Category Archives: History

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Pickled brains, disembraining machines, and dead and imprisoned journalists

Brains. Pickled Brains. Pickled brain to return to village Malcolm Moore Telegraph March 29, 2007 The pickled brain of a 19th-century Italian anarchist, which has been on display in a glass jar in Rome since his death, is finally set … Continue reading

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Evil & Dangerous Woman (Rude Grrl) Outta Jail

“The most evil and dangerous woman in Germany”, a/k/a Brigitte Mohnhaupt, has been released from a German prison: ‘Ex-Member of Red Army Freed From Prison’ Geir Moulson Washington Post [AP] Sunday, March 25, 2007 BERLIN — A one-time leader [of] … Continue reading

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600

Fuck me. 600 posts. What’s the point? Dunno. But a funny thing happened on the way to the cemetery… When the police When the police come for me I go to Rio De Janeiro, my-oh-me-oh I go wild and then … Continue reading

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Anti-fascism in Melbourne: 1990s

Introduction In Melbourne, during the early- to mid-1990s, a number of campaigns in opposition to the establishment of a fascist presence in the city were conducted, largely in response to attempts by one, now-defunct group called National Action (NA). NA … Continue reading

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CK, FDB! & LKJ

“As I suspected. Student Trots who are either too young or or too dumb to know where the road to the gulag starts giving free publicity to scumbags. You poor, thick kids.” ~ Christian Kerr on FDB!, March 15, 2007 … Continue reading

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Greeks students are revolting

‘Arsonists attack Greek police station’ [AP] International Herald Tribune March 12, 2007 “ATHENS, Greece: Dozens of youths hurled petrol bombs at a police station near central Athens early Monday, damaging a patrol car and the building’s entrance, authorities said. No … Continue reading

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Crazy anarchists in Greece… crazy anarchists in Denmark… crazy anarchists everywhere!

Megalo, megalo, megalo! Crazy crazy crazy Greek anarchists are up to their old tricks, setting fire to banks and cameras and throwing things at police: “ATHENS, Greece: Suspected anarchists destroyed three traffic surveillance cameras within 10 minutes in different parts … Continue reading

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

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

“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…

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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