Red Eureka Movement

The Red Eureka Movement (REM) was an Australian communist and Maoist political party led by activist Albert Langer.[1] It was active from 1977 to 1982.[1] The party was formed as a splinter organization from the Communist Party of Australia (Marxist–Leninist) (CPAML) by activists who supported the Gang of Four against Deng Xiaoping.[2] The group denounced China under Deng as having taken the "capitalist road".[2] The group was opposed to all other Australian Maoist organisations for a variety of reasons, and advocated for a global front to oppose the Soviet Union.[3]

Red Eureka Movement
LeaderAlbert Langer
Founded1977
Dissolved1982
Split fromCPA (M–L)
NewspaperRebel
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
Maoism
Anti-revisionism
Political positionFar-left

REM was based in Melbourne, and published a monthly journal titled Rebel,[4] as well as another journal titled Discussion Bulletin, which published material that satirised the CPAML.[5] The REM owned a bookstore named the "After Hours Bookstore" in Hoddle Street, Melbourne.[6]

References

  1. "Guide to the Papers of Robert Darby". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  2. "Group to make you see red". The Bulletin. Vol. 99, no. 5116. 11 July 1977. p. 101. Retrieved 24 May 2021 via National Library of Australia.
  3. Burgmann, Meredith; Wheatley, Nadia (April 2021). Radicals: Remembering the Sixties. NewSouth Publishing. ISBN 9781742245133.
  4. "Red Eureka Movement (1977 - ?)". Reason in Revolt. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
  5. "Media Information Australia". Australian Film, Television and Radio School. 1980: 62. Retrieved 24 May 2021. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. Sendy, John (1983). Melbourne's Radical Bookshops. International Bookshop. p. 135. ISBN 9780959183009.
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