Category Archives: History

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Anarchism and Aboriginal sovereignty

The relationship between anarchists and the state got off to a pretty rocky start in Australia. Initially established as a penal colony in 1788 — a prison island for the human excrement Great Britain’s rulers believed constituted a greater proportion … Continue reading

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Whatever happened to Andrew Sanders?

Update : Ashley Towns ~versus~ Andrew Sanders (November 16, 2009), especially Lumpen’s comment on Sanders as the originator of the “Love” virus/worm in 2000. RRTAA! Andrew Sanders is an odd fellow. In December 2005, Andrew came to the attention of … Continue reading

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Anarchism: Then & Now

Now Anarchists and anti-authoritarians belonging to the RNC Welcoming Committee — an organising body preparing for the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota — have come to the attention of Faux News: The Raw Story has the story: … Continue reading

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Safety In Numbers / Kill Your Pet Puppy / CRASS

Once Were Punks… I’ve been reading The Story of Crass by George Berger (Omnibus, 2008). “The author”, according to the blurb on the back cover, “has written for Sounds, Melody Maker and Amnesty International among others”, and he reads like … Continue reading

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[For Dion] Hooray for Everything!*

Boneheads in Russia are in trouble again, and being a liar, a hypocrite and no better than the trash I fight against, I’m naturally appalled. Anyway… anarchy is a fag… that’s all I have to say to you Mr Nosey. … Continue reading

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T.H.U.G.

I sometimes wonder why I bother, but a gig in Brunswick on the 71st anniversary of the Spanish Revolution is a gig too far… In three weeks, on July 19, 2008, a gig is scheduled to take place at the … Continue reading

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Beware Mark Twain: George Carlin RIP

George Carlin is dead at age 71. Carlin was scheduled to receive the John F. Kennedy Center’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in November. Reports of his death have not been exaggerated — as for his comic genius… Shit … Continue reading

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Coming, trendy or not

1 I suspect the reason why Marxists ‘babble’ about history is because they have been implicated in the horrors of Stalinism and wish to distinguish themselves from that monstrosity. Anarchists [have] never had to defend their politics in the same … Continue reading

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Australia now world’s fattest nation

Aussie Aussie Aussie! Fat fat fat! Jill Stark, The Age, June 20, 2008: “Australia has become the fattest nation in the world, with more than 9 million adults now rated as obese or overweight, according to an alarming new report. … Continue reading

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Lucio Urtubia

Lucio, The Good Bandit: Reflections of an Anarchist Marie Trigona Toward Freedom June 5, 2008 Lucio Urtubia could be described as a modern day Robin Hood, a man who stole from the rich to give to the poor. Lucio, a … Continue reading

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