PRESS RELEASE: 100 years of Successful Communist Work to be marked on Friday October 30, 2020

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Wednesday 28/10/2020

100 years of Successful Communist Work to be
marked on Friday October 30, 2020

To mark this Centenary the CPA has organised a number of events in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth from 29th October to 1st November 2020.

“Only one conclusion can be drawn on surveying 100 years of Communist; that the party has had a colourful and successful past” said Andrew Irving, CPA General Secretary.

In the first decade the Party struggled with the boom of the early 20’s but as the depression hit the Party gained much notice as the organisers of the unemployed, providing food and pressure on Government to provide resources for the unemployed. “They ran eviction struggles and these made headlines in Sydney and in other parts of Australia”, Denis Doherty, Convener of the Centenary Committee said.

As the 30’s progressed and fascism arose, the Campaign against War and Fascism was set with a strong contingent of Communist Party members in the leadership along with clergymen and others. This organisation invited Egon Kisch a Czech-Austrian Jewish journalist to Australia who travelled the country warning the country of the dangers of Nazism. The Government tried in vain to get rid of him but he eluded their attempts.

Communists gained leadership roles in unions such as the Railways and later the Waterside Workers Federation WWF. It was the WWF who prevented Australian scrap iron going to Japan on the ship called Dalfram at Port Kembla just prior to the WWII. Menzies earned the nickname ‘pig iron bob’ after that incident.

“Communists work for workers and the people in general. They organise and lobby for a better deal for all and for a future of socialism in Australia”, Vinnie Molina, Party president concluded.
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Watch our centenary video

Media contacts: Communist Party of Australia, CPA. www.cpa.org.au
Andrew Irving, General Secretary on 0419 523 886 Email: [email protected]
Vinnie Molina, Party president on 0419 812 872 Email: [email protected]
Denis Doherty, Convener of the Centenary Committee 0418 290 663
Email: [email protected]

October 28, 2020/by Reland Pigte

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