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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Results64 Connexions Library2 Connexions Directory of Groups & Websites 7 Sources Experts & Spokespersons 15 Sources Library 2 From the Connexions Archives Connexions LibraryAustralia: 1966 Aboriginal Stockmen's Strike Article 2016 2016 marks the 50th anniversary of the courageous Aboriginal stockmen's strike at the Wave Hill cattle station in the Northern Territory (NT). On 23 August 1966, head stockman Vincent Lingiari led 200... Australia Rejects Israeli-Ordered Media Censorship: A Little Justice for Al Manar TV Lamb, Franklin Article 2010 Australia rejects politically motivated censorship attempts. Australia: Worst drought ever, but don't mention climate change! Price, Susan Article 2018 Despite record drought conditions in Australia and the numerous climate related disasters around the globe, the Australian goverment still refuses to acknowledge human-induced climate change. Australian Mining Companies Digging A Deadly Footprint in Africa Schilis-Gallego, Cecile Article 2015 Schilis-Gallego discusses Australian mining companies' involvement in violence and human rights violations in Africa. Australian waterfront dispute of 1998: Connexipedia Article Article Severe and protracted industrial relations dispute, primarily between the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) and Patrick Corporation, a stevedoring and transportation company. Australia's Labor War on the Docks Sheppard, Barry Article 1998 THE BATTLE BETWEEN the Australian "wharfies" and the Patrick Stevedore company, backed by the right-wing coalition government of Liberal Prime Minister John Howard, became a test of strength not only ... Australia's rebel heritage of poetry and song Gregory, Mark Article 2016 Ballads like the one published in Borough, London, by the famous printer HP Such, had been sold on the streets of the towns and cities from which convicts were transported to Australia from the First ... Australia's 'stolen' children get apology but no cash McMahon, Barbara Article 2008 The stolen generations were Aboriginal children - mainly mixed race - who were removed from their families and sent to institutions or adopted into white families during the last century. Some childre... Brisbane general strike of 1912: Connexipedia Article Article The 1912 Brisbane General Strike in Queensland, Australia, began when members of the Australian Tramway Employees Association were dismissed when they wore union badges to work. Canadian Information Sharing Service: Volume 1, Number 6 - March 1977 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1977 Canadian Information Sharing Service: Volume 2, Number 1 - May 1977 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1977 Capitalism is failing the planet Weedall, Gemma Article 2014 If we continue with capitalist business as usual, there will be disastrous consequences for humanity. Capitalism is in unavoidable conflict with environmental sustainability because of three key featu... Commonwealth of Thieves: The Improbable Birth of Australia Keneally, Thomas Book 2005 A history of the first four years of the convict settlement in Australia, examining the interplay of soldiers, convicts, and Aborigines.
Connexions: Volume 6, Number 1 - February 1981 - Lesbians/Gay Men/Lesbiennes/Hommes Gais Serial Publication (Periodical) 1981 Connexions Library: Pacific Region Focus Website 2009 Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on the Pacific region. Disability and History Hume, Joan Unclassified 2010 Joan Hume became active in disability organisations in the late 1970s and in the burgeoning disability rights movement, edited and wrote for the magazine Quad Wrangle for several years. Disaster Capitalism: Making a Killing out of Catastrophe Loewenstein, Anthony Book 2015 Journalist Antony Loewenstein travels across Afghanistan, Pakistan, Haiti, Papua New Guinea, the United States, Britain, Greece, and Australia to witness the reality of disaster capitalism. Down Where Apartheid Lives: Where are the Condemnations of Australia? Pilger, John Article 2013 John Pilger documentary Australia - “discover what lies behind the sunny face” . Aboriginal people comprise barely three per cent of the Australian population. Unlike the US, Canada and New Zealand, w... Fatal Extraction: Australian Mining's Damaging Push Into Africa Unclassified 2015 Australian-listed mining companies are linked to hundreds of deaths and alleged injustices which wouldn’t be tolerated in better-regulated nations. The stories are from people across Africa, and are r... Australian Mining Companies Digging A Deadly Footprint in Africa: Fatal Extraction: Australian Mining's Damaging Push Into Africa Fitzgibbon, Will; Hamilton, Martha M.; Schilis-Gallego, Cécile Unclassified 2015 A pattern of links between mining activities and deaths, disfigurement, environmental destruction and displacement suggests a troubling track record for Australian companies seeking wealth from Africa... The Forgotten Coup: How the Same Godfather Rules from Canberra to Kiev Pilger, John Article 2014 Washington’s role in the fascist putsch against an elected government in Ukraine will surprise only those who watch the news and ignore the historical record. Since 1945, dozens of governments, many o... The Forgotten Coup: How America and Britain Crushed the Government of Their "Ally" Australia Pilger, John Article 2014 Across the political and media elite in Australia, a silence has descended on the memory of the great, reforming prime minister Gough Whitlam, who has died. His achievements are recognised, if grudgin... A Green History of the World: The Environment and the Collapse of Great Civilizations  Ponting, Clive Book 1991 Ponting tracks the "green" history of the world showing how throughout history civilizations have collapsed when they exhausted the earth's natural resources. Helping drought-stricken farmers requires recognising global warming and planning Garcia, Elena Article 2018 All of NSW has now officially been declared to be in drought, and 57% of Queensland has officially entered its sixth year of the current drought (though there has been little real change from when 88%... Hidden Agendas Pilger, John Book 1998 Pilger's book is an indictment of Tony Blair's government and his easy acceptance of the Thacherite view of foreign affairs. Using the examples of Indonesia, East Timor, Burma, Murdoch and China he ch... How Greens and Labor can Win ... Together Barbagallo, Camille Article 2014 A review of Green Bans, Red Union: Environmental Activists and the New South Wales Labourers Federation by Meredith and Verity Burgmann (UNSW Press, 1998). Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II Blum, William Book 2008 Is the United States a force for democracy? William Blum serves up a forensic overview of U.S. foreign policy spanning sixty years. For those who want the details on the U.S.'s most famous actions (Ch... The Land Grabbers: The New Fight over Who Owns the Earth Pearce, Fred Book 2012 How Wall Street, Chinese billionaires, oil sheikhs, and agribusiness are buying up huge tracts of land in a hungry, crowded world. Left History Archive Website An attempt to gather together an archive of digital material of the history and political role of the Communist Party of Australia from its inception to the present day, and also a general archive of ... Mapoon - Book Three: The Cape York Aluminum Companies (Alcan, Comalco, R.T.Z., Kaiser, C.R.A., Billiton, Pechiney, Tipperary) and the Native Peoples Book 1976 Chronicle of the policies and actions of the Aluminium Companies with respect to the native peoples and their land claims. Martial Matters Cahill, Rowan Article 2012 A selection of commentaries on Australian martial experience at radical odds with mainstream Australian histories. The No-Nonsense Guide to Global Media Steven, Peter Book 2004 Peter Steven aims to make readers realize the power and influence of dominant media but, at the same time, also understand that they are not "omnipotent" and that there are alternative forms available... Notes on Radicalism Cahill, Rowan Article 2010 Questions frequently asked when introduced as a co-author of Radical Sydney are: "What is radicalism?"; "Is radicalism dead?"; and specifically with regard to Australia, "Where is radicalism today?". ... NSW protesters: 'We will break these laws' Mcllroy, Jim Article 2016 "This is a law to protect the rich. We will need to break these laws to protect our democratic rights," Aboriginal activist and lead NSW Senate candidate for the Socialist Alliance team in the federal... Ordeal of Australia's child migrants Bryant, Nick Article 2009 The story of the British child migrants sent to Australia has been described as a history of lies, deceit, cruelty and official disinterest and neglect. Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - July 31, 2014: Truth, justice and reconciliation Diemer, Ulli (editor); Khan, Tahmid (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2014 Articles on truth, justice and reconciliation efforts in countries affected by civil war or internal conflict; Bone Collectors: the fate of the remains of Australian aboriginal people stolen from thei... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - July 23, 2016: Workers and Climate Change Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2016 Working people -- and most of us are workers -- are affected by climate change in every aspect of our lives. As climate change worsens, our lives will worsen. If we are successful in bringing about th... Overthrowing other people's governments: The Master List Blum, William Article 2013 Instances of the United States overthrowing, or attempting to overthrow, a foreign government since the Second World War. Perspectives On Power: Reflections on Human Nature and the Social Order Chomsky, Noam Book 1997 Chomsky sets down his thoughts on topics ranging from language and human nature, to the Middle East and East Timor. Pilbara strike of 1946: Connexipedia Article Article A strike by Indigenous Australian pastoral workers in the Pilbara region of Western Australia for human rights recognition and payment of fair wages and working conditions. Racism in Australia: from 1788 to stopping the boats Tully, John Article 2015 When the First Fleet sailed into Port Jackson on January 26, 1788, it carried more than the physical paraphernalia for European settlement. Along with tools, agricultural implements, chains, handcuffs... Radical Sydney / Radical History Website Radical Sydney began in 2010 as a site devoted to the book by Terry Irving and Rowan Cahill titled 'Radical Sydney: Places, Portraits and Unruly Episodes. While this function continues, the blog has e... Radioactive waste and the nuclear war on Australia's Aboriginal people Green, Jim Article 2016 Australia's nuclear industry has a shameful history of 'radioactive racism' that dates from the British bomb tests in the 1950s. The same attitudes persist today with plans to dump over half a million... A Red Metamorphosis Irving, Terry Article 2014 The following essay has been written and published in response to increasing requests from researchers for information on the background and development of historian Terry Irving and his approach to h... Rediscovering Radical History Irving, Terry Article 2011 This essay studies the early days of the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History Society (ASSLH). Rio Tinto's 'sustainable mining' claims exposed: Rio Tinto uses its sustainability reporting to bolster the argument that it is a responsible company and therefore entitled to a license to Ozkan, Kermal Article 2014 Global mining giant Rio Tinto markets itself as a 'sustainable company'. But serious failures in its reporting, and its attempt to hold an Australian indigenous group to ransom, reveal a very differen... Rupert Lockwood (1908-1997): Journalist, Communist, Intellectual Cahill, Rowan Article 2013 This thesis explores aspects of the life, times, and career of Australian journalist Rupert Lockwood (1908-1997). During the Cold War, Lockwood was one of the best known members of the Communist Party... The Socialist Register 1974: Volume 11: A survey of Movements & Ideas Miliband, Ralph; Saville, John (eds.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 1974 The Socialist Register 1984: Volume 21: The Uses of Anti-Communism Miliband, Ralph; Saville, John (eds.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 1984 The Socialist Register 1985/1986: Volume 22: Social Democracy and After Miliband, Ralph; Saville, John; Liebman, Marc; Panitch, Leo (eds.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 1986 Socialist Register 1996: Volume 32: Are There Alternatives? Panitch, Leo (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 1996 Tasmania's Black War: a tragic case of lest we remember Clements, Nicholas Article 2017 Tasmania’s Black War (1824-31) was the most intense frontier conflict in Australia's history. It was a clash between the most culturally and technologically dissimilar humans to have ever come into co... Time to celebrate real heroes, like the one just lost Pilger, John Article 2015 If you want to meet the best Australians, meet Indigenous men and women who understand this extraordinary country and have fought for the rights of the world's oldest culture. Theirs is a struggle mor... The triumph of green hearts over sere: Reflections on student radicalism at Sydney University in the 1910s and the 1960s Irving, Terry Article 2013 In April 1910, thirty graduates and undergraduates met on the eve of the federal elections with the intention of establishing the University Socialist Society. The conservatives downtown were shocked.... Under the Influence Pilger, John Article 1999 For the few of us who reported East Timor long before it was finally declared news, the "disclosures" last weekend that Washington had trained Indonesia's death squads are bizarre. That the American, ... Utopia Pilger, John (director) Film/Video 2014 Drawing on John Pilger's long association with the first people of his homeland Australia, Utopia is both an epic portrayal of the oldest continuous human culture, and an investigation into a suppress... Utopia: A confronting but politically flawed documentary Allan , Susan Article 2014 Utopia, the latest documentary by veteran journalist and filmmaker John Pilger has shown at selected venues across Australia with a television screening on SBS. The feature-length work, which exposes ... Whose side are you on? The mundane decline of labour history McQueen, Humphrey Article 2011 The following polemical intervention by Humphrey McQueen is published as a contribution to understanding the nature, and practice, of radical history. Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesGreen Left Weekly Independent Australian publication and Web site committed to human and civil rights, global peace and environmental sustainability, democracy and equality, providing local, national and international ... JohnPilger.com The journalism and films of John Pilger. Sources Experts & SpokespersonsSources LibraryAborigines & Activisim Race, Aborigines & the Coming of the Sixties to Australia Clark, Jennifer 2008 Australia: Journalists' sources under threat with data retention regime Sources News Release 2015 The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) in condemning the commencement of new data retention laws in Australia. Australian court imposes generalized news blackout on bribery case Sources News Release 2014 WikiLeaks has revealed the existence of a blanket gagging order applying to all citizens and news media throughout Australia. Australian media outraged by failure of justice to Balibo Five Sources News Release 2014 The International Federation of Journalists joins the Australian Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance in condemning and expressing strong outrage over the Australian Federal Police (AFP abandoning the... Be annoying, and don't give up Birnbauer, Bill 2012 Bill Birnbauer, Senior Lecturer in Journalism at Monash University in Australia, shares the methodology and techniques which have served him best as an investigative journalist. Black War Wikipedia collective 2017 The Black War was the period of violent conflict between British colonists and Aboriginal Australians in Tasmania from the mid-1820s to 1832. The conflict, fought largely as a guerrilla war by both si... The Bone Collectors A Brutal Chapter in Australia's Past Daley, Paul 2014 The remains of hundreds of Aboriginal people, dug up from sacred ground and once displayed in museums all over the world, are now stored in a Canberra warehouse. When will they be given a national res... Forgotten Australians Wikipedia article Forgotten Australians is a contested term applied by some to the estimated 500,000 children and child migrants who experienced care in institutions or outside a home setting in Australia during the 20... The Koori History Website Project information on Black Australia's 240 year struggle for justice. MEAA concerned by media restrictions on asylum seeker policy Sources News Release 2015 The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) in raising strong concerns about the media restrictions that surround Australia's... Report on Australian Stolen Generations Bringing Them Home Report Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission 1997 Report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families. This report is a tribute to the strength and struggles of many thousands of Ab... Security laws attack Australia's press freedom Sources News Release 2014 The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) in describing the National Security Legislation Amendment Bill No 1 an outrageous ... Stolen Generations Wikipedia article The Stolen Generations (also known as Stolen Children) were the children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent who were removed from their families by the Australian Federal and ... Stolen Lives The 'sisters' who are challenging Australia to admit to its forced separation of Aboriginal families Campbell, Beatrix 2001 The issue of Austaralia's stolen children. Tree-top vigil highlights destruction of Tasmanian forest Miranda Gibson hopes to bring international attention to the unprotected status of the ancient forests that are threatened by logging Birch, Simon 2012 For more than three months, 30-year-old Gibson has been living high above the canopy floor that is the home to some of Australia's most threatened indigenous wildlife, including the Tasmanian devil an... From the Connexions ArchivesEmbassy Row Online Website Contact names and numbers for all embassies to Canada and all Canadian embassies abroad. Green Left Weekly Website Independent Australian publication and Web site committed to human and civil rights, global peace and environmental sustainability, democracy and equality, providing local, national and international... |
