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Melbourne Anarchist Bookfair 2012 (Review)

Posted on August 6, 2012 by @ndy

I went to the second annual Melbourne Anarchist Bookfair on Saturday. It was noice, but not much different from last year (other than in size — bigger) and not really unusual in other respects. Of the stalls, there were something … Continue reading →

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Joolya, working families, and political rhetoric

Posted on July 30, 2012 by @ndy

Above : Members of a working family. “This is why workers and working Australians — the “working families” phrase long since having been taken out the back and shot — recur so frequently in the Prime Minister’s domestic speeches; not merely on industrial relations … Continue reading →

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Interviewing Salvador Torrents (1950/1975/2012) : Spanish anarchist exiled to Australia

Posted on July 27, 2012 by @ndy

Interviewing Salvador Torrents (PDF) is a re-publication and the first English translation of an interview originally conducted in 1950 with the Spanish anarchist Salvador Torrents (1885?–1951), exiled to Australia in 1915. It was edited, published and produced by Acracia with … Continue reading →

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Golden Dawn in Melbourne?

Posted on July 26, 2012 by @ndy

Above : Local Golden Dawn supporters attend Greek Independence Day celebrations in Melbourne, 2012. Dunno why but The Australian is running an article about the attempt — not yet fully realised, it seems — to establish a branch of the … Continue reading →

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ANARCHO-PUNK.NET ~vs~ CRASS

Posted on July 24, 2012 by @ndy

Huh. In the same week Chumbwamba deaded, What-Was-Once-Crass-But-Now-Knows-Better-Than-Not-To-Enforce-Its-Copyright successfully complained to file-sharing site Mediafire to have several of its recordings removed. Further, in response to the complaint, Mediafire apparently removed not only the Crass material (por ejemplo) but over 3000 … Continue reading →

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The Case of the Pope

Posted on July 12, 2012 by @ndy

More sex abuse claims levelled at Catholic priest, 7.30 Report (ABC), Adam Harvey, July 10, 2012 (Updated July 11, 2012) | Unholy Silence, Geoff Thompson and Mary Ann Jolley, 4 Corners (ABC), July 2 (Updated July 4, 2012) | (Interview … Continue reading →

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Jesus Goes To Centrelink

Posted on July 10, 2012 by @ndy

Plan A: “Coalition’s Speaker’s Notes”, July 1, 2012 (PDF, p.4): 3. We have introduced a four point plan to boost workforce participation that will significantly increase the numbers of workers and dramatically increase the strength of the Australian economy: • … Continue reading →

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Rally for Assange : Melbourne, Sunday, July 1

Posted on June 26, 2012 by @ndy

There’s a rally in support of Julian Assange this weekend. Where : State Library, Swanston Street, Melbourne When : Midday, Sunday, July 1 Following his fail in the UK courts, Assange is currently attempting to start a new life as … Continue reading →

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WHaT?

Posted on June 21, 2012 by @ndy

Yeah well anyway. Nobody reads my blog any more. They’re too busy sailing. (And by ‘nobody’ I mean ‘Evan’ and by ‘sailing’ I mean ‘reading about farming’.) In any case, I’ve been busy trolling the Australian Protectionist Party. Thus far … Continue reading →

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Loophole closing?

Posted on June 1, 2012 by @ndy

Loophole Community Centre — “an umbrella organisation providing a home to a wide array of arts and humanities projects” — appears to be on the verge of closing. Well, perhaps only at its current location (670–672 High St, Northcote), having … Continue reading →

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