Snapshots of the Communist movement in Australia (as well as other radical movements).
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"Trot Tips" - Cartoon which accompanies betting suggestions in the Communist Party of Australia newspaper "Worker's Star" (22/10/1948)
"Smash US Imperialism" - This badge was made in 1969 and used in Melbourne, VIC, c. 1969 - 73. It was worn by the donor during anti-Vietnam war rallies. He was a student at Monash Uni between 1968-73, and was involved in student politics, including membership of the militant SDS.
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Students "hanging" an effigy of Premier Henry Bolte in the Treasury Gardens of Melbourne VIC
(1969. From the "Herald Sun")
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Photo of the "Quang Incident," where South Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia, Luic Tuong Quang (right), was barricaded for over an hour in the Relaxation Block at the University of Queensland by anti-war students.
(4 September 1970)
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"Justice for John Pat and all Koories killed in KKKustody!" - article from "Struggle" on the 13th anniversary of the murder of John Pat by the Western Australian Police.
(By the C-RCPA. Issue #4, Sep. 1996) [1/2]
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(FTF): "Stop black deaths in custody" - Poster for a rally & concert commemorating the death of John Pat, a 16-year-old Yindjibarndi boy who was bashed by drunk policemen (who were returning from a Police Union meeting) and left to die in cell two years prior.
(Sept 27 1985)
"Parks for people, houses for people, not a world of cars/ concrete/ officeblocks; a wilderness created [by man]."
Graffiti in Woolloomooloo, NSW during the struggle in defense of working class housing against commercial development, ca. 1970s.
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"Act now against US murders!" (29/11/71)
After the murder of George Jackson in the San Quentin State Prison, the CPA issues a call to action to circulate a petition to the UN, carrying out the wishes of George's mother and sister in reply to a letter of condolence sent to them.
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On this day in 1951, the referendum to ban the Australian Communist Party was rejected by the Australian public.
"Sep 22 deserves to be celebrated along with the centenary of Federation. The defeat of the referendum ... confirmed that Australia’s temper would remain democratic."
