Category Archives: History

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Pip Starr (1967–2008)

Posted on February 5, 2008 by @ndy

The following obituary appeared in The Age, Monday, February 4, 2008, p.12. As it doesn’t appear to be available online, I thought I’d publish it here. Filmmaker with lens focused on injustice Stuart Andrew Hill (Pip Starr) Documentary Producer 20-12-1967 … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, History, Media | 1 Comment

Would the real anarchists / Trotskyists… (Et cetera)

Posted on February 1, 2008 by @ndy

From the Department of Where Are They Now? ‘K so, a few days ago the newly-appointed boss of Australia’s Worst Union (AWU) was profiled in the local rag. And according to it, Paul Howes is a former Trotskyist. Actually, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Anarchism, Art, History, Student movement, Trot Guide | 60 Comments

History and its costs

Posted on January 30, 2008 by @ndy

one BRUSSELS (EJP) — European Jewish Congress President, Moshe Kantor, has warned against the rising number of neo-Nazis in Europe. Speaking at a special commemoration organized Monday evening in the European Parliament’s Yehudi Menuhin Hall on the occasion of International … Continue reading →

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Pip Starr // Paddy McGuinness

Posted on January 27, 2008 by @ndy

Reclaim the Streets 7, March 1999. Hundreds of partiers in an ongoing Reclaim the Streets occupy several sites in Sydney, including the Eastern Distributor. Global Warming was still just a distant concept to most of us at this point in … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, History, Media, Television | 5 Comments

Australia, IMPORTED FKN SIMIAN PIECE OF NEGRESS CRAP, and lets get the ovens raised in melbourne

Posted on January 27, 2008 by @ndy

Australia Australia Australia So yeah, Australia Day. For many, a day to celebrate. For others, to mourn. For me, just another day spent slacking and being a bastard. (Activities which presumably inspire comments such as these.) For local fascist nutters, … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-fascism, History, State / Politics | 2 Comments

Brad Will in Rolling Stone (via CrimethInc. by way of infoshop)

Posted on January 24, 2008 by @ndy

Huh. CrimethInc. Far East Blog has re-published an article by Jeff Sharlet, ‘Anarchist Superstar: The Revolutionary Who Filmed His Own Murder’, Boring Clone, January, 2008 on the subject of Brad Roland Will (1970–2006), “a U.S. anarchist, documentary filmmaker and a … Continue reading →

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Peter McGregor (1947–2008)

Posted on January 14, 2008 by @ndy

Vale Peter McGregor RightsBase R.I.P. Peter McGregor, Australian anti-apartheid and anti-war Activist Sydney IndyMedia We have lost an invaluable comrade in Peter McGregor LeftClick Peter McGregor Tribute by John/Togs Tognolini Tog’sPlace.Com Peter McGregor 1947-2008: Thanks for the dreams that I … Continue reading →

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Australia Australia Australia

Posted on January 11, 2008 by @ndy

January 26 — Australia / Invasion / Survival Day — is only a couple of weeks away, and many will be celebrating / mourning. On the far right, Doctor James Saleam and his Australia First Party NSW (to be confused … Continue reading →

Posted in !nataS, Anti-fascism, History, State / Politics | 44 Comments

“Australia for the Australians, China for the Chows”

Posted on January 7, 2008 by @ndy

Oh yeah, see also Anti-German Translation, “A blog about the anti-imperialist, anti-capitalist, anti-fascist and anti-globalization movements, analysing the convergences between right-wing thought and false forms of anti-capitalism, drawing on the German “anti-German” communist current”. Typical Kraut nonsense. “In an anthropological … Continue reading →

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2007 — fuck off and die

Posted on December 31, 2007 by @ndy

Here’s to 2008, mate. And following on from Rosario Dawson in This Revolution and Charlize Theron in Battle in Seattle comes Sacha Baron Cohen in The Trial of the Chicago Seven: “Sacha Baron Cohen will portray Abbie Hoffman, a figure … Continue reading →

Posted in !nataS, Anarchism, Film, History | 8 Comments