{"product_id":"the-show-mark-aarons-9781947534414","title":"The Show: Another Side of Santamaria's Movement","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn 1942, on the recommendation of 26-year-old Bob Santamaria, Australia's Catholic bishops created a clandestine church organisation to smash the Communist Party's massive trade union base. Soon, The Movement, working closely with ASIO, became a sophisticated intelligence agency that would influence every corner of politics.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSantamaria based his Movement (also called The Show) completely on the Communist Party, copying its spectacularly successful union-organising machinery. Within a decade, it had defeated communist power in many major unions. He also adopted the communists' strategy of infiltrating the Labor Party, and embarked on an aggressive program to transform it into a Catholic political machine, helping spark the great Labor Split of the mid-1950s.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIronically, in modelling the Movement on his enemy, Santamaria imported its most odious characteristic: Stalinism. He rapidly embraced the characteristics of a Stalinist leader, actively cultivating his own 'cult of personality'. Over time, this infected The Movement, as it adopted authoritarian practices and imposed anti-democratic policies on the unions it controlled, mirroring the communists' \u003ci\u003emodus operandi\u003c\/i\u003e. As in the Communist Party, this inevitably caused internal battles and catastrophic splits that undermined and, eventually, destroyed The Movement.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWeaving together a rich story from previously secret archives of both The Movement and the Communist Party, ASIO's massive files, and extensive oralhistory interviews, \u003ci\u003eThe Show\u003c\/i\u003e exposes a previously unseen side of Santamaria's Catholic Movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Aarons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1947534416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781947534414\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribe Us\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/02\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Mark Aarons","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48437171618047,"sku":"9781947534414","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_29eb0634-9aa0-41d1-96ab-48882419e86c.jpg?v=1777160354","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-show-mark-aarons-9781947534414","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}