Category Archives: War on Terror

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.

‘Get someone to assassinate the prime minister, the new one, next year’s one. Just been in office five days, bang … Yeah John Key … just drop a bomb.’

Posted on November 15, 2007 by @ndy

…“disturbing and deeply sinister” says politician… But supporters of those arrested and who still face firearms charges say having failed in court, police are now leaking their case to influence the court of public opinion… And while “Prime Minister Helen … Continue reading →

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Anti-terrorism in NZ : A bit of a camel… that leaks

Posted on November 10, 2007 by @ndy

“Prime Minister Helen Clark says her Government’s anti-terrorism law was “a bit of a camel” from the time it was passed five years ago.” ~ Terror law ‘faulty’, admits Clark, Simon Collins, New Zealand Herald, November 9, 2007 “Secret police … Continue reading →

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NZ authorities concede terror threat possibly exaggerated

Posted on November 8, 2007 by @ndy

On other islands : Tenfold rise in terrorism prisoners forecast, Alan Travis, home affairs editor, The Guardian, November 8, 2007: “The number of terrorist prisoners held in jails in England and Wales is expected to increase tenfold from 131 to … Continue reading →

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Urewera 16: It’s anarchy!

Posted on November 7, 2007 by @ndy

Image stolen. Part of an ace photo set by Simon Oosterman of the protest outside the “bourgeois workers’ party” conference last weekend… Paul Buchanan has written some interesting words on the Urewera 16 (of which the latest update is below), … Continue reading →

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From Putin to Prague and back again

Posted on November 6, 2007 by @ndy

Neo-Nazis on The March In Moscow Simone Schlindwein Spiegel Online November 5, 2007 Thousands of Russian neo-Nazis marched through Moscow on National Unity Day this weekend, joined by pensioners, students and families. Experts believe Russia’s far right gives President Vladimir … Continue reading →

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The NZ state acting like it’s “suppressing terrorism”

Posted on November 5, 2007 by @ndy

My Kiwi comrade Asher has written a summary of the situation facing the Urewera 16, the sixteen people currently facing charges for a number of alleged arms offences and, potentially, for crimes under the Terrorism Suppression Act (2002). Note that … Continue reading →

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“…the possibility of being not only labelled a terrorist in the media, but prosecuted as one, is a reality.”

Posted on November 2, 2007 by @ndy

Valerie Morse, a 36 year-old anarchist from Wellington, is one of four more of the Urewera 16 (nee 17) whose names were released to the public yesterday, the others being Moana Hemi Winitana and Ira and Emily Bailey. (Of the … Continue reading →

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Free the Urewera 17 (We Can’t Be Beaten)

Posted on October 30, 2007 by @ndy

Above : Photo by John Squirrel of folks protesting in Auckland on the Global Day of Action, October 27, 2007. By the looks of ’em, they’re Not. Happy. Helen. (In the background is an @ banner reading ‘State terrorists kidnapped … Continue reading →

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Exploring the case for armed struggle? Re-framing the Urewera 17

Posted on October 25, 2007 by @ndy

Update : Open Letter from John Minto to Chris Trotter, October 30, 2007 | Len Richards, Backwoods terror?, October 29, 2007 If an [armed] uprising is being considered in New Zealand, what are the reasons and what will it mean, … Continue reading →

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The War on Terrorism in Aotearoa

Posted on October 24, 2007 by @ndy

…goes on. Word on the street is that Helen Clark may have bitten off a little more than she can chew by authorising the ‘anti-terrorism’ raids of last week. To begin with, while the 300 or so police who conducted … Continue reading →

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