Monthly Archives: February 2006

Camille Pissarro : Anarchist, Impressionist

The National Gallery of Victoria is curently showing an exhibition of works by Camille Pissarro, The First Impressionist. And ironically, while contemporary local anarchists will be celebrating ten years of the Black Star on March 4th, Melbourne’s yuppies will be … Continue reading

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Your invitation to party with the PM has finally arrived!

…and there’s so much to celebrate! Yes, John HoWARd is throwing a PARTY to celebrate TEN YEARS in office, and YOU, ME and Bob yr Uncle are being invited! Let’s take this opportunity to join together and express to John … Continue reading

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Billing & van Tongeren say “We’re outta here”; WA police say “Huh?”

Nationwide hunt for accused neo-Nazi Paige Taylor The Australian February 28, 2006 ACCUSED neo-Nazi leader Jack van Tongeren is again a fugitive, with police launching a nationwide manhunt after the 59-year-old skipped bail. It has been seven days since Mr … Continue reading

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Not everyone “loves Ulster”…

…or McDonalds for that matter. A political analysis of the Dublin riots and why nobody saw them coming, by an anarchist living in Dublin. Featured on anarkismo. Saturday saw a major riot in Dublin in response to an attempted Loyalist … Continue reading

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Celebrate Ten Years of the Black Star!

The Black Star PA Kolektiv will be celebrating its ten year anniversary this coming Saturday (March 4) @ The Arthouse, 616 Elizabeth St, Melbourne (Phone:(03) 9347 3917). Playing @ the gig will be: Combat Wombat Curse ov Dialect Defiance Report … Continue reading

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Pies in 2006! (#2)

COLLINGWOOD : 2.8.8 (74) St. Kilda : 1.9.10 (73)

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Burn baby burn?

Recently, left-wing ALP maverick Bob Gould has weighed in on the subject of the DSP/Resistance and the burning of flags. From Bob the (Socialist Movement) Builder’s perspective, “It would be easy to dismiss this initiative as a dopey student prank, … Continue reading

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Thomas found guilty of receiving $3,500, a plane ticket, and having a dodgy visa

Thomas found guilty of receiving Al Qaeda funding ABC News Online Sunday, February 26, 2006. 2:57pm (AEDT) A Victorian man has been found guilty of receiving funds from a terrorist group. Joseph Terrence Thomas, 32, of Werribee, near Melbourne, was … Continue reading

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The Gospel According to Peter

After careful consideration, polling, the opinions of his advisers, a quick check with a physician and a priest (to confirm that he remains without a beating heart or a living soul) and, last but by no means least, a corruption … Continue reading

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To burn or not to burn, that is the question

OK, so the antiwar movement may not have quite turned out to be the wild-orgasm-of-anarchists-sweeping-across-the-country-like-a-prairie-fire all right-thinking, political moderates such as myself were hoping for, but… Heated debate has erupted on University campuses. Well, kinda. Yesterday a few people shouted … Continue reading

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