Category Archives: History

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December 20, 2008 : International Day of Action Against Murder by the State (Sydney)

Posted on December 19, 2008 by @ndy

Update : The uprising in Greece has spawned hundreds of solidarity actions around the world. Here’s a map. International Day of Action Against Murder by the State Saturday, December 20, 2008 : 11 am Greek Consulate 223 Castlereagh St, Sydney … Continue reading →

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December 20, 2008 : International Day of Action Against Murder by the State (Melbourne)

Posted on December 18, 2008 by @ndy

Update : Youth wounded by bullet in Athens, The Age, December 18, 2008: “A high school student has been slightly wounded by a bullet fired in front of a school in a western Athens suburb, police say, ahead of new … Continue reading →

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Greece Is The Word

Posted on December 11, 2008 by @ndy

Update : Melbourne Anarchists redecorate Greek Consulate-General, hoist black flag … In the early hours of Thursday the 11th of December, anarchists redecorated the Greek Consulate-General in Melbourne, Australia. The building was painted with slogans in Greek, including ‘The State … Continue reading →

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The more it stays the same, the less it changes

Posted on December 10, 2008 by @ndy

one The anarchist movement in Greece traces its roots to a military junta that ruled the country between 1967 and 1974. But, reports Malcolm Brabant for the BBC, “rebellion is deeply embedded in the Greek psyche”. The students laying siege … Continue reading →

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…and on the third day, they rioted again…

Posted on December 8, 2008 by @ndy

“There are a lot of disoriented young people who feel they don’t have much to expect from the future and are very disconnected,” said Professor Thanos Dokos, an analyst at a Greek thinktank. “These feelings have been exacerbated by the … Continue reading →

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Andreas (Alexandros) Grigoropoulos

Posted on December 8, 2008 by @ndy

The 15 or 16-year-old shot dead by police in Athens on Saturday December 6 has been named in reports as being Andreas Grigoropoulos (Pictured above. Source: Athens Indymedia). In response to the teenager’s murder, some hundreds if not thousands of … Continue reading →

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Whites not all right! Anti-White Conference bad! Exclamation marks good!!!

Posted on December 5, 2008 by @ndy

Awesome! Man of the People Andrew Nut Bolt (December 4, 2008) has noticed all is not well in crackademia: “On now! At Monash University! Come hear this exciting conference on”Re-Orienting Whiteness”. Some highlights…” ‘Highlights’ meaning brief biographies of three keynote … Continue reading →

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Sharpies

Posted on November 28, 2008 by @ndy

The Skins ‘n’ Sharps site is tops, and regularly updated. History Skins ‘n’ Sharps–original, tough, colourful and at times controversial. A Melbourne-based youth culture in the 70s like no other. Skins ‘n’ Sharps symbolised an exciting time for me as … Continue reading →

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General Strike : ‘Federation’

Posted on November 28, 2008 by @ndy

Written & Produced by Leigh Kendall. Recorded @ Richmond Recorders, 1987. Re-Released as the ‘Red & Black Reggae’ CD by the Vicente Ruiz Foundation, 2001 (VRF001). Vicente Ruiz, Snr. Vicente Ruiz was born in 1912 in a small town not … Continue reading →

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It takes one to know one

Posted on November 25, 2008 by @ndy

Former Marxist bizarro turned Tory weirdo Mick Hume reckons the British National Party is being subject to over-policing. And he’s got a point. But it irks me to read “As one who exchanged blows rather than opinions with the National … Continue reading →

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