Guido Baracchi
Guido Baracchi | |
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ASIO surveillance photo of Baracchi | |
| Born | Guido Carlo Luigi Baracchi 11 December 1887 South Yarra, Victoria, Australia |
| Died | 13 December 1975 (aged 88) Penrith, New South Wales, Australia |
| Education | University of Melbourne |
| Political party | Communist Party of Australia (1920–1925; 1935–1940) Australian Labor Party (from 1962) |
| Spouse(s) |
Kathleen Tobin
(m. 1918; div. 1922)Harriet Zander
(m. 1923, divorced)Ula Maddocks
(m. 1946; div. 1962)Ethel Carson
(m. 1962; died 1971) |
| Partner | Betty Roland (1933–1942) |
Guido Carlo Luigi Baracchi (11 December 1887 – 13 December 1975) was an Australian left-wing political activist and writer. He was independently wealthy and associated with a variety of causes. He was an anti-war activist during World War I and was involved with the Wobblies. In 1920 he was a foundation member of the Communist Party of Australia (CPA), from which he was expelled twice; he was also involved with communist parties in England and Germany and spent time in the Soviet Union. His second expulsion from the CPA in 1940 was for association with Trotskyism, for which he continued to advocate. He eventually joined the mainstream Australian Labor Party (ALP) in 1962.