(1978-1980) Michael Easson & Mrs. J.C. Anderson Correspondence
I am writing a M.A. (Hons.) thesis on the social and political thought of your late husband, Professor John Anderson, for the School of Political Science at the University of NSW.
(1980) What the Looney Left are Saying
On the left fringe of Australian politics exist several madcap political parties which are fiercely competitive. The Spartacist League of Australia (SpL) and the Socialist Labour League (SLL), each produce a regular newspaper, command the support of a handful of supporters and are continually beset with factional disputes, expulsions, splits and resignations.
(1980) Fellow Travelling via Jessie Street
Peter Sekuless’ biography of one of Australia’s most famous fellow travellers reveals a gullible personality whose involvement in politics was often pure caricature.
(1980) Comms. Join Forces
On 7th May, the newspapers of Australia’s most influential communist parties, the Communist Party of Australia (CPA) and the Socialist Party of Australia (SPA) carried a joint statement of historic importance and great significance to the labour movement.
(1980) Communists Split After Calls for Unity
Since the publication of a joint Statement between the Communist Party of Australia (CPA) and the pro-Moscow Socialist Party (SPA), which promised closer co-operation between these two parties, bitter divisions have emerged between the various personalities and fractions. This article evaluates the significance, reasons behind, and ramifications of the joint Statement.
(1980) Rupert Lockwood Remembers
Nearing retirement, Rupert Lockwood plans several books linking the history of his times with his own experiences, ranging from childhood in a German-origin Wimmera community, exclusive private school life at Wesley College, Melbourne – the same school which turned out Robert Gordon Menzies and Harold Holt – to the joining of the Communist Party in 1939, the Petrov Royal Commission, and a three year stint as Tribune correspondent in Moscow.
(1980) Trade Unions Join Amnesty International
Open your newspapers any day of the week and you will find a report from somewhere in the world of someone being imprisoned, tortured or executed because his opinions or religion are unacceptable able to his or her government.
(1980) Amnesty International’s Prisoner of Conscience Week, 12-19 October 1980
25,000 people “disappear” in one country and 15,000 in another; in a third, a trade unionist is detained by police for the 24th time in two years; in a fourth, released prisoners tell of the torture of a 14-month old baby girl held with her mother in a clandestine military camp for the “disappeared.”