Category Archives: War on Terror

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

Careful with that SIM card, Eugene

It appears that AFP Commissioner Mick Keelty is busy preparing one-liners for his upcoming debut as a stand-up comic at next year’s Melbourne Comedy Festival: Terror suspect doctor charged The Age July 14, 2007 Gold Coast doctor Mohamed Haneef has … Continue reading

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He said genitals

Dancing protesters off the hook Sydney Morning Herald Edmund Tadros July 10, 2007 All charges have been dropped against two women who were in court over impersonating police officers during a protest. The women performed a Pirates of Penzance-style “theatrical … Continue reading

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G20: Police condemnation over G20 riot

Just kidding. “I thought [police] handled themselves extremely well, and I think controlled a very difficult situation and I think they deserve our praise and support… Anyone can make a complaint, doesn’t mean the complaint will be followed through, it … Continue reading

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APEC: “Ride over the bastards”

Hmmm. They call this journalism? Unsurprisingly, the APEC Meeting (Police Powers) Bill 2007 has got the nod from NSW State Parliament. The short version: An Act to give police officers special powers with respect to the provision of security for … Continue reading

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Tricksy ASIO wants the nasssty anarchisssts

They’re all from New Zealand I tells ya! Police spy agencies target Australian universities Laura Tiernan wsws.org June 26, 2007 Last week’s revelation that police intelligence sought to recruit University of Sydney Students Representative Council (SRC) leader Daniel Jones to … Continue reading

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Fascists and the Russian nanny state

From the International Herald Tribune‘s Russian press review, June 20, 2007: ROSSIISKAYA GAZETA FOUR CONVICTED OF RACIAL MURDER: A St. Petersburg court sentenced four people, convicted of the racially-motivated killing of a Congolese student, to long prison terms on Wednesday. … Continue reading

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Green Scare Update

So, as I was saying: the Green Scare. At the bottom of my blog’s frontpage (is that what you call it?) there’s a list of names, websites and calls for support, many of which relate to the ‘Green Scare’, and … Continue reading

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German police surprisingly slow at tackling boneheads; cite Melbourne working class punks as inspiration

German police have further cemented their reputation for tackling fascism… very, very s l o w l y. Worse, German punks appear not to be taking their political cues from Melbourne working class punks™ and, consequently, German boneheads continue to … Continue reading

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Anarchists confirm expert opinion: expect police violence @ APEC

Updated June 5 : See below… Anarchists ready for APEC violence Shaun Davies ninemsn June 4, 2007 An anarchist group linked to violence at last year’s G20 summit has rejected the idea of “peaceful protests” at September’s APEC summit in … Continue reading

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Australia 1 Russia 0

In WA, John Van Blitterswyk, a member of the Australian Nationalists Movement (ANM), was recently (May 24) sentenced to two years and four months jail for conspiring to bomb four Chinese restaurants as part of the ANM’s bid to drive … Continue reading

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