Category Archives: History

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Safety In Numbers / Kill Your Pet Puppy / CRASS

Posted on July 4, 2008 by @ndy

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!*

Posted on July 2, 2008 by @ndy

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.

Posted on June 29, 2008 by @ndy

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

Posted on June 23, 2008 by @ndy

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

Posted on June 23, 2008 by @ndy

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

Posted on June 21, 2008 by @ndy

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

Posted on June 6, 2008 by @ndy

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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Monday Anarchist Bloggy

Posted on June 2, 2008 by @ndy

Cool. A new (April 2008) blog by anarchist historian Robert Graham. Robert Graham’s Anarchism Weblog | Anarchism: A Documentary History of Libertarian Ideas “is intended to provide additional commentary and selections to accompany my anthology of anarchist writings, Anarchism: A … Continue reading →

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The Stormfront Down Under Circus : 2004–2008

Posted on May 31, 2008 by @ndy

It’s been a while since I cast a weary eye over Stormfront Down Under, so recently I thought I’d take a peek to see how things are faring for our racist friends, especially since former Yanqui Co-Moderator jack_boot let go … Continue reading →

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Marxists & Hobgoblins

Posted on May 30, 2008 by @ndy

One of the more interesting derivations of Marxist thought is contained in the works of CLR James (1901–1989) and Raya Dunayevskaya (1910–1987), aka ‘Marxist Humanism’. For a short period, James and Dunayevskaya were members of the (US) Trotskyist Socialist Workers’ … Continue reading →

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