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SlutWalk (Melbourne) OMGWTF

Posted on May 21, 2011 by @ndy

[Update : SlutWalk phenomenon treads a fine line between fun, feminism and fears of female assault, Nicole Brady, The Age, May 22, 2011.] slut • noun a slovenly or promiscuous woman. – DERIVATIVES sluttish adjective. – ORIGIN of unknown origin. … Continue reading →

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Miranda Devine’s Quest for Sharia (w/- BONUS! Fear)

Posted on May 19, 2011 by @ndy

The Divine Miss M has had an interesting column on Sharia published today. Maybe I’ll look at it a little more closely later–or maybe not. Two things in particular caught my eye, however, one being a reference to the ‘Australian … Continue reading →

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Jock Palfreeman : May 2011 Update

Posted on May 17, 2011 by @ndy

[Update : See also : Amnesty International Annual Report on Bulgaria, 2011. “Roma faced widespread discrimination. Demolitions of Romani homes and evictions of families continued. An NGO investigation found that children had died in care homes due to preventable causes, … Continue reading →

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Rally Against Racism and Fascism, Federation Square, Melbourne, Sunday, May 15

Posted on May 8, 2011 by @ndy

[Update : A Facebook page has been created for the ‘Rally Against Racism and Fascism’ Event.] At midday on Sunday, May 15, the ‘Australian Defence League’ is planning on holding a public rally at Fed Square followed by a march … Continue reading →

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Propagandhi ~versus~ Stormfront Down Under

Posted on May 8, 2011 by @ndy

Update (May 19, 2011) : So anyway. Propagandhi’s first gig (Wednesday, May 17) was apparently undisturbed. During their second (Thursday, May 18), at about the time the band took to the stage (10-10.30pm) a small group of 10–20 young nazis … Continue reading →

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Ultra-nationalist, fascist and neo-Nazi movements in Russia

Posted on May 7, 2011 by @ndy

Stumbling about The Information Superhighway, I (again) came across this interview Uri Gordon done a coupla years ago with Peter McNally, an anti-fascist researcher. Originally published on infoshop, I think it provides some good background on fascist movements in contemporary … Continue reading →

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Scotland Goes to the Polls

Posted on May 7, 2011 by @ndy

Damn. There’s an election in Scotland, so naturally, being an Australian, I’m gonna blog about it. I dunno much about Scotland apart from the fact that Scots eat haggis, play the bagpipes, and wear kilts:–which fact probably explains, in turn, … Continue reading →

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‘Russian Anti-Racist Skinheads’ : Documentary

Posted on May 5, 2011 by @ndy

Cool. Sometimes, surfers bring some useful search terms to my blog: ‘Russian Anti-Racist Skinheads’ is one, and the title of a new documentary (2011) by Ian Ivanov. Searching for moar infos — of which there appears to be little — … Continue reading →

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Where In The World Is Osama Bin Laden? Dead… ALLEGEDLY.

Posted on May 2, 2011 by @ndy

Just like Elvis… Or Hitler. o n e t w o Barack Obama claims Osama Bin Laden has been “brought to justice”: that is, assassinated by US soldiers: Today, at my direction, the United States launched a targeted operation against … Continue reading →

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Left-wing and anarchist terrorism in the EU (2010)

Posted on April 21, 2011 by @ndy

EUROPOL has released its annual survey of terrorism in the EU: TE-SAT 2011: EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report 2011. Analysis of ‘Left-wing and anarchist terrorism in the EU’ is extracted below. See also Europol: Arab spring poses terrorist threat … Continue reading →

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