Communism in Australia

Communism in Australia
Author: Beverley Symons
Publisher: National Library Australia
Total Pages: 294
Release: 1994
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780642106254

This bibliography covers the 70 years of existence of the Communist Party in Australia . The material listed relates not only to the CPA but to its allied and breakaway movements from 1920 to 1991. Contains over 3400 references and includes a name index.

Basket Weavers and True Believers

Basket Weavers and True Believers
Author: Tony Harris
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Leichhardt (N.S.W. : Municipality)
ISBN: 9780646464534

In the 1970s and 1980s hundreds of people sought membership of the ALP branches of the inner-Sydney municipality of Leichhardt. These were people whose politics had been shaped by the social movements of the times and by the hopes and disappointments associated with the Whitlam Government. The political clashes between this Left and the working-class-made-good patriarchs of the local labor Right have become legendary. Yet as the fruits of victory were in reach, the Left began to fall apart in often bitter conflict. By the beginning of the 1990s many of these participants, in what has sometimes been called the "middle-classing" of Labor, had deserted the branches and switched their allegiance to Independents, Democrats and The Greens. This is the story of of this turbulent transition told from the point of view of the members at the branch level, and the ALP political life they sought to construct. As the ALP struggles with its identity and purpose at the beginning of the 21st century, Basket Weavers and True believers provides a timely case study of the recent making and unmaking of the Labor Left.

The Avoidable War

The Avoidable War
Author: Kevin Rudd
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 502
Release: 2022-03-30
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0733648517

A war between China and the US would be catastrophic, deadly, and destructive. Unfortunately, it is no longer unthinkable. The relationship between the US and China, the world's two superpowers, is peculiarly volatile. It rests on a seismic fault of cultural misunderstanding, historical grievance, and ideological incompatibility. No other nations are so quick to offend and be offended. Their militaries play a dangerous game of chicken, corporations steal intellectual property, intelligence satellites peer and AI technicians plot. The capacity for either country to cross a fatal line grows daily. Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who has studied, lived in, and worked with China for more than forty years, is one of the very few people who can offer real insight into the mindsets of the leadership whose judgement will determine if a war will be fought. The Avoidable War demystifies the actions of both sides, explaining and translating them for the benefit of the other. Geopolitical disaster is still avoidable, but only if these two giants can find a way to coexist without betraying their core interests through what Rudd calls "managed strategic competition". Should they fail, down that path lies the possibility of a war that could rewrite the future of both countries, and the world. "A lifelong student of China, Kevin Rudd has become one of today's most thoughtful analysts of China's development. The Avoidable War focuses on the signal challenge posed by China's evolution to America and to world order. Can the US and China avoid sleepwalking into a conflict? Rudd offers constructive steps for the two powers to stabilize their relations." HENRY A. KISSINGER

Australian Politics in a Digital Age

Australian Politics in a Digital Age
Author: Peter John Chen
Publisher: ANU E Press
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2013-02-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1922144401

The first comprehensive volume on the impact of digital media on Australian politics, this book examines the way these technologies shape political communication, alter key public and private institutions, and serve as the new arena in which discursive and expressive political life is performed. -- Publisher's description.

The Reds

The Reds
Author: Stuart Macintyre
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Total Pages: 304
Release: 1999-09-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1743432356

The only large-scale comprehensive account of an intriguing part of Australia's past. In 1920, 26 men and women met in a dingy hall in Sydney to create a new political party. They expected the overthrow of capitalism and the emancipation of humanity - here, and all around the world. Two decades later, when Australia joined the Second World War, the Commonwealth government suppressed the Communist Party of Australia. The handful of idealists and dissidents had become a political force powerful enough, in the view of the authorities, to pose a threat to national security. The Communist Party was a major part of Australia's political landscape for more than half a century. It came to control many of the country's largest trade unions. Through its supporters, the Party influenced social movements and much of Australia's cultural life. It became the target of sustained surveillance and penetration by state police and federal security agencies. It retains the attention of many despite the revelations of the post-Cold War era. Full of fascinating characters and incidents, Stuart Macintyre's history is the first comprehensive account of Australian communism. 'This is a masterful book.' - Tom Sheridan, Academy of Social Sciences Newsletter 'This fascinating remembrance of the first two decades of the Communist Party of Australia. [is] both erudite. [and] infused with moral vision. a combination of courage, impeccable judgement and assiduous research.' - Ross Fitzgerald, Australian Book Review

Comrades against Imperialism

Comrades against Imperialism
Author: Michele L. Louro
Publisher: Global and International Histo
Total Pages: 327
Release: 2018-03
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1108419305

Examines the emergence of anti-imperialist internationalism during the interwar years from the perspective of India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru.

From Banners to Broadcasts

From Banners to Broadcasts
Author: Sally Ann Young
Publisher: National Library Australia
Total Pages: 76
Release: 2005
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780642276049

The first book to tell the story of Australian election campaigns using our vibrant heritage of campaign memorabilia. Starting at the turn-of-the-century, Young plots the development of campaigning from broadsides and handbills to newspaper advertisements, pamphlets, posters, badges, rosettes and more.

Terrorism in Southeast Asia

Terrorism in Southeast Asia
Author: Bruce Vaughn
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2010-11
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1437925685

Contents: (1) The Rise of Islamist Militancy in Southeast Asia: Overview; The Rise of Al Qaeda in Southeast Asia; (2) The Jemaah Islamiya (JI) Network: History of JI; JI¿s Relationship to Al Qaeda; JI¿s Size and Structure; (3) Indonesia: Recent Events; The Bali Bombings and Other JI attacks in Indonesia; The Trial and Release of Baasyir; (4) The Philippines: Abu Sayyaf; The MILF; The Philippine Communist Party; (5) Thailand: Southern Insurgency; Current Government¿s Approach; Little Evidence of Transnational Elements; (6) Malaysia: Recent Events; A Muslim Voice of Moderation; Maritime Concerns; Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism in Malaysia; Terrorist Groups in Malaysia; Malaysia¿s Counter-Terrorism Efforts; (7) Singapore: U.S.-Singapore Coop.