Land Fall Research Articles

The Movement against War and Fascism: A View from Inside

Len Fox began his association with the Movement Against War and Fascism in November 1934. He had been studying education in London and arrived back in Victoria just a few days before Egon Kisch's 'land fall' at Port Melbourne. He was state secretary of the MAW&F from 1935 to 1939 and was also a member of the Spanish Relief Committee. After moving to Sydney he had a long career as a left-wing journalist, working for Progress (ALP?State of New South Wales), Tribune (Com munist Party of Australia) and Common Cause (Miners' Federation), until he resigned from the editorship of Common Cause in 1970. In recent years he has continued to write poetry and history, interests he developed and managed to sustain while in journalism. His two latest books are The Aboriginals,, Thomas Nelson (Australia), 1977, and (with Daisy McWilliams and others) Depression Down Under, Len Fox, 1977. Len Fox was one of the first contributors to Labour History, his article 'Early Australian May Days' being published in the second issue of the journal in May 1962.