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The Continuing Appeal of Crasstafarianism

Posted on October 4, 2006 by @ndy

Huh. That’s interesting. I-and-I Googled ‘Crasstafarianism’ and found this: from a neat-o site, to boot! Anyways, as is the seemingly inevitable outcome of any significant (and even non-significant) cultural/political phenomenon, someone’s gone and written a book about it. Below is … Continue reading →

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Listening to…

Posted on October 3, 2006 by @ndy

The Style Council… A Stone’s Throw Away For liberty there is a cost — it’s broken skull and leather cosh, From the boys in uniform — now you know whose side they’re on — With backing – with blessing, From … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Two Birminghams

Posted on September 30, 2006 by @ndy

Birmingham Hotel, 8pm, October 7th, 2006: Marching Orders Slick 46 Standard Union [SA] Slick 46 play “working class punk”; Marching Orders hate dirty, lousy, stinking “traitors” and Standard Union reckon “Our slogan is ‘Unionism Not Racism’.” ‘NOEL MARTIN’S FINAL STRUGGLE … Continue reading →

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FDB! Press Release: On Blood & Honour, neo-Nazism and The Birmingham Hotel

Posted on September 28, 2006 by @ndy

BIRMINGHAM HOTEL PUTS COMMUNITY IN DANGER BY HOSTING WHITE SUPREMACISTS Thursday, 28th September, 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE USE Australasian anti-fascist campaigners Fight Dem Back! [1] say The Birmingham Hotel [Cnr. Johnston & Smith Sts, Fitzroy; Tel (03) 9417 2706] has endangered … Continue reading →

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This Is Collingwood, Not Cronulla; or: No Gary, No!

Posted on September 27, 2006 by @ndy

Well… Fitzroy too. It ain’t fuckin’ L.A., that’s for sure. (Or Boston for that matter.) Point is: NO GARY, NO! ‘Neo-Nazi gig incites chorus of protest’ Marika Dobbin The Melbourne Times September 27, 2006 LOCAL punk [sic] music venue the … Continue reading →

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Ian Stuart : Zero of the White Race, Skrewdriver, and “The Battle of Waterloo”

Posted on September 25, 2006 by @ndy

Update : September 25, 2008: A good (if typically flawed) biography of Ian and Skrewdriver, ‘The Legacy of Ian Stuart’, Fat Richard Warwick, Swindle, No.3. Note that while German label Rock-O-Rama — on which Skrewdriver released an album (Hail The … Continue reading →

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Blood & Honour ISD 2006 Memorial Gig : Tonight at The Birmingham Hotel, Collingwood

Posted on September 23, 2006 by @ndy

Huh. In a return to an earlier tradition, tonight’s Ian Stuart is Dead celebration — co-sponsored by the neo-Nazi Blood & Honour Australia and Southern Cross Hammerskins — is being held at The Birmingham Hotel. Location : The Birmingham Hotel … Continue reading →

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Fair dinkum Aussie values

Posted on September 21, 2006 by @ndy

Song Australia Aussie Aussie Aussie I am a fair dinkum Aussie We all are fair dinkum Aussie Oi, Oi, Oi Captain Cook’s Aboriginal trace Changed the whole continent’s face Black, brown, white, human race Buddies, mates, our southern place Harbour … Continue reading →

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When Boneheads Attack : Fightdemback

Posted on September 17, 2006 by @ndy

Naturally the common people don’t want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a … Continue reading →

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Rapping in Aymara: Bolivian Hip Hop as an Instrument of Struggle

Posted on September 17, 2006 by @ndy

Rapping in Aymara: Bolivian Hip Hop as an Instrument of Struggle Benjamin Dangl September 14, 2006 At 13,000 feet, the hip hop movement in El Alto, Bolivia is probably the highest in the world. The music blends ancient Andean folk … Continue reading →

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