Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume 39, Number 18, July 26, 1976.
[Introduction]
The Political Economy Conference took place against a backdrop of protest at Sydney University. Protest over the stranglehold of reactionary professors and Vice Chancellor on political power in the university. Two days before the Conference opened there was a big demonstration against the VC's lack of action - two weeks after it closed there was another, considerably more violent one. What is the background to these developments?