Category Archives: Student movement

Let’s do the Kutasi!

Posted on July 22, 2006 by @ndy

Bugger it. The recent media-storm-in-a-teacup regarding the sensational revelation that NSW Young Liberals aren’t exactly backwards-about-coming-forwards inre their attitudes towards women, queers and blacks prompted some ‘neo-con’ (statist reactionary) to leave a post on my blog: “The ‘Racist, sexist, homophobic’ … Continue reading →

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Many Young Liberals are racist, sexist, homophobic nerds. And proud. Who knew?

Posted on July 19, 2006 by @ndy

I am shocked. Shocked and stunned. Collingwood has now lost three matches in a row! ‘Malthouse defends Pies’ The Age Michael Gleeson July 17, 2006 “COLLINGWOOD fell from the top four yesterday and faces falling out of the finals altogether … Continue reading →

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Recommended reading: Knabb on cheese-eating surrender monkey business

Posted on May 23, 2006 by @ndy

Reflections on the Uprising in France A new and in some ways unprecedented radical movement has emerged in France. Beginning in February as a protest against the CPE, a law that would have made it easier to fire young workers, … Continue reading →

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into my arms, oh bored, into my arms // what is to be undone?

Posted on April 23, 2006 by @ndy

I stumbled across the following passage, taken from an otherwise unremarkable resignation letter written by a small group of Trotskyists, and thought it deserved some sort of a reply. That — and reading a post by a soon-to-be-unemployed blogger — … Continue reading →

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discipline & punish

Posted on April 15, 2006 by @ndy

I’ve been neglecting the student right. Here it is. (Or parts of it.) Counter-protesting. (Or planning to.) A ‘national day of action’ on April 11 in protest at the impending introduction of VSU. Peter Campbell, eat ya heart out. Young … Continue reading →

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HoWARd’s South Park “pals”

Posted on April 10, 2006 by @ndy

Howard’s South Park pals Young voters have flocked to the Prime Minister as the good times continue to roll, writes Caroline Overington The Australian February 27, 2006 This is bullshit. So is this: “Before John Howard, the notion that young … Continue reading →

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VSU cont.

Posted on April 5, 2006 by @ndy

In the last few months, a number of articles have appeared in the corporate press regarding the impact of VSU on student life and activism. Here’s a sample (including one from the Green Left Weakly): VSU: the job and service … Continue reading →

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Voluntary Student Unionism (VSU)

Posted on March 28, 2006 by @ndy

As discussed previously, the Australian student movement (such as it is) and the Australian student left (in particular) is facing a crisis, one created by the Federal Government’s passing of Voluntary Student Unionism (VSU) legislation (sometimes also unflatteringly referred to … Continue reading →

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Dude, where’s my student union?

Posted on March 20, 2006 by @ndy

It’s interesting times for the Australian student movement. Following a spectacularly unsuccessful campaign to prevent the Federal Government (with the critical support of Family First Senator Steve Fielding) from introducing Voluntary Student Unionism (VSU) legislation, student unions, from the peak … Continue reading →

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2006 Ex-Trot Guide: Not. Funny. Luke.

Posted on March 17, 2006 by @ndy

Recently, Luke Fomiatti has gotten himself into a spot of bother over a botched attempt at ‘humour’: Uni newspaper calls Jews ‘bloodsuckers’. Ooops. THE University of Western Sydney has been enveloped in a race row over a student newspaper article … Continue reading →

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