Category Archives: Student movement

movement beyond borders forum redux

Update (December 12, 2013) : Don’t take my word for it: you can watch a video of the forum here. Last Saturday I attended a public forum on movement beyond borders, organised by the ‘beyond borders’ collective, a group of … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-fascism, Broken Windows, Death, History, Media, State / Politics, Student movement, That's Capitalism!, War on Terror | Tagged | Leave a comment

FORUM : movement beyond borders : Saturday, November 30, 6pm

The ‘beyond borders collective’ has organised a public forum to be held at Trades Hall next Saturday. It looks really interesting … so I’ll have to try hard to find an excuse not to attend: It seems like every day … Continue reading →

Posted in Broken Windows, Death, History, Media, State / Politics, Student movement, Television, That's Capitalism!, War on Terror | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

November 2013 episode of Floating Anarchy // The SUWA Show w Dave K

FYI, this month’s episode of Floating Anarchy on The SUWA Show on Melbourne community radio station 3CR features an interview with Dave K, who writes: Wow, culture shock and jetlag, huh? Anyway, I did a prerec with Cam and Andy … Continue reading →

Posted in Anarchism, Broken Windows, History, Media, State / Politics, Student movement, That's Capitalism! | Tagged | Leave a comment

Nazis @ Swinburne University

Yeah yeah … Just when I thought I was out … they pull me back in. Very briefly, a couple of people have contacted me regarding the distribution of some White supremacist propaganda at Swinburne University in Hawthorn. Here’s a … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-fascism, Media, Student movement | Tagged , , | 7 Comments

University of Sydney : Vaginas? NO! Violence? Er… (Open Day Action, August 31)

VAGINAS. There. Now that I’ve got your attention… The University of Sydney is having an Open Day on Saturday, August 31, and as part of the celebrations concerned students will be taking part in a variety of exciting actions to … Continue reading →

Posted in Media, Sex & Sexuality, State / Politics, Student movement, That's Capitalism! | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

antifa notes (august 18, 2013) : special Australia First WikiLeaks Party edition

Oh dear. I wasn’t going to write another post just yet but the decision by the WikiLeaks Party (WLP) to preference the Australia First Party ahead of the Greens in the NSW Senate contest [PDF] is I think noteworthy. So … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-fascism, State / Politics, Student movement, That's Capitalism! | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

(What happened to) Anarchist Memes?

The Facebook page Anarchist Memes (AM) has (temporarily?) closed, seemingly as a result of a decision by its creator. Before it deaded, the page had attracted something in the order of 80,000 or so ‘likes’ — a very large number … Continue reading →

Posted in !nataS, Anarchism, History, Media, Sex & Sexuality, State / Politics, Student movement | Tagged | 2 Comments

Is Socialist Alternative a political cult?

A critic sent me the above image to accompany the launch of a new fortnightly newspaper, Red Flag. Produced by Socialist Alternative, “a revolutionary Marxist organisation” (with many hundreds of members it is, perhaps, apart from Socialist Alliance, the largest … Continue reading →

Posted in State / Politics, Student movement, Trot Guide | Tagged , , | 56 Comments

#occupygezi et cetera

See also : What is Happenning in Istanbul?, tarihinde yayımlandı, June 1, 2013 | www.whatishappeninginistanbul.com. source : #occupygezipics Interesting times in Istanbul. The protests appear to be growing, but who knows where they’re going. I’m not sure what are the … Continue reading →

Posted in Anarchism, Anti-fascism, Broken Windows, Death, History, Media, State / Politics, Student movement, That's Capitalism! | Tagged , | 3 Comments

#studentstrike #brokenleg #solidarity #usyd

Around Australia, thousands of students (seemingly concentrated in Melbourne and Sydney) went on strike and rallied and marched today, in protest at the cuts ($2.3 billion) by the Federal government to the tertiary education sector. Their protests will of course … Continue reading →

Posted in Broken Windows, State / Politics, Student movement, That's Capitalism! | Tagged , | 1 Comment