Tag Archives: Melbourne

#ReclaimAustralia #Melbourne : Aftermath …

Briefly: police quarantined maybe 100-150 Reclaim Australia (RA) supporters on the concourse above the square. They were then surrounded on both sides by police. Anti-racists formed picket lines around this assembly and prevented many (but not all) other Reclaimers from … Continue reading

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#ReclaimAustralia : Refugees are welcome — racists are not!

The following leaflet was distributed at the Palm Sunday rally in Melbourne today. See : Thousands march in Melbourne on Palm Sunday to protest asylum seeker policies, Alana Schetzer, The Age, March 29, 2015. PDF of leaflet: standuptoracism.

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#ReclaimAustralia counter-rally posters (Bris, Mel, Syd)

Below are PDFs of the above image for counter-rallies in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney. (Note that the speech bubble is derived from a Facebook disco in which opponents of Reclaim Australia were derided as ‘lefty sluts’.) Feel free to download … Continue reading

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Rally Against #Racism, #Melbourne, Saturday April 4

Below are some PDFs of three posters/leaflets promoting the Rally Against Racism scheduled for Saturday, April 4 at Federation Square at noon. I’ll add more material as and when it’s produced. rally against racism101 ANTI RACIST RALLY201 Rally notice301

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antifa notes (march 20, 2015) : #ReclaimAustralia

In just over two weeks, flag-waving Islamophobes, White nationalists, neo-Nazis and other radical right-wing elements will be attending one of several rallies to ‘Reclaim Australia’ (RA) … … from the Muslim ruling class. Among those jumping on the Muslim-hating bandwagon … Continue reading

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“From Melbourne to Ramadi: My Journey” [Jake Bilardi]

See : Jake Bilardi, reportedly killed in Islamic State suicide bombing, planned to attack Melbourne, blog says, Michael Bachelard, The Age, March 12, 2015. Bilardi’s blog now appears to be devoid of content. He made several posts, of which this … Continue reading

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Reclaim Australia : What do they want, anyway?

A few days ago, an anonymous party published a website titled ‘Reclaim Australia’. The site has published what is at this stage the most complete statement of demands the rally organisers have managed to compile. Below is my response. This … Continue reading

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RALLY AGAINST RACISM – Melbourne Sat April 4 @ Fed Square

On Saturday April 4 the far right have organised a series of public rallies under the title of ‘Reclaim Australia’. Because Muslims. In Melbourne, organisers have elected to rally at the Shrine of Remembrance Federation Square. A counter-rally has been … Continue reading

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housekeeping for anarchy

Well well, bloody Hell. Because I’m an idi0t, I thought I’d spend some time doing some housekeeping: namely, going through the sites I link to in order to establish which are still active. Unsurprisingly, because I haven’t done so for … Continue reading

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A few thoughts on May Day in Melbourne (2013)

[A post prompted by some disco elsewhere on the Internets…] May Day in Melbourne this year (2012) was a small affair — tiny even. Perhaps 30 or 40 people (overwhelmingly male) attended the 8 Hour Monument at midday, and sometime … Continue reading

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