Category Archives: Student movement

“Come get it!” Security guard assaults student at La Trobe

Posted on August 26, 2012 by @ndy

Starring ‘Shirty, The Slightly Aggressive Security Guard’: La Trobe has a contract with Diamond Protection to protect the preciousss. Why Diamond Protection? Integrity and value in every facet of our service With a refreshing approach in which integrity is paramount, … Continue reading →

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More Pussy Riot from Melbourne to Moscow

Posted on August 25, 2012 by @ndy

Yeah so in case you’ve been living under a rock and haven’t heard, last week (August 17) three members of the Russian group Pussy Riot — Maria Alyokhina, Yekaterina Samutsevich and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova — were sentenced to two years in … Continue reading →

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Dear La Trobe student, Protest is baaad. Get it?

Posted on August 22, 2012 by @ndy

Update : ‘Students from the “Stop the HUSS Cuts Collective” have voted to occupy the La Trobe University campus in Bundoora indefinitely, starting tonight.’ In which case, students have gotten really really REALLY big in recent years, or you can … Continue reading →

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Pussy Riot : сингл для приговора Путин зажигает костры // Putin Lights Up the Fires

Posted on August 18, 2012 by @ndy

Also here and here. …translation : Alex Bulgakov… The state in a jail is stronger than time The more arrests – the happier And every arrest – with love to a sexist Whose cheeks are shaking as his stomach and … Continue reading →

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Son of Monash ALP ~versus~ Wholefoods

Posted on August 10, 2012 by @ndy

As noted previously, the Labor-controlled Monash Student Association is attempting to destroy the Wholefoods cafe and restaurant — and doing a bloody good job of it too I might add. The Executive’s latest stunt has been to a) deny petitioners … Continue reading →

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Monash ALP ~versus~ Wholefoods

Posted on August 1, 2012 by @ndy

LOL. Labor students at Monash University have declared WAR! on the Wholefoods restaurant — and by most accounts they appear to be winning. For those of you coming in late, “Wholefoods is a non-profit, collective-run, vegetarian restaurant, café and grocery, … Continue reading →

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Victorian Skools and Domino’s Pizza

Posted on June 6, 2012 by @ndy

Members of the ‘Australian Education Union’ (AEU) are going on a 24-hour strike tomorrow (Thursday, June 9) and taking an excursion to the city. The strike’s been triggered by the failure of the Victorian state government (boo! hiss!) to agree … 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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Trouble @ usyd education mill // #saveusydjobs

Posted on May 7, 2012 by @ndy

lulz. SAlt is getting blame for police arresting students @ usyd during course of protest today (video). Well, so some boofhead on Sydney radio reckons anyways. Below is moar dramatic footage of police foiling terrorist plot/’police being thugs’. Take note … Continue reading →

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Activism on Trial : #omel and #MaxBrenner19

Posted on May 2, 2012 by @ndy

There’s two important trials of political activists going on in Melbourne at the moment. The first, which commenced in March, involves members and supporters of Occupy Melbourne; trial begins again later this week (May 4). The second, which targets 19 … Continue reading →

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