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The Socialist Party of Australia was formed in 1971 by disaffected or expelled former members of the Communist Party of Australia.

Socialist Party of Australia members criticised the Communist Party of Australia for abandoning Marxist-Leninism in favour of a left social democratic position.

The Socialist Party of Australia also took a strong stance in defence of the actions of the Soviet Union, from which the CPA had distanced itself following the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia.

In 1996 the Socialist Party of Australia renamed itself the Communist Party of Australia (the CPA having wound up in 1991).

Resources

Books

• What's happening in the C.P.A.? Will the Communist party split?, D. B. Young, Sydney, c1970. Image PDF Details

Conference Papers

• Clancy, Pat, 'The formation of the Socialist Party of Australia', in Communists and the Labour Movement National Conference, Melbourne, 22, 23, 24 August 1980, 1980. Image PDF Details
• Symon, Peter, 'The Revolutionary Party', in Communists and the Labour Movement National Conference, Melbourne, 22, 23, 24 August 1980, 1980. Image PDF Details
• Symon, Peter, 'Communists and the international communist movement', in Communists and the Labour Movement National Conference, Melbourne, 22, 23, 24 August 1980, 1980. Image PDF Details

Journals

• Australian Marxist Review, vol. 5, no. 2, Socialist Party of Australia [This scan courtesy of the State Library of Victoria], Melbourne, June 1976. Image PDF Details
• Australian Marxist Review, vol. 5, no. 2, Socialist Party of Australia [This scan courtesy of the State Library of Victoria], Melbourne, September 1976. Image PDF Details
• Australian Marxist Review, vol. 5, no. 4, Socialist Party of Australia [This scan courtesy of the State Library of Victoria], Sydney, Decmber 1976. Image PDF Details
• Australian Marxist Review, vol. 5, no. 1, Socialist Party of Australia [This scan courtesy of the State Library of Victoria], Sydney, January 1976. Image PDF Details
• Australian Marxist Review, vol. 6, no. 2, Socialist Party of Australia [This scan courtesy of the State Library of Victoria], Sydney, August 1977. Image PDF Details
• Australian Marxist Review Special Issue Sixty Years of Struggle for Scientific Socialism, no. 4, Socialist Party of Australia [This scan courtesy of the State Library of Victoria], Sydney, October 1980. Image PDF Details

Newspapers

• SPA, Socialist Party of Australia [This scan courtesy of the State Library of Victoria], Sydney, August 1972. Image PDF Details
• SPA, Socialist Party of Australia [This scan courtesy of the State Library of Victoria], Sydney, April 1972. Image PDF Details
• SPA, Socialist Party of Australia [This scan courtesy of the State Library of Victoria], Sydney, may 1972. Image PDF Details
• SPA, Socialist Party of Australia [This scan courtesy of the State Library of Victoria], Sydney, June 1972. Image PDF Details
• SPA, Socialist Party of Australia [This scan courtesy of the State Library of Victoria], Sydney, July 1972. Image PDF Details
• Socialist, Socialist Party of Australia [This scan courtesy of the State Library of Victoria], sydney, June 1974. Image PDF Details
• Socialist, Socialist Party of Australia [This scan courtesy of the State Library of Victoria], Sydney, July 1974. Image PDF Details
• Socialist, Socialist Party of Australia [This scan courtesy of the State Library of Victoria], Sydney, May 1974. Image PDF Details
• Socialist, Socialist Party of Australia [This scan courtesy of the State Library of Victoria], Sydney, 7 November 1979. Image PDF Details
• Socialist, Socialist Party of Australia [This scan courtesy of the State Library of Victoria], Sydney, 5 December 1979. Image PDF Details
• Socialist, Socialist Party of Australia [This scan courtesy of the State Library of Victoria], Sydney, 21 November 1979. Image PDF Details
• Socialist, Socialist Party of Australia [This scan courtesy of the State Library of Victoria], Sydney, December 19 1979. Image PDF Details
• Socialist, Socialist Party of Australia [This scan courtesy of the State Library of Victoria], Sydney, 19 December. Image PDF Details
• Socialist, Socialist Party of Australia [This scan courtesy of the State Library of Victoria], Sydney, 5 December 1979. Image PDF Details
• Socialist, Socialist Party of Australia [This scan courtesy of the State Library of Victoria], Sydney, 10 October 1979. Image PDF Details
• Socialist, Socialist Party of Australia [This scan courtesy of the State Library of Victoria], Sydney, 21 November 1979. Image PDF Details
• Socialist, Socialist Party of Australia [This scan courtesy of the State Library of Victoria], Sydney, 7 November 1979. Image PDF Details
• Socialist, Socialist Party of Australia [This scan courtesy of the State Library of Victoria], Sydney, 10 October 1979. Image PDF Details

Newspaper Articles

• 'Peaceful foreign policy of Indo-Chinese nations', Bulletin - Socialist Party of Australian Publication, Socialist Party of Australia, Melbourne, 1 May 1983. Image PDF Details
• 'The real Mr Hawke stands up', Bulletin - Socialist Party of Australian Publication, Socialist Party of Australia, Melbourne, 1 May 1983. Image PDF Details

Pamphlets

• A Revolution Betrayed, New Age Publishers [This scan courtesy of the State Library of Victoria], Sydney, 1979. Image PDF Details
• Unemployment: a chronic problem of capitalism: some urgent and immediate step, New Age Publishers [This scan courtesy of the State Library of Victoria], Sydney, 1979. Image PDF Details
• Ban nuclear weapons: Give our children a chance, Socialist Party of Australia, Sydney, 1979. Image PDF Details
• Spotlight on Afghanistan, New Age Publishers [This scan courtesy of the State Library of Victoria], Melbourne, 1980. Image PDF Details
• McPhillips, Jack, The Accord and its consequences : trade union experiences, New Age Publishers for the Socialist Party of Australia [This scan courtesy of the State Library of Victoria], Sydney, 1985. Image PDF Details
• Pha, Anna and McPhillips, Jack, The crisis, the Accord and Summit communique: what they mean for workers, New Age Publishers for the Socialist Party of Australia [This scan courtesy of the State Library of Victoria], Sydney, 1983. Image PDF Details
• Ross, Edgar, Russian revolution: its impact on Australia, Socialist Party of Australia [This scan courtesy of the State Library of Victoria], Sydney, 1972. Image PDF Details
• Socialist Party of Australia, Australia Needs a Political Alternative, Sydney?, c1991. Image PDF Details
• Young Socialist League of Australia, Youth Voice, Melbourne, 1 May 1987. Image PDF Details