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The Australian Communist Party, commonly referred to as ACP, is an Australian Marxist–Leninist communist party founded in 2019. The party was formed on the 28th of June 2019. The party states the party was created due to "after analysing the marked inadequacy of the parties of the left and deciding on a new path in the movement for socialism in Australia."

History
The Australian Communist Party was founded on 28 June 2019 by Bob Briton, whom, just three months earlier, on the 21st of March, had left his former party after disagreements of the parties direction. Briton was also a former executive of the Communist Party of Australia. According to the Australian Communist Party website, Bob Briton: "With other former members of the party, drew the conclusion that the party [Communist Party of Australia] had lost its way and been overtaken by various opportunist trends. He decided that the time had come to found a new party without the ingrained, ill-disciplined habits of the old party. That party is the Australian Communist Party."

In June 2020, the Australian Communist Party organised a Black Lives Matter rally in Sydney. The rally was held following the cancellation of an earlier rally by an Indigenous activist group, due to concerns regarding safety due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trade unions
The policies of the Australian Communist Party haven't been expanded beyond trade union s. The trade union policy of the ACP briefly states on their website that "The ACP stands for militant, class-conscious trade unionism independent of hostile ideological influences."

Their policy has several bullet points, adding:


 * An end to the involvement of state agencies like the Fair Work Commission.
 * Industrial action as a right recognised by the UN’s International Labour Organisation.
 * The unequivocal independence of Trade Unions from any political party.
 * The return of unions based on industry and not on enterprise or craft.
 * Trade union elections to be run by members with no interference by the AEC.
 * The abolition of electoral funds for union officials.
 * The re-establishment of a militant trade union council, separate from the ALP and ACTU.