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‘Co-opting the Counter Culture: Troy Southgate and the National Revolutionary Faction’ by Graham D. Macklin

Posted on May 30, 2009 by @ndy

Co-opting the Counter Culture: Troy Southgate and the National Revolutionary Faction Graham D. Macklin Patterns of Prejudice Vol.39, No.3, September 2005 Formed in 1996 by former National Front activist Troy Southgate, the National Revolutionary Faction (NRF) is a ‘national-anarchist’ groupuscule. … Continue reading →

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Dear President Chávez

Posted on May 25, 2009 by @ndy

Dear President Chávez, I, an impoverished citizen/captive of Australia, would like to extend a warm invitation for you to visit “my” country — and to answer some questions. I have watched developments in Venezuela with great interest, frequently by reference … Continue reading →

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Anarchism & Marxism Part 666

Posted on May 11, 2009 by @ndy

A N A R C H I S M M A R X I S M PART 6 6 6 A while ago, tofu-loving blogger Toaf drew my attention to a new-ish book: Wobblies and Zapatistas: Conversations on Anarchism, Marxism … Continue reading →

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leftwrongs & blogging done right

Posted on May 9, 2009 by @ndy

leftwrongs I say again: Bah humbug! Over @ Leftwrites, Tony Hartin — in Scientific Socialism for the dull — welcomes a revival of interest in Marx & Engels. Sadly, Leftwrites does not welcome my commentary — first accepting and then … Continue reading →

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Leon ‘Cookie’ Trotsky

Posted on April 28, 2009 by @ndy

Hmmm. According to the Cultural Coordinator @ the Leon Trotsky Museum, the story about the theft of Leon Trotsky’s ashes is false, and the ashes remain safe in his mausoleum, in the museum that bears his name in Coyoacán in … Continue reading →

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Leon Trotsky & The Cookie Monsters

Posted on April 15, 2009 by @ndy

An unlikely story… Supposedly, some hungry anarchists (?) in Mexico recently broke into The Trotsky Museum (Museo Casa de León Trotsky) in Coyoacán on the outskirts of Mexico City. Once there, they expropriated Trotsky’s ashes, took them home, and made … Continue reading →

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Anarchists hate cancer sufferers from the North Atlantic

Posted on April 5, 2009 by @ndy

A NATO summit in Strasbourg on the French/German border has been greeted with widespread protest [Pictures]. According to Bruno Waterfield and Peter Allen (Nato 60th summit in Strasbourg celebrated with street battles and arson, The Telegraph, April 4, 2009): Many … Continue reading →

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Socialist Alternative: socialist jihadists of the far Left subsisting on a diet of anti-Semitism, lentils and tofu

Posted on March 17, 2009 by @ndy

Nick Dyrenfurth has a bone to pick. Several, in fact. With Socialist Alternative; anti-Semitism; opposition to Zionism; and “the UN-sponsored anti-Israel hate-fest dubbed Durban II” (Rudd must shun UN anti-Semitism, The Australian, March 16, 2009). Socialist Alternative Socialist Alternative is … Continue reading →

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We Are Family

Posted on March 13, 2009 by @ndy

“The greatness of Lenin is that he WASN’T AFRAID TO SUCCEED.” ~ Slavoj Žižek “The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom; for we never know what is enough until we know what is more than enough.” ~ … Continue reading →

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(Another) Brush with Greatness

Posted on March 12, 2009 by @ndy

“Another triumph!” Rudd’s nephew clashes with Connex Reid Sexton The Age March 8, 2009 “AN ARTWORK [“Economy of Movement – A Piece of Palestine”] by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s nephew attacking Connex for suppressing Palestinians was installed beneath Flinders Street … Continue reading →

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