Category Archives: History

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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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Tadeusz Pieronek? Er…

Posted on January 28, 2010 by @ndy

Jesus Bloody Christ. January 27, 2010 is ‘International Holocaust Remembrance Day’, apparently; January 27 being the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp in Auschwitz-Birkenau. A Polish bishop named Tadeusz Pieronek has chosen to mark the occasion by … Continue reading →

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Happy F—ing Birthday Australia

Posted on January 26, 2010 by @ndy

See also : Happy Invasion Day 2010 | God Save the King / Queen / Australia… For Race and Nation (January 22, 2010) | Support the Walk Off : January 26, 2010 (January 20, 2010).

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EDL in Stoke

Posted on January 25, 2010 by @ndy

So the English Defence League (EDL) held a rally in Stoke-On-Trent this weekend (Caturday January 23). Between 300 (Press Association) and 1,500 (BBC) came out to play, UAF assembled 300 in opposition, and the police arrested 15 (or possibly 5 … Continue reading →

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