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Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at Andrew Bolt on S11 (Continued)

Posted on March 9, 2007 by @ndy

Investigation of police action at the World Economic Forum demonstrations, September 2000, Report of the Ombudsman, June 2001 [PDF] …for what it’s worth (is it worth writing?), here’s the second part of my reply to Herald Sun columnist Andrew Bolt‘s … Continue reading →

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Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at Andrew Bolt on S11

Posted on March 8, 2007 by @ndy

“There is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.” ~ Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Andrew “at worst, dishonest and misleading … Continue reading →

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Racism and fascism, punks and police: here and there, now and then…

Posted on March 7, 2007 by @ndy

Uphold the Reich Three men have been charged with crimes allegedly committed during an assault upon a Jewish man, Menachem Vorchheimer, in Melbourne last October. One has been charged with intentionally and recklessly causing serious injury, assault and using insulting … Continue reading →

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S11: $1.3 million for lawyers

Posted on March 5, 2007 by @ndy

Hmmm. Six-and-a-half years later, lawyers from Slater & Gordon, representing 47 litigants, have earnt themselves $600,000, and Government lawyers have earnt themselves $700,000, following an out-of-court settlement over allegations of police misconduct at S11. As for the 47 protesters who … Continue reading →

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End the rot // Squat the lot

Posted on March 1, 2007 by @ndy

[Update : see also a short documentary film on squatting in London : Empties] “The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal … Continue reading →

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Anarchy, Memory & ‘Forgetting’: Salvador Puig Antich

Posted on February 25, 2007 by @ndy

“Official history is the bourgeoisie’s history, and its mission today is to wreath nationalism, liberal democracy and the market economy in myth, so as to have us believe that these are eternal, immutable and immovable.” The Age has published a … Continue reading →

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G20: Costello vs. Nixon

Posted on February 11, 2007 by @ndy

MELBOURNE may have to abandon hosting major events such as last year’s G20 conference to avoid “disrupting the entire city”, Victoria Police’s Chief Commissioner, Christine Nixon says. Her suggestion that major conferences may need to be relocated to islands or … Continue reading →

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Young Tories: Recruiting now!

Posted on January 31, 2007 by @ndy

Do YOU think Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture is rubbish? Do YOU believe high schools spend too much time force-feeding their students black-armband history? Are YOU outraged that Australia is full of rubbishy old “sacred” sites? Are YOU sick … Continue reading →

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REVEALED! Foreign provocateurs have long history of causing trouble

Posted on January 23, 2007 by @ndy

Paris’ dangerous classes and their “hobbies” now open for further bourgeois inspection and titillation: Paris’ ‘dangerous classes’ and their hobbies Paris: The Secret History, Andrew Hussey, Bloomsbury, 2007 Philadelphia Inquirer (Reviewed by Liz Lopatto) January 21, 2007 The French call … Continue reading →

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John HoWARd, Fun-da-mentalist, Playing with Fire

Posted on January 21, 2007 by @ndy

“I like your Christ, [but] I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” “Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.” — Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) And Jesus … Continue reading →

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