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 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
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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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
Continue readingBOOK LAUNCH: ON THE FLY! HOBO LITERATURE AND SONGS, 1879–1941
South of the border, Queensland may be better known for the reactionary Joh Bjelke-Petersen regime of the 1970s and 1980s, and more recently as the centre of Pauline Hanson’s racist
NO WAY BUT THIS: IN SEARCH OF PAUL ROBESON by Jeff Sparrow To be launched by TONY BIRCH Venue BELLA UNION Cnr Victoria St & Lygon St Carlton Date THURSDAY
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a special issue of Labour History (no. 106, May 2014) The May 2014 issue explores how workers, unionists and Labor politicians engaged with the meaning and legacy of the Great
Thursday, 14th August, 2014 at 8.00 pm Jewish Museum of Australia, 26 Alma Road, St Kilda. The Australian Jewish Historical Society invites you to a panel forum and launch of
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Launch of Red Apple: & Silvertown – 5.30 for 6.00pm, Wednesday 5 March, 2014 – Victoria University Bar, Building M at the VU Footscray Park campus on Ballarat Road, Footscray