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Victoria: the left-leaning state?

Posted on August 14, 2010 by @ndy

The soundtrack for this post is the song ‘Fish F***’ by Little Johnny Roskam and the Institute of Destruction: Victoria: the left-leaning state Melissa Fyfe The Age August 8, 2010 Victoria, once the jewel in the Liberal crown, may be … Continue reading →

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The Old School of Capitalism

Posted on August 6, 2010 by @ndy

Before I saw it, I didn’t know that The Old School of Capitalism (in addition to REAL! LIVE! WORKERS!) *ed Ratibor Trivunac (as well as Tadej Kurepa), but I do now… having seen it screen as part of MIFF. Art … Continue reading →

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(This was) Pisschrïst : 2004–2010

Posted on August 2, 2010 by @ndy

Pisschrïst played their first gig @ Irene Warehouse in May 2004, alongside of US performer Wendy-O-Matik (the “Bay Area based freelance writer, poet, performance and spoken word artist, and radical love activist” / “freelance writer, published poet, and certified holistic … Continue reading →

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LOL No 647 Earl Of Erne or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Posted on July 14, 2010 by @ndy

A few weeks ago, British QUANGO the Parades Commission gave the go-ahead to a “Cultural Demonstration” by the Blue Man Group followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh the Orange Order (LOL No 647 Earl Of Erne) in Ardoyne, Belfast. And the … Continue reading →

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Toronto : G20 // G8 Summit Protest Reporting

Posted on June 27, 2010 by @ndy

http://2010.mediacoop.ca/ Reads like the usual tactics are on display in Toronto this weekend. See also : Pittsburgh beefs up security to greet G20 (September 21, 2009). And do read Canada’s brewing ‘insurgency’ by Jon Elmer (Al Jazeera, June 26, 2010): … Continue reading →

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nutzis are W E I R D : Forrest Fogarty (& Co.)

Posted on June 22, 2010 by @ndy

Otto Skorzeny (1908–1975) was a Nazi, a member of both the (Waffen) SS and the Gestapo. He took part in Kristallnacht (Pogromnacht) in 1938 and, after being injured while fighting in the Soviet Union in December 1942, joined the foreign … Continue reading →

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random notes (june 13, 2010)

Posted on June 13, 2010 by @ndy

This post is dedicated to Ron Edwards. (And the KKK.) See also : Ozzy Osbourne – “Scream” (CD), EdgeoftheWorld, metalunderground.com, June 12, 2010. Collingwood The FIFA World Cup is on. Best chant: “Somos los hinchas, más anarquistas, los mas borrachos, … Continue reading →

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Rise rise rise…

Posted on June 11, 2010 by @ndy

“Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at … Continue reading →

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Pope to Abdicate, King to Marry Mae West

Posted on June 9, 2010 by @ndy

The Kate Sharpley Library has re-published Albert Meltzer’s autobiography I Couldn’t Paint Golden Angels: Sixty Years of Commonplace Life and Anarchist Agitation. I thought this was pretty funny (note that culture-jamming was invented by sound-collage artists in the 1980s, or … Continue reading →

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Protest Against Israeli Blockade on Gaza : Melbourne, June 5

Posted on June 4, 2010 by @ndy

Update : Israel left shot student ‘to bleed’, Kirsty Needham, The Age, June 5, 2010 | In their wake, Paul McGeough, The Age, June 5, 2010. Date: Saturday, June 5, 2010 Time: 2:00–4:00pm Location: State Library (Cnr Swanston & Latrobe … Continue reading →

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