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Find out more about Solidarity

Visit Solidarity Online | A socialist organisation in Australia for news, analysis and theory.

And, of course we're on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Solidarity | Facebook | Solidarity (@soli_aus) / Twitter | Solidarity ▪ Activism (@solidarityau) • Instagram photos and videos

Responsibility for election comment is taken by James Supple, 410 Elizabeth Street, Surry Hills, NSW 2010.

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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.

Read more about the CPA.

Find out more about Solidarity.

This talk was delivered at a Solidarity meeting in Melbourne on 15 May 2025.

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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.