A bolshie old man Red Hot: the life and times of Nick Origlass, by Hall Greenland. "Nick Origlass was one of the most remarkable and troublesome characters on the Australian left," write the publishers of this fascinating biography. "Origlass was a man who would not be silenced, and was expelled from the Communist Party, from the Labor Party (twice), from the 4th International group, and even from his local council (they carried him out, chair and all). Naturally his workmates and fellow citizens re-elected him time and time again."
Biographer Hall Greenland traces his subject's political life from the Mt Isa Beer Strike of 1929 to Sydney's 1990s environmental battles. * Wellington Lane Press (1998), ISBN 0 908022 14 X, 336р. Order for £10 from 11 Temple Fortune Lane, London, NW11 7UB, Britain