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During the decade 1965-1975, a cultural revolution took place in Australia. The future was seeded...
An essay length monograph on the life and times of E.V. Elliott (1902-1984), a prominent...
A collection of the author's articles on school teaching and education, previously published in non-academic...
A text book aimed at upper-secondary school students. It depicts Australian history during the twentieth...
The first detailed history of the Seamen's Union of Australia, charting the growth and development...
At the time this book was written and published (1978), the authors were relatively young...
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This article explores the barriers and challenges to effective implementation of occupational health and safety...
An account of the life and work of Australian working class poet Ernest Antony (1894-1960)...
This 'Introduction' is the first detailed account of the life and work of Australian working...
An account of the travels and journalism of young Australian journalist Rupert Lockwood during the...
This is a memoir of the author's childhood in Australia, during the Cold War, with...
In this introduction to a collection of recollections of thirty-nine participants in the turbulent period...
A brief distillation in point form of research, theory and opinion on learning-how-to-write.
A brief memoir in which the author ruminates on his wide, unguided and often 'trashy',...
As Nichole Georgeou explains at the start of her book, 'Neoliberalism, Development and Aid Volunteering',...
The author's thoughts on the role of radical historians, and the roles of protest and...
Questions frequently asked when introduced as a co-author of 'Radical Sydney' (2010) are: “What is...
This is an obituary of prominent Australian left activist Robert (Bob) Gould (1937-2011). Gould was...
In this essay the author makes a case for the research and writing of radical...
Review of 'Voices From the Ships' (UNSW Press, 2008), a commissioned history of the final...
During the period 1967–1972, the author was under ASIO surveillance because of his opposition to...
ASIO: The Enemy Within is a combative book. Based on his research and experience, Michael...
In 1986 journalist Pete Thomas published the first volume of his proposed two-volume narrative history...
Review of George Burchett and Nick Shimmin (eds), 'Rebel Journalism: The Writings of Wilfred Burchett'...
Book Review: Tom Sheridan, Australia's Own Cold War: The Waterfront Under Menzies. Carlton: Melbourne University...
This article examines some of the views of prominent Australian left journalist Rupert Lockwood (1908-1997)...
In 1970 the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) identified the ideas of Antonio Gramsci as...
The 40-hour week was approved by the Commonwealth Arbitration Court on 8 September 1947, to...
Histories of Australian towns and local areas abound, usually the work of enthusiastic local residents...
The ‘uncharted waters’ in the title of Greg Mallory’s book refers to the idea of...
Review of: Comrade Roberts: Recollections of a Trotskyite by Kenneth Gee, Desert Pea Press, Leichhardt,...
Review of Kevin Baker, "Mutiny, Terrorism, Riots and Murder: A History of Sedition in Australia...
Traditionally Melbourne is credited with the first achievement of the eight-hour day in Australia in...
Review of Stuart Macintyre and Sean Scalmer, (editors), "What If? Australian history as it might...
A critical discussion of aspects of the Australian martial spirit in response to an essay...
The Howard government’s appointment of Major-General Duncan Lewis in 2004 to head the National Security...
Early during the morning of Monday, 13 February 1978, a city council garbage truck stopped...
Abstract: Review(s) of: In Troubled Times: The Port of Liverpool, 1905-1938 by Adrian Jarvis, International...
Review of Adrian Jarvis, "In Troubled Times: the Port of Liverpool, 1905-1938," International Maritime Economic...
Interview conducted by Rowan Cahill with radical historian Marcus Rediker.
Review of Heidi Zogbaum's account ( Kisch in Australia: the untold story, Melbourne, 2004) of...
An account of the growth of 'flag of convenience' shipping during the twentieth century, with...
Review of 'Hey Joe', a novel for young adults by Michael Hyde. It tells of...
Obituary on the life of Australian author, journalist, historian, and Left activist Len Fox.
On March 18, 2004 during the Maritime Union of Australia’s (MUA) Quadrennial Conference, the union...
Review of 'Fighting Films' (Pluto Press, 2003), Lisa Milner's study of the Waterside Workers' Federation's...
Review of Alan Barcan, 'Radical Students: The Old Left at Sydney University' (MUP, 2002), and...
Obituary dealing with the life and times of Tas Bull, Australian maritime industry trade union...
Terry Irving and Lucy Taksa have tackled the historical invisibility of the labour movement in...
The journalist/publicist Rupert Lockwood (1908-1997) was one of Australia’s best known Cold War communists, his...
Review of Peter Love and Paul Strangio (editors), 'Arguing the Cold War', Red Rag Publications,...
Review of 'White Butterflies' (Pandanus Books, ACT, 2002), the autobiography of Colin McPhedran (1930-2010) detailing...
When Alec Campbell died in 2002 he was accorded a State funeral, dubbed by politicians...
Account of the wartime strike by Australian troops in Sydney, 1916, in defence of their...
During 2000 a bitter industrial dispute took place in Moss Vale on the Southern Highlands...
An account of the bitter, seven-month, Joy Mining industrial dispute (Moss Vale, NSW) in 2000....
Kevin Healy (1909-2000) was a prominent Australian communist. This article is based on a letter...
Discussion of the attempt by the British government in 2000 to close down Summerhill school,...
Cahill argues that Thompson's 'Witness Against the Beast' (1993) is more than a study of...
This article is an edited version of a paper presented to ‘On the Waterfront: Union...
During Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War, the author was prominent in the anti-war movement,...
An account of the long-running 1951 New Zealand waterfront dispute, and the support strikers received...
Rupert Ernest Lockwood died in his hometown Natimuk, Western Victoria, 8 March 1997, at the...
A brief yet detailed account of the life and significance of Rupert Lockwood (1908-1997), Australian...
As I begin let me pay tribute to the great Left journalist Rupert Lockwood who,...
The 75th Anniversay of the foundation of the Communist Party of Australia (CPA) was commemorated...
In 1965 the author was conscripted by the Australian government, under the National Service Act,...
Review of two books about the history of ASIO. Frank Cain, 'The Australian Security Intelligence...
A contribution to ongoing discussion about the 1960s, in which author Cahill challenges the idea...
This article is a brief biographical sketch of the career of Patrick Geraghy (1928- ),...
On Sunday 7 October, 1990 Governor General Bill Hayden unveiled a memorial on the shores...
Biographical account of Lewis Charles Rodd (1905-1978), Australian teacher, educationist, historian, author, editor, publisher, social...
The writing of a union history need not be a vague, irrelevant, academic exercise, but...
Review article discussion of the work of Australian Left journalists Wilfred Burchett, Rupert Lockwood, and...
Review article centred on Ann Curthoys and John Merritt, editors, 'Australia's First Cold War, 1945-1953,...
During November 1984 Eliot Valens Elliott, Federal Secretary of the Seamen’s Union of Australia (SUA)...
An account by Irving and Cahill of their developments as historians in Australia during the...
Between 2006-2009, the author published a number of commentaries relating to the Anzac tradition, and...
An account of a Canberra press-gallery punch-up in 1938, and its connection with the 1938...
An account of the Australia-based US Army Small Ships Section, and the involvement of Australian...
Review of Nichole Georgeou, "Neoliberalism, Development, and Aid Volunteering" (Routledge, New York, 2012).
Obituary of Della Elliott (1917-2011), unionist, activist, journalist.
Obituary of Della Elliott (1917-2011), Australian socialist activist and journalist, most often associated with Australian...
Review of Sean Scalmer's concise history (96 pages) of Australian trade unionism from its origins...
This article critiques the Sydney Institute's Gerard Henderson's media criticisms of historian Dr. Andrew Moore...
A brief overview of the authoritarianism of Australian conservative governments as background to the Howard...
An 'Open Letter' in which Rowan Cahill criticises the Australian Prime Minister John Howard for...
An account of the controversial, at times violent, 1938 Australian tour of Nazi apologist Count...
A review of 'The Brisbane Line: A Reappraisal' (Upfront Publishing, Leicestershire, 2002) by Dr Drew...
Obituary of Tas Bull (1932-2003), Australian trade union leader, internationalist, socialist, seafarer, waterside worker, writer.
Part of the Anzac Myth is the proposition that Australia is a Peace-loving nation, that...
On Saturday morning ( 8 February 2003) something remarkable happened in the Steel and University...
When Alec Campbell died in 2002 at the age of 103, he was lauded as...
This article, published soon after the attack on the 'twin towers', discusses the immediate Australian...
It is time to take a look at the dark and sinister side of Australian...
While the modern-day fan club of Sir Robert Menzies might not like it, Rowan Cahill...
An account of Australia's long history and tradition of employing military/martial-type tactics to resolve complex...
An account of the life and work of Australian left journalist, historian, author, political activist,...
An overview of the 'flag of convenience' industry, in which the FOC phenomenon is depicted...
This paper explores the barriers and challenges to effective implementation of occupational health and safety...
This blog was initiated in 2010 in association with the publication of the book "Radical...
An introduction to the life of Australian working class poet Ernest Antony (1894-1960), author of...
This is a 12pp. pamphlet published by the Sydney Branch of the Matritme Union of...
A pamphlet collection of the reports filed by "Picket Line Correspondent" Rowan Cahill to the...
This is an 8-page pamphlet in which the school-teacher author, Rowan Cahill, criticises education reform...
This is a fifty-page monograph sympathetically discussing the Australian New Left as it was developing...
