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Accused ‘spoke of killing Howard’; has ‘common touch’

Dear Readers: If you are connected to the Internet or near a telephone or cell-phone, U.$. spies can track you and maybe even see you visually. Keep that in mind as you read slackbastard and other anti-Amerikkkan websites. Check your … Continue reading

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Lefties!

The Socialist Workers Party‘s heydays appear to be behind it, which has got to be of some concern to its newly (re-)formed local franchise. Thus only last week, one of its approximately 6,000 members — who happens to be a … Continue reading

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Trot Guide 2008: Forging Unity For The Struggle Ahead!

Comrades! Let Us Forge Unity For the Struggle Ahead! For The Defeat Of Ignorance Concerning Solidarity – From The Near East, To Ireland, The Caribbean and New Caledonia! Rebuild The IST-Trainspotting Tendency! Break From the Gouldite Leadership! For The World … Continue reading

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Trot Guide 2008 #1.0

First, The Scoreboard: A) Dead Parrots 1) Committee for a Revolutionary Communist Party in Australia; 2) Communist Left Discussion Circle; 3) Communist Party Advocate(s) [i]; 4) International Socialist Organisation (ISO) [ii]; 5) Marxist Initiative; 6) Marxist Solidarity Network [iii]; 7) … Continue reading

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Lech Walesa has a lot to answer for

Bah humbug! In terrible news for trainspotters, there’s been a reconsolidation on the Trotskyist left in Australia: the International Socialist Organisation (ISO), the Socialist Action Group (SAG) and Solidarity have agreed to join together in a new Party, imaginatively titled … Continue reading

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Would the real anarchists / Trotskyists… (Et cetera)

From the Department of Where Are They Now? ‘K so, a few days ago the newly-appointed boss of Australia’s Worst Union (AWU) was profiled in the local rag. And according to it, Paul Howes is a former Trotskyist. Actually, the … Continue reading

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Stalin! FARK! Avakian! Mao! Rage! Muzak!

Oh yeah: see also The New York Review of (Little Red) Books, Scott McLemee, Inside Higher Ed, January 30, 2008… Uncle Joe was quite a guy, and it’s little wonder that he continues to inspire Youth — especially as gaiety … Continue reading

Posted in Media, Music, Trot Guide | 17 Comments

Red Ken’s Bag of Tricks

Furious mayor fails to block TV ‘hatchet job’ Sam Jones The Guardian January 22, 2008 Channel 4 documentary [Dispatches: The Court of Ken] attacks one of the country’s most controversial political figures, already facing allegations over key advisers and a … Continue reading

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No Todos Somos Chávez: Venezuela says ‘No’

“The history of the world is but the biography of great men.” Local Chávistsas in the DSP/Resistance/Socialist Alliance have been busy counting their pollos before they hatch. A breathless piece of late-breaking news recapitulating The Great Leader’s warning should the … Continue reading

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Anarchy, Chaos & Trotsky

On the one hand… Greek student charged over anarchist arsons AP November 29, 2007 GREECE – A Thessaloniki prosecutor has charged a 27-year-old student for alleged involvement in a string of recent arson attacks by suspected anarchists, police said. The … Continue reading

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