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S11: $1.3 million for lawyers

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

[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

“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

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!

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

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

“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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Greece vs. America?!?

[Update : The activities of naughty Greek anarchists (in smashing state-sponsored police CCTV cameras) is further mentioned in an AP report, U.S. experts examine footage of Athens embassy attack caught on camera, International Herald Tribune, January 16, 2007. According to … Continue reading

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Louis Adamic, Dynamite

CHAPTER ONE : Impudent Conduct The struggle of the have-nots against the haves in the United States was first referred to as ‘class war’ in New York City by Frances Wright, “that bold blasphemer and voluptuous preacher of licentiousness”, as … Continue reading

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Granddaughter Of Upside-Down Corpse Heils The Dawn Of A New Europe

Fascist parties in the European Parliament have declared their intention to form a bloc on January 15, called “Identity, Sovereignty and Transparency (IST)”. According to the EUObserver: “Under EU rules, there need to be at least 20 MEPs from six … Continue reading

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