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Greece vs. America?!?

[Update : The activities of naughty Greek anarchists (in smashing state-sponsored police CCTV cameras) is further mentioned in an AP report, U.S. experts examine footage of Athens embassy attack caught on camera, International Herald Tribune, January 16, 2007. According to … Continue reading

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Racism, rednecks, and if only these were brains

Lisa Pryor has written an article (‘Flying the flag for an upside-down kind of patriotism’, Sydney Morning Herald, January 6, 2007) decrying racism, in particular that which she assigns to ‘rednecks’: the kind of people who — in addition to … Continue reading

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It’s The Extreme Left, Jim!

Australia First Party leader Dr. James Saleam has uncovered a shocking truth! The extreme left is noisy! Extreme Left Makes Noises On Confronting Australia First In Sydney: Forewarned, Forearmed Dr. Jim Saleam January 5, 2007 Two different extreme leftist groups … Continue reading

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FightDemBack! A Brief History

Reading over the Wikipedia entry on FightDemBack!, I thought ‘Hmmm. I think I can do better…’. So, for that or for worse, here it is. I believe I’ve located most, if not all, references to FDB (and directly-related issues) that … Continue reading

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A sign that you’re doing a good job…

[Update : On December 30, Lefty got his blogs back, but has pointedly refused to comment on rumours that the intervention of Chairman Meow and Poppy the Cat — via a conference call to Sergey Brin — was crucial to … Continue reading

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Cronulla Anniversary: A Kiwi Perspective

This month marked the first anniversary of last year’s racial riots in Cronulla. As New Zealand journalist Jehan Casinader writes from Sydney, tension has abated but the sentiment remains. Convicted neo-Nazi criminal (and St.George fan) Ross ‘The Skull’ May knows … Continue reading

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Cronulla. Bikini. Mosque… and @ in Eugene’s Ashes.

Long live Marx, Engels, Lenin and Trotsky! Read Fergus Michaels (Australia: one year after the Cronulla riots, racialist provocations continue, December 21, 2006)! …In the build up to the first anniversary [of the Cronulla riots], there were similar efforts to … Continue reading

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Tasneem Khalil : Justice, Bangladesh style

Dhaka-based journalist Tasneem Khalil has written “An investigative report on Rapid Action Battalion — a merciless death squad in Bangladesh that has tortured and killed more than 900 to date — published in the December, 2006 issue of the Forum … Continue reading

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APEC 2007, ASIO… and CHOGM 1978

Spy chief issues APEC summit warning By Nick Butterly The Australian December 11, 2006 AUSTRALIA’S top spy has warned of possible violent protests and terrorist attacks at next year’s APEC summit of world leaders in Sydney. [Australian] President George W … Continue reading

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The Great Australian Bikini March… Again!

‘The Great Australian Bikini March’ meme has legs, and it knows how to use them. Even when cancelled. In the upside-down world of (US) right-wing blogging, even Michelle Malkin has got in on the act. Knowing nothing about Australia (“are … Continue reading

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