Category Archives: History

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Suffer the Children : Sexual Abuse and the Catholic Church

Update : Pedophile priest had more victims: detective, The Age, August 5, 2011: “Best got convicted for earlier crimes last December and the church knew that,” he said. “Yet the Catholic Church spent millions of dollars on this bloke’s defence … Continue reading →

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Year of the Sun Shame Job

A reader writes: Dear Mr Bastard, I am disappoint that you’ve neglected to inform your readers about the preparations for the Centenary celebration of the Great Leader Kim Il-sung, otherwise known as the Year of the Sun. http://www.regent-holidays.co.uk/tour/north-korea/itn_nko_001/ http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2011/201104/news13/20110413-33ee.html http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2011/201104/news20/20110420-07ee.html … Continue reading →

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From the Greek Parliament to the Greek Streets

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)

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)

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’

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

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

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

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

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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