The Red Eureka Movement (REM) was an Australian

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and

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political party led by activist

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. It was active from 1977 to 1982. The party was formed as a splinter organization from the

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(CPAML) by activists who supported the

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against

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. The group denounced China under Deng as having taken the "capitalist road". The group was opposed to all other Australian Maoist organisations for a variety of reasons, and advocated for a global front to oppose the

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. REM was based in

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, and published a monthly journal titled ''Rebel'', as well as another journal titled ''Discussion Bulletin'', which published material that satirised the CPAML. The REM owned a bookstore named the "After Hours Bookstore" in

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{{Australian socialist groups Communist parties in Australia Anti-revisionist organizations Stalinist parties Defunct Maoist parties Far-left politics in Australia Organizations established in 1977