AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF LABOUR HISTORY (MELBOURNE BRANCH)
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
Continue readingMAURICE BLACKBURN ORATION: THE HUMANITARIAN IMPACT OF WAR
Friday 24 August 2018 Forum Theatre, Arts West, University of Melbourne In August 1968, the Soviet Union sent troops into Czechoslovakia to end the liberalising regime of Alexander Dubcek;
Continue readingBernie Taft and 1968: Tanks in Prague, Turmoil in Australian Universities
Against the Odds tells the story of how diverse groups and individuals collectively defeated conscription during World War I and left a lasting legacy for Australia. It highlights the role
Continue readingLaunch Invitation: ‘Against the Odds: The Victory over Conscription in World War I’
Luke Hilakari, Secretary of the Victorian Trades Hall Council, will be the special guest speaker at this year’s Arthur Calwell Memorial Lecture. The event starts at 6:15pm, Wednesday 16 May 2018,
Cathy Brigden and Sarah Kaine have launched a campaign to help them raise funds for their Save women’s stories project. The project will record the oral histories of women in
A call for the historic Pentridge D-Division to remain as the long-promised Pentridge Museum By Michael Hamel-Green The main developer, Future Estate, of the southern section of the Victorian heritage-listed
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE MELBOURNE BRANCH The annual meeting of the Melbourne Branch of the ASSLH will be held on Thursday 14th December 2017, at the Victorian Trades Hall, Meeting Room
Continue readingAnnual General Meetings of the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History
Join Bea Campbell, UK author, playwright, filmmaker, journalist, political commentator and broadcaster, in debating current politics in Melbourne, Saturday 11 November. In a wide-ranging address, Bea will explore the various
Continue readingNow what? — 100 years after the Russian Revolution
by Rowan Cahill There is a vast amount of material, published and otherwise, relating to the history of the Communist Party of Australia/CPA (1920-1991). Examination of the footnotes to Stuart
by Rowan Cahill Back in the 1980s, the autodidact bookseller Bob Gould pressed a book into my hands, as was his way whenever I visited the Aladdin’s Cave rabbit warrens