Community_Union_Defence_League

Community Union Defence League

Community Union Defence League

Australian community group

The Community Union Defence League (CUDL) is an Australian mutual aid group that is led by the Australian Communist Party.[1]

Quick Facts Founded, Location ...

As of 2021, CUDL operates branches in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, and Coffs Harbour.[1]

History

In November 2020, a street kitchen was started by CUDL in Coffs Harbour in response to significant homelessness in the area.[2]

In August 2021, CUDL Adelaide were approached by South Australia's Department of Human Services, and told they would need to relocate their weekly street kitchen to a different part of the city.[3] The Australian Communist Party, and the state Labor opposition questioned the visit from the DHS representative constituted a conflict of interest, after it was found the chief executive also had ties to a pub nearby Whitmore Square.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Community Union Defence League". Community Union Defence League. Archived from the original on 15 July 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021 – via Wayback Machine.
  2. [2]
    "Street Kitchen launches in Coffs Harbour". News Of The Area. 27 November 2020 [first published 7 November 2020]. Archived from the original on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021 – via Wayback Machine.
  3. [3]
    "Cold war breaks out between soup kitchen communists and department chief over 'conflict of interest' claim". ABC News. 21 August 2021 [first published 22 August 2021]. Archived from the original on 4 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021 – via Wayback Machine.
  4. [4]
    "Adelaide pub distances itself from moves to push communist soup kitchen out of Whitmore Square". ABC News. 27 August 2021 [first published 28 August 2021]. Archived from the original on 4 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021 – via Wayback Machine.


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