{"product_id":"buckleys","title":"Buckley's!: Ken Buckley, Historian, Author and Civil Libertarian","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cu data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSecond Hand\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eExcellent Condition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKen Buckley - historian, academic and enemy to thoughtless bureaucrats - was rarely silent, fearlessly standing up to injustice and oppression in any of its manifestations against those in power who trampled on individual rights. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBest known as the founding member and leading activist of the NSW Council for Civil Liberties (CCL) he was a tenacious fighter against censorship and police corruption and the intrusive powers of ASIO. He supported students during the anti-conscription protests of the Vietnam War, resisted erosions of academic freedom and challenged discrimination in all its forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn BUCKLEY'S! Ken Buckley gives a candid and vividly lived-in account of his professional and personal life, revealing his vulnerabilities as well as his unswerving commitment to \"natural justice\". His autobiography is published posthumously by his widow, Berenice Buckley, also a CCL founding member and active worker for immigrant rights and social diversity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSays Berenice, 'Ken was a more complex man than often showed up-front. He had a sharp-and often rashly interventionist!-sense of justice, a formidable and driving intellect and a robust, highly infectious sense of humour. I want people to see, and perhaps be inspired by, the man behind the accolades and the brickbats gathered over his long career as a soldier, historian, teacher and political activist.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ken Buckley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42881156022441,"sku":"","price":12.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/products\/buckley.jpg?v=1674868984","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/buckleys","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}