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Freney, Denis (7 works by) (a.k.a. Freney, D.; Freney, Denis Willian Francis) Born: 1936 Sydney, New South Wales Died: 2 Sep 1995 Hurlstone Park, New South Wales Gender: Male Archives: Search for literary archives for Freney, Denis

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A long-term communist activist and an important figure on the left, Freney joined the Labor Party at 16, the Communist Party of Australia (CPA) at 18, and then the Trotskyist movement, which led him to work in Algeria and South Africa. Returning to Australia in 1968, he set up Liberation, a centre where young people could gather and talk politics.In 1970 he rejoined the CPA, believing that it had definitively broken with Stalinism. He participated in many social movements, including being one of....

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