Description
ISBN: 9781761170263
Year: 2026
Publisher: NewSouth Publishing
Description:
A new history of protest told through quiet activism.
The Vietnam War sparked the largest public demonstrations Australia had ever seen. Hundreds of thousands of citizens actively opposed the war in the 1960s and 70s.
Quiet Protest uncovers a hidden side of this movement, telling the story of activism that was powered by letter-writing, legal aid, fundraising and everyday conversations. The public anti-Vietnam War protest movement was unprecedented, but so was the 'quieter' movement. By focusing on the anti-Vietnam War movement in NSW, this book offers a case study which re-imagines our understanding of protest.
These quieter acts of dissent reshaped political engagement and laid the groundwork for future movements from feminist organising to climate justice. Historian Effie Karageorgos offers a captivating new perspective on what it means to protest, and who gets remembered.
'A new and original history of protests against the Vietnam War that also broadens our understanding of the meaning and forms of "protest" itself.' Professor Sean Scalmer, University of Melbourne School of Historical and Philosophical Studies
'Effie Karageorgos dives deep in the archives, revealing the mechanics and diversities of a mass protest movement. There is nothing else like it.' Rowan Cahill, historian and co-author of Radical Sydney
'An absorbing history, this book sizzles with thought-provoking insights into opposition to Australia's role in the Vietnam War. It is history that evokes a tumultuous past and speaks to our troubled present.' Ann Curthoys, historian and protest