Category Archives: Broken Windows

Tractors ~versus~ Cops

zero one A Guy Just Drove A Tractor Over Seven Cop Cars In Vermont “A Vermont resident just took to a farm tractor and ran over seven police cruisers. We spoke to police and they currently have “no idea why” … Continue reading

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Statement from compañero Mario López

[Original, Spanish-language source here.] Statement from compañero Mario López Hello dear comrades, as you already will know (inside and outside of Mexico) I find myself hospitalized due to injuries to my shin, leg, and right arm. At the moment I’m … Continue reading

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Money and Better Homes & Gardens

I didn’t realise this ’til now but in BREAKING NEWS… In April an Australian Senator pretended to spend a week as a dole bludger. LIVING off $17 a day may sound impossible to most people but Greens senator Rachel Siewert … Continue reading

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Australian Protectionist Party officially endorses mass murder of asylum seekers… or does it?

For those who’ve come across the sea We’ve boundless plains to share In one of the more bizarre chapters in the annals of local far-right politicking, in late May Darrin Hodges and Nicholas Hunter-Folkes — two of the leading, Sydney-based … Continue reading

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Loophole closing?

Loophole Community Centre — “an umbrella organisation providing a home to a wide array of arts and humanities projects” — appears to be on the verge of closing. Well, perhaps only at its current location (670–672 High St, Northcote), having … Continue reading

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The Situationist International: Forty Years On (John Lepper)

The Situationist International: Forty Years On John Lepper Socialism and Democracy Vol.26, No.1 (March 2012) Mackenzie Wark, The Beach Beneath the Street: The Everyday Life and Glorious Times of the Situationist International (London/New York: Verso, 2011). Richard Gilman-Opalsky, Spectacular Capitalism: … Continue reading

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Five Fail To Blow Up A Bridge (2012)

D’oh! Five men, described as ‘angry anarchists’, have been arrested and charged with attempting to blow shit up in Ohio. To be precise, “an attractive concrete, multi-arched bridge” connecting two wealthy suburbs (Brecksville and Sagamore Hills) in Cleveland. The five … Continue reading

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The Fatuousness of Cynicism / Theses Against Cynicism (Pleasure Tendency, Leeds, 1987)

The Fatuousness of Cynicism / Theses Against Cynicism Pleasure Tendency, Leeds, 1987 1. At a time when people everywhere are being taken in by the lies and distractions presented by the media, we find everyone at the same time defending … Continue reading

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Safer spaces?

On libcom, Ramona has written an interesting blog entry on ‘Safer spaces, false allegations, and the NYC Anarchist Bookfair’. It concentrates on addressing what she argues is the mistaken fear that the implementation of somesuch policy lends itself to abuse; … Continue reading

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Why Johnny Can’t Dissent (Thomas Frank)

[I once saw Thomas Frank LIVE! On October 1, 2002 @ Trades Hall to be exact. He was v funny.] Thomas Frank The Baffler No.6, 1995 The public be damned! I work for my stockholders. –William H. Vanderbilt, 1879 Break … Continue reading

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