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Support the Walk Off : January 26, 2010

Posted on January 20, 2010 by @ndy

WHAT: Support the Walk Off WHEN: 9pm, Tuesday, January 26, 2010 WHERE: Victorian Trades Hall, cnr Lygon & Victoria Streets, Carlton WHO: Combat Wombat / Culture Connect / Tjimba & Yung Warriors / Mr Morgz / MC One-Six / Heptune … Continue reading →

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Dieter Samoy : Dead Baby Dead

Posted on January 20, 2010 by @ndy

That the guitarist and vocalist for neo-Nazi ‘skinhead’ band Kill Baby Kill (KBK), Dieter Samoy, is dead is not exactly news: he hanged himself last week. But it is news for some in Belgium: Zelfmoord Brugse skinhead (28) na veroordeling … Continue reading →

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Chomsky on Cambodia (II)

Posted on January 19, 2010 by @ndy

By way of imagining the real world, Southeast Asia Sounding: 1/18/2010: I previously mentioned a review of the “Chomsky/Cambodia” debate. For those not familiar with this eternally recurring ideologically-driven nightmare, Noam Chomsky, internationally the most respected intellectual in the world … Continue reading →

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Hot Chile

Posted on January 18, 2010 by @ndy

Sheesh. Stumbledupon the above while examining the reaction to Belgian bonehead Dieter Samoy‘s recent suicide (following his being sentenced to two years jail for assaulting a man guilty of walking around in black skin). On my viewing, there would appear … Continue reading →

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antifa notes (january 16, 2009)

Posted on January 16, 2010 by @ndy

Russia [For Dion] New wave of neo-Nazi violence hits Saint Petersburg? RT January 16, 2010 Saint Petersburg’s Nazi group has assumed responsibility for the December murder of a Ghana citizen, Fontanka.ru reported. Police hope that the internet video confession will … Continue reading →

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God Hates Haiti (II)

Posted on January 16, 2010 by @ndy

After Pat Robertson does what crazy mentalists do, journalist Lisa Miller responded, pointing out that Haiti is “surely a Job among nations” (Why God Hates Haiti, Newsweek, January 15, 2010). After listing the appalling conditions Haitians endure and the recent … Continue reading →

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Victorian Labor College : 1917–

Posted on January 15, 2010 by @ndy

Huh. I picked up a copy of Labor Review recently. No.47 (2009) to be exact. It’s edited by Chris Gaffney and published by a mob called the ‘Victorian Labor College’. The Labor Review is a rather odd little zine, with … Continue reading →

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Last drinks at The Tote!

Posted on January 14, 2010 by @ndy

EEEK! It’s last drinks at the Tote. This weekend. I know it’s sudden. I didn’t plan it to be like that. I can’t afford to keep fighting Liquor Licensing. The “high risk” conditions they have placed on the Tote’s license … Continue reading →

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God Hates Haiti

Posted on January 14, 2010 by @ndy

Haiti disaster blamed on pact with devil ABC American televangelist Pat Robertson has blamed the devastating earthquake in Haiti on a pact between the impoverished nation’s founders and the devil. …C.L.R. James‘ The Black Jacobins, first published in 1938, was … Continue reading →

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Zygosis : John Heartfield and the Political Image

Posted on January 13, 2010 by @ndy

“1991 documentary tracing the development of Photomontage, based on the pioneering work of John Heartfield (Helmut Herzfeld), through to the contemporary use of these techniques in advertising and video. The film looks at the work of John Heartfield, particularly that … Continue reading →

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