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May Day Demonstration in Sydney 1921 Sparks Red Flag Rally
The gathering featured Labor leaders and activists from Marx Engels Lenin and Trotsky circles, with Jock Garden among speakers. A crowd clashed with a small Union Jack faction, Red Flag symbolism prevailed, and calls for Reeve and King’s release gained broad support. May Day events included LW.W and A.L.P platforms, with intense labor unity and revolutionary rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor
Marx
Engels
Lenin
Trotsky
Liebnecht
Rosal Luxembourg
Labor Council
Jock Garden
Afternon
Dar
Australia
J. Kilburn
Daily Telegraph
Domain
Kilburn
Sydney
Donald Grant
Reeve
King
Tom Glynn
Communist Party of Australia
Somone
A. Rutherford
W.la
Revolutionary Movement
Lw.w
Isw.w. Release and Defence Committee
A.8.p
Reardon
Bill Jackson
A.L.P
Labor Party
Sydney Town Hall
Percy Brookfield
Lw.w. A
Fatty
Bourne
T. W. McCrystal
Sidner
Argu