Lenin as Reformer in the Socialist Review Debate
The piece critiques Ramsay McDonald and Labour pacifists for praising reformist lines in Lenin's remarks on Soviet policy. It argues reformism is bankrupt and urges revolutionary action, linking pacifism to capitalist interests amid global unrest. It marks the Paris Commune anniversary and condemns gradual change as incompatible with working-class emancipation.
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Worker
Socialist Review
Lenin
Soviet
Russia
Ramsay McDonald
Yellow Journal
McDonald
H. E. Boote
Ireland
England
America
Germany
Italy
South Africa
Australia
Themelves
Rand
Paris
Young Communist International urges Australian youth mobilization
Norman Jeffery reports on the July Moscow Congress of the Young Communist International and its push to organize youth across Europe. The piece urges Australian workers to form the United Communist Party of Australia and invites parents to enroll their children to resist propaganda and build a future proletarian culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Communist International
Moscow
International of Communist Youth
Europe
Proletarian Army of Progress
Australia
Congress of Youth
United Communist Party of Australia
Communist International of Youth
Union Militant Worker's Dissent Clash With Organiser
The Printing Trades Journal reports a Rockhampton Sub-branch dispute at the Record newspaper where resignations and victimisation claims shrank output. Although working conditions and wages were poor, union policy favored arbitration, while an organiser warned militancy violates rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Printing Trades Journal
Rockhampton
Record
BUMP ME INTO PARLIAMENT Parody of Yankee Doodle
A political satire song urges voters to support a Labor candidate by promising endless talking and sweeping reforms. It mocks wealthier allies and claims revolutionary aims, including price controls and populist laws. The piece ends with religious boasting and a rebuke of nonvoters.
Theodore denounces Labour claims in Smiths Weekly piece
Mr Theodore argues Labour’s three decades of influence brought social reform yet warns workers face economic insecurity under capitalism. He isolates Communists as a tool of Labour critique and states socialism remains an unattainable ideal due to human nature. He even concedes the ideal is foolish to deny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Theodore
Queensland
Theodore
Commonwealth
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