Tom O'Lincoln
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Tom O'Lincoln is an American
born Marxist historian, author and one of the founders of the International Socialist Tendency
in Australia. He attended UC Berkeley
in 1966 and joined the International Socialists who had participated in the Free Speech Movement
two years earlier. He has produced first-hand accounts of the 1974-5 revolution
in Portugal
, the Sandinistas
in Nicaragua
, the Philippines
after the downfall of Ferdinand Marcos
, the USSR under Mikhail Gorbachev
, and the upheavals against Suharto in Indonesia
. He is currently a member of the Trotskyist organisation Socialist Alternative
and an editor of the online journal Marxist Interventions.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
born Marxist historian, author and one of the founders of the International Socialist Tendency
International Socialist Tendency
The International Socialist Tendency is an international grouping of unorthodox Trotskyist organisations based around the ideas of Tony Cliff, founder of the Socialist Workers Party in Britain...
in Australia. He attended UC Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
in 1966 and joined the International Socialists who had participated in the Free Speech Movement
Free Speech Movement
The Free Speech Movement was a student protest which took place during the 1964–1965 academic year on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley under the informal leadership of students Mario Savio, Brian Turner, Bettina Aptheker, Steve Weissman, Art Goldberg, Jackie Goldberg, and...
two years earlier. He has produced first-hand accounts of the 1974-5 revolution
Carnation Revolution
The Carnation Revolution , also referred to as the 25 de Abril , was a military coup started on 25 April 1974, in Lisbon, Portugal, coupled with an unanticipated and extensive campaign of civil resistance...
in Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
, the Sandinistas
Sandinista National Liberation Front
The Sandinista National Liberation Front is a socialist political party in Nicaragua. Its members are called Sandinistas in both English and Spanish...
in Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Nicaragua is the largest country in the Central American American isthmus, bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The country is situated between 11 and 14 degrees north of the Equator in the Northern Hemisphere, which places it entirely within the tropics. The Pacific Ocean...
, the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
after the downfall of Ferdinand Marcos
Ferdinand Marcos
Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos, Sr. was a Filipino leader and an authoritarian President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He was a lawyer, member of the Philippine House of Representatives and a member of the Philippine Senate...
, the USSR under Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev is a former Soviet statesman, having served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991, and as the last head of state of the USSR, having served from 1988 until its dissolution in 1991...
, and the upheavals against Suharto in Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
. He is currently a member of the Trotskyist organisation Socialist Alternative
Socialist Alternative (Australia)
Socialist Alternative is a Trotskyist political organisation in Australia formed by an expulsion from the former International Socialist Organisation in 1995. It is one of the largest groups of the Australian far Left, claiming to have the largest active membership. With branches across...
and an editor of the online journal Marxist Interventions.
Selected books
- Into the Mainstream: The Decline of Australian Communism, Stained Wattle Press, Sydney 1985.
- Years of Rage: Social Conflicts in the Fraser Era, Bookmarks Australia, Melbourne, 1993.
- United We Stand: Class Struggle in Colonial Australia, Red Rag, Melbourne, 2005.
- Rebel Women in Australian Working Class History, (Co-editor with Sandra BloodworthSandra BloodworthSandra Bloodworth is a labour historian and socialist activist, based in Melbourne, Australia. She has been involved in radical politics since the 1970s, where she has played roles in the women's, Aboriginal, anti-uranium mining and trade union movements...
), Red Rag, Melbourne, 2008. - Class and Class Conflict in Australia, (Co-editor with Rick KuhnRick KuhnRick Kuhn is an Australian Marxist economist, political analyst and reader at the Australian National University in Canberra. He is best known for his biographical study on Henryk Grossman, for which he won the Deutscher Memorial Prize in 2007...
) Longman Australia, Melbourne, 1996.
Selected articles
- Why there's nothing good about Australian nationalism, Socialist Alternative, Edition 124, January 2008.
- Trade unions and revolutionary oppositions: a survey of classic Marxist writings, School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Australian National University, 2008.