Dave Nadel interviewed for the documentary "Hell No We Won't Go"

Dave Nadel (DOB 1947) was involved in anti-Vietnam War protests from very early on, having joined the Labor Club at Monash University in 1965. He was arrested in one of the first anti-war demonstrations organized by the Student Labor Federation of Affilated Labor Clubs in Canberra soon after the passage of Prime Minister Menzies’ legislation to send troops to Vietnam. Nadel was also involved in the activities of the Youth Campaign Against Conscription. He turned 20 in 1967 but was not called up and believes the call-up was manipulated to exclude those who has been arrested in demonstrations. In 1967, the Monash Labor Club of which Nadel was president became increasingly radical and he continued his anti-war activities, including support for the National Liberation Front of Vietnam for which the Club collected aid. In 1970, the Monash Labor Club split, with Nadel taking up the cause of student rights and leading one of the several Trotskyist groups which formed in that period among those who espoused revolution. Nadel received a doctorate from Monash University where his thesis was on the professionalisation and commercialisation of Australian Football. He writes and lectures at Monash University on popular culture, Labour history and sports history. (Description provided by interview).