Category Archives: History

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Anarchy in the font of democracy?

Posted on December 8, 2009 by @ndy

For a second day, the Gold Medal-winning Greek Riot Olympics team is competing on the streets of Athens. And Thessaloniki. And Patras. And Giannena. And Heraklion (Crete). And… Fresh violence in Greece over teen’s killing, ABC Anarchy in the font … Continue reading →

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Heaven

Posted on December 7, 2009 by @ndy

The Potentiality of Storming Heaven is Pretty Fucking Slim… but Still. Pessimism of the Intellect, Optimism of the Will, Pies in 2010, 1066 And All That. See also : Steve Wright, Storming Heaven: class composition and struggle in Italian Autonomist … Continue reading →

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Chomsky as Chávez’s Clown / Chomsky en bufón de Chávez

Posted on December 6, 2009 by @ndy

A rather odd article by Octavio Alberola, calling Chomsky a clown… Chávez’s clown. There are two direct criticisms in the text. First, on the occasion of his visit to Venezuela in August, Chomsky apparently remarked that “it moved him to … Continue reading →

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Discover the Networks!

Posted on December 6, 2009 by @ndy

Discover the Networks! is a phantastic resource, according to Glenn Beck (Fox’s principal sober-minded political analyst). Here he (briefly) interviews US intellectual David Horowitz (includes BONUS! Christmas Sweater). See also : Human freedom versus ‘trade’: the hypocrisy and the stoopid … Continue reading →

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Icepicks At Dawn : Robert Service ~versus~ Leon Trotsky

Posted on December 5, 2009 by @ndy

Today, I saw a dog, Yes, a dog. Talking to a pig, Yes, a pig. They were on the pavement, Discussing Trotsky. Not brotsky or crotsky or drotsky or frotsky. But Trotsky. US British historian Robert Service done written a … Continue reading →

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not. so. slack.

Posted on December 3, 2009 by @ndy

Gogol Bordello is a multi-efnik Gypsy punk band from the Lower East Side of New York City that formed in 1999… or possibly 1998. 60 revolutions per minute This is my regular speed So how do you want me to … Continue reading →

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[For Dion] Russia ~versus~ Terrorism

Posted on December 1, 2009 by @ndy

Update : Blood on the Tracks, Roland Oliphant, Russia Profile, November 30, 2009: The Professionalism of the Attack Suggests Islamist Terrorists from the North Caucasus Have Struck Deep Inside Russia Once Again. “The attack on the Neva Express has traumatized … Continue reading →

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SDA : Australia’s Worst Union?

Posted on November 30, 2009 by @ndy

Ah… The ‘Shop Distributive and Allied Employees’ Association’ (SDA), aka “the Shoppies”. One of the handful of unions who can legitimately challenge the AWU for the title of ‘Australia’s Worst Union’. The SDA, which claims to have 230,000 members, is … Continue reading →

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Melvins/HoneyBucket//AFA/FightingTalk

Posted on November 30, 2009 by @ndy

o n e [For D] t w o Bonus!

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The Idealistic Faces Of “Australianism”

Posted on November 28, 2009 by @ndy

IN 1973 Al Grassby, immigration minister in the Whitlam government, announced the end of the white Australia policy. “It is dead,” he said. “Give me a shovel and I will bury it.” But the policy’s passing does not mean that … Continue reading →

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