Dirty Secrets: Our ASIO Files, edited by Meredith Burgmann, is a who’s who of former and current radicals, agitators and old communists. One of the best pieces is the chapter about Communist Party member and author Frank Hardy, written by his son Alan. Another is that of retired High Court judge Michael Kirby. His file was created when he was 12 years old. Members of his family – in particular his father’s mother and her friends – were members of the CPA in the 1940s and 1950s, and young Michael was dragged along to protests and meetings at which he was photographed. Another entry mentions the child of one subject as being a seasoned kindergarten militant at the unlikely age of four.
Posted on: Thu, 03 Jul 2014 02:00:04 +0000
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