AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF LABOUR HISTORY (MELBOURNE BRANCH)
Join authors Evan Smith, Jayne Persian, Vashti Jane Fox and Jeff Sparrow in the launch of ‘Histories of Fascism and Anti-Fascism in Australia’. Friday 31 March at 6:00pm-7:30pm Catalyst Social Centre 144-146 Sydney Road, Coburg. Free drinks and nibbles will be provided before and after the talk. RSVP essential. … Continue readingBook Launch: ‘Histories of Fascism and Anti-Fascism in Australia’
The Trades Hall Council has commissioned a bronze plaque of Gwen Goedecke (past member of the Melbourne Labour History Society) to honour her lifelong activism and in so doing, help
The long awaited launch of Stuart Macintyre’s second volume of the history of the CPA is happening on Wednesday 16th March in the Solidarity Hall of Victorian Trades Hall. Hosted by SEARCH Foundation and the Melbourne Labour History Society, the event will feature a formal launch and a panel discussion. Frank Bongiorno, Professor of History at the Australian National University and a close colleague of Stuart, will launch the book. The launch will be followed by a panel discussion on Stuart Macintyre’s contributions to Australian labour history in general and the history of communism in Australia in particular, moderated by Carmel Shute, former historian and CPA member. … Continue readingThe Party: Book Launch
Imagining A Better World: Richard Falk & Stuart Rees –– In Conversation With Joseph Camilleri. … Continue readingImagining A Better World: Richard Falk & Stuart Rees –– In Conversation With Joseph Camilleri
Via Carmel Shute: There is a lot happening! BOOK: This collection of biographies of 100 Australian communists celebrates the foundation of the Communist Party of Australia (CPA) a century ago. Watch
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This year marks 75 years since the death of John Curtin. The Melbourne Branch’s Dr. Liam Byrne has written the forthcoming biography of John Curtin and James Scullin, being published
A notice from the Congress for International Cooperation and Disarmament (CICD): CICD 60th anniversary celebrations – Sun 10/11, 2-5pm – Unitarian Peace Memorial Church, 110 Grey St, East Melbourne. On
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
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)