Category Archives: History

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From the Greek Parliament to the Greek Streets

Posted on July 1, 2011 by @ndy

From the Department of This is What Democracy Looks Like: Trouble at mill. A couple of days ago the Greek Parliament passed–by 155 votes to 138–a new wave of austerity measures intended to further bleed the Greek masses dry. Now … Continue reading →

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Bogan Bogan Bogan Bogan Bogan Bogan Bogan (…Books)

Posted on June 19, 2011 by @ndy

From the Department of “Oi bro he called you cheap”/”Cunt’s fucked, hold my goon”… Bogans. The “only authentically Australian subculture”? Hmmm. Maybe. Or perhaps merely a distinction of taste… bogan Bogan is Australian (especially teenage) slang for someone who is … Continue reading →

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Steve Ignorant @ The Tote, Collingwood (17th June 2011)

Posted on June 18, 2011 by @ndy

Carbie Warbie — “Rockin’ out with my camera out! The James Brown of Melbourne Music Photography! Rock’N’Roll photographer for the people!” — documents the Melbourne leg of Steve Ignorant‘s The Last Supper Tour (@ The Tote, Collingwood). Steve Ignorant (Crass) … Continue reading →

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Noam Chomsky : Sydney Peace Prize winner and/or ‘ethical pervert’

Posted on June 17, 2011 by @ndy

Huh. Earlier this month, Noam Chomsky was awarded the Sydney Peace Prize. Inter alia, this means that he’ll be coming Down Under in November. His first and only previous visit was in January 1995 (which included an address to the … Continue reading →

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The Mad Monk and direct action, The ALP and direct democracy

Posted on June 15, 2011 by @ndy

The Mad Monk claims that the Tories want to embrace direct action — as a means of responding to an environmental crisis he doesn’t believe in. John Faulkner invokes direct democracy as a necessary response to a Labor Party in … Continue reading →

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Steve Ignorant @ Melbourne Anarchist Club, June 16, 2011

Posted on June 12, 2011 by @ndy

Steve Ignorant speaks about all things Crass, Conflict, his new-found love of the Collingwood Football Club and his new autobiography, The Rest is Propaganda, before taking to the stage at the Tote the following evening. Supported by A Commoner’s Revolt … Continue reading →

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Gil Scott-Heron : 1949–2011

Posted on May 28, 2011 by @ndy

Gil Scott-Heron | Variety | @ Pitchfork | New York Is Killing Me: The unlikely survival of Gil Scott-Heron, Alec Wilkinson, The New Yorker, August 9, 2010 | GIL SCOTT-HERON: THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED, BBC Documentary…

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Australia First Party, ASIO, Osama bin Laden, Spies & Satellites

Posted on May 26, 2011 by @ndy

I’m going to be taking a break from blogging over the next few weeks (Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn, the Annunaki are angry and ZOG has demanded I attend some important meetings in Tel Aviv), so this will be … Continue reading →

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SlutWalk (Melbourne) OMGWTF

Posted on May 21, 2011 by @ndy

[Update : SlutWalk phenomenon treads a fine line between fun, feminism and fears of female assault, Nicole Brady, The Age, May 22, 2011.] slut • noun a slovenly or promiscuous woman. – DERIVATIVES sluttish adjective. – ORIGIN of unknown origin. … Continue reading →

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Ultra-nationalist, fascist and neo-Nazi movements in Russia

Posted on May 7, 2011 by @ndy

Stumbling about The Information Superhighway, I (again) came across this interview Uri Gordon done a coupla years ago with Peter McNally, an anti-fascist researcher. Originally published on infoshop, I think it provides some good background on fascist movements in contemporary … Continue reading →

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