Category Archives: That’s Capitalism!

Occupy GlobalNOISE March for mELBOURNE Babies

Posted on October 14, 2012 by @ndy

Anti-abortionists/pro-lifers/forced-birthers held a ‘March For the Babies’ yesterday in Melbourne. At the same time, the Campaign for Women’s Reproductive Rights and Occupy Melbourne crew organised a smaller counter-demo in support of women’s reproductive rights. Abortion was legalised in Victoria in … Continue reading →

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Victory for Chávez. (And Diosdado Cabello.)

Posted on October 9, 2012 by @ndy

Yeah so Uncle Hugo has won in Venezuela. As he put it: Gracias a mi amado Pueblo!!! Viva Venezuela!!!! Viva Bolívar!!!!! Some anarchists in Venezuela reckon it ain’t so great. El Libertario #67, September-October 2012 – Editorial [stolen from UK … Continue reading →

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#AlanJones #Parrot #2GB #LOL

Posted on October 8, 2012 by @ndy

Macquarie Radio Network, owners of Sydney radio station 2GB, have expressed a lotta butthurt at the fact that the boycott of its advertisers has achieved some measure of success: commercial realities can be a bitch sometimes. Given that Mr Jones … Continue reading →

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Alan Jones’ advertisers on 2GB

Posted on October 1, 2012 by @ndy

Update ( October 16 ) : Advertisers return to Alan Jones – then leave again, Karl Quinn, The Sydney Morning Herald, October 16, 2012. After having suspended advertising on The Parrot’s program, this morning 2GB ushered in its return… only … Continue reading →

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Labor Lefty Lindsay Tanner Socialist Alliance Alternative Anarchy Situations

Posted on September 26, 2012 by @ndy

0. A slightly random assortment of links and lamentations partly prompted by Landeryou labelling this blog as lefty inre Gerry Hand (and Lindsay Tanner). 1. “[Lindsay Tanner’s] predecessor in the federal seat of Melbourne, Gerry Hand, spent decades denouncing Indonesia … Continue reading →

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Domino’s Pizza and Global Solidarity

Posted on September 18, 2012 by @ndy

Back in April, Domino’s Pizza delivery drivers in Australia had their wages slashed by 19% — overnight. The driver’s union — the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employee’s Union (SDA), a yellow union which with 230,000 members is also Australia’s largest … Continue reading →

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Global Day of Action in Solidarity with Australian Domino’s Pizza Workers : September 15

Posted on September 3, 2012 by @ndy

On September 15 a Global Day of Action in Solidarity with Australian Domino’s Pizza Workers has been organised by the General Transport Workers’ Association (GTWA), affiliated to the Anarcho-Syndicalist Federation (ASF). In April, Domino’s Pizza delivery drivers in Australia had … Continue reading →

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#CFMEU : I love it when…

Posted on August 29, 2012 by @ndy

…a newsreader makes a silly in public. In other news…

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More Pussy Riot from Melbourne to Moscow

Posted on August 25, 2012 by @ndy

Yeah so in case you’ve been living under a rock and haven’t heard, last week (August 17) three members of the Russian group Pussy Riot — Maria Alyokhina, Yekaterina Samutsevich and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova — were sentenced to two years in … Continue reading →

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Dear La Trobe student, Protest is baaad. Get it?

Posted on August 22, 2012 by @ndy

Update : ‘Students from the “Stop the HUSS Cuts Collective” have voted to occupy the La Trobe University campus in Bundoora indefinitely, starting tonight.’ In which case, students have gotten really really REALLY big in recent years, or you can … Continue reading →

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