by Elizabeth Humphrys | Sep 1, 2014 | Events
The third annual conference of Historical Materialism Australasia takes place this Friday and Saturday, September 5-6, in Sydney. The agenda looks extremely exciting, with a closing plenary on ‘Feminising Emancipation’ and roundtable discussions on Thomas...
by Elizabeth Humphrys | Mar 5, 2014 | Australian Economy, Neoliberalism, unions
Tad Tietze and I have an article on the state of the unions in the wake of the Qantas job cuts, which has been stirring up some discussion at The Guardian‘s Comment Is Free section. Here’s a preview, and you can read the full article here. It is no...
by Elizabeth Humphrys | Oct 31, 2013 | Anti-politics
‘They don’t represent us’ —Spanish Indignados protest *** This post was originally published at Left Flank. *** By ELIZABETH HUMPHRYS & TAD TIETZE At a certain point in their historical lives, social classes become detached from their traditional parties. In other...
by Elizabeth Humphrys | Oct 27, 2013 | Anti-politics, Capitalism
This post was originally published at Left Flank. *** OK Russell, let’s get this done. I’m in Europe and the crisis is everywhere. I landed in Greece and it hit me in the face: people trying to generate an income in any way they can; road works half complete and not...
by Elizabeth Humphrys | Jun 28, 2013 | Gramsci, Social Movements
In the lead up to doing a PhD, I completed a Masters by Research at the University of Technology in Sydney (UTS). It took a long time – a very long time – as I undertook the research whilst working full time. It has been extremely pleasing therefore, to...
