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Turning Seventy, Rowan Cahill
Turning Seventy, Rowan Cahill
Rowan Cahill
The author's ruminations on the occasion of him reaching the age of 70 years old.
Denis Kevans: Poet, Rowan Cahill
Denis Kevans: Poet, Rowan Cahill
Rowan Cahill
A brief account of the poetry of Australian social movement poet Denis Kevans (1939-2005).
Maritime Internationalism, Rowan Cahill
Maritime Internationalism, Rowan Cahill
Rowan Cahill
An account of the long records of internationalism of the Seamen's Union of Australia (SUA) and the Waterside Workers' Federation (WWF), and the way these records contributed to vital international support for the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) during the bitter Australian 'War on the Waterfront' (1998). The MUA was formed in 1993 following the amalgamation of the SUA and the WWF.
The New Left In Australia, Rowan Cahill
The New Left In Australia, Rowan Cahill
Rowan Cahill
Paper presented as part of the Eleventh Annual Conference of the Australasian Political Studies Association (APSA), 28th-30th August, 1969, University of Sydney. It is of historical interest, being an early exploration and evaluation of the Australian New Left by activist/participant/analyst Rowan Cahill (b. 1945- ). It predates more widely cited sources and authorities, and has been a difficult source to locate due to the limited nature of its original distribution.
Notes On The New Left In Australia, Rowan Cahill
Notes On The New Left In Australia, Rowan Cahill
Rowan Cahill
This is a fifty-page monograph sympathetically discussing the Australian New Left as it was developing at the time of publication in 1969. Published by the Australian Marxist Research Foundation, Sydney, it includes a lengthy bibliography. This publication is the only contemporary public document providing a comprehensive overview of the developing Australian New Left, and its diversity of contributing streams and formations. This file is a copy of the gestetnered original, complete with imperfections.
Student Power, Rowan Cahill
Student Power, Rowan Cahill
Rowan Cahill
Contemporary account by a participant-observer of the upsurge in 1968 of student activism on Australian university campuses, with particular emphasis on the concepts of 'student power' and 'democratisation'. The article is both a background piece, and a critique of the Australian university system and its operation at the time.