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Are communist parties legal in Australia?
The Communist Party of Australia was declared an unlawful organisation and was dissolved, its property forfeited to the Commonwealth without compensation. Affiliated organisations were also liable to be declared unlawful, at the discretion of the Governor-General.
When did the communist party disband?
The Communist International was dissolved in 1943 after it was concluded that such an organization had failed to prevent the rise of fascism and the global war necessary to defeat it.
Is there still a communist party in Australia today?
The Communist Party of Australia (CPA) was an Australian political party founded in 1920. The CPA achieved its greatest political strength in the 1940s. It was banned temporarily in 1940 and faced an attempted ban in 1951 before dissolving in 1991.
What is the Australian Communist Party?
The Australian Communist Party is a Marxist-Leninist organisation that seeks to lead the revolutionary transformation of Australia from being a capitalist society to a socialist one.
What is the Australian Marxist-Leninist Party?
The party was formed in 1964 as a pro-China split from the Communist Party of Australia. The theory of the party is unique among Australian Marxist–Leninists due to its belief that a revolution to achieve national independence from primarily United States imperialism is an essential step in the struggle to achieve socialism in Australia.
When was the Socialist Party of Australia founded?
It was founded in 1971 as the Socialist Party of Australia ( SPA) and adopted its current name in 1996. The party was established by former members of the original Communist Party of Australia who resigned or were expelled due to internal disagreements over the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia and the party’s adoption of Eurocommunism.
Why did the IWW leave the Communist Party in Australia?
Most of the then illegal Australian section of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) joined, but the IWW soon left the Communist Party, with its original members, over disagreements with the direction of the Soviet Union and Bolshevism.