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Celebrate the Failure

‘Safer, cleaner and on time’ : More staff on stations, fewer cancelled trains and improved punctuality is promised by the Brumby Government and the new consortium appointed to operate Melbourne’s trains. Connex Melbourne — a subsidiary of French TNC Veolia … Continue reading

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“As Australians, we have our own culture, our own society, our own language and our own lifestyle.”

A rapidly expanding social networking site has been slammed for its racist taunts against immigrants to Australia. The Facebook Group, F*** Off, We’re Full, has nearly 65,000 members and believes any immigrants coming to Australia must adapt to what it … Continue reading

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Foreign Correspondent : One Night in Sofia (Jock Palfreeman)

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Jock Palfreeman on Foreign Correspondent

To be broadcast on ABC 1 on Tuesday, June 2, 2009 @ 8pm : Repeated on ABC 1 on Saturday, June 6, 2009 @ 1pm. One Night in Sofia Broadcast: 02/06/2009 Reporter: Belinda Hawkins Every year thousands of young Australians … Continue reading

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Six Billion Stories : One Load of Bullshit

SBS-TV News, May 11, 2009. Members of the fascist group ‘Golden Dawn’ what arranged with Greek police an assault upon an immigrant squat in Athens are described by fashionista Lee Lin Chin as “right-wing anarchists”. In another world — often … Continue reading

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The Russian Revolution in Colour

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has just finished a repeat screening of The Russian Revolution in Colour. I missed the first part (February 23) but caught most of the second. It concerns the crushing of the Kronstadt uprising in March, 1921, … Continue reading

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Bill Hicks on Letterman, October 1, 1993

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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Fuck “intimate and boundary-pushing”.

LOL. Ramsay sparks swear-word storm The Age February 1, 2009 Gordon Ramsay is in hot water for his swearing. One of his television shows is called The F-Word, but celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay’s famous use of the expletive – and … Continue reading

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Happy Invasion Day!

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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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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