The Australian Society for the Study of Labour History
Ken Mansell Jon (Darce) Cassidy was probably not meant to become one of the foremost left-wing agitators of his generation. Jon’s upbringing was privileged. His father Ralph Cassidy, tragically killed on RAAF service in 1942, was a barrister from a poor Irish background tinged with ‘Orange’ sectarianism. His mother Audrey Cassidy scrimped and saved to... Continue Reading →
Book Review by Janet McCalman Sally McManus, On Fairness (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2019). 9780522874853 (pbk) 9780522874860 (ebook) 100 pp. This is a little book not only of big ideas but of immense passion and relevance. It could not be more timely, as the world staggers under the burden of ever-increasing unfairness and inequality, a burden... Continue Reading →
A notice from the ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences The Inaugural Ken Inglis Memorial Lecture All the Things We Cannot See The Dunera story and the challenge of visual history Wednesday 12 December 2018 5.30 – 7.00pm, followed by light refreshments Professor Jay Winter, Professor of History, Yale University APCD Lecture Theatre, Hedley Bull Centre (#130),... Continue Reading →
Australian Society for the Study of Labour History AGM Date: Friday 30 November Time: 5-6 pm Place: 360 Collins St, Melbourne (La Trobe University city campus, room 20:03. Level 20) This year's Annual General Meeting of the (federal) Australian Society for the Study of Labour History will be held in Melbourne, on Friday 30 November... Continue Reading →
A new anthology of American hobo writing edited by Melbourne historian Iain McIntyre will be launched on Sunday November 11th from 3pm to 6pm at the Old Bar (74-76 Johnston St, Fitzroy). The launch will feature readings from the collection as well as renditions of hobo songs from Melbourne musicians Van Walker, Jude Joseph and... Continue Reading →
The 2019 How To Make Trouble And Influence People diary features a radical event in Australian history for each day of the year as well as stories and images covering Indigenous Australian resistance, strikes, murals, convict escapes, creative direct action, blockades, protests and occupations. It will be launched on 6 October 2018 from 3pm to 6pm... Continue Reading →
By Rowan Cahill From 1969 to 1973, I was a member of the Editorial Board, later Editorial Collective, of Australian Left Review (ALR), the Marxist journal of cultural and political comment and discussion published bi-monthly by the Communist Party of Australia (CPA). ALR commenced publication in 1966, its precursor the Communist Review. At the time I... Continue Reading →
By Peter Love Book Review of Christos Efstathiou, E.P.Thompson: A Twentieth-Century Romantic (London: Merlin Press, 2015). pp. x + 248. £25 HB. This book began life as a doctoral thesis at the University of London where Efstathiou was encouraged by, among others, Michael Barratt Brown, Eric Hobsbawm, Sheila Rowbotham and Dorothy Thompson. Like all good thesis... Continue Reading →
THE HUMANITARIAN IMPACT OF WAR 7 pm Thursday 2 August 2018 Coburg Town Hall 90 Bell Street Coburg Entertainment provided by Adela’s Choir Light refreshments provided. For further information visitmoreland.vic.gov.au or call Council on 9240 1111. Presented by Judy Slatyer, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Red Cross Judy Slatyer leads Australian Red Cross to improve... Continue Reading →
The Australian Society for the Study of Labour History (Melbourne Branch) acknowledges the traditional owners of Victoria. It pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging. It acknowledges that sovereignty was never ceded.
