{"product_id":"asio-and-italian-persons-of-gianfranco-cresciani-9781925501452","title":"ASIO and Italian 'persons of interest': A History of Sydney's Federation of Italian Migrants and their Families (FILEF)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen an organisation was an \"ethnic\" one, drawing support, ideas and inspiration from its foreign mentor, claims of sedition, treason, subversion and of being un-Australian were levelled without hard evidence, justified only by the abysmal ignorance of the motivations, aspirations and actual policies pursued by this organisation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This was the case for the Federation of Italian Migrants and their Families (FILEF) in Sydney. Its members were spied upon by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), ostracised by a large part of the Italian migrant community and its media, embarrassingly acknowledged by Italian diplomatic and consular representatives, fearful of losing their jobs because of their political beliefs, demonised by the Australian Establishment as the Trojan Horse of Italian communism, even when FILEF's members claimed to have a human face.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e After forty years of militancy, time has come to record FILEF's journey through Australian and migrant politics, welfare, arts, education and union activities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gianfranco Cresciani\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1925501450\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781925501452\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Connor Court Publishing Pty Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/11\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.50d","brand":"Gianfranco Cresciani","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48453965971711,"sku":"9781925501452","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3f88e283-864a-4c3b-ad5c-65faaf23e8e7.jpg?v=1777303327","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/asio-and-italian-persons-of-gianfranco-cresciani-9781925501452","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}