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The Invention of the White Race

Update : see : The assault on American Indian tribal relationships… …is the title of two volumes by Theodore W. Allen, published by Verso. Volume One (1994) is sub-titled ‘Racial Oppression and Social Control’; Volume Two (1997) ‘The Origin of … Continue reading →

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UnKKKle FredricKKK Töben fights on!

Take that ZOG! Toben website still publishing, court hears ABC May 28, 2009 The Federal Court has heard anti-Semitic material breaching court orders is still on a website despite the site’s creator facing a jail term… Fredrick Toben website made … Continue reading →

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Louis Lingg & The Bombs : ‘Louis Lingg, Anarchist’

Sacrebleu! Fuck the bourgeois rock scene! Long live the anarchist revolutionaries! Louis Lingg & The Bombs are from Paris… in like, France? [For Anissa, Fushichô & Vincent. Oh, & German-born carpenter Louis Lingg (September 9, 1864–November 10, 1887) — forever … Continue reading →

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The Tribes of Melbourne // Punks are the old farts of today

A classic doco unearthed! The Tribes of Melbourne documents the Melbourne punk scene of the mid-1980s, and *s Depression, End Result, G.A.S.H., Perdition (Adelaide), Vicious Circle and Phil MacDougall of Reactor Records and ‘Sunglasses After Dark’ fame. It was written … Continue reading →

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Homage to Catalonia: You’ve read the book. Now see the film!

Oh fuck. From The Brains That Brought You Battle in Seattle // This Revolution… In 1995, Ken Loach directed Land and Freedom (written by James “Jim” Allen: 1926–1999), a bastardised version of Homage in which the ‘anarchists’ were lumped in … Continue reading →

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John Kinsella on Neo-Luddism

Neo-Luddism John Kinsella ABC Unleashed May 15, 2009 “Technology isn’t the deliverance of humanity, it is its damnation. ‘Progress’, used as a noun, becomes the linchpin of technological propaganda. Computers aren’t a tool of liberation, but of destruction — look … Continue reading →

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Jock Palfreeman : May 2009 Update

[Update : Palfreeman stabbed Monov in self defense, News.bg, April 24, 2009 | Sofia City Court postpones trial against Australian Jock Palfreeman, FOCUS News Agency, April 27, 2009: “The next court sitting is scheduled for May 27th 2009 at 9:30 … Continue reading →

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Anarchism & Marxism Part 666

A N A R C H I S M M A R X I S M PART 6 6 6 A while ago, tofu-loving blogger Toaf drew my attention to a new-ish book: Wobblies and Zapatistas: Conversations on Anarchism, Marxism … Continue reading →

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Incoming!

For what it’s worth, below are a few events taking place in Melbourne in the upcoming fortnight which you may wanna attend… Rally for Tasmania’s Old-Growth Wednesday, May 13, 3pm Federation Square, Melbourne Featuring speakers, music, stalls, and a march … Continue reading →

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The Descent of Monkeys (1894)

The idea that mankind is descended from the monkey tribe has never thoroughly satisfied those of us who wish to take a pride in our ancestry. Still, the theory has seemed in many ways so plausible that it has met … Continue reading →

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