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Podcast: The Sound of Solidarity
Episode: The rise and fall of the Communist Party of Australia
Description: Paddy Gibson speaks about a new edition of Tom O'Lincoln's book, Into the Mainstream: The Decline of Australian Communism, for which he has written the introduction.
Paddy describes how the book charts the CPA's strengths, but also how its Stalinist politics led to its decline. He draws lessons for revolutionaries today.
Copies of the book are on sale at Solidarity branch meetings or by contacting the publisher, Interventions.
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This talk was delivered at a Solidarity meeting in Melbourne on 15...