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Category Archives: Trot Guide
The Far Left ~versus~ 2019 Australian federal election (April 2019 Trot Guide Update)
With the 2019 Australian federal election less than two weeks away, now seems like a good time to update Trot Guide (which I last updated seven months ago, in September 2018). The most exciting news is the emergence of a … Continue reading
Posted in State / Politics, That's Capitalism!, Trot Guide
Tagged 2018 Victorian state election, 2019 Australian federal election, Australasian Spartacist, Australian Communist Party, Australian Workers Party, Communist Party of Australia, James Robertson, Jim Robertson, Socialist Alliance, Socialist Equality Party, Spartacist League of Australia, Trot Guide, Victorian Socialists
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Blogging 2018 : A Summary
Another year done gone, and another opportunity to review what the Hell I’ve been writing about. Please note that, at this stage, I’m unsure if I’ll continue blogging in 2019 as — combined with having a social media presence on … Continue reading
Posted in !nataS, Anarchism, Anti-fascism, Broken Windows, Death, Film, History, Media, Music, Sex & Sexuality, State / Politics, Student movement, Television, That's Capitalism!, Trot Guide, War on Terror
Tagged Anti-fascism, Bloggy, blogosphere, Straya
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A note on the International Brigades /// Simone Weil in Spain
Back in April, it was announced that ‘The Wire creator David Simon plans series based on Spanish civil war’, one which will follow the adventures of the Abraham Lincoln and George Washington battalions and their contributions to the International Brigades. … Continue reading
Posted in Anarchism, Anti-fascism, Broken Windows, Death, History, Media, State / Politics, Television, That's Capitalism!, Trot Guide, War on Terror
Tagged Abraham Lincoln Brigade, Anatole Dolgoff, George Bernanos, George Orwell, Harvey Buttonshaw, International Brigades, Letter to George Bernanos, Sam Dolgoff, Simone Weil, Simone Weil's Letter to George Bernanos, Spanish Civil War, Spanish Revolution, XV International Brigade
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Depends What You Mean By Extremist : A Review (of sorts)
I’ve just finished reading John Safran‘s new book Depends What You Mean By Extremist: Going Rogue with Australian Deplorables (Penguin, 2017). Having been a resident in these parts for some time, I enjoyed tagging along with John as he romped … Continue reading
Posted in !nataS, Anarchism, Anti-fascism, Broken Windows, History, Media, State / Politics, Student movement, That's Capitalism!, Trot Guide, War on Terror
Tagged 3CR, anarchist, Andrew Wallis, antifa, Australia First Party, Australian Defence League, Australian Deplorables, Australian Liberty Alliance, Avi Yemini, Bendigo, Blair Cottrell, Campaign Against Racism and Fascism, Chris Shortis, Cory Bernardi, Danny Nalliah, Debbie Robinson, Dennis Huts, Depends What You Mean By Extremist, Dr James Saleam, Dr Jim Saleam, Farma john, George Christensen, James Saleam, Jim Saleam, John Oliver, John Safran, John Wilkinson, Kirralie Smith, Linden Watson, Mel Gregson, Melbourne, Melbourne Anarchist Club, Melbourne Antifascist Info, Melton, Mike Enoch, Mike Peinovich, Musa Cerantonio, Nationalist Alternative, Neil Erikson, Nicholas Folkes, Nicholas Hunter Folkes, Nick Folkes, No Room For Racism, Patriots Defence League, Patriots Defence League of Australia, Phill Galea, Phillip Galea, Q Society, Ralph Cerminara, Reclaim Australia, Rosalie Crestani, Ross 'The Skull' May, Scott Moerland, Shermon Burgess, Squadron 88, The Great Aussie Patriot, True Blue Crew, United Patriots Front
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More reflections on ‘solidarity’ after the Coburg protest
[I started writing this post some time ago, put it aside, and have only now got around to finishing it. It’s part of a backlog of numerous such posts LOL.] Last year, the Arena magazine blog published a post titled … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-fascism, Broken Windows, History, State / Politics, That's Capitalism!, Trot Guide
Tagged Andy Blunden, Arena magazine, Campaign Against Racism and Fascism, Coburg, Lyn Beaton, No Room For Racism, Reflecting on Solidarity after the Coburg Protest, Solidarity, True Blue Crew, United Patriots Front
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(Return Of The Son Of) Lenin ~versus~ #ausvotes
While results have yet to be finalised, I thought I may as well take note of how Socialists and communists fared at the federal election … As one of 20 Ungrouped candidates in the NSW race for a Senate seat, … Continue reading
Lenin ~versus~ #ausvotes
Zap! Ka-pow! A brief guide to the parties on the left contesting the federal 2016 election: Communist League In NSW, Ron Poulsen (one of dozens of Ungrouped Independents) is once again having a crack at the Senate. Go Ron! Socialist … Continue reading
Posted in State / Politics, That's Capitalism!, Trot Guide
Tagged Chris Jenkins, Chris Sinnema, Communist League, Erin Cooke, Farida Iqbal, Gabriela Zabala, Howard Byrnes, James Cogan, Jim Casey, Joe Toscano, John Davis, Joseph Toscano, Kamala Emanuel, Ken Canning, Lalitha Chelliah, Mike Head, Oscar Grenfell, Peter Boyle, Peter Byrne, PIBCI, Progressive Labour Party, Public Interests Before Corporate Interests, Ron Poulsen, Seamus Doherty, Sharlene Leroy-Dyer, Socialist Alliance, Socialist Equality Party, Socialist Party, Sue Bull, Susan Price, Tim Gooden, Trot Guide, Will Fulgenzi, Zane Alcorn
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Coburg ~versus~ The True Blue Crew & United Patriots Front & Co
On Saturday, May 28, racist boofheads from a nü patriotik grouplet called the ‘True Blue Crew’ (TBC) have organised a counter-rally in the suburb of Coburg in Melbourne. On that date, Sue Bolton of the Socialist Alliance has organised a … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-fascism, History, State / Politics, That's Capitalism!, Trot Guide, War on Terror
Tagged “...And That’s Why We Should Keep The Bloody Flag The Same!”, Blair Cottrell, Coburg, Corey Hadow, Elijah Jacobson, Kevin Coombes, Moreland says NO to Racism, National Action, Socialist Alliance, Southern Cross Soldiers, Stephen Jolly, Stop the Far Left! - Rally Supporting the Australian Governments Use of the Offshore Detention Centers That Protect Our Nation, Sue Bolton, True Blue Crew, United Patriots Front, Zane Chapman
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#TrotGuide 2016
See also : Trot Guide September 2018 Update. Gosh and bother and tish and fiffle: it’s been just over four years since I last formally updated Trot Guide (April 10, 2012). At that stage I counted a mere fifteen political … Continue reading
Posted in State / Politics, Trot Guide
Tagged Alliance For Workers' Liberty, Communism Will Win in Australia, Communist League, Communist Party of Australia, Communist Party of Australia (Marxist-Leninist), Freedom Socialist Party, International Committee of the Fourth International, International Communist League (Fourth Internationalist), International Socialist Tendency, ML Group, Progressive Labour Party, Resistance, Resistance: Young Socialist Alliance, Revolutionary Socialist Party, Socialist Alliance, Socialist Alternative, Socialist Equality Party, Socialist Party, Solidarity, Spartacist League of Australia, The Socialist, Trot Guide, Trotskyist Platform, Young Socialist Alliance
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