No Lasting Peace? Labor, Communism and the Cominform
Australia and Great Britain, 1945-50
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2760626 |
|---|---|
| Authors | P Deery (0000-0002-2887-8910), Neil Redfern |
| Year | 2005 |
| Issue | 88 |
| Pages | 63 |
| Publication date | 2005-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Labour History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0023-6942 • E-ISSN: 1839-3039 |
| Publisher | Liverpool University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2307/27516037 |
| OpenAlex | W2077756975 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 11 |
The formation of the Cominform in 1947 was a decisive moment in the Cold War. Although many rank-and-file activists in the Labor and Communist parties in Great Britain and Australia continued to cooperate with each other, the formal relationship between the two parties sharply deteriorated. In Britain, the formation of the Cominform shattered the Communist Party's hopes of post-war class peace. Communists' critical attitude to the Labour Party became openly hostile. However, no fundamental change to Communist Party policy occurred. In industry, the Party became more militant but, generally, continued to pursue an approach that involved collaboration more than confrontation. In Australia, the situation was different. Cominform perspectives significantly altered the position of the Communist Party, which shifted from conciliation to intransigence, from a desire to cooperate with the Labor Party to an intention to 'liquidate' reformism. Enmity was mutual: influenced by both the Cold War environment and the increasingly powerful anti-communist Industrial Groups, the hostility of Labor to communism became palpable. The article examines the post-war decline of both communist parties in the context of the interplay between Communist Party policy, Labor Party antagonism, and the international environment of the early Cold War
Communism · Communist state · Conciliation · Economic history · Economics · Mediation · Militant · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Australian History and Society · Law
The Soviet Union and Europe in the Cold War, 1943–53
The Communist Movement
Winning the Peace
History of the Communist Party of Great Britain, 1941–1951
A British Version of “Browderism”
The foreign policy of the British Labour governments, 1945–1951
Stalin and the European Communists
The British General Election of 1966
The Communist Party of Australia
The Sickle and the Scythe
Division of Labour
| Citations per year | 0.1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2006 - 2023 (18) |
| Highly cited | No |