P5-P6 - Interview with Jim Garvey (born late C19th), Melbourne, 11 June 1984

Component identifier:

File P5-P6

Content Summary:

Jim Garvey was a left activist in Melbourne during the First World War and interwar period. He talks about the anti-conscription campaign and the activities of people he knew such as Frank Anstey, Chummy Fleming, Frank Hyett, Tom Tunnecliffe, Percy Laidler and Bernard O'Dowd. He was not a member of the IWW but describes their performances at outdoor meetings, such as the Yarra Bank and South Melbourne Market. He reflects on their strength and influence and the slow process in the 1930s of the Communist Party becoming stronger than the IWW. He talks about the Workers' Education Association and his disillusionment with the Labor Party.

2 x 60 min. cassettes, c. 120 minutes.

Subjects:

Politics and government
Academic
History

Names:

Burgmann, Verity, FASS, Adjunct Professor of Politics

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