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Newspaper
Sydney Communist
Location
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Sep 15, 1922
Page
3
A Drummoyne Labor League discussion centered on opposing a proposed NSW Education Ministry plan to charge high school fees. The debate covered worker education, court wage disputes, and plans to boost union organizing, with figures including Mr Roles and Mr Webster weighing in.
The Australian Labor Party paper Labor News announces it will devote each issue to trade union matters and asks affiliated unions to submit items of interest by Wednesday midday. It proposes advertising union meetings for £1 per year and invites unions to assist in making the proposal a success, noting a militant reader base and urging unity in wage disputes. An editor’s note cites a Adelaide protest and urged workers to attend a Botanics gathering to voice opinion on hall refusals for a lecture by Jock Garden.
The piece reports a united NSW union response to employer wage cuts, detailing the go slow policy adopted by 61 unions and 94 delegates, the hostile press reaction from Labor News and the A.L.P. stance. It condemns the A.L.P. for political infighting and urges unity against wage reductions and longer hours.
Comrade Johnson delivers a Saturday night lecture on the dictatorship of the proletariat outlining Marxist theory and class structure. The talk examines revolutionary aims, workers’ power, and historical context with emphasis on practical implications for labor movements.
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