Category Archives: Trot Guide

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Rise2Peace & Step Together to combat ANTIFA!

Posted on October 1, 2020 by @ndy

Rather like the blogpost the NSW government’s multi-million dollar ‘Step Together’ program cites as an authoritative source on ‘far-left extremism’, the ‘Rise To Peace’ (R2P) post on Antifascist Action (ANTIFA) is quite woeful — and it feels bad, man. To … Continue reading →

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[Beyond] Step Together Rise2Peace All Together Now Countering Violent Extremism

Posted on September 27, 2020 by @ndy

¡Qué bizarr0! A reader recently brought to my attention the fact that a NSW government program called ‘Step Together’ has recommended that The Kids™ obtain illumination about the dangers posed by ‘Far Left Extremism’ by Reading All About It! on … Continue reading →

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Trot Guide May 2020 Update

Posted on May 15, 2020 by @ndy

… and they’re off! For those of you coming in late, ‘Trot Guide’ is an overview of the current state-of-play on the Australian far-left. Thus it includes groupuscules that consider themselves Trotskyist (‘Trots’) as well as those who do not. … Continue reading →

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The Far Left ~versus~ 2019 Australian federal election (April 2019 Trot Guide Update)

Posted on May 7, 2019 by @ndy

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 →

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Blogging 2018 : A Summary

Posted on December 23, 2018 by @ndy

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 →

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Trot Guide September 2018 Update

Posted on September 18, 2018 by @ndy

It’s been a while eh — over two years, in fact (see : #TrotGuide 2016, April 21, 2016). That said, while there’s been some interesting developments on The Far Left : Down Under Edition, for the most part things are … Continue reading →

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A note on the International Brigades /// Simone Weil in Spain

Posted on September 16, 2018 by @ndy

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 →

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Depends What You Mean By Extremist : A Review (of sorts)

Posted on May 19, 2017 by @ndy

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 →

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More reflections on ‘solidarity’ after the Coburg protest

Posted on January 7, 2017 by @ndy

[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 →

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