Category Archives: Student movement

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Brutal backlash targets Iran’s students Robert Tait and Saeed Dehghan, Tehran The Age June 17, 2009 HEAVY-handed police tactics with Iranian students are apparently aimed at quelling a wave of campus rebellions against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s disputed re-election, which authorities … Continue reading →

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Hail Ahmadinejad! Hail Chávez!

See also : Follow The Developments In Iran Like A CIA Analyst, Marc Ambinder, The Altantic Monthly, June 15, 2009. 30 years ago, dead French philosophe Michel Foucault hailed the Islamic Revolution. See : ‘The Seductions of Islamism: Revisiting Foucault … Continue reading →

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Australia, India, racism, students

On the one hand: There is no doubt that Indian students in Melbourne feel threatened, and there is evidence that some of the attacks on Indian students have been racially motivated. But it does not follow from either of these … Continue reading →

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A is for Anarchy. B is for Bullshit.

Will the Global Economic Crisis (GEC) facilitate social change? And do the recent ‘Group of 20’ (G20) protests reflect a rise in anarchism? Donna Yan and Bonita Silva investigate. ~ ‘A is for Anarchy’, Vertigo, Bonita Silva and Donna Yan, … Continue reading →

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Southern Cross Soldiers can has manifesto.

Following some bad press, Australian yoof belonging to the ‘Southern Cross Soldiers’ have struck back. …We are here to stand up for, and give Aussie communities a voice when the government is too politically correct and gutless to do it. … Continue reading →

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Socialist Alternative: socialist jihadists of the far Left subsisting on a diet of anti-Semitism, lentils and tofu

Nick Dyrenfurth has a bone to pick. Several, in fact. With Socialist Alternative; anti-Semitism; opposition to Zionism; and “the UN-sponsored anti-Israel hate-fest dubbed Durban II” (Rudd must shun UN anti-Semitism, The Australian, March 16, 2009). Socialist Alternative Socialist Alternative is … Continue reading →

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APEC : Paddy “surprised and very happy” Gibson

Activist Padriac ‘Paddy’ Gibson lands payout after APEC arrest Edmund Tadros NEWS.com.au March 6, 2009 * Protester given secret payout after arrest * Police then stop investigating themselves * Protester uses money to fund more protests POLICE made a substantial … Continue reading →

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Overcoming Joel Kovel

Samir Amin, Director of the Third World Forum, reckons Joel Kovel’s new(est) book Overcoming Zionism “is absolutely fundamental for those who reject the unfortunate confusion between Jews, Judaism, Zionism and the State of Israel — a confusion which is the … Continue reading →

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The Ward Churchill Trial

A new blog is being published in support of Native American scholar and political activist Ward Churchill: A little over a year ago, Ward Churchill was fired from his position as a professor at the University of Colorado on trumped … Continue reading →

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Careful, They Might Hear You

Jewel Topsfield reports that, so as to lessen their vulnerability to assault and robbery, Indian students may be instructed to talk (in their native language/s) more softly on public transport and to avoid carrying iPods or laptops (Indians told to … Continue reading →

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