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Newspaper
Sydney Communist
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 25, 1923
Page
5
A New York or London era pamphlet style appeal denounces the royal wedding and wealth inequality. It urges workers to unite against class oppression, pledging to fight for economic freedom and equal access to food clothing and education. The message centers on power to those who produce wealth.
The firm produces wireless valves at a cost of 15/- each including foreman and workers, with 100 valves weekly costing £75 and sold at 35/- each generating about £100 profit. They plan to cut labor to four girls and one apprentice to reduce cost per valve below 10/-. The Electrical Trades Union is urged to send an organiser to explain union matters to workers. A message urges youths to join the Young Communist League to fight wage slavery and capitalism.
On Sunday April 28 the Communist Party of Australia held a May Day meeting in Sydney Domain. A resolution protested the crushing of German workers by French and German capital, with fraternal greetings to workers abroad and praise for the Young Communist League. The piece notes past May Day norms and condemns capitalism as cause of worker hardship and child misery.
The Young Communist League of Australia sends fraternal greetings to young workers urging unity against capitalism. It calls for mobilization for the class war, capital’s oppression, and the liberation of workers from wage slavery, with Long live the 1st of May and Down with Capitalism.
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