| Record Number |
18173 |
| ISBN |
9780642278913 |
| 0642278911 |
| Location |
322.4 HAM |
| Author |
Hamilton, Clive (author.). |
| Title |
What do we want! : the story of protest in Australia / Clive Hamilton. |
| Published |
Canberra, A.C.T. National Library of Australia Publishing, 2016. |
| Collation |
ix, 209 pages. : illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits ; 29 cm. |
| Content types |
text |
| Carrier type |
volume |
| General Note |
Includes index. |
| Bibliography Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-195) and index. |
| Summary Note |
"An exuberant crowd sets off down Oxford Street on 24 June 1978 in the first Gay Mardi Gras, and is corralled, beaten and arrested. They refuse to be bullied, staging a National Summer Offensive for Gay Rights a few months later. In the late nineteenth century, Vita Goldstein is subjected to ridicule and vicious newspaper campaigns but, with wit and eloquence, fights on women's suffrage and peace. Charles Perkins and his fellow Freedom Riders respond to the eggs, punches and cigarette burns of angry locals outside the segregated Moree Pool in 1965 with passive resistance, capturing the attention of the world's press and bringing racial discrimination into the public consciousness. Progress occurs because a few individuals begin to demand change. The defenders of the status quo are just as committed, and the stage is set time and again for stories of extraordinary bravery and inspirational leadership. In 'What do we want?' Clive Hamilton explores the colourful, enthralling and stirring forms of protest used in the big social movements that defined modern Australia. He examines how these movements for equality, peace and environmental action have confronted the ugliness in Australian society and caused epoch-defining shifts in social attitudes." -- Back cover. |
| Subject |
Human rights -- Australia |
| Civil rights -- Australia -- History |
| Civil rights movements -- Australia |
| Civil rights demonstrations -- Australia |
| Gay rights -- Australia |
| Indigenous peoples |
| Women's rights -- Australia |
| Feminism -- Australia |
| Green movement -- Australia |
| Protest movements -- Australia -- History |
| Demonstrations -- Australia |
| Added Name |
Greer, Germaine,1939-, (writer of foreword). |
