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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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Jeff Sparrow adds to his ASIO file

Posted on May 29, 2008 by @ndy

Recently, the National Archive has released into the wilds of disinterested public opinion a few 30-year-old bits of paper regarding ASIO. Jeff Sparrow has written some thoughts on the released documents for Crikey. By way of introduction, this 1994 documentary: … Continue reading →

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Burchell on 1968 and all that

Posted on May 28, 2008 by @ndy

David Burchell is (was?) a Senior Lecturer in Humanities at the University of Western Sydney. He is the author of Western Horizon: Sydney’s Heartland and the Future of Australian Politics (Scribe, 2003). He was the co-editor, with Andrew Leigh, of … Continue reading →

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Utah Phillips (1935–2008)

Posted on May 26, 2008 by @ndy

Legendary US folk singer and radical labour activist Bruce “U. Utah” Phillips has died. U. Utah Phillips has passed away in his sleep at 11:30PM PDT on May 23, 2008. Utah has caught the westbound, and I am at a … Continue reading →

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Mills on May ’68

Posted on May 14, 2008 by @ndy

Demanding the Impossible, Jennifer Mills, newmatilda, May 2008. Choice quotes: “The movement’s strengths were its diversity and spontaneity, which is why it’s so often quoted by anarchists when they’re trying to tell people what to do. But those strengths are … Continue reading →

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Let’s Play (Quasi-)Celebrity Anarchy!

Posted on May 14, 2008 by @ndy

It’s not fair. I’ve noted that Michael Costa, Keith Windschuttle and Paul Owens are ex-Trots, but what about all those ex-anarchists? Well, when I write ‘ex-anarchist’, I really mean those-who-may-once-have-called-themselves-anarchists but who now… well, no longer do. I think. Here’s … Continue reading →

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