| Battle of Bankstown | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 26 Feburary 1932 | |||
| Location | ||||
| Caused by | Opposition to a Unemployed Workers Movement Celebration | |||
| Methods | Protest | |||
| Parties | ||||
| Number | ||||
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| Casualties | ||||
| Injuries | ~20 | |||
| Arrested | 10 | |||
The Battle of Bankstown was a clash in the suburb of Bankstown in Sydney between members of the New Guard and members of the Unemployed Workers Movement, Communist Party of Australia and Australian Labor Party.[1][2][3][4][5][6] It is often compared to the British Battle of Cable Street.[1]
Background edit
Throughout 1931 and 1932, the New Guard had been on an Anti-leftist campaign
Events edit
References edit
- ^ a b Moore, Andrew (2005). "The New Guard and the Labour Movement, 1931-35". Labour History (89): 55–72. doi:10.2307/27516075. ISSN 0023-6942. JSTOR 27516075. Archived from the original on 2023-10-20. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
- ^ "NEW GUARD AGAIN CLASH WITH COMMUNISTS". TROVE. 27 Feb 1932.
- ^ "NEW GUARD CLASH". TROVE. 29 Feb 1932.
- ^ "Several Clashes". TROVE. 29 Feb 1932.
- ^ Cunningham, Matthew (11 Sep 2012). "Australian Fascism? A Revisionist Analysis of the Ideology of the New Guard" (PDF). Politics, Religion and Ideology. 13 (3): 375–393. doi:10.1080/21567689.2012.701188 – via University College Dublin.
- ^ "WILD SCENES IN BANKSTOWN PARK". TROVE. 27 Feb 1932.