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Newspaper
Sydney Communist
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Oct 21, 1921
Page
3
A harsh protest against industrial exploitation condemns health neglect of workers and child misery from lead poisoning. It denounces the rich’s hypocrisy, calls for abolishing capitalism, and advocates a cooperative commonwealth to uplift labor and end wage slavery in factories and mines.
An appeal from the Committee urging readers to subscribe to support Bill Harris who is near blindness. The missive requests that the letter be read by members and published in the paper, highlighting Harris as a sincere worker in the working class movement and praising his past propaganda efforts.
The editor reports exchange with Comrade Zander over a prior letter in the LS. Zander clarifies he is not a member or representative of the Russian Association, though he spoke publicly at times at the request of Russian revolutionaries. He condemns the ASP for misuse of his name and notes past cooperation with the group.
Betsy H Matthias forwarded privately collected funds to Mrs James Nicholls widow of the imprisoned Nicholls. The list shows numerous donors with small totals, totaling £3 12s 6d. Funds were collected on Sunday and handed to Mrs Nicholls on October 10 at Queen Victoria Markets Sydney.
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