{"product_id":"2026200010500-secondhand-conflict-in-the-unions-the-communist-party-of-australia-politics-and-the-trade-union-movement-1945-60","title":"Conflict In The Unions: The Communist Party Of Australia, Politics And The Trade Union Movement, 1945-60","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the turbulent post-war decades, Australia's labour movement became a fierce battleground between competing political ideologies — and Douglas Jordan's Conflict in the Unions places the reader at the heart of that struggle. This meticulously researched work chronicles the Communist Party of Australia's deep involvement in the trade union movement between 1945 and 1960, a period defined by Cold War paranoia, industrial militancy, and fierce factional warfare within organised labour. Jordan details the political machinations, grassroots organising, and ideological clashes that shaped the era, illuminating how the CPA simultaneously wielded genuine power and faced relentless suppression from both the state and rival union factions.\n\nJordan writes with the authority of a historian who understands that trade union politics are never merely industrial — they are a mirror of society's deepest tensions. Conflict in the Unions argues that the battles fought within Australian unions during this period were a direct extension of the global Cold War, with profound consequences for the shape of Australian democracy and the labour movement that persist to this day. For anyone seeking to understand the ideological foundations of modern Australian politics, this work is an indispensable and revelatory account.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130710237403,"sku":"2026200010500-SECONDHAND","price":40.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/6b9ccc94-2a0c-4bbb-8e2d-efa0fab7638b.png?v=1786589004","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200010500-secondhand-conflict-in-the-unions-the-communist-party-of-australia-politics-and-the-trade-union-movement-1945-60","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}