Tim Anderson ( born 30 April 1953 ) is an Australian academic and activist . He was a senior lecturer at the University of Sydney ( until early 2019 ) and the author of several books on independent development and anti-imperialism . In 1979 , he was convicted and imprisoned for an alleged Ananda Marga conspiracy to murder a National Front leader Robert Cameron , but was pardoned in 1985 after an inquiry . In a linked case in 1990 he was convicted for ordering the 1978 Sydney Hilton Hotel bombing and sentenced to 14 years ' imprisonment , but was acquitted on appeal in 1991 . He subsequently became active in prisoners ' rights and civil liberties groups , and has been involved with international solidarity and civil rights campaigns . He has worked as an academic since the early 1990s
Sydney Hilton Hotel bombing
Sydney Hilton Hotel bombing
Tim Anderson (political economist)