Category Archives: Student movement

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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Why Johnny Can’t Dissent (Thomas Frank)

Posted on April 24, 2012 by @ndy

[I once saw Thomas Frank LIVE! On October 1, 2002 @ Trades Hall to be exact. He was v funny.] Thomas Frank The Baffler No.6, 1995 The public be damned! I work for my stockholders. –William H. Vanderbilt, 1879 Break … Continue reading →

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Free Pussy Riot! Melbourne rally, Friday, April 20

Posted on April 17, 2012 by @ndy

PuSsY RiOt is a kick-arse group of anarchist/feminist/punk malcontents from Russia. Formed in October last year, their creative acts of resistance to the plutocracy in that country has made them, like so many others, targets of state repression. Currently, three … Continue reading →

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Dan Van Blarcom, Julian Ripley, Anarchists, Nazis, Bombs & Lulz

Posted on April 1, 2012 by @ndy

Huh. The Brisbane Times has an article by Frank Robson, titled ‘Spy or Nazi?’ (April 1, 2012), all about some bloke called Dan Van Blarcom. As a young man in the late 1960s, Dan joined the Australian Nazi Party (National … Continue reading →

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