Category Archives: History

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“revolutionaries into secret agents and secret agents into revolutionaries”

[In the UK] Rowena Macdonald went to Climate Camp fearing “woolly-minded hippydom” but found a serious and committed group of people – give or take the vegan farmers… Silly vegans! (Woolly minded hippies?, New Statesman, August 8, 2008. See also … Continue reading

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Happy Collingwood Birthday Victory Mash-up!

(HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!) GOOD OLD COLLINGWOOD FOREVER! (HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!) THEY KNOW HOW TO PLAY THE GAME! Drama has galvanised team: Malthouse The Age August 8, 2008 Collingwood’s drama-filled week and a special celebration on Saturday has unified … Continue reading

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In Love With Terror, Or: The Danger of Working with Rank Amateurs

The Amateurs (Andreas) Baader — (Ulrike) Meinhof. Kommune 1 / K1 / Tupamaros West Berlin / the Blues. Rote Armee Fraktion (Red Army Faction) / RAF. Sozialistisches Patientenkollektiv (Socialist Patients’ Collective) / SPK. June 2nd Movement / J2M. Revolutionary Cells … Continue reading

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ELF vs Gunns?

Apparently, an ‘anonymous communique’ has been sent on behalf of the ‘Earth Liberation Front’ to the US-based zine Bite Back, “a 36 page magazine, full of direct action reports, prisoner news, stories and photos. Get your copy today!”: On the … Continue reading

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Anti-Nazi Schmazi

Yeah so the RAF (‘Baader-Meinhof’) met a fairly grisly end in most cases, with a few exceptions (including the bizarro/“utterly incorrigible” Horst Mahler [1936–], who became a paranoid neo-Nazi). But it’s better than bottling it up, I guess… See also … Continue reading

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For Reasons of (Israeli) State (Policy)

Oh yeah. See also: ‘Thoughts of an Anti-Zionist Jew’, Review of If I Am Not For Myself: Journey of an Anti-Zionist Jew, Mike Marqusee (Verso Books, 2008). Reviewed by Asher Goldman. Reclaiming the Commons in Palestine/Israel: ¡Ya Basta!/Khalas! Bill Templer … Continue reading

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Return of the Son of Fear of ZOG

It’s a little-known fact, but when the Learned Elders of Zion met in the Jewish cemetery in Prague in the mid-nineteenth century to formulate their Protocols, they kept one footnote secret. Until now. PROTOCOL No.9 9. In order to annihilate … Continue reading

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The Guardian. G8. Genoa.

The Guardian has published a series of articles on the anti-G8 protests in Genoa in July 2001, the seventh anniversary of which is now upon us… Behind the bloodbath in Genoa July 19 2008 Letters: Thanks for running Nick Davies’ … Continue reading

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Old punks never die…

…they just go to Liège to make a racket: Human Error, live @ Carlo Levi, July 16, 2008. “We have pointed out nazis in the audience that called themselves “punk” (to quote one: “It’s so easy to be a nazi … Continue reading

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T.H.U.G. rules East Brunswick

*sigh* I still wonder why I bother, and it appears that a gig in Brunswick on the 71st anniversary of the Spanish Revolution is not a gig too far… Hi there Andy, Thanks for your concern regarding the Sham 69 … Continue reading

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