NSW Labor Senator John Faulkner in discussion with Labor historian Troy Bramston about Great Labor Speeches.

Recorded Thursday 13 December, 2012 at Gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Road, Glebe

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Graham Freudenberg, Australia's greatest speechwriter, says 'the Australian Labor Party was built on speeches'. Troy Bramston’s new book, For the True Believers: Great Labor Speeches That Shaped History, brings together the speeches which give voice to the party's enduring values and achievements and speeches which place the party and its principal figures at the centre of historic events.

There are speeches that stir the imagination and inspire, speeches that appeal to the better angels of humanity, speeches that urge moderation and caution, speeches that call for courage in the face of adversity, speeches that seek to mute the trumpet sound of war and others that speak of mighty military triumphs, spirited speeches that attack the party's fiercest opponents and speeches that celebrate and mourn the party's fallen.

Featuring new interviews with former Labor leaders, the collection includes speeches that are well known, some that are less well known and some that have been excavated from the archives and presented to a new audience.