Category Archives: Student movement

Rally to defend student housing : Friday, November 28

Posted on November 24, 2008 by @ndy

Call out for support of the Student Housing Action Cooperative (SHAC) SHAC is a collective of students and supporters who have been occupying four vacant buildings owned by the University of Melbourne for nearly four months [from August 20] in … Continue reading →

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OH NOES! Southern Cross Soldiers go to war

Posted on November 23, 2008 by @ndy

Update : See also Southern Cross Soldiers’ first casualty, December 12, 2008, on the police shooting of Tyler Cassidy, 15-year-old Southern Cross Soldier. Crazy kids and their intarwebs! The Southern Cross Soldiers (SCS) finally make it into the papers. (See … Continue reading →

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All roads lead to Rome

Posted on November 2, 2008 by @ndy

Italy students protest education reforms AFP The Sydney Morning Herald October 30, 2008 Thousands of angry students opposed to planned cuts to the Italian education budget protested outside the Senate on Wednesday, some clashing with right-wing supporters of the conservative … Continue reading →

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“Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party of Australia?”, Or; Campus Watch comes to Australia

Posted on October 22, 2008 by @ndy

As part of their campaign to ‘Make Education Fair’, the Young Tories have compiled a list of academics they claim are guilty of leftist bias. This is in addition to assembling a range of materials intended to establish that University … Continue reading →

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G20 : Courts allow violent foreign football hooligans to spit in the face of law-abiding citizens

Posted on August 28, 2008 by @ndy

one Taking rights to an extreme Herald Sun [Idiotorial] August 28, 2008 PEOPLE have a right to protest, but calling a politician a Hitler intent on raping the countryside and waving a hangman’s noose in his face is going too … Continue reading →

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Students squat University of Melbourne property

Posted on August 22, 2008 by @ndy

[Press release] ====== Students occupied a property belonging to the University of Melbourne on Wednesday, August 20, demanding the University address the housing crisis affecting many students. The property, located at 278 Faraday St, was previously used to house Melbourne … Continue reading →

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D&D is a far out game

Posted on July 28, 2008 by @ndy

Damn. I’m still coming to terms with the 2nd Edition of AD&D (1989), and now I find out that there’s not only been a 3rd Edition (2000), a 3.5 Edition (2003), but a 4th Edition, released last month. Also: Cry … Continue reading →

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Get thee behind me Lenin! Resistance/DSP expels a Melbourne member

Posted on May 18, 2008 by @ndy

The ding-dong battle between the now-rival Leninist groupsucules the DSP (Democratic Socialist Perspective aka Socialist Alliance) and the LPF (Leninist Party Faction) continues, with accusation and counter-accusation flying thick and fast. Well, kinda. In reality, once the purged faction finishes … Continue reading →

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How To Make Trouble & Influence People

Posted on March 19, 2008 by @ndy

‘Sweet’ and ‘choice’: Breakdown Press is bringing out a new edition of How To Make Trouble And Influence People, a hugely entertaining compilation of contemporary and historical accounts of political mischief and trouble making, piss taking, and general monkey business. … Continue reading →

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Darren Kenneth Ray: Go directly to Jail – do not pass Go, do not collect $182,281.42

Posted on February 6, 2008 by @ndy

Update : The Age publishes a follow-up piece: Former student union head jailed for $180,000 tax fraud Kate Hagan February 7, 2008 A FORMER Melbourne University student union president has been sentenced to 20 months in jail after defrauding the … Continue reading →

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