Category Archives: State / Politics

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Have a sausage

Posted on December 4, 2010 by @ndy

Brumby ‘surrounded by B-grade sycophants’ Paul Austin The Age December 4, 2010 SAVAGE recriminations have begun over Labor’s shock state election loss, with a former insider launching an extraordinary attack on John Brumby and the ALP hierarchy. George Droutsas, who … Continue reading →

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Feminist Futures?

Posted on November 29, 2010 by @ndy

Feminism. What’s up with that? Inspired by a similar gathering in Sydney in April this year, the melbourne feminist collective is organising a conference to take place next year @ North Melbourne Town Hall over the weekend of May 28/29. … Continue reading →

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I For One Welcome Our New Tory Overlords

Posted on November 28, 2010 by @ndy

If they win. As for the rest… The Socialist Party’s Steve Jolly done well: 2,395 votes and counting — almost 10% of the total. This is moar than the totals of the five Socialist candidates combined: the Socialist Alliance’s Mitch … Continue reading →

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…ever-patient and self-controlled…

Posted on November 26, 2010 by @ndy

From the Department of the Great Majority of the Police, Seemingly Ever-Patient and Self-Controlled, Stood for Hours as Kids Baited and Yelled, Shoved and Provoked. A Handful of Officers Used Well-Placed Elbows while Batons were Raised Only in Response to … Continue reading →

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Bloodstains…

Posted on November 26, 2010 by @ndy

The bloodstained Order of United Americans first appeared in New York City in 1844 and soon spread to Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Catholic churches had been torched now and then since the mid-1830s (actually black churches too, but … Continue reading →

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Neither big nor clever!

Posted on November 25, 2010 by @ndy

Standing on police vans makes Aaron Porter cry. Students march in London and protest at colleges and universities across Britain against plans to raise tuition fees as part of widespread public spending cuts, guardian.co.uk, November 24, 2010.

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Racism in the Media: The Lie that Built the Northern Territory Intervention

Posted on November 25, 2010 by @ndy

This Friday, November 26 journalist Chris Graham will be discussing ‘Racism in the Media: The Lie that Built the Northern Territory Intervention’ @ Bella Union bar @ Trades Hall (cnr Lygon & Victoria Sts, Carlton). Starts @ 7pm and is … Continue reading →

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Kinect for Xbox 360 : “Natural’s Not In It”

Posted on November 21, 2010 by @ndy

From the Department-of… …comes… LOL. Gang of Four. Neo-Marxist funk. Alienation. Kinect for Xbox 360. Dave Allen is: NORTH is a compass pointed forward. Part ad agency, part creative boutique, part crash-pad for artists, designers, film makers, bloggers, bands and … Continue reading →

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What the Anarchist Studies Network reckons anarchism really means

Posted on November 21, 2010 by @ndy

What anarchism really means The Anarchist Studies Network guardian.co.uk November 18, 2010 Direct action is part of creating direct democracy, but the student protests saw the media painting a caricature of anarchism. Protesters are never a homogenous group, but those … Continue reading →

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Australia First, refugees… last?

Posted on November 17, 2010 by @ndy

Props to Australia First Party members in Adelaide for getting some media attention by jumping on the increasingly-crowded anti-refugee bandwagon. A previous stunt in August — when some Queensland members joined a Mission Australia protest — also drew some attention. … Continue reading →

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