Ted Hill (Australian communist)
Edward F. Hill | |
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Chairman of the Communist Party of Australia (Marxist–Leninist) | |
In office 15 March 1964 – 1986 | |
Preceded by | position established |
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Born | Edward Fowler Hill 23 April 1915 Essendon High School |
Profession | Lawyer, politician, activist |
Edward Fowler Hill (23 April 1915 – 1 February 1988) was an Australian barrister, lawyer and communist activist. He was chairman of the Communist Party of Australia (Marxist–Leninist) (CPA M-L) from 1964 to 1986.
History
Hill was born on 23 April 1915 in
He was admitted to practice as a barrister and solicitor in 1938 and soon became well known as the CPA's leading legal figure, defending the party and its members in several well-known trials. In 1951 he advised
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In the 1950s, Hill was Victorian State Secretary of the CPA. When the
Hill fully supported the "line" of the Chinese Communists until Mao Zedong's death in 1976, but after the 1972 change in Chinese policy away from world revolution and towards an alliance with the United States, the CPA(ML) lost many of its adherents, particularly among radical students. Hill traveled to Democratic Kampuchea and met with Pol Pot. In December 1976 he also met Hua Guofeng, who had become Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party shortly before.[3] After the rise of Deng Xiaoping in China the CPA(ML) no longer supported Chinese policies, and became a supporter of "Australian independence." This led to a split in the CPA(ML) in 1978.
Despite his prominence as a Communist, Hill was able to pursue a long and distinguished legal career, as one of the best known and highly regarded
Works
He wrote a number of books on Australia and Marxism: "Australia's Economic Crisis -The Way Out" "Revolution and the Australian State "etc. Some of Hill’s writings can be found on the Encyclopedia of anti-Revisionism Online at the Marxists Internet,[4] and the official website of the CPA(ML).[5]
Influence
CPA(ML) describes its ideology as being influenced by the works of Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Vladimir Lenin, Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong and Ted Hill.[6]
References
- ^ ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
- ^ "The Sydney Line". Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011. Ted Hill had broken with the Moscow-oriented Communist Party of Australia, to found the rival, Peking-backed Communist Party of Australia (Marxist–Leninist). Among ordinary Australian voters, the attraction of Hill's party was negligible
- ^ Beijing Review 51/1976, p. 3.
- ^ "Anti-Revisionism in Australia – Index Page". www.marxists.org. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
- ^ Hill, Edward. Revolution and the Australian State. Australia. pp. 1–2.
- ^ "Vanguard Online - Communist Party of Australia Marxist Leninist". 6 November 2014. Archived from the original on 6 November 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2023.