Lance Sharkey's “The Trade Unions - Communist Theory & Practice” was reprinted 8 times with two generations of Communist Party and union activists studying it. Containing much of relevance that is still valuable reading for union activists today

A riveting speech by Jack C. Henry, the QLD State Secretary of the Communist Party, covering the struggle against the social democrats, reformism and more. Delivered at the 14th Congress of the ACP in 1945 which was held in the Sydney Town Hall.

A pamphlet which is hard to put down, compiled into five well researched chapters, it details the workers movement of Australia from the late 1800’s until the late 1940s.

W. E Gollan, B.A., an educator for over three decades, visited the USSR, Europe, China and Japan making first-hand observations of their educational systems. This detailed pamphlet is a must read for teachers and communists!

A complete and step by step history of the nine week long Queensland Railway Strike over wages of workers at railway workshops and locomotive depots in Queensland, Australia. A story of staunch solidarity and support from waterside workers and the general union movement.

Published as a pamphlet in 1998, Rowan Cahill tells a vivid story of labour history on the waterfronts from the early to late 1900s, centred around the renowned Communist Party member and Seamen’s Union leader E.V Elliott.

In 1949, ACP General Secretary, Lance Sharkey was asked by a journalist what the reaction would be if the USSR invaded Australia. Lance responded and would serve jail time for his comments. In this booklet, Fred Paterson, describes the sedition case.

Published in 1946, L. Harry Gould, having been frustrated with contemporary dictionaries and their obvious bias and play with definitions, compiled a Marxist Glossary to clearly define terms and their meanings for Marxist Leninists. A great document to use when in doubt of definitions while reading!

Analysing the conditions of the party and the wider movement under illegality, it appeared in the first edition of Communist Review printed while the Party was underground, pending the High Court decision on the Communist Party Dissolution Act.

Written in 1945, this booklet brings together the more important speeches of Fred Paterson to the Queensland parliament. A member for Bowen, QLD between 1944-49. His speeches are a model for Communists on how to use the parliamentary platform to rally for a socialist revolution.

First published in 1939, it was the first attempt by the Communist movement at addressing the issues facing the First Nations people. It is written by Tom Wright, the president of the Sheet Metal Workers Union at the time.

Written in 1958, this booklet by Jack McPhillips, sets out the plans of the then Menzies Liberal government to punish Australian trade unions for defending their members. Modern readers will see many parallels between the actions of the government then and in more recent time, a recommended reading for unionists everywhere!