Category Archives: History

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Deep veins: Australia and race

Posted on February 6, 2010 by @ndy

In denial over a deep vein of hate Nick O’Malley and Matt Wade The Sydney Morning Herald February 6, 2010 The Indian media lambasted Australia as a nation of racists after attacks on their students – and they may be … Continue reading →

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The Return of the Son of Windschuttle & Bolt ~versus~ Manne

Posted on February 5, 2010 by @ndy

Bolt: Manne still can’t find those 10 Herald Sun February 5, 2010 Extraordinary. Five years after my challenge, Robert Manne still cannot come up with even 10 names of the 25,000 children he claims were stolen just for being Aboriginal… … Continue reading →

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Anders Högström… Come on down! Again!

Posted on February 3, 2010 by @ndy

Poland: Arrest Warrant Issued in Auschwitz Sign Theft AP February 2, 2010 A Polish court issued a European arrest warrant on Tuesday for a former neo-Nazi leader suspected in the theft of the infamous “Arbeit Macht Frei” sign at Auschwitz. … Continue reading →

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Worst. Sequel. Ever.

Posted on February 2, 2010 by @ndy

Green Street Hooligans (2005) — aka Green Street aka Hooligans — was one of a rash of films — The Firm (1988), I.D. (1995), The Football Factory (2004) — exploiting the US fascination with football hooliganism. Based on the story … Continue reading →

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Dear Mister Ambassador

Posted on February 2, 2010 by @ndy

“Where scholars deny genocide, [they] contribute to the deadly psychohistorical dynamic in which unopposed genocide begets new genocides.” ~ Roger W. Smith, Eric Markusen and Robert Jay Lifton, ‘Professional Ethics and Denial of the Armenian Genocide’ (1995) “There is no … Continue reading →

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Windschuttle & Bolt ~versus~ Manne

Posted on February 2, 2010 by @ndy

Ding ding! The unapologetic Andrew Bolt has tipped his hat at the apologetic former Trotskyist Keith Windschuttle in ‘Windschuttle: Manne must step down’ (February 1, 2010). I know this because, while I am of course a huge fan of Bolt’s … Continue reading →

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Robbie Thorpe & M1/Dead Prez @ Trades Hall (January 26, 2010)

Posted on January 31, 2010 by @ndy

See also : Dead Prez // Robbie Thorpe | Dead Prez in Melbourne (January 27, 2010) | Support the Walk Off : January 26, 2010 (January 20, 2010) | More Music & Politics (January 12, 2010). Bonus Repression! Oh yeah. … Continue reading →

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¡Anarcholocos!

Posted on January 29, 2010 by @ndy

Little is known in other countries of the fact that Bolshevism took shape, developed and became steeled in the long years of struggle against petty-bourgeois revolutionism, which smacks of anarchism, or borrows something from the latter and, in all essential … Continue reading →

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Howard Zinn // Mumia Abu-Jamal

Posted on January 28, 2010 by @ndy

Howard Zinn died yesterday. Mumia Abu-Jamal was sentenced to death on December 9, 1981. He remains on death row. Supreme Court opens door to Mumia’s execution Jeff Mackler January 26, 2010 In a dangerous decision and a break with its … Continue reading →

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Howard Zinn : 1922–2010

Posted on January 28, 2010 by @ndy

If those in charge of our society – politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television – can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control … Continue reading →

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