Category Archives: Student movement

What are you, Deaf or something?

Posted on January 12, 2007 by @ndy

On Leftwrites, Jeff Sparrow has drawn my attention to an article by Lennard J. Davis, ‘Deafness and the Riddle of Identity’ (The Chronicle Review, January 12, 2007). It raises a number of interesting questions (see below) in relation to notions … Continue reading →

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Anarchist U!

Posted on January 8, 2007 by @ndy

Most of the time, in a wowserish city in which most amusements closed on Sundays, the Yarra Bank simply provided a form of free entertainment. For those interested in ideas, though, the forum offered what Labor Prime Minister John Curtin … Continue reading →

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Campus Watch

Posted on December 18, 2006 by @ndy

Last month, Dateline ran a story on the US-based Campus Watch, “a project of the Middle East Forum, [which] reviews and critiques Middle East studies in North America, with an aim to improving them”. Established by one of Australian President … Continue reading →

Posted in !nataS, State / Politics, Student movement | 7 Comments

I Was A Teenage Tory : John Hyde Page

Posted on December 13, 2006 by @ndy

Some people might say my life is in a rut But I’m quite happy with what I got People might say that I should strive for more But I’m so happy I can’t see the point Something’s happening here today … Continue reading →

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G20: Three G20 protesters granted bail

Posted on December 7, 2006 by @ndy

Three G20 protesters granted bail Sasha Shtargot and Andrea Petrie The Age December 7, 2006 THREE demonstrators accused of violence at the G20 city protests last month were granted bail last night. Students Rosalie Delaney, 19, of Parkville, and David … Continue reading →

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G20: Resistance vs. Socialist Alternative

Posted on November 25, 2006 by @ndy

Wearing my leftist train-spotting hat while clothed in white overalls, vegan boots, leading a dog on a string, listening to Loikaemie, and reading a copy of the Australasian Spartacist, I give you the wonderful mess that is: Resistance vs. Socialist … Continue reading →

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Anti-Semitism on campus?

Posted on September 7, 2006 by @ndy

Two articles have appeared in The Age recently alleging an increase in anti-Semitic incidents on campus, and accusing the ‘far left’ — Socialist Alternative in particular — of engaging in intimidating tactics. The first recapitulates a press release from the … Continue reading →

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Race! War! Deep! Divisions! Dramatic! Surges! (The Daily Terror)

Posted on August 22, 2006 by @ndy

‘City’s new race wars’ Gemma Jones The Daily Terror August 21, 2006 AN outbreak of racial violence is deeply dividing Sydney, with authorities alarmed by a dramatic surge in attacks. The worst have been directed at Jewish Australians in the … Continue reading →

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Reds! Under our beds!

Posted on August 16, 2006 by @ndy

Don’t look now but… there may be a Red under your bed! Well… if you reside at RMIT. As the Herald Sun breathlessly reports: ‘S11 protest leader takes up new career’ Craig Binnie Herald Sun August 4, 2006 THE leader … Continue reading →

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Iron. Lyin’. Zion.

Posted on August 11, 2006 by @ndy

According to Shua Garfield, writing in the DSP‘s Green Left Weakly (#678, August 9, 2006), members of another Leninist group, Socialist Alternative, were confronted at a stall at the University of Melbourne on July 24 by Zionist students, angry over … Continue reading →

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