In this sixteenth, and final,  Episode of Series 2 of the Postwar Communists podcasts,  20 of the 23  interviewees talk about their political lives following the dissolution of the CPA. The other three interviewees can be heard on this topic in Episode 1.Thanks to our interviewees, currently younger-than-old-but-older-than-young (aka baby boomers).    This series can be seen as a complement to the other material produced for the centenary year of the CPA. In SEARCH's book Comrades! Lives of Australian Communists (SEARCH, 2020) we published biographies of 50 women and 50 men, some famous and some not, who had been part of the CPA. SEARCH also produced a one-day series of six one-hour online forums to commemorate the Centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of Australia in October 1920, co-hosted by the State Library of NSW which you can view on the SEARCH YouTube Channel.

In this fifteenth  Episode of Series 2 of the Postwar Communists podcasts,  7  of the 23  interviewees talk about their experiences as members of the CPA.Thanks to our interviewees, currently younger-than-old-but-older-than-young (aka baby boomers).    This series can be seen as a complement to the other material produced for the centenary year of the CPA. In SEARCH's book Comrades! Lives of Australian Communists (SEARCH, 2020) we published biographies of 50 women and 50 men, some famous and some not, who had been part of the CPA. SEARCH also produced a one-day series of six one-hour online forums to commemorate the Centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of Australia in October 1920, co-hosted by the State Library of NSW which you can view on the SEARCH YouTube Channel.

In this fourteenth  Episode of Series 2 of the Postwar Communists podcasts,  6  of the 23  interviewees talk about their experiences as members of the CPA.Thanks to our interviewees, currently younger-than-old-but-older-than-young (aka baby boomers).    This series can be seen as a complement to the other material produced for the centenary year of the CPA. In SEARCH's book Comrades! Lives of Australian Communists (SEARCH, 2020) we published biographies of 50 women and 50 men, some famous and some not, who had been part of the CPA. SEARCH also produced a one-day series of six one-hour online forums to commemorate the Centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of Australia in October 1920, co-hosted by the State Library of NSW which you can view on the SEARCH YouTube Channel.

In this thirteenth Episode of Series 2 of the Postwar Communists podcasts,  6  of the 23  interviewees talk about their experiences as members of the CPA.Thanks to our interviewees, currently younger-than-old-but-older-than-young (aka baby boomers).    This series can be seen as a complement to the other material produced for the centenary year of the CPA. In SEARCH's book Comrades! Lives of Australian Communists (SEARCH, 2020) we published biographies of 50 women and 50 men, some famous and some not, who had been part of the CPA. SEARCH also produced a one-day series of six one-hour online forums to commemorate the Centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of Australia in October 1920, co-hosted by the State Library of NSW which you can view on the SEARCH YouTube Channel.

In this twelfth Episode of Series 2 of the Postwar Communists podcasts,  another 7 of the 23  interviewees talk about the reasons for the CPA's dissolution.Thanks to our interviewees, currently younger-than-old-but-older-than-young (aka baby boomers).    This series can be seen as a complement to the other material produced for the centenary year of the CPA. In SEARCH's book Comrades! Lives of Australian Communists (SEARCH, 2020) we published biographies of 50 women and 50 men, some famous and some not, who had been part of the CPA. SEARCH also produced a one-day series of six one-hour online forums to commemorate the Centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of Australia in October 1920, co-hosted by the State Library of NSW which you can view on the SEARCH YouTube Channel.

In this eleventh Episode of Series 2 of the Postwar Communists podcasts,  another 6 of the 23  interviewees talk about the reasons for the CPA's dissolution.Thanks to our interviewees, currently younger-than-old-but-older-than-young (aka baby boomers).    This series can be seen as a complement to the other material produced for the centenary year of the CPA. In SEARCH's book Comrades! Lives of Australian Communists (SEARCH, 2020) we published biographies of 50 women and 50 men, some famous and some not, who had been part of the CPA. SEARCH also produced a one-day series of six one-hour online forums to commemorate the Centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of Australia in October 1920, co-hosted by the State Library of NSW which you can view on the SEARCH YouTube Channel.

In this tenth Episode of Series 2 of the Postwar Communists podcasts,  6 of the 23  interviewees talk about the reasons for the CPA's dissolution.Thanks to our interviewees, currently younger-than-old-but-older-than-young (aka baby boomers).    This series can be seen as a complement to the other material produced for the centenary year of the CPA. In SEARCH's book Comrades! Lives of Australian Communists (SEARCH, 2020) we published biographies of 50 women and 50 men, some famous and some not, who had been part of the CPA. SEARCH also produced a one-day series of six one-hour online forums to commemorate the Centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of Australia in October 1920, co-hosted by the State Library of NSW which you can view on the SEARCH YouTube Channel.

In this ninth Episode of Series 2 of the Postwar Communists podcasts,  a further 7 of the 23  interviewees talk about their decision not to join, or to leave the ALP.Thanks to our interviewees, currently younger-than-old-but-older-than-young (aka baby boomers).    This series can be seen as a complement to the other material produced for the centenary year of the CPA. In SEARCH's book Comrades! Lives of Australian Communists (SEARCH, 2020) we published biographies of 50 women and 50 men, some famous and some not, who had been part of the CPA. SEARCH also produced a one-day series of six one-hour online forums to commemorate the Centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of Australia in October 1920, co-hosted by the State Library of NSW which you can view on the SEARCH YouTube Channel.

In this eighth Episode of Series 2 of the Postwar Communists podcasts,  a further 6 of the 23  interviewees talk about their decision not to join, or to leave the ALP.Thanks to our interviewees, currently younger-than-old-but-older-than-young (aka baby boomers).    This series can be seen as a complement to the other material produced for the centenary year of the CPA. In SEARCH's book Comrades! Lives of Australian Communists (SEARCH, 2020) we published biographies of 50 women and 50 men, some famous and some not, who had been part of the CPA. SEARCH also produced a one-day series of six one-hour online forums to commemorate the Centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of Australia in October 1920, co-hosted by the State Library of NSW which you can view on the SEARCH YouTube Channel.

In this seventh Episode of Series 2 of the Postwar Communists podcasts,  6 of the 23  interviewees talk about their decision not to join, or to leave the ALP.Thanks to our interviewees, currently younger-than-old-but-older-than-young (aka baby boomers).    This series can be seen as a complement to the other material produced for the centenary year of the CPA. In SEARCH's book Comrades! Lives of Australian Communists (SEARCH, 2020) we published biographies of 50 women and 50 men, some famous and some not, who had been part of the CPA. SEARCH also produced a one-day series of six one-hour online forums to commemorate the Centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of Australia in October 1920, co-hosted by the State Library of NSW which you can view on the SEARCH YouTube Channel.

In this sixth Episode of Series 2 of the Postwar Communists podcasts,  6 of the 23  interviewees talk about their decision to join to the CPA. Thanks to our interviewees, currently younger-than-old-but-older-than-young (aka baby boomers).    This series can be seen as a complement to the other material produced for the centenary year of the CPA. In SEARCH's book Comrades! Lives of Australian Communists (SEARCH, 2020) we published biographies of 50 women and 50 men, some famous and some not, who had been part of the CPA. SEARCH also produced a one-day series of six one-hour online forums to commemorate the Centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of Australia in October 1920, co-hosted by the State Library of NSW which you can view on the SEARCH YouTube Channel.

In this fifth Episode of Series 2 of the Postwar Communists podcasts,  8 of the 23  interviewees talk about their decision to join to the CPA. The other voices will be heard in subsequent episodes. Thanks to our interviewees, currently younger-than-old-but-older-than-young (aka baby boomers).    This series can be seen as a complement to the other material produced for the centenary year of the CPA. In SEARCH's book Comrades! Lives of Australian Communists (SEARCH, 2020) we published biographies of 50 women and 50 men, some famous and some not, who had been part of the CPA. SEARCH also produced a one-day series of six one-hour online forums to commemorate the Centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of Australia in October 1920, co-hosted by the State Library of NSW which you can view on the SEARCH YouTube Channel.

In this fourth Episode of Series 2 of the Postwar Communists podcasts,  8 of the 23  interviewees talk about their decision to join to the CPA. The other voices will be heard in subsequent episodes. Thanks to our interviewees, currently younger-than-old-but-older-than-young (aka baby boomers).    This series can be seen as a complement to the other material produced for the centenary year of the CPA. In SEARCH's book Comrades! Lives of Australian Communists (SEARCH, 2020) we published biographies of 50 women and 50 men, some famous and some not, who had been part of the CPA. SEARCH also produced a one-day series of six one-hour online forums to commemorate the Centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of Australia in October 1920, co-hosted by the State Library of NSW which you can view on the SEARCH YouTube Channel.

In this third Episode of Series 2 of the Postwar Communists podcasts,  a further 8 of the 23  interviewees talk about their decision to join to the CPA. The other voices will be heard in subsequent episodes. Thanks to our interviewees, currently younger-than-old-but-older-than-young (aka baby boomers).    This series can be seen as a complement to the other material produced for the centenary year of the CPA. In SEARCH's book Comrades! Lives of Australian Communists (SEARCH, 2020) we published biographies of 50 women and 50 men, some famous and some not, who had been part of the CPA. SEARCH also produced a one-day series of six one-hour online forums to commemorate the Centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of Australia in October 1920, co-hosted by the State Library of NSW which you can view on the SEARCH YouTube Channel.

In this second Episode of Series 2 of the Postwar Communists podcasts,  8 of the 23  interviewees talk about their decision to join to the CPA. The other voices will be heard in subsequent episodes. Thanks to our interviewees, currently younger-than-old-but-older-than-young (aka baby boomers).    This series can be seen as a complement to the other material produced for the centenary year of the CPA. In SEARCH's book Comrades! Lives of Australian Communists (SEARCH, 2020) we published biographies of 50 women and 50 men, some famous and some not, who had been part of the CPA. SEARCH also produced a one-day series of six one-hour online forums to commemorate the Centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of Australia in October 1920, co-hosted by the State Library of NSW which you can view on the SEARCH YouTube Channel.

In this first Episode of Series 2 of the Postwar Communists podcasts,  a further 23  interviewees are heard. Thanks to our interviewees, currently younger-than-old-but-older-than-young (aka baby boomers).    This series can be seen as a complement to the other material produced for the centenary year of the CPA. In SEARCH's book Comrades! Lives of Australian Communists (SEARCH, 2020) we published biographies of 50 women and 50 men, some famous and some not, who had been part of the CPA. SEARCH also produced a one-day series of six one-hour online forums to commemorate the Centenary of the founding of the Communist Party of Australia in October 1920, co-hosted by the State Library of NSW which you can view on the SEARCH YouTube Channel.

Alison Pennington was Senior Economist with the Centre for Future Work. She has been quoted and published in various news outlets on the impact of the economic crisis on workers, particularly on young people and women, and has made numerous TV, podcast and radio appearances on a broad range of topics related to her areas of expertise.She talks in this Zoom forum on her articles (linked below) ‘How the government is turning back the clock for women’ published in the New Daily, and ‘Why governments must spend, spend, spend to save the Australian economy’, from the Newcastle Herald, as well as the broader questions of the prospects for workers during the recession and what should be the policy and strategic priorities in response.https://thenewdaily.com.au/finance/fi...

Bernard Collaery is an Australian solicitor and barrister who specialises in litigation in high-profile catastrophic personal injury cases. He has acted for families of victims of the Thredbo landslide, the Royal Canberra Hospital demolition tragedy, the Glenbrook rail disaster in the Blue Mountains, the fire aboard HMAS Westralia and the tragic loss of an RAAF F1-11 in the South China Sea.Throughout his career as a solicitor, advocate and politician Bernard has been a fearless advocate for human rights. During his tenure as Attorney-General for the Australian Capital Territory, he introduced an independent law reform process that culminated in the drafting of human rights legislation, including anti-discrimination legislation.Bernard Collaery advised the East Timor Resistance for more than thirty years, providing advice on international law and other matters during the United Nations Transitional Administration from 1999. He acted for East Timor at the International Court of Justice in relation to a maritime sea boundary dispute with Australia.Currently Bernard Collaery is patron and honorary solicitor of various charitable and non-profit organisations serving Indigenous Australians and marginalised sectors of the community.He spoke with us about his book Oil Under Troubled Water - Australia’s Timor Sea Intrigue.About SEARCH and NIBSSearch is a membership-based democratic socialist organisation that links and enables socialist activists across political parties, generations and movements all around Australia. We have members from diverse backgrounds and interests, but we have common aims and values - summarised in our aim of ‘democratic ecological socialism’.We run socialist education programs, publish news and views on Facebook and at search.org.au, and we put on events like this one… I encourage you to like the SEARCH Facebook page to keep up with our events, and go to search.org.au if you are interested in applying for membership.  Our contact details are on the website and our Facebook page…Many SEARCH members have a long history of involvement with Timor Leste, particularly Andy Alcock, who is the information officer for the Australia East Timor  Friendship Association South Australia who helped us put this event together. Also it is important to acknowledge the work of Union Aid Abroad APHEDA and its Executive Officer Kate Lee for all their work in Timor Leste…both those orgainsations are good places to take practical steps to assist the people of East Timor…About the New International BookshopOur partner in this event is the New International Bookshop, based at the Victorian Trades Hall in Melbourne. They have Bernard’s book, Oil Under Troubled Water, published by Melbourne University Press available for sale online. NIBS, as it is affectionately known, is a quality bookshop that stocks left-progressive books and merchandise from all over the world, maintaining a fantastic second hand book section covering all genres, and running regular events aimed at fostering debate and discussion on the Melbourne Left.  You can order the book here: https://nibs.org.au/onlinebooks/oil-u...

Dr Dylan Lino is Senior Lecturer at the TC Beirne School of Law at the University of Queensland, and was a member of the team that provided legal advice to the Uluru Dialogue. Dylan spoke to us and took questions on what the Voice means for sovereignty, on why it comes first in the Voice Treaty Truth sequence, and how change to the constitution has historically led to further positive changes for First Nations peoples.Dylan researches constitutional law, colonialism and imperialism, and in particular, the rights and status of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples within Australia's settler constitutional order. He is the author of "Constitutional recognition: First Peoples and the Australian settler state". (Sydney: Federation Press 2018). According to Bundjalung lawyer Dani Larkin, this book “provides an outstanding historical and theoretical account of ‘constitutional recognition’ and what it means for the first peoples of Australia.” Dylan holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and a Bachelor of Arts from UNSW, a Master of Laws from Harvard University and a PhD from the University of Melbourne. This forum is part of the SEARCH Foundation’s program of education for our members and supporters who are campaigning for a Yes Vote in the Voice Referendum.

Bill Fletcher Jr is the executive editor of Global African Worker and the author of “They’re Bankrupting Us!": and Twenty Other Myths about Unions (2012). Having been an activist since his teen years, upon graduating from college Bill went to work as a welder in a shipyard, thereby entering the labor movement. Over the years he has been active in workplace and community struggles as well as electoral campaigns. He has worked for several US labor unions in addition to serving as a senior staff member in the national peak body AFL-CIO.Bill Fletcher is the former president of TransAfrica Forum, a Senior Scholar with the Institute for Policy Studies, an editorial board member of BlackCommentator.com, and involved the leadership of several other projects. He is also the co-author (with Peter Agard) of The Indispensable Ally: Black Workers and the Formation of the Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1934-1941 (1987), and the co-author (with Dr. Fernando Gapasin) of Solidarity Divided: The crisis in organized labor and a new path toward social justice (2009). He has also published a mystery novel, The Man Who Fell from the Sky. And of interest to many SEARCH members he is the author and co-editor of a book on the legacy of Amilcar Cabral the leader of the independence movement of Guinea Bissau and Cap Verde- the title of that is Claim no Easy Victories. Here is the link: https://www.amazon.com.au/Claim-No-Ea...He is a regular commentator and writer, a talk show host, and activist - You can follow him on these channels:Twitter: @billfletcherjrFacebook: Bill Fletcher JrWeb: http://www.billfletcherjr.com/…Where he regularly posts on current issues, including most recently a response to the right wing protestors who demand immediate reopening…http://billfletcherjr.com/2020/a-resp....Filmed in 2020, in this briefing Bill discusses how the US left, labor and progressive movements are responding to the Trump administration’s hardline right agenda to remake the USA in its image. He speaks broadly on questions such as What are the Left’s prospects and priorities? How can Trump be defeated? What has the Bernie Sanders movement achieved? How could the Left influence a Biden Democratic administration?