Concrete Gang History - 22 May 1977

Friday, 2 May 2025 - 9:30am
Scanned image of the outside of a cassette hand-labelled with Concrete Gang dates for May 1977.

Concrete Gang - 22nd May 1977 program

  • Bakery Hill development battle: Residents and BLF oppose McDonalds so-called development in Bakery Hill, Ballarat. 

  • Speaking to Jack Harvey and Jeff Hendey, members of the Bakery Hill Action Group about Ballarat’s history, how this project will affect the streetscape, and what are the alternatives.

  • Interview with Norm Gallagher about current log of claims

  • Report: General Motors Holden investments in Australia with a breakdown of funds: wealth produced by workers vs US capitalists (General Motors US cut back its overseas factories in 1977).

  • Song: The South Medomsley Strike by Tommy Armstrong, on the 1885 strike.

Presenters: ‘Mario’, ‘Bruce’, and more.

Also Featuring: Jack Harvey & Jeff Hendey from the Bakery Hill Action Group, Norm Gallagher.

 


 

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Former Concrete Gang presenters & members of the BLF.

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