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Cowardly neo-Nazi THUGs on di attack? Balls to that!

Once upon a time, there was a proud white man by the name of Peter Campbell. So proud was Peter, he adopted a pseudonym: ‘Kromlek of Asgard’. Using this moniker, Peter — a middle-aged salesman living in Sydney — liked … Continue reading →

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[Polish] Government demands closure of [DreamHost’s] far-right website

IFEX, the International Freedom of Expression eXchange reports: Français: Le gouvernement demande la fermeture du site néo-fasciste Redwatch Country/Topic : Poland Date: 29 May 2006 Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Person(s): Target(s): journalist(s) Type(s) of violation(s): threatened Urgency: Bulletin (RSF/IFEX) … Continue reading →

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DreamHost’s undiplomatic love of fascist violence at a diplomatic crossroads

Excellent! Le Monde (via AFP) reports that the co-operation of US authorities inre redwatch is being sought. I wonder how much longer it will be that DreamHost places profit above people? Varsovie demande l’aide des USA pour fermer un site … Continue reading →

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“Free Speech”

People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid. — Kierkegaard As noted in my previous post, DreamHost has a discussion forum in which a number of people have expressed their views on … Continue reading →

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“We are such stuff… As dreams are made on”

I wrote a letter to DreamHost the other day. They opened it; read it; and concluded I was a sucker. Here it is: Dear DreamHost, You provide hosting facilities for redwatch.info Over a week ago, on May 16, in Poland, … Continue reading →

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Cobwebs for the rich…

…and chains for the poor. Once upon a time, a 14-year-old boy decided to “divorce” his parents. Sensing both an easy victim and a sensationalist headline, in 2004 the Sunday Herald Sun ran a front-page article headlined “Divorced by my … Continue reading →

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trashicon // melbourne diy review

two quick plugs… should really sort my links out proper, eh? first, trashicon: Once again it’s monday, well soon to be tuesday but screw it i’m still on time… trashicon.net is proud to present issue number 8 – ‘wide’ if … Continue reading →

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Top Ten…

…multiplied by 10,000. Hooray! I’ve climbed into the top 100,000 blogs ranked by Technorati!

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Colbert versus Bush

[NOTE: Yesterday I sent out the message below to a few dozen friends. The response was so enthusiastic, and so many of them said they hadn’t even been aware of the event, that I am sending it out to my … Continue reading →

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the second casualty of war

Everybody knows about the illegal occupation of Iraq by the United States armed forces; fewer know that Australia’s armed forces play a supplementary role. Militarily speaking, the Australian state’s contribution is negligible; politically-speaking, it offers the US Administration a further … Continue reading →

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