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Our Man Kisch

A short documentary chronicling Egon Kisch's controversial anti-fascism speaking trip to Australia in 1934.

Film Topics:

Anti-FascismPeace Movement

Film Tags:

Adolf HitlerAnti warAnti-fascismAnti-War Congress in MelbourneAustralia - NSW - SydneyBenito MussoliniCharles MurrayCommunismCommunist PartyConscriptionCzechoslovakiaDepressionsEgon KischFremantleHigh Court of AustraliaImmigrantsImprisonmentJoseph LyonsJoseph Lyons GovernmentKatharine PritchardLen FoxMelbourneMelbourne centenary celebrationsMelbourne ShrineMelbourne waterfrontNazi GermanyNazismPeace movementPercy LaidlerPoliticsPort MelbournePovertyRailways UnionRalph GibsonRobert MenziesSenator Arthur RaySocial justiceSocialismStrathairdThe HolocaustTom GleesonTortureUnemploymentUnionsUnited KingdomVictoria PoliceWhite Australia PolicyWorking classWorld Committee Against War and FascismWorld War OneWorld War Two

Film Type:

Documentary - Short
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Peko Pilbara Pirates

A short documentary about the 1986 Robe River iron ore mine dispute in Western Australia's Pilbara region.

Film Topics:

MiningStrikes

Film Tags:

AccordAustralian Council of Trade Unions ACTUAustralian Manufacturing Workers' UnionAustralian Workers' Union AWUCharles CopemanComradeshipElectrical Trades UnionFamilyFIFOHealth & safetyIndividual contractsIndustrial Relations Commission of Western AustraliaIron ore miningMiningMining communitiesPeko WallsendPoliticsRobe RiverRobe River DisputeSimon CreanStrikesTrades and Labor Council of WAUnionsWestern AustraliaWorking classWorking conditionsWorkplace deregulationWorkplace relations

Film Type:

Documentary - Short
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Sydney Trade Union Club

A short documentary about the Sydney Trade Union Club in the 1980s.

Film Topics:

EntertainmentUnions

Film Tags:

40 Hour WeekAustralia - NSW - SydneyEntertainmentFederated Ironworkers AssociationFlo CluffHotel Club and Restaurant UnionLesiure timeLive MusicMay DayMusicPeople’s PalacePoker machinesSydney May Day marchSydney Trade Union ClubUnionsVic WorkmanWorkers ClubWorking class

Film Type:

Documentary - Short
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The Woodside Dispute

A short documentary about the 1986 Woodside offshore rig dispute.

Film Topics:

Energy and Electricity

Film Tags:

Australian Workers' Union AWUComradeshipElectrical Trades UnionEnergyFamilyFIFOHealth & safetyOil & GasStrikesTrades and Labor Council of WAUnionsWestern AustraliaWoodside PetroleumWorking classWorking conditionsWorkplace relations

Film Type:

Documentary - Short
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