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A sharp slice of history

Reds under the books

31 October 2020

9:00 AM

31 October 2020

9:00 AM

Library books often contain more than just words. Tucked away between the pages you might find remnants from previous readers and owners – a post-it note, a bus ticket, a photo or postcard.

One recent discovery found in a Campion College library book was more unusual than most. While researching for an essay on the Russian Red Terror, third-year student Bridget Knight came across a communist bulletin dated Friday, 29 May, 1931, entitled The Abattoirs Blade: To cut deep into the heart of capitalism and expose its rotten inside.

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Keziah Van Aardt is the librarian at Campion College, Australia’s first tertiary liberal arts institute, based in Sydney.

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