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Left Unity (You Are My Destiny) [Trot Guide December 2012 Update]

Posted on December 19, 2012 by @ndy

Clenched fist salute to Axeris; here are some links to blah blah blah about unity (RSP+SAlt=SAlt) on the Australian (Marxist) left. Note that at their weekend conference, SAlt agreed that the RSP was tops and could totally join them. • … Continue reading →

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Students are STILL revolting//The Mad Monk & SPARTA (Defend North Korean Deformed Workers State!)

Posted on December 15, 2012 by @ndy

The Spartacists rejected the claim. Awesome! Courtesy of AA, I’ve discovered that one of my favourite Tory ex-student politicians/Victorian Liberal Party powerbroker, Michael Kroger, is a leftist trainspotter! The Man About Town has been gracing the pages of Uncle Rupert‘s … Continue reading →

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Jill Meagher, Reclaim the Night, the political right and Socialist Alternative

Posted on December 3, 2012 by @ndy

Recently (November 22), ‘Socialist Alternative’ published an article by Louise O’Shea titled ‘Jill Meagher, Reclaim the Night and the political right’. The article attempts to mount an argument, seemingly directed at other segments of the Australian left, regarding the public … Continue reading →

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a few notes on things

Posted on November 30, 2012 by @ndy

not really a post so much as a note to self: a SAlt member has written an article examining the public reaction to the rape and murder of jill meagher in melbourne in september. it’s a bit controversial. according to … Continue reading →

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Trot Guide November 2012 Update

Posted on November 1, 2012 by @ndy

SA & SP I’m excited! In a breakthrough for the pseudo-socialist Socialist Alliance (SA), Sue Bolton has been elected to Moreland Council! Sue becomes SA’s second local councillor, joining Sam Wainwright in Fremantle. In Yarra Council, the Labor-loyal reformist left … Continue reading →

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2012 Victorian local council election : far left and far right (results)

Posted on October 29, 2012 by @ndy

Updater (October 31) : Sue Bolton (Socialist Alliance) has been elected to Moreland Council. This means SA now has two councillors (the other being Sam Wainwright in Fremantle). Update : Socialist Party says : “Thank you to the 150+ people … Continue reading →

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2012 Victorian local council election : far left and far right

Posted on October 7, 2012 by @ndy

A is for Anarchy The indefatigable Uncle Joe Toscano is again running for the position of (the other) Mayor of Melbourne.* Joe hopes that — with the assistance of new-fangled social media — he and his running mate Jean Ely … Continue reading →

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Fast Times at Trotsky High : RSP, SA & SAlt

Posted on October 4, 2012 by @ndy

Presumably stung into action by Socialist Alternative’s publication (September 25) of a love letter (September 15) from Socialist Alliance, the Revolutionary Socialist Party has hit back (October 2) with a tawdry letter of its own, one which suggests that things … Continue reading →

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Labor Lefty Lindsay Tanner Socialist Alliance Alternative Anarchy Situations

Posted on September 26, 2012 by @ndy

0. A slightly random assortment of links and lamentations partly prompted by Landeryou labelling this blog as lefty inre Gerry Hand (and Lindsay Tanner). 1. “[Lindsay Tanner’s] predecessor in the federal seat of Melbourne, Gerry Hand, spent decades denouncing Indonesia … Continue reading →

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Bad News for Spotters : RSP and SAlt to merge?

Posted on September 18, 2012 by @ndy

This is what happens when I’m not paying attention. Barely have I recovered from the fact that a card-carrying Communist has been elected to local council in Sydney when I discover that the Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP), born in 2008 … Continue reading →

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