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'''Stuart MacIntyre''' (died 2021) joined the [[Communist Party of Australia]] “as a young historian” in 1971. Shortly after joining the CPA, he left Australia to work on his Ph.D. at Cambridge University, where he also joined the [[Communist Party of Great Britain]] (CPGB). When he returned to Australia in 1980, he did not re-join the CPA. Rather, he joined the ALP and its [[Socialist Left]] faction. Reportedly, he declined to re-join the CPA since it was an organisation “visibly in decline”. However, he found political discussions in the [[Socialist Left]] “abysmal”.<ref>[https://thesydneyinstitute.com.au/blog/the-god-that-failed-stuart-macintyres-communist-party-of-australia/]</ref> | '''Stuart MacIntyre''' (died 2021) joined the [[Communist Party of Australia]] “as a young historian” in 1971. Shortly after joining the CPA, he left Australia to work on his Ph.D. at Cambridge University, where he also joined the [[Communist Party of Great Britain]] (CPGB). When he returned to Australia in 1980, he did not re-join the CPA. Rather, he joined the ALP and its [[Socialist Left]] faction. Reportedly, he declined to re-join the CPA since it was an organisation “visibly in decline”. However, he found political discussions in the [[Socialist Left]] “abysmal”.<ref>[https://thesydneyinstitute.com.au/blog/the-god-that-failed-stuart-macintyres-communist-party-of-australia/]</ref> | ||
| + | ==Broadside Weekly== | ||
| + | An addition to the alternative media is due to appear this week with the first issue of a new paper, [[Broadside Weekly]]. | ||
| + | Described as "an independent, broadly based left and progressive weekly", Broadside will be formally launched in Sydney on June 5. | ||
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| + | Proposals for the project were initiated in the second half of 1990. The new paper has a supporters' association headed by a board consisting of [[Brian Aarons]], [[Anthony Albanese]], [[Wendy Bacon]], [[Peter Barrack]], [[Meredith Burgmann]], [[Wendy Caird]], [[Tricia Caswell|Patricia Caswell]], [[Kerren Clark]], [[Tony Cooke]], [[Drew Hutton]], [[Ron Knowles]], [[Stuart MacIntyre]], [[Tom McDonald]], [[Peter Murphy (Australia)|Peter Murphy]], [[Carmel Shute]], [[Suganthi Singarayar]], [[John Sutton]], [[Lindsay Tanner]], [[Jo Vallentine]] and [[Roger Woock]].<ref>[https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/launch-new-paper]</ref> | ||
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| + | [[Broadside Weekly]] was supported by the [[SEARCH Foundation]]. | ||
==Australian Left Review== | ==Australian Left Review== | ||
Revision as of 03:05, 26 October 2023
Stuart MacIntyre (died 2021) joined the Communist Party of Australia “as a young historian” in 1971. Shortly after joining the CPA, he left Australia to work on his Ph.D. at Cambridge University, where he also joined the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB). When he returned to Australia in 1980, he did not re-join the CPA. Rather, he joined the ALP and its Socialist Left faction. Reportedly, he declined to re-join the CPA since it was an organisation “visibly in decline”. However, he found political discussions in the Socialist Left “abysmal”.[1]
Broadside Weekly
An addition to the alternative media is due to appear this week with the first issue of a new paper, Broadside Weekly.
Described as "an independent, broadly based left and progressive weekly", Broadside will be formally launched in Sydney on June 5.
Proposals for the project were initiated in the second half of 1990. The new paper has a supporters' association headed by a board consisting of Brian Aarons, Anthony Albanese, Wendy Bacon, Peter Barrack, Meredith Burgmann, Wendy Caird, Patricia Caswell, Kerren Clark, Tony Cooke, Drew Hutton, Ron Knowles, Stuart MacIntyre, Tom McDonald, Peter Murphy, Carmel Shute, Suganthi Singarayar, John Sutton, Lindsay Tanner, Jo Vallentine and Roger Woock.[2]
Broadside Weekly was supported by the SEARCH Foundation.
Australian Left Review
Australian Left Review magazine 145 November 1992.
EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Tony Aspromourgos, Carol Bacchi, Peter Baldwin, Anna Booth, Peter Botsman, Jennie George, Barry Hindess, Paul Hirst, Ian Hunter, John Langmore, Sylvia Lawson, Stuart MacIntyre, Race Mathews, Meaghan Morris, McKenzie Wark.
The Broad Left Conference
The Communist Party of Australia, Association for Communist Unity and others organized The Broad Left Conference, which was held 1986 28th-31st March, at the NEW SOUTH WALES INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Broadway, Sydney.
Stuart MacIntyre was among the list of sponsors.