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- Yeah Nah Pasaran! #201 w Chris Wilson on the Christchurch terrorist, Australia & 4chan : March 28, 2024
- #LetWomenSpeak (2023) ~vs~ #WomenWillSpeak (2024) in Naarm/Melbourne
- Yeah Nah Pasaran! #200 w Andy Fleming & Cam Smith : March 21, 2024
- Lady Parker & Co. ~vs~ John Pesutto
- Statement by anti-fascists in (so-called) Australia on the fifth anniversary of the Christchurch attack of March 15, 2019
- anarchist notes (march 14, 2024) : anarchism and world systems analysis /// class struggle in sweden
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Rise2Peace & Step Together to combat ANTIFA!
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
Posted in Anarchism, Anti-fascism, Broken Windows, Death, History, Media, State / Politics, Student movement, That's Capitalism!, Trot Guide, War on Terror
Tagged anti-antifa, antifa, Rise2Peace, Step Together
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[Beyond] Step Together Rise2Peace All Together Now Countering Violent Extremism
¡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
Trot Guide May 2020 Update
… 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
Posted in History, State / Politics, That's Capitalism!, Trot Guide
Tagged Alliance For Workers' Liberty, Australian Communist Party, Bolshevik-Leninist, Class-Conscious, Communist League, Communist Party of Australia, Communist Party of Australia (Marxist-Leninist), Communist Workers Party of Australia, Freedom Socialist Party, Internationalist Communists Oceania, Revolution Australia, Socialist Action, Socialist Alliance, Socialist Alternative, Socialist Equality Party, Socialist Party, Socialist Party (Australia), Solidarity, Spartacist League of Australia, The Socialist, Trot Guide, Trotskyist Platform, Victorian Socialists, Workers League, Workers' Liberty
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Have We Got A Podcast? A Guide
Yes We’ve Got A Podcast! A while ago some body asked me to recommend some (anarchist/left/progressive) /pəˈlɪtɪk(ə)l/ podcasts. As a slave to the market, below is a list of a few dozen that I think may be of interest. Most … Continue reading
Posted in !nataS, Anarchism, Anti-fascism, Art, Film, History, Media, Music, Poetry, Sex & Sexuality, State / Politics, Student movement, Television, That's Capitalism!, Trot Guide, War on Terror
Tagged 12 Rules For What, 3CR, A-Radio Berlin, Against the Grain, AnarchyRadio, Aufhebunga Bunga, Behind the Bastards, Behind the News, Belabored, Boonta Vista Socialist Club, Channel Zero Anarchist Podcast Network, Citations Needed, Coffee with Comrades, David Harvey’s Anti-Capitalist Chronicles, Dead Pundits Society, Delete Your Account, Democracy Now!, Floodcast, From Below Podcast, General Intellect Unit, Grubstakers, Helen Razer, I Don’t Speak German, Intercepted, Inward Empire, It's Going Down, Jacobin Radio, John Zerzan, Living The Dream, Mazel Tov Cocktail, Michael and Us, Novara Media, Pluto Press: Radicals in Conversation, Proles of the Round Table, QAnon Anonymous, Revolutions, Season of the Bitch, Sigmarxism, Solecast, SRB Podcast, SRSLY WRONG, Street Fight Radio, Struggle Session, Subversion 1312, Swampside Chats, The Antifada, The Discourse, The Dollop, The Ex-Worker, The Final Straw Radio, The Hypothetical Institute, The Katie Helper Show, The Majority Report, The Michael Brooks Show, The Nostalgia Trap, The SUWA Show, This Is Hell!, TRASHFUTURE, TREYF, Trillbilly Workers Party, Who Makes Cents: A History of Capitalism Podcast, Working Class History, Working People
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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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