Category Archives: !nataS

Trouble at Historical Materialism Conference Mill : Call for Solidarity

As leftist trainspotters and ‘revolutionary socialists’ generally would be aware, the Socialist Workers Party‘s poor handling of a rape allegation has had serious ramifications for the party’s public standing: this has included its relations with aligned parties elsewhere in the … Continue reading

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The Wit & Wisdom of Dr Dennis Jensen, MP

Update : Jensen concedes ‘get over it’ tweets ‘inappropriate’ (Dan Harrison, The Sydney Morning Herald, April 17, 2013). Dr Dennis Jensen is a member of the Australian Federal Parliament. Dennis has a doctorate in materials science and physics, but is … Continue reading

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Margaret Thatcher ~versus~ Julia Gillard

“You do not change your circumstance as an asylum seeker or a refugee with an adverse security assessment through hunger striking.” ~ Julia Gillard, April 15, 2013 “We are not prepared to consider special category status for certain groups of … Continue reading

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[Blog post into Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse]

The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse began last Wednesday (April 3). The Royal Commission’s Terms of Reference are broad-ranging. They are not confined as to the time at which a person says he or she was … Continue reading

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Melbourne Free University site blocked by Federal Government?

Update : Australian Networks Censor Community Education Website, Danny O’Brien and Eva Galperin and Peter Eckersley, April 11, 2013: “UPDATE 2013-04-12: Apparently as a result of this blog post, social media attention, and questions from the Australian Greens to the … Continue reading

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Bay Area Anarchist Book Fair ~versus~ kink.com

Yeah yeah yeah. I’m late to the party, I’m not going to the show and nobody cares anyways. Still… I thought I may as well note the controversy on my blog — it raises a whole host of issues — … Continue reading

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Would the real racists please stand up?

Update (March 12) : Boris ‘Worse-than-Fidel-Castro’ Frankel has written a reply to Russell ‘I-♥-Rio-Tinto’ Skelton with the Communist-sounding title Mining does not offer the answer to indigenous woes. Like hundreds of my comrades in the environmental movement, I remain absolutely … Continue reading

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La Mirage Receptions : Geert Wilders one day, Islamic Relief Australia the next

In a rather amusing irony and testimony, perhaps, to the flexible nature of the capitalist marketplace, the reception centre which yesterday hosted Geert Wilders will next month host his nemesis. How might this situation be read? Is it evidence of … Continue reading

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slackbastard: eXposed (again)

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random shite

Ah well. I’m too hot (and tired) to blog — or to do much of anything else, really — but there are a few things I oughta take note of before I forget ’em. Party Li(n)es First, I would’ve liked … Continue reading

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