The Western Australian branch of the Australian Communist Party was instrumental in bringing public attention to the strike.
Australian Communist Party Brings Public Attention to Strike
Citation
Leah Healy, Secretary, Western Australian State Committee, Australian Communist Party, to Minister for Justice Emil Nulsen, 20 May 1946, SROWA, 1945/0800/110.
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Despite the organisation’s broad base, the involvement of prominent communists, such as author Katharine Susannah Prichard, who wrote this flyer, resulted in it being labelled a communist front organisation by its critics.
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