AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF LABOUR HISTORY (MELBOURNE BRANCH)
Ken Mansell’s honours thesis ‘The Marxism and Strategic Concepts of the Communist Party of Australia 1963-1972’ provides ‘a Marxist critique of Australian Communism’. As Ken’s noted in his abstract, the thesis
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1964 March – CND march Dandenong to Melbourne against French nuclear tests April 5 – CICD launches national petition against French nuclear tests in Pacific and underground nuclear tests June
1945 August – ‘August Revolution’ in Saigon ousts Japanese September 2 – Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnamese independence French colonial forces re-occupy Vietnam and are resisted by Viet Minh –
By Rowan Cahill An overview of the work of Iain McIntyre, and a review of his anthology, On the Fly! Hobo Literature and Songs, 1879-1941. Melbourne-based left activist Iain McIntyre
Terry Irving Terry Irving was invited to address the Sydney Historical Research Network in March 2017, as part of a session on ‘Histories of Class Now’. The other speakers were
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