Objective was first published by the CPC in January 1949, under the editorship of Richard Bailey (1949-1953) and Joan Barnes (1954-1957), and was intended to provide information on national and Area activities to CPC members, and include articles on the technique and methods of political education. From issue no. 9 [Feb 1951] Objective was titled 'The Journal of the C.P.C' and from issue no. 10 [June 1951] its format changed from octavo to quarto, but its content remained otherwise unchanged.