Category Archives: Student movement

Richard Wolstencroft @ Melbourne Free University

Posted on February 26, 2012 by @ndy

Or; Fascism &/Or Libertarianism… On Thursday March 1, local filmmaker and “transcendental fascist” Richard Wolstencroft will be speaking as part of the Melbourne Free University’s program ‘Controversies On Film’: Week 3: 1.3.2012 Richard Wolstencroft, Australian Filmmaker and Festival Director Plenty … Continue reading →

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Who is Peter Watson?

Posted on February 25, 2012 by @ndy

Above : Peter Watson holds a copy of his zine The Spearhead (Warwick Daily News). *sigh* Given the nature of much of the media commentary that’s been generated in the wake of his forced resignation from the ALP, there’s likely … Continue reading →

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Peter Watson on homosexuality and paedophilia

Posted on February 21, 2012 by @ndy

Stone the bloody crows. FTR, Peter Watson’s comments on homosexuality and paedophilia — as made famous in a Courier Mail report — were originally published as a comment on my blog on March 26, 2009 (not 2007 as some media … Continue reading →

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Peter Watson for Warwick LOLWUT?!?

Posted on February 21, 2012 by @ndy

Update : Huh. The hullabaloo over Peter Watson’s fitness as the ALP candidate for the seat of Southern Downs in next month’s Queensland state election would appear to derive from comments he made on homosexuality. These comments appeared on my … Continue reading →

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I am the cancer! I am the dynamite! I am the table! I am, I said!

Posted on February 9, 2012 by @ndy

LOL. Twitter informs me that some bloke called Chris Hedges has written a rather silly critique of The Black Bloc Anarchists™ called ‘The Cancer of Occupy’. It presents a rather daft (which is to say inaccurate) account of the origins … Continue reading →

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hysterical slackbastard

Posted on January 6, 2012 by @ndy

A Twitter War broke out recently concerning the use of the term ‘hysterical’. In brief, Justin Shaw of The King’s Tribune wrote an article on pornography in which he referred to the “hysterical screeches” made by the “Anti-Pornography Activist, Lecturer, … Continue reading →

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Return of the Son of Occupy Melbourne

Posted on October 16, 2011 by @ndy

*Some nice Storytelling photos here too. At least 200 people, including children, gathered today at City Square in Melbourne, Australia’s second-largest city, carrying banners and calling for an end to “greed.” Nick Carson, a spokesman for Occupy Melbourne, had predicted … Continue reading →

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From instrumental reason to violent revolution

Posted on August 31, 2011 by @ndy

Bah. First they censor my blog, now this! Website blows whistle on reasoning behind tutorial cut Andrew Trounson The Australian August 31, 2011 A LEAKED email has laid bare the reasoning behind cuts to the number of tutorials within humanities … Continue reading →

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Save Ballerrt Mooroop College

Posted on August 10, 2011 by @ndy

Ballerrt Mooroop College in the Melbourne suburb of Glenroy “provides a curriculum, student well being and learning environment that offers focussed assistance and support to Koorie students primarily aged between 12 and 16”. It’s also under threat of closure. Apparently, … Continue reading →

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Alex Fogerty ~versus~ Vote for Change

Posted on July 3, 2011 by @ndy

Update : This appears to be Big News over in Kiwi and revelations of Fogerty’s political lineage has apparently resulted in former Waitakere Mayor Bob Harvey withdrawing from the Vote for Change campaign: Bob Harvey resigns from anti-MMP group, Hayden … Continue reading →

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