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Australian Communist Party | |
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| Abbreviation | ACP |
| General Secretary | Bob Briton |
| Founded | 28 June 2019 |
| Newspaper | Militant Worker |
| Political orientation | Marxism–Leninism (claimed) Revisionism (de facto) Left-Opportunism |
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| https://www.auscp.org.au | |
 Twitter | @https://x.com/auscommunist |
 YouTube channel | https://www.youtube.com/@australiancommunistparty7146 |
 Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/aus.communistparty |
 Instagram | @https://www.instagram.com/aus_communist_party/ |
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The Australian Communist Party (ACP) is a Marxist–Leninist party in Australia which split from the modern Communist Party of Australia in 2019, citing "unresolved issues regarding the Party’s work [...] combined with lax recruitment practices and general ill-discipline". The organisation presents itself as the true inheritor of the legacy of the original Communist Party of Australia which was founded in 1920, with its "Our History" page detailing the history of the CPA.[1]
History[edit | edit source]
Political positions[edit | edit source]
Defence[edit | edit source]
Education[edit | edit source]
Foreign policy[edit | edit source]
China[edit | edit source]
The ACP recognises the People's Republic of China as a capitalist country, arguing that "the vast majority of economic activity takes place under capitalist relations of production" and that land is "de-facto treated as private property which is bought, sold, rented and traded on markets like any other commodity." It "questions" China's exporting of capital, which Lenin regarded as a core tenet of imperialism once it has "acquired pronounced importance",[2] though it stops short of outright labelling China as "imperialist".[3]
Though critical of the "shortcomings" of the Communist Party of China, the ACP nonetheless "support[s] China’s national independence in the face of US imperialism and steadfastly oppose[s] all attempts to provoke war in the region."[3]
Israel–Palestine[edit | edit source]
On Instagram, the organisation shared a statement by the Palestinian Communist Party which commemorated the Nakba and denounced "Israel" as a fascist settler colonial state.[4]
Papua conflict[edit | edit source]
The ACP supports the Free Papua Movement, which it regards as an anti-colonial national liberation struggle.[5]
United States[edit | edit source]
The Party denounces Statesian imperialism.[3]
Housing[edit | edit source]
Social issues[edit | edit source]
Indigenous issues[edit | edit source]
LGBT+ issues[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Australian Communist Party History". www.auscp.org.au. Retrieved 2025-08-15.
- ↑
Lenin, Vladimir (1916).: Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism. Chapter 7: Imperialism as a special stage of capitalism in Lenin: Selected Works, vol. 2. Moscow: Progress Publishers. 1963.Imperialism is capitalism in that stage of development in which the dominance of monopolies and finance capital has established itself; in which the export of capital has acquired pronounced importance; in which the division of the world among the international trusts has begun; in which the division of all territories of the globe among the great capitalist powers has been completed.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Australian Communist Party, "PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: The Position of the Australian Communist Party, Regarding the People's Republic of China and the Communist Party of China (CPC)". www.auscp.org.au. Retrieved 2025-08-15.
- ↑ Australian Communist Party (2025-05-16).: "Statement by the Palestinian Communist Party on the 77th Anniversary of the Nakba of the Palestinian People". Instagram. Retrieved 2025-08-15.
- ↑ Australian Communist Party (2021-12-01).: "Free West Papua ACP & CUDL". YouTube. Retrieved 2025-10-15.