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Is there a 'right to disobey’? From the Vietnam War to today's climate protests

  • Written by Jon Piccini, Lecturer in History, Australian Catholic University
Is there a 'right to disobey’? From the Vietnam War to today's climate protestsA rally to free John Zarb, December 1968.Search Foundation and the State Library of New South Wales

One of the first moves of the newly elected Whitlam Labour government in December 1972 was to free seven men imprisoned for their beliefs. Their crime had been refusal to comply with the National Service Act, a so-called “lottery of...

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