| Bib ID |
3584610 |
| Format |
Audio [sound recording] , Online - Google Books |
| Author |
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| Access Conditions |
Access open for research and personal copies, written permission is required for public use during the lifetime of the interviewee. |
| Description |
2005
1 digital audio tape (ca. 64 min.)
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| Series |
Alex Hood folklore collection.
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| Summary |
Folkloric recording. Bernard Wolfe Rosen, born 1924 in Sydney, NSW, talks about his family background; schooling; war service; becoming politically aware in 1941; attending meetings in the Sydney Domain; Ernest Judd; Rupert Lockwood; Stan Moran; Tony McGilloche; Lance Sharkey; the Communist Party; being Communist Domain speaker from May 1947-August 1970; discusses problems in the party; Jack Hughes; Hughes-Evans group; his official roles in the Party; J.B.Miles; Party life; Stalinism; Bukharin's execution; global warming; letter writing; Palestine; Zionists; Laurie Morris; 'Green Left Weekly', publication of the Socialist Alliance in Sydney; marrying in 1970, Nancy Ellen Baker, now a widower; being an avid reader; member of the Socialist Alliance and its origins; Bill Brown; refers to 'Chinese Line'; 'Cultural Revolution'; 'How to be a good Communist'; removal of Khrushchev in U.S.S.R.; Gorbachev; the new Russia; Mafia; China; Cuba; Fidel Castro; future of Socialist Alliance; Howard government; Green Party; new federal laws including Industrial Relations (IR) laws; working class; Jackie Kelly; biography of Billy Snedden; health problems; writing to the 'Green Left Weekly'.
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| Notes |
Recorded on October 27, 2005 at Strathfield, N.S.W.
Digital master; National Library of Australia, Oral History collection;
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| Index/Finding Aid Note |
Timed summary (4 p.) |
| Subjects |
Rosen, Bernard, - 1924- - Interviews. | Communist Party of Australia - History. | Green left weekly. | World War, 1939-1945 - Personal narratives, Australian. | Communism. | Socialism - Australia.
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| Other authors/contributors |
Hood, Alex, 1935-, Interviewer | Hood, Annette, 1948-, Interviewer
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| Related records |
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