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Hate: My Life in the British Far-Right (Matthew Collins)

Posted on September 28, 2011 by @ndy

[Combat18 Part2] [Combat18 Part3] Hate: My Life in the British Far-Right (Biteback, 2011) is exactly what it says on the tin: a 300-plus page account by Matthew Collins of his involvement in the British far right during the late 1980s … Continue reading →

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Max Brenner, chocolate and blood

Posted on September 13, 2011 by @ndy

Yeah well anyway. Max Brenner eh? The demos on the weekend in Melbourne and Sydney attracted small crowds, but I s’pose one point of interest was the involvement of some right-wing loons in the rallies in support of the chain. … Continue reading →

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Squatting Solidarity Assembly statement on some recent events in Melbourne

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Anonymous

ON RECENT EVENTS Over the past few years squatters in Melbourne have struggled to build an active, dynamic, and supportive community. For us squatting is an act of liberation where we create spaces where rulers cannot define our lives and … Continue reading →

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Rabbi Tommy Robinson/Stephen Yaxley-Lennon? EDL ~versus~ Tower Hamlets

Posted on September 4, 2011 by @ndy

LOL. The EDL held a small, largely static demo in London on September 3, prevented from marching through Tower Hamlets by several thousand police. Something like 1,000 or so patriots attended, considerably less than the many thousands the EDL claimed … Continue reading →

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From instrumental reason to violent revolution

Posted on August 31, 2011 by @ndy

Bah. First they censor my blog, now this! Website blows whistle on reasoning behind tutorial cut Andrew Trounson The Australian August 31, 2011 A LEAKED email has laid bare the reasoning behind cuts to the number of tutorials within humanities … Continue reading →

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Brenner, BDS, ADL, APDM, APP… A storm in a chocolate mug?

Posted on August 30, 2011 by @ndy

Last month in Melbourne, a protest rally outside of a local Max Brenner outlet resulted in 19 arrests (further arrests took place weeks later). The protest was preceded in June by another in Sydney at which two protesters were arrested. … Continue reading →

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Chomsky in Australia

Posted on August 28, 2011 by @ndy

Noam Chomsky is bringing his unique comedy stylings to Australia in November. “An intellectual crook” (Arthur Schlesinger), Chomsky’s support act is expected to be his hard-Left gang of Israel bashers, anchored by long-time bassist Tony Garnier, multi-instrumentalist Donnie Herron and … Continue reading →

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All Anarchists are Terrorists

Posted on August 25, 2011 by @ndy

Yeah so anyway… Anarchist Studies Network responds to Metropolitan Police branding all anarchists as terrorists Dear Chief Inspector Nick Smith, We, the undersigned, would like to object to the blanket assumption that anyone that promotes a stateless society is a … Continue reading →

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VICTORY TO GADAFFI – DEFEAT THE NATO GANGSTERS!

Posted on August 23, 2011 by @ndy

ON Saturday, Colonel Gadaffi stated that the counter-revolutionary groups that had tried to rise up in a number of areas in Tripoli had been crushed, while Libyan state TV proved that the airport had not been occupied as the counter-revolutionary … Continue reading →

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London riots : neoliberal chickens coming home to roost?

Posted on August 11, 2011 by @ndy

Another Update (September 4) : The always-outrageous IWCA stick the boot into the lumps. Update : More blah: Why here, why now?, Tariq Ali, LRB blog, August 9, 2011 | An open letter to those who condemn looting (Part one) … Continue reading →

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