Category Archives: Broken Windows

Operation Payback

Operation: Payback seems to be having some effect. The website belonging to Stockholm law firm Borgstrom and Bostrom is refusing to answer any questions, and while there are (allegedly) some things money can’t buy / for everything else, there’s MasterCard… … Continue reading

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Alexandros Grigoropoulos, two years on…

December 6 is the second anniversary of the police murder of Athens teenager Alexandros (aka Andreas/Alexis) Grigoropoulos. His death triggered widespread rioting in Athens and elsewhere in Greece; these uprisings in turn helped to lay the groundwork for further revolts … Continue reading

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Union & Community Summer School 2010

Comrades, There’s a Union and Community Summer School next weekend (December 10-11, 2010) @ Melbourne Trades Hall. It’s a “public forum to build practical unity within the labour movement, for workers’ rights, social justice, economic democracy and environmental sustainability.” Yadda … Continue reading

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…ever-patient and self-controlled…

From the Department of the Great Majority of the Police, Seemingly Ever-Patient and Self-Controlled, Stood for Hours as Kids Baited and Yelled, Shoved and Provoked. A Handful of Officers Used Well-Placed Elbows while Batons were Raised Only in Response to … Continue reading

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Bloodstains…

The bloodstained Order of United Americans first appeared in New York City in 1844 and soon spread to Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Catholic churches had been torched now and then since the mid-1830s (actually black churches too, but … Continue reading

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Neither big nor clever!

Standing on police vans makes Aaron Porter cry. Students march in London and protest at colleges and universities across Britain against plans to raise tuition fees as part of widespread public spending cuts, guardian.co.uk, November 24, 2010.

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What the Anarchist Studies Network reckons anarchism really means

What anarchism really means The Anarchist Studies Network guardian.co.uk November 18, 2010 Direct action is part of creating direct democracy, but the student protests saw the media painting a caricature of anarchism. Protesters are never a homogenous group, but those … Continue reading

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EDL? MAC? Same Thing! [Malatesta]

Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren; / The British far right begat the EDL; and the EDL begat the SDL and their brethren (the WDL, the ADL and the DDL). They also … Continue reading

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Burdened with Debt: “Debt Crisis” and Class Struggles in Greece

Melancholic Greek Troglodytes give birth to a big fat Greek analysis (via libcom): BURDENED WITH DEBT “Debt Crisis” and Class Struggles in Greece TPTG August-October 2010 Through the constant terrorism of the media for almost a year now concerning “our” … Continue reading

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From Melbourne to London…

…no one likes a rat! THEN: G20 riot suspects unmasked The Age January 18, 2007 Police have released images of 28 “people of interest” as they tighten the net on rioters wanted over the violent G20 protests in Melbourne. A … Continue reading

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