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Greece vs. America?!?

Posted on January 14, 2007 by @ndy

[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

Posted on January 13, 2007 by @ndy

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

Posted on January 10, 2007 by @ndy

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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Harry Roberts, Harry Roberts, Roberts Roberts, Harry Harry

Posted on January 10, 2007 by @ndy

Why they chant the cop killer’s name Ryan Kisiel icSarfLondon January 9, 2007 AFTER four decades in prison, a human rights group [?!?] is campaigning for the release of infamous cop-killer Harry Roberts. Jailed for the murder of three police … Continue reading →

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Racism, rednecks, and if only these were brains

Posted on January 9, 2007 by @ndy

Lisa Pryor has written an article (‘Flying the flag for an upside-down kind of patriotism’, Sydney Morning Herald, January 6, 2007) decrying racism, in particular that which she assigns to ‘rednecks’: the kind of people who — in addition to … Continue reading →

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Anarchist U!

Posted on January 8, 2007 by @ndy

Most of the time, in a wowserish city in which most amusements closed on Sundays, the Yarra Bank simply provided a form of free entertainment. For those interested in ideas, though, the forum offered what Labor Prime Minister John Curtin … Continue reading →

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FightDemBack! A Brief History

Posted on January 3, 2007 by @ndy

Reading over the Wikipedia entry on FightDemBack!, I thought ‘Hmmm. I think I can do better…’. So, for that or for worse, here it is. I believe I’ve located most, if not all, references to FDB (and directly-related issues) that … Continue reading →

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Hilton Als on Tom Stoppard on Mikhail Bakunin

Posted on January 3, 2007 by @ndy

Hilton Als reckons Tom Stoppard’s new play — to be precise: Voyage, the first play of The Coast of Utopia trilogy — is “alternately reckless, romantic, boring, and exhilarating” (The New Yorker, January 8, 2007). Fucked if I know. But … Continue reading →

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Capitalism Explained

Posted on December 28, 2006 by @ndy

Callan : Speaking of capitalism (“Crapitalism, actually”), I’ve been reading Tariq Ali‘s The Clash of Fundamentalisms (Verso, London and New York, 2003). Or should I say, I finally got around to reading Ali after having heard him speak to a … Continue reading →

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Anarchism in America // The Free Voice of Labor

Posted on December 27, 2006 by @ndy

Fucking Americans.* Kool Keith recently lent me his copy of a DVD published by AK Press: Anarchism in America (2006). It contains two films: the first is Anarchism in America (1981, 75 minutes), the second The Free Voice of Labor: … Continue reading →

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