Category Archives: History

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The Anarchists in the Spanish Revolution

Posted on February 12, 2009 by @ndy

Chuck Morse done an interview (February 2, 2009) with Stuart Christie, author of We, The Anarchists (AK Press, 2001). I haven’t read the book, but it brings to mind Vernon Richards’ Lessons of the Spanish Revolution (Freedom Press, Third Edition, … Continue reading →

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Who you calling a Nazi, Nazi?

Posted on February 11, 2009 by @ndy

In Oslo, two Norwegian SHARPs, 22 and 26, were found ‘not guilty’ of assault after breaking the nose of some bonehead who called them “Nazi whores”. Apparently, the court found this to be a very strong provocation. Knuste nesen på … Continue reading →

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Revolutionary Communist Party. Watch.

Posted on February 9, 2009 by @ndy

Hmmm… A new blog has emerged: “RCP/LM watch, an occasional blog keeping an eye on the activities of the organisation that used to be known as the “LM Project”, and before that the Revolutionary Communist Party (UK)”. It notes that … Continue reading →

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Everybody Knows

Posted on February 5, 2009 by @ndy

BISHOP ANTHONY FISHER, CO-ORDINATOR OF WORLD YOUTH DAY, 16 JULY, 2008: “Happily, I think most of Australia was enjoying [and] delighting in the beauty and goodness of these young people and the hope for us doing these sorts of things … Continue reading →

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Bill Hicks on Letterman, October 1, 1993

Posted on February 5, 2009 by @ndy

Originally filmed October 1, 1993. First broadcast January 30, 2009. See : Dave Letterman, Bill Hicks, Truth & Reconciliation, TPM, January 31, 2009. William Melvin Hicks (December 16, 1961–February 26, 1994).

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Happy Invasion Day!

Posted on January 26, 2009 by @ndy

Celibate Rifles do ‘Killing Time’, live at Sedition Festival, Trade Union Club, Sydney, 1983. Introduced by Donnie Sutherland on the After Dark TV show, 1984(?). The Festival also featured Severed Heads, which noisy bastards run amok is quite taken with… … Continue reading →

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Anarchist press in Australia?

Posted on January 25, 2009 by @ndy

Update (May 10, 2009) : See also : The Anarchist Savants’ Monthly. There are exactly two — or perhaps three — regular ‘anarchist’ publications in Australia. They are: Anarchist Age Weekly Review Mutiny & Rebel Worker. The first two are … Continue reading →

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Invasion Day Rally // Share the Spirit

Posted on January 25, 2009 by @ndy

January 26, 1788 : The day Captain Arthur Phillip and the First Fleet arrived at Port Jackson (landing at Camp Cove), in order that King George III’s loyal servant might declare the establishment of a British penal settlement. Arfur arrived … Continue reading →

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Not racists. Just patriotists. Southern Cross Soldiers go to war on Australia. Day.

Posted on January 23, 2009 by @ndy

Above: SCS cymbal. And yeh, their rool god spelers ‘n’ tht. Southern Cross Soldiers plan Australia Day rally Staff writer Herald Sun January 23, 2009 A RIGHT-WING nationalist group has organised a show of strength at a popular Melbourne beach … Continue reading →

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Andrew Giles-Peters

Posted on January 22, 2009 by @ndy

Damn. I just got word that Andrew Giles-Peters (below) died earlier this week. Among other things, Andrew was an anarchist, a student activist in the late 1960s and ’70s, and a philosopher who wrote and taught extensively on revolutionary history … Continue reading →

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