Working class son: My fight against capitalism and war : memoirs of Ron Smith, a New Zealand Communist - Softcover
- PublisherR. Smith
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 047302909X
- ISBN 13 9780473029098
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages256
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. 256 pages. Cover wornThis book is the first full biography of a New Zealand communist.The Communist Party has played a signifi cant role in our history, especially in the turbulent years of th e Depression and the rise of Fascism. Until now, however, there h as been no full biography of any of it members . What motivates people to join the Party? what activities do they carry out as P arty members? How do they conduct struggles on policy issues? Thi s book not only throws light on these questions. It is a detailed account of an extraordinary life. The author's father was a Red Fed tunneller on the Otira tunnel and the family endured 6 years of unemployment in the Great Depression. He was a boy scout leade r and a mountaineer, a navigator of a Mosquito night fighter, a l eader in the Students' Association and the Socialist Club at Vict oria University, a senior public servant and an activist in the P ublic Service Association, a leader in the anti-nuclear struggle -- and fromm 1942 onwards a prominent communist, standing five ti mes for Parliament for the Island Bay seat, red-baited by Truth a nd by Rob Muldoon. -- Back cover. Seller Inventory # 1245r
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