Out of work: the voice of the unemployed

Front page of first issue: Out of work

Out of work: the voice of the unemployed is a defunct supplement, that was included within the Sydney newspaper, The Communist, and issued by the Communist Party of Australia.

History[edit]

The supplement began publication 16 June 1922. It is not known how long the publication of the supplement continued for, the latest existent issue found in an Australian library was published 7 July 1922.[1] The supplement was issued out of the Sydney Trades Hall building, in Sussex Street, under the direction of the Jock Garden.[2] The supplement focused on the struggles of the unemployed, but also Australian workers struggling to live on the basic wage.[3] The articles within the supplement were generally critical of capitalism, anti-imperialist in tone, often took an internationalist perspective, citing the struggles of American and German workers.[4][5] According to an editorial in the first edition, Out of work was, "written by the unemployed for the unemployed. We hope to make this paper a bitter voice of protest against a system which continuously starves a selection of the working class by throwing them to the streets."[6]

Digitisation[edit]

The various issues of the supplement have been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program[7] project hosted by the National Library of Australia.[8]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "State Library of New South Wales, catalogue record for Out of Work: The Voice of the Unemployed". Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Out Of Work". Vol. 1, no. 2. New South Wales, Australia. 23 June 1922. p. 2. Retrieved 24 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "WHY WE STARVE!". Out Of Work. Vol. I, no. 1. New South Wales, Australia. 16 June 1922. p. 1. Retrieved 25 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "UNITED FRONT IN GERMANY". Out Of Work. No. 2. New South Wales, Australia. 23 June 1922. p. 2. Retrieved 25 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "THE WORLD'S UNEMPLOYED". Out Of Work. Vol. I, no. 1. New South Wales, Australia. 16 June 1922. p. 2. Retrieved 25 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "OUT OF WORK". Out Of Work. Vol. I, no. 1. New South Wales, Australia. 16 June 1922. p. 1. Retrieved 25 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Newspaper Digitisation Program". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  8. ^ "Trove Digitised Newspapers". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 12 April 2016.

External links[edit]

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