the party dealt these problems and provided principled, actionable answers for the workers of Australia.

The Communist Party had a very effective electoral machine committed to victory at every level of government in Australia. The intention was always to use those platforms for advocacy of a revolutionary agenda. That’s not to say the plans were impractical or lacking in appeal to working people. Read about the Party’s successful appeal to the people in the post war years!

This booklet written after WW2 looked forward to a new way of providing cheap produce to people by the expansion of cooperative growing and marketing. It advocated a new system free of the dominance of monopolies in production and distribution. Its optimism and vision is still worth a look in the modern era of corporate control of our purchasing habits and diet.

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.