What sort of threat did communist trade unions pose to Australia? Dr Michael Barr reveals how Australian communists after World War II were quite prepared to murder strike-breakers and political opponents.Two new books on Southeast Asian history have cast light on aspects of Australian history: the role of the Communist Party of Australia in the international communist movement of the 1940s, their vicious tactics in Australian trade unions during the same period, and the role of Australia’s Lanc…
