Category Archives: History

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Greg SPIRAL OBJECTIVE Loses Record Collection To Fire …

Posted on October 11, 2013 by @ndy

Very sad … I remember encountering Greg/Spiral Objective mail order sometime in the early ’90s thru an ad in the Green Left Weekly(!). Thru his distro (and label: 1991–2000) he helped introduce me and countless others to a world of … Continue reading →

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Sado-workism: the new culture of work in Australia [Boris Frankel]

Posted on October 2, 2013 by @ndy

Gillard snubs UN on single parent welfare, The Australian (AAP), March 4, 2013 | PM’s pay to crack $500k as part of MP salary rise, Stephanie Peatling, The Sydney Morning Herald, June 13, 2013. Former prime minister Julia Gillard defended … Continue reading →

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2013 Australian federal election : FINAL results [LEFT/RIGHT]

Posted on October 2, 2013 by @ndy

The AEC has released the FINAL results for almost all the Lower House elections:– I’ve updated the results for (far) left and right candidates for the Australia First Party, Australian Protectionist Party, One Nation, Progressive Labour Party, Socialist Alliance, Socialist … Continue reading →

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antifa notes (september 26, 2013) : Lakota grandmothers, Craig Cobb, Martin Fletcher, Paul Innes, Golden Dawn yadda yadda yadda

Posted on September 26, 2013 by @ndy

Well I was simply going to post some blah on Facebook but then I remembered I had a blog and then I thought hey why not post the blah here? So … Mark Zuckerberg asks ‘What have you been up … Continue reading →

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Why neither major party is addressing indigenous poverty [Crikey]

Posted on September 6, 2013 by @ndy

[Brought to you by Non-Academics For Class War. “Poverty of goods is easily cured; poverty of soul, impossible.” ~ Michel de Montaigne] Why neither major party is addressing indigenous poverty September 6, 2013 Despite the epidemic of indigenous poverty, neither … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on the Anarchist Federation Proposal [March 2008]

Posted on August 28, 2013 by @ndy

Thoughts on the Anarchist Federation Proposal @ndy In December last year, some anarchists from Sydney floated a proposal to form a regional anarchist federation in Oceania. In brief the proposal was made out of a desire to create links between … Continue reading →

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(What happened to) Anarchist Memes?

Posted on August 7, 2013 by @ndy

The Facebook page Anarchist Memes (AM) has (temporarily?) closed, seemingly as a result of a decision by its creator. Before it deaded, the page had attracted something in the order of 80,000 or so ‘likes’ — a very large number … Continue reading →

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The PNG Solution ~vs~ Operation Sovereign Borders

Posted on July 25, 2013 by @ndy

Well there’s not really a lot to add: ahead of the 2013 federal election, PM KRudd and Opposition Leader The Mad Monk are scrambling to outdo each other in their defence of The Nation, with KRudd first declaring (possibly unlawfully) … Continue reading →

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RIP Dan & Spit

Posted on July 4, 2013 by @ndy

A brief note: 15 years ago today (July 4), two skinheads — Lin “Spit” Newborn, 24, and Dan Shersty, 20 — were murdered by boneheads in the rocky desert northwest of Las Vegas, USA. They were killed because they were … Continue reading →

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Towards Federation? (Anarchist conference, Melbourne, June 8/9, 2013)

Posted on June 12, 2013 by @ndy

Last weekend a small gathering of anarchists took place at the Melbourne Anarchist Club. The 20 or so who attended did so in order to discuss anarchist federation: that is, the establishment of a formal linkage between a number of … Continue reading →

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