The Reds

The award-winning account of the early years of communism in Australia, written by one of Australia's most highly regarded historians. Winner of The Age Non-Fiction Book of the Year Award 1998 Shortlisted for Best Australian History Book in the NSW Premier's History Awards 1998 In 1920, 26 men and women met in a dingy hall in Sydney to create a new political party. They expected the overthrow of capitalism and the emancipation of humanity-here, and all around the world. Two decades later, when A