Category Archives: History

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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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Scotland Goes to the Polls

Posted on May 7, 2011 by @ndy

Damn. There’s an election in Scotland, so naturally, being an Australian, I’m gonna blog about it. I dunno much about Scotland apart from the fact that Scots eat haggis, play the bagpipes, and wear kilts:–which fact probably explains, in turn, … Continue reading →

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‘Russian Anti-Racist Skinheads’ : Documentary

Posted on May 5, 2011 by @ndy

Cool. Sometimes, surfers bring some useful search terms to my blog: ‘Russian Anti-Racist Skinheads’ is one, and the title of a new documentary (2011) by Ian Ivanov. Searching for moar infos — of which there appears to be little — … Continue reading →

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Where In The World Is Osama Bin Laden? Dead… ALLEGEDLY.

Posted on May 2, 2011 by @ndy

Just like Elvis… Or Hitler. o n e t w o Barack Obama claims Osama Bin Laden has been “brought to justice”: that is, assassinated by US soldiers: Today, at my direction, the United States launched a targeted operation against … Continue reading →

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