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Crazy anarchists in Greece… crazy anarchists in Denmark… crazy anarchists everywhere!

Posted on March 11, 2007 by @ndy

Megalo, megalo, megalo! Crazy crazy crazy Greek anarchists are up to their old tricks, setting fire to banks and cameras and throwing things at police: “ATHENS, Greece: Suspected anarchists destroyed three traffic surveillance cameras within 10 minutes in different parts … Continue reading →

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Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at Andrew Bolt on S11 (Continued)

Posted on March 9, 2007 by @ndy

Investigation of police action at the World Economic Forum demonstrations, September 2000, Report of the Ombudsman, June 2001 [PDF] …for what it’s worth (is it worth writing?), here’s the second part of my reply to Herald Sun columnist Andrew Bolt‘s … Continue reading →

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Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at Andrew Bolt on S11

Posted on March 8, 2007 by @ndy

“There is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.” ~ Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Andrew “at worst, dishonest and misleading … Continue reading →

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S11: Recent media (corporate/state propaganda)

Posted on March 8, 2007 by @ndy

1) Dan Oakes, Comedian objects to ‘brutal’ police, The Age, March 5, 2007: “COMEDIAN Rod Quantock has lashed out at the “brutal and terrifying” police he says beat him and traumatised his daughter at the S11 protests in 2000…” 2) … Continue reading →

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Nazis. Bikini Nazis. And who the hell is this guy anyways?

Posted on March 5, 2007 by @ndy

Sad but true: Bikini-Nazis hit the beaches and stir the pot Joe Hildebrand The Daily Telegraph March 4, 2007 WHITE-supremacist party Australia First is launching its bid for State Parliament with a video of a woman in a burqa and … Continue reading →

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S11: $1.3 million for lawyers

Posted on March 5, 2007 by @ndy

Hmmm. Six-and-a-half years later, lawyers from Slater & Gordon, representing 47 litigants, have earnt themselves $600,000, and Government lawyers have earnt themselves $700,000, following an out-of-court settlement over allegations of police misconduct at S11. As for the 47 protesters who … Continue reading →

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Josh Wolf and ‘The vanishing art of standing firm’

Posted on February 20, 2007 by @ndy

MEDIA : The vanishing art of standing firm Edward Wasserman Miami Herald February 19, 2007 Josh Wolf is an activist and freelance journalist who videotaped a small anti-globalism [sic] demonstration in San Francisco on July 8, 2005. The action protested … Continue reading →

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Josh Wolf is #1!

Posted on February 9, 2007 by @ndy

Three days ago, on February 6, videoblogger Josh Wolf made US legal history. According to The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press: Blogger Josh Wolf now holds the troubling record as the longest-jailed journalist for contempt of court in … Continue reading →

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Wolf to remain caged

Posted on February 1, 2007 by @ndy

[Update : Opinion piece by Ann Woolner, ‘Reporter Today Is Prosecution Witness Tomorrow’, Bloomberg.com, February 2, 2007: … “The rules are changing,” says Kirtley, who until 1999 ran the Reporters’ Committee for Freedom of the Press in Arlington, Virginia. It’s … Continue reading →

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Greek protest culture baffles people who still call themselves “journalists”

Posted on January 30, 2007 by @ndy

Yesterday, suspicious and superbly stylish Greek anarchists reportedly exploded bombs in Athens, outside a Citibank branch, and Thessaloniki, outside an office of New Democracy, in what authorities believe to be the acting out of a playful rivalry between anarchists in … Continue reading →

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