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Richard Wolstencroft : Transcendental Fascist

Posted on September 13, 2010 by @ndy

Courtesy of Luke Buckmaster in Crikey and Richard Watts at ArtsHub, Richard Wolstencroft, the fascist director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival, has lashed out at critics — and declared that some of his best friends are, indeed, black. **UPDATED** … Continue reading →

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The Monthly Argument : “raising the political temperature”

Posted on September 7, 2010 by @ndy

The right room for an argument this Thursday may be found @ The Dan O’Connell, 225 Canning Street (cnr Princes St) in Carlton. ‘The Monthly Argument’ is part of a regular series of debates concerning some Very Important Questions. September’s … Continue reading →

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Reflections on S11 and AWOL

Posted on September 7, 2010 by @ndy

A comrade has written the following and at their request I’m publishing it here to facilitate further disco. Write dr.woooo[at]gmail[dot]com for moar. Reflections on AWOL and the WEF protests, Melbourne, September 2000 The ‘Autonomous Web of Liberation’ (AWOL) was a … Continue reading →

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Andrew Yeoman’s BANANAs ~versus~ Machete

Posted on September 5, 2010 by @ndy

Robert Rodriguez’s new Mexploitation film Machete is apparently causing a whole lotta butthurt among White supremacists in the U$A. In response to its release, one group, known as BANANAs, declared its intention to protest the film’s opening, armed with flyers… … Continue reading →

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Stephen Jolly for Richmond

Posted on September 5, 2010 by @ndy

Update : Socialist sets up Vic election battle for Richmond, Andrew Crook, Crikey.com, October 3, 2010. Yeah. Stephen Jolly of the Socialist Party — one of only two Socialist councillors in the country — is gonna be contesting the seat … Continue reading →

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I support the Darwin Breakout!

Posted on September 2, 2010 by @ndy

Prisoners celebrate life behind bars in Curtin prison in March 2001. Update : Hopes of copycat escape bids after asylum-seekers’ breakout, Lex Hall and James Madden, The Australian, September 2, 2010: “SCORES of Afghan asylum-seekers spent last night in the … Continue reading →

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Gramsci and Left Managerialism : Kees van der Pijl

Posted on September 1, 2010 by @ndy

Gramsci and Left Managerialism Kees van der Pijl Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy Vol.8, No.4 December 2005 Abstract This essay argues that one way of understanding Gramsci today is as an organic intellectual of a class of … Continue reading →

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William Cooper ~versus~ Richard Wolstencroft

Posted on August 31, 2010 by @ndy

Update : Ferocious film politics: ex-MUFF volunteer launches smear campaign against festival director, Luke Buckmaster, Crikey, September 2, 2010. From the Department of Destroy All Yuppies! Over 70 years ago, a small group of local Aborigines, led by William Cooper, … Continue reading →

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Neo-Nazi skinheads murder 14-year-old girl in Russia

Posted on August 30, 2010 by @ndy

*Russian authorities/media deny early reports (Russian state-run news channel Rossiya-24) that a girl was killed in the attack. Mind you, they deny a lot of things… Avtonom has an English translation of an account published in local media here. you … Continue reading →

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…a debate on Afghanistan

Posted on August 29, 2010 by @ndy

Let’s debate Afghanistan, but give us the facts first Tom Hyland The Age August 29, 2010 Where there is no information, there is no hope of a meaningful discussion. IT HAS taken nine years, the deaths of 21 Australian soldiers … Continue reading →

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