Tragedies of the War and the Australian Working Class
A polemic narrative condemns capitalist war and its impact on workers in Australia. It links wartime suffering, postwar hardship, and crime to systemic poverty, urging the Communist Party’s antiwar stance and class solidarity against capitalist domination. The piece alleges labour oppression, acts of desperation, and legal harassments, with references to Watsons Bay, Perth, and public figures in Melbourne and WA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
adYapee
Sunday Press
Sydney
Watson's Bay
le Fx
Europe
Communist Party
Ihe
Minnist Party
Pebel
W.A
Sim
Great Boulder
T. Callanan
Aestecd
Callgnan
Callanan
Perth
India
Germany
Ireland
Egypt
America
Comrade Payne to Lecture at Strand Theatre on Russia 1925
Comrade T Payne, fresh from Soviet Russia, will lecture at the Strand Theatre on Sunday April 22 at 7.30 pm on the topic Russia as I Saw It in 1925. The Abermain District Group outlines a busy program of meetings, study circles, and Communist lectures through April with plans to boost circulation of The Communist and recruit members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strand Theatre
Russia
Abermain District
Abermain
A. Armitage
Comrade G. Winter
Young Communist League
ABC
Sydney
Bathurst
Tom Payne
The Labor Fakir and the Militant Workers
A letter to the editor denounces labor leaders as exploitative, arguing unemployment and wage cuts fuel discontent. It claims the Labor Party and officials inflate costs, fails to unite unions, and serves plutocracy by using fakirs and missionaries to betray workers. It warns readers to watch their leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conavunist
Times
Captain Dustry
Powers-That-Be
Labor
Pakir
Mle
Missionary Fund
Food for Thought On Queensland and Russia Critics
A report by A Watts administrator of the Society of Friends Fund for Stricken Europe is reviewed. It notes prewar work in Russia halted by Allied blockade, praises Soviet treatment of children, contrasts with Queensland policies under Labor, and highlights a campaign to lift circulation of Communist papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mareian
Edim Roesia
Educat
Russia
Markiem
Theodore
Atkinson
A. Watts
Society of Friends' Fund
Europe
Mr. Theodore
Queensland
Petrograd
Moscow
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J. Shel Joy
Shelley
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Oliver
Pudge
Molly
T. Payne
Soviet
Freeberg
Elaga
ABO. Com
Muniem
Bad
Melbourne
Jane Searhotot
Wall
Communist Hall
Sussex Street
Ruhr
France
AUSIC
Pam
AIG
Callestars
Suba. Oy
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