Category Archives: Student movement

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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Lech Walesa has a lot to answer for

Posted on February 4, 2008 by @ndy

Bah humbug! In terrible news for trainspotters, there’s been a reconsolidation on the Trotskyist left in Australia: the International Socialist Organisation (ISO), the Socialist Action Group (SAG) and Solidarity have agreed to join together in a new Party, imaginatively titled … Continue reading →

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Would the real anarchists / Trotskyists… (Et cetera)

Posted on February 1, 2008 by @ndy

From the Department of Where Are They Now? ‘K so, a few days ago the newly-appointed boss of Australia’s Worst Union (AWU) was profiled in the local rag. And according to it, Paul Howes is a former Trotskyist. Actually, the … Continue reading →

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Frank Ellis

Posted on January 30, 2008 by @ndy

From the Department of Extremely-Late-Breaking News: A short while ago, in an attempt at breaking the Guinness World Record for ‘Number of Missing Premises in a Completely Batshit Political Argument’, a Yanqui fascist claimed on my blog that “the anarchists … Continue reading →

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Viva Chávez? WSJ on the student opposition…

Posted on November 26, 2007 by @ndy

To Oppose Chávez, Youth In Caracas Rally Behind Stalin John Lyons and José Córdoba Wall Street Journal November 24, 2007 CARACAS, Venezuela — As Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez attempts to push through what he calls 21st-Century Socialism, his biggest obstacle … Continue reading →

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G20 : Not-corrupt police give sub-editor opportunity to use word ‘nab’

Posted on November 16, 2007 by @ndy

Note that the G20 is meeting again this weekend (November 17/18) in Kleinmond, South Africa. “During this meeting — which will be hosted by the current Chair of the G20, our own Trevor Manual — the most powerful economic ministers … Continue reading →

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Oh Crikey! it’s : APEC

Posted on September 5, 2007 by @ndy

Today Crikey! has published ‘Your cut out and keep APEC protest guide’ by Luke McKenna, a leftist trainspotters’ guide to who’s who in the anti-APEC Zoo. In it, Luke identifies ten main groups, to which I’ve added a little commentary. … Continue reading →

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APEC : Huge sale! All journalistic standards must go!

Posted on September 2, 2007 by @ndy

[Oh yeah: F.L.A.R.E. in the void, ‘for liberation, autonomy, resistance, exodus and a Collingwood victory in the Grand Final’ is a convergence taking place from Wednesday September 4 — Sunday September 9 somewhere in Sydney. Go read the blog, phone … Continue reading →

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