An in-depth account of the hundreds of campaigns and actions that were carried out across Australia against the war and conscription.
Format: Books, Journals and Excerpts
Books, Journals and Excerpts
Defying Censorship: The New Theatre and Till The Day I Die
Read an excerpt from the book, The New Theatre: People Plays and Politics Behind Australia’s Radical Theatre.
Changing The World: The Women’s Political Association
The story of Vida Goldstein & the Women’s Political Association through their own words via a series of excerpts from speeches & publications.
How Workers Defeated Anti-Strike Laws in the 1970s
Read an excerpt from the book, Without Bosses: Radical Trade Unionism in the 1970s, about workers retaining the right to strike.
Aboriginal Change Makers: Stories of Aboriginal Self-determination and Empowerment
Stories and event about the role of Aboriginal Change Makers in the fight for equality and a more just society for all of us.
No War Opera House Graffiti Action: An Interview with Dave Burgess
Interview with Dave Burgess who graffitied No War onto the Sydney Opera House to show opposition to the war in Iraq in 2003.
Fighting for the Foreshore: The Campaigns to Protect Mounts Bay and Kings Park
Read an account of Perth’s first two major conservation campaigns, the preservation of Kings Park bushland and the survival of Mounts Bay.
Defending Unionism: The Weipa Dispute, 1995
Learn how workers in Weipa forced a mining company to accommodate collective bargaining by combining strike action and a port blockade.
Brave Enough to say ‘No’: William White and the Fight against Military Conscription during the Vietnam War
Learn about the teacher, William White, who fought against Military Conscription during the Vietnam War in Australia.
Women Fighting Back in the Depression Years
Read about the role that women played in unemployed movements during the Depression Years in Australia in this book excerpt by Janey Stone.
Draftmen Go Free: A History of the Anti-Conscription Movement in Australia
An in-depth account of the hundreds of campaigns and actions that were carried out across Australia against the war and conscription.
Defying Censorship: The New Theatre and Till The Day I Die
Read an excerpt from the book, The New Theatre: People Plays and Politics Behind Australia’s Radical Theatre.
Changing The World: The Women’s Political Association
The story of Vida Goldstein & the Women’s Political Association through their own words via a series of excerpts from speeches & publications.
How Workers Defeated Anti-Strike Laws in the 1970s
Read an excerpt from the book, Without Bosses: Radical Trade Unionism in the 1970s, about workers retaining the right to strike.
Aboriginal Change Makers: Stories of Aboriginal Self-determination and Empowerment
Stories and event about the role of Aboriginal Change Makers in the fight for equality and a more just society for all of us.
No War Opera House Graffiti Action: An Interview with Dave Burgess
Interview with Dave Burgess who graffitied No War onto the Sydney Opera House to show opposition to the war in Iraq in 2003.
Fighting for the Foreshore: The Campaigns to Protect Mounts Bay and Kings Park
Read an account of Perth’s first two major conservation campaigns, the preservation of Kings Park bushland and the survival of Mounts Bay.
Defending Unionism: The Weipa Dispute, 1995
Learn how workers in Weipa forced a mining company to accommodate collective bargaining by combining strike action and a port blockade.
Brave Enough to say ‘No’: William White and the Fight against Military Conscription during the Vietnam War
Learn about the teacher, William White, who fought against Military Conscription during the Vietnam War in Australia.
Women Fighting Back in the Depression Years
Read about the role that women played in unemployed movements during the Depression Years in Australia in this book excerpt by Janey Stone.