Sydney Communist in Sydney, New South Wales

Unity and split in world workers movement across nations

The text argues unity among working class groups is situational and world-wide splits arise during war and after. It cites 1914 wartime unity failures, notes Bolsheviks versus Mensheviks, German Social Democrats, Italian Socialists and Industrialists, French reformists, and English and American parties, ending with Australia’s Communist opposition from traditional socialist parties.