The Industrial Groups were groups formed by the Australian Labor Party in the late 1940s, to combat Communist Party influence in the trade unions. This article is about the historical Communist Party of Australia dissolved in 1991 [1]
In 1941 B.A. Santamaria founded the Catholic Social Studies Movement, generally known simply as "the Movement". Bartholomew Augustine "B A" Santamaria, otherwise 'Bob' ( 14 August 1915 - 25 February 1998) Australian political The Movement quickly gained a large influence in the Industrial Groups. Members of these groups were informally called 'Groupers'.
Under the influence of the Movement, the Groupers opposed not just the Communist Party, but elements within the Labor Party who they believed were insufficiently opposed to communism. [2]
Although supportive of the Industrial Groups at first, Labor leader 'Doc' Evatt turned against them, causing a split in the Labor Party, with many 'Groupers' resigning or being illegally expelled, and the formation of the Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist), later to become the Democratic Labor Party. Herbert Vere Evatt, QC MP ( April 30, 1894 - November 2, 1965) was an Australian Jurist, politician The Democratic Labor Party (abbreviated as the DLP was an Australian Political party that existed from 1955 until 1978
Notes
- ^ Holt, Stephen (December 2003). "Labor ’s Other Jack Ferguson". Quadrant XLVII (12). Quadrant is an Australian literary and cultural journal. The magazine is generally described as conservative
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