8 May 1970 Moratorium
Melbourne’s Moratorium demonstration of 8 May 1970 was the city’s largest public gathering ever and the highpoint of a movement that had been steadily building over a number of years
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Activism, Struggle and Labour History radio program
Over the summer of 2019/2020 Community Radio 3CR hosted a program entitled Activism, Struggle and Labour History which was made up of a variety of presentations that were given during the
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WHAT CAN BE DONE? A RUMINATION*
By Rowan Cahill The report that God is on the side of the Big Battalions is propaganda put out by the Big Battalion commanders. They hope thereby to spread alarm
The Peterloo Massacre of 1819
By L W Maher Jacqueline Riding, The Story of the Manchester Massacre: Peterloo Foreword by Mike Leigh (An Apollo Book – Head of Zeus, 2018) On 16 August 1819, a very large
CICD 60th anniversary celebrations
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
Celebrating Freedom of Speech: Fiftieth anniversary of the 1968 papal ban on birth control
Book launch Authors: Val Noone, Robert Crotty, Des Cahill, Joe Broderick, Michael Costigan and voices from an Open Forum MC: Catherine Noone. Welcome: Brian Shanahan, Celtic Club president Speakers: Mary
ON THE MARGINS
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
John Ellis
By Peter Love Our long-time comrade and radical activist John Ellis has died at home with Dianne by his side. It’s said that you’re not dead ‘til you’re forgotten. If
Vale Darce Cassidy (1941-2019) – Journalist, Agitator, Organiser
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
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Sally McManus: On Fairness
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