Category Archives: That’s Capitalism!

Pussy Riot : сингл для приговора Путин зажигает костры // Putin Lights Up the Fires

Posted on August 18, 2012 by @ndy

Also here and here. …translation : Alex Bulgakov… The state in a jail is stronger than time The more arrests – the happier And every arrest – with love to a sexist Whose cheeks are shaking as his stomach and … Continue reading →

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Son of Monash ALP ~versus~ Wholefoods

Posted on August 10, 2012 by @ndy

As noted previously, the Labor-controlled Monash Student Association is attempting to destroy the Wholefoods cafe and restaurant — and doing a bloody good job of it too I might add. The Executive’s latest stunt has been to a) deny petitioners … Continue reading →

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Melbourne Anarchist Bookfair 2012 (Review)

Posted on August 6, 2012 by @ndy

I went to the second annual Melbourne Anarchist Bookfair on Saturday. It was noice, but not much different from last year (other than in size — bigger) and not really unusual in other respects. Of the stalls, there were something … Continue reading →

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Monash ALP ~versus~ Wholefoods

Posted on August 1, 2012 by @ndy

LOL. Labor students at Monash University have declared WAR! on the Wholefoods restaurant — and by most accounts they appear to be winning. For those of you coming in late, “Wholefoods is a non-profit, collective-run, vegetarian restaurant, café and grocery, … Continue reading →

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#StrikeColes v.2.0 : NUW 1 Coles/Toll 1 (w/- BONUS! HSU & SDA & WTF &…)

Posted on July 28, 2012 by @ndy

NUW! The two-week long strike at the Coles/Toll warehouse and distribution centre ended on Monday with both Coles/Toll and the NUW declaring victory. Thus: In the end, the striking workers got most of what they had asked for. Their union … Continue reading →

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ANARCHO-PUNK.NET ~vs~ CRASS

Posted on July 24, 2012 by @ndy

Huh. In the same week Chumbwamba deaded, What-Was-Once-Crass-But-Now-Knows-Better-Than-Not-To-Enforce-Its-Copyright successfully complained to file-sharing site Mediafire to have several of its recordings removed. Further, in response to the complaint, Mediafire apparently removed not only the Crass material (por ejemplo) but over 3000 … Continue reading →

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Simon Harwood 1 Ian Tomlinson 0

Posted on July 20, 2012 by @ndy

I am shocked. Shocked and stunned: Ian Tomlinson death: PC not guilty (BBC, July 19, 2012). For the record: • Ian Tomlinson was not killed by PC Simon Harwood. • The murder did not take place during protests against the … Continue reading →

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#StrikeColes

Posted on July 12, 2012 by @ndy

Update (July 13) : While having earlier succeeded in having FWA ban solidarity action at other Coles’ warehouses, today Toll failed to convince the industrial umpire to blow the whistle and declare the Somerton picket unlawful. As a result, Toll … Continue reading →

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Jesus Goes To Centrelink

Posted on July 10, 2012 by @ndy

Plan A: “Coalition’s Speaker’s Notes”, July 1, 2012 (PDF, p.4): 3. We have introduced a four point plan to boost workforce participation that will significantly increase the numbers of workers and dramatically increase the strength of the Australian economy: • … Continue reading →

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Ideas to Change the World, Melbourne, July 27–29, 2012

Posted on July 6, 2012 by @ndy

‘Renegade Activists Action Force’ (RAAF) is a Melbourne-based group of troublemakers. You may remember them from such protests as AIDEX ’91. RAAF have organised a conference to take place over the last weekend in July beginning Friday July 27 and … Continue reading →

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