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Communist Party of Australia @cpaecho.bsky.social · 6d

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Trump’s Climate Colonialism

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Communist Party of Australia @cpaecho.bsky.social · 6d

US president Trump stunned and alarmed delegates with his arrogant and reckless one-hour rant to the UN’s 80th General Assembly on 23 September.

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Trump’s climate colonialism - CPA

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Communist Party of Australia @cpaecho.bsky.social · 11d

At the core of this history is the idea that building a socialist future in Australia is still possible; that the Party is back and here to stay.

CPA history is living history.

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Communist Party of Australia @cpaecho.bsky.social · 11d

On October 30, the Communist Party of Australia turns 105.

Why tell this history? Because the story of the CPA is one of survival against all odds, standing up for working people, and striving for a more just and peaceful future for humankind.

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Communist Party of Australia @cpaecho.bsky.social · 11d

On October 30, the Communist Party of Australia turns 105.

Why tell this history? Because the story of the CPA is one of survival against all odds, standing up for working people, and striving for a more just and peaceful future for humankind.

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Communist Party of Australia @cpaecho.bsky.social · 11d

No police officer was ever charged for the assault.Paterson represents the spirit of the CPA, a man who cared for his community and was willing to put himself in harm’s way to defend people’s rights. His example lives on in the Party to this day.

Communist Party of Australia @cpaecho.bsky.social · 11d

Paterson fought for equal pay for women, the anti-racist cause in the sugar industry, and for a 40-hour working week, advocating socialist policies of free housing, free education and pharmaceuticals.He was struck on the head by a police officer in 1948.

Communist Party of Australia @cpaecho.bsky.social · 11d

Fred Paterson (1897 - 1977), was the only Communist Party of Australia (CPA) representative to be elected to Parliament, as Member for Bowen between 1944 and 1950.

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Communist Party of Australia @cpaecho.bsky.social · 11d

Paterson fought for equal pay for women, the anti-racist cause in the sugar industry, and for a 40-hour working week, advocating socialist policies of free housing, free education and pharmaceuticals.He was struck on the head by a police officer in 1948.

Communist Party of Australia @cpaecho.bsky.social · 11d

Fred Paterson (1897 - 1977), was the only Communist Party of Australia (CPA) representative to be elected to Parliament, as Member for Bowen between 1944 and 1950.

Graphic, headlined 'Red October: Fred Paterson (1897-1977). Quotation from Paterson: "what then is the cause of poverty and economic insecurity? Can anyone suggest that they went without fruit because our fruit trees ceased to bear fruit? And can anyone suggest that we went without manufactured goods because our machinery ceased to turn and our artisans had lost their skill? Not on your life!

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Communist Party of Australia @cpaecho.bsky.social · 11d

Fred Paterson (1897 - 1977), was the only Communist Party of Australia (CPA) representative to be elected to Parliament, as Member for Bowen between 1944 and 1950.

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Communist Party of Australia @cpaecho.bsky.social · 11d

It's Red October: the countdown to the 105th Anniversary of the Founding of our Party on 30 October, 1920.
All this month we will feature various aspects of our history. Stay tuned for more on the foundations of the Party, where we came from and what made the CPA the growing Party it is today.

Graphic showing '105 years' with communist newspapers inside the letters

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Communist Party of Australia @cpaecho.bsky.social · 11d

"When the CPC succeeds, the people succeed as well". CPA National President Vinnie Molina talks with the Global Times

Global Times interview with CPA National President, Vinnie Molina, full text can be found at https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202507/1337471.shtml

Communist Party of Australia @cpaecho.bsky.social · 17d

Gaza: ‘The world must act NOW!’

Communist Party of Australia @cpaecho.bsky.social · 17d

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Communist Party of Australia @cpaecho.bsky.social · 17d

The United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry (COI) on the Occupied Palestinian Territory has concluded that Israeli authorities and forces have committed and are continuing to commit genocide in the occupied Gaza Strip

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Gaza: “The world must act NOW!” - CPA

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Communist Party of Australia @cpaecho.bsky.social · 18d

The Finance Sector Union (FSU) says NAB’s decision to cut 410 jobs just a day after ANZ axed 3,500 proves banks are moving in lockstep against workers.

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Banks slash jobs - CPA

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Communist Party of Australia @cpaecho.bsky.social · 22d

Thousands of Australians marched in support of Indigenous sovereignty and against racism on Saturday 13 September.

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Anti-racism: the people stand up - CPA

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Communist Party of Australia @cpaecho.bsky.social · 22d

Review of the film Superman:

“Boravia is a close ally of the United States, which supplies its weapons, thanks to evil billionaire Lex Luthor’s corporation. The two countries may well be standing in for Israel and Palestine.”

#USImperialism

Promo for review of Superman by Sebastian Peady, Guardian the Workers' Weekly issue #2155 July 28 2025
(picture of the latest Superman)

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Communist Party of Australia @cpaecho.bsky.social · 28d

Warmest greetings to the Communist Party of India
for their 25th Congress in Chandigarh, Punjab!

A formal greeting from the Communist Party of Australia to the Communist Party of India for their 25th Congress in Chandigath Punjab
Dear comrade,
The Communist Party of Australia (CPA) sends
our warmest greetings to the Communist Party
of India (CPI) for your 25th Congress in Chandi-
garh, Punjab, from 21 to 25 September.
We salute you in your struggle for working-class
economic democracy, voter’s rights, secular society and
scientific socialism in India.
It is clear that the class struggle in India is entering
a heightened stage, with farmers and agricultural work-
ers, women and youth playing a prominent role in mass
organisation. We acknowledge the leading role of the
CPI in unifying progressive and working-class forces and
coordinating the struggle against capitalist ruling-class
power in your country.
A point of intersection between our two parties is
the anti-war and anti-imperialist drive. Working-class
movements in the Global South are playing a crucial
role in resisting the brutal US-Israeli genocide in Pal-
estine. We must unite in resisting the United States
and Western powers and their heightened aggression
around the world, in Latin America, Asia, Africa, the
Subcontinent, and especially against countries that are
pursuing socialist construction.
We wish you grand success in your Congress. May
it further unify your Party and advance the cause of the
liberation of the working class in India and the relentless
struggle against colonialism, fascism and imperialism.
We sincerely hope there will be more opportunities
for exchanges between our parties into the future.
Long live the Communist Party of India!
Long live proletarian internationalism!
Communist Party of Australia, CPA
International Department

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Communist Party of Australia @cpaecho.bsky.social · Sep 16

As China marked the 80th anniversary of its victory in World War II on 3 September, the gathering in Tiananmen Square was not about swagger, but a moment of reflection on the challenges facing the world today.

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Victory Day in China - CPA

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Communist Party of Australia @cpaecho.bsky.social · Sep 14

Student encampments might be a thing of the past, but students nationwide are still speaking up against genocide.

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Adelaide students vote against genocide - CPA

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Communist Party of Australia @cpaecho.bsky.social · Sep 12

The Australian government in its complicity in Israel’s genocide and ethnic cleansing against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip now has as an ally an organisation of fascist thugs.

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Isolate Israel - CPA

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Communist Party of Australia @cpaecho.bsky.social · Sep 12

Anglicare Australia has told a Senate Inquiry that older Australians cannot afford to keep waiting for the care they need. Some are waiting as long as 15 months for support.
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Albanese keeps older Australians waiting - CPA

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Communist Party of Australia @cpaecho.bsky.social · Sep 5

The Albanese government’s Economic Reform Roundtable last month revealed the government and employer agenda to use class collaboration as a shackle on organised labour for the enforcement of the government and big businesses’ economic and political agenda.

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A DANCE WITH THE DEVIL - CPA

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Communist Party of Australia @cpaecho.bsky.social · Sep 5

80 years ago Ho Chi Minh read out the Declaration of Independence at Ba Đình Square, after defeating French, Japanese and US imperialism, a triple victory of giant proportions that changed the history and future of World Communism.
Long live Vietnam!
Long live the Communist Party of Vietnam!

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Communist Party of Australia @cpaecho.bsky.social · Sep 5

CPA president was honoured to attend the event on the occasion of the 80th Anniversary of the Victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.

Two men shaking hands and smiling for the camera

A group picture in front of a slide depicting heroic Chinese people and an explanation in Chinese and English that it's the anniversary of victory in the anti-fascist war

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Communist Party of Australia @cpaecho.bsky.social · Sep 5

CPA National President met with Chinese representatives to celebrate the 80th Anniversary of the Victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.

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