Community Union Defence League

Community Union Defence League
Founded2016
Location
  • Australia
Websitewww.cudl.org.au

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

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. ^ a b "Community Union Defence League". Community Union Defence League. Archived from the original on 15 July 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021 – via Wayback Machine.
  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. ^ "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. ^ "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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