Category Archives: State / Politics

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AWU removes “The Abbott Family”… video

Posted on July 22, 2010 by @ndy

It’s probably just a glitch in The Matrix, but reading the latest ad-ition to Ben Pobjie’s Election 2010 coverage, I noticed that the embedded YouTube version had gone missing. So too, apparently, the version on the AWU website. adnewsaust (“Australia’s … Continue reading →

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Victory @ Kennon Auto!

Posted on July 19, 2010 by @ndy

LOL. Word on the street is that the workers @ Kennon Auto have won their weeks-long dispute with management. The new EBA maintains the terms and conditions of the old EBA, and includes a 4% wage increase. How about that … Continue reading →

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“Dead, buried, cremated, that’s my signature,’’ Mr Abbott said.

Posted on July 19, 2010 by @ndy

LOL. The Mad Monk tries and fails to kill the albatross that is/was ‘WorkChoices’, bravely battling the reality that it won’t be until after Labor’s next term in office that the ill-will the scheme generated will dissipate — by which … Continue reading →

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antifa notes (july 18, 2010) : elections, forums and muzak

Posted on July 18, 2010 by @ndy

August A handful of white nationalists, namely Tony Pettitt in Greenway and Mick Saunders in Lindsay, will be losing at the upcoming Federal election, yesterday announced as taking place on Saturday, August 21. Both Pettitt and Saunders are members of … Continue reading →

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Kennon Auto : No Ifs Or Buts, Cough Up!

Posted on July 16, 2010 by @ndy

Update : Unions unite to support Kennon Auto workers, Sue Bolton & Anna Maidstone, Green Left Weekly, July 17, 2010. See also : NOT A GOOD FEELING, TCFUA Media Release, July 13, 2010. The industrial dispute @ Kennon Auto Pty … Continue reading →

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Lenin Goes to Canberra? (Trot Guide 2010)

Posted on July 15, 2010 by @ndy

Maybe. Maybe not. But with a Federal election due any day now, I thought it was about time I again surveyed the local Trotskyist* scene, and thus ascertain: Who looks forward to this historical opportunity to seize state power by … Continue reading →

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LOL No 647 Earl Of Erne or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Posted on July 14, 2010 by @ndy

A few weeks ago, British QUANGO the Parades Commission gave the go-ahead to a “Cultural Demonstration” by the Blue Man Group followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh the Orange Order (LOL No 647 Earl Of Erne) in Ardoyne, Belfast. And the … Continue reading →

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Flubba Bubba Wubba Jubba Noongar NOT RACIST. And That’s Official!

Posted on July 14, 2010 by @ndy

LOL. Blackface is sweet. Nine sisters twelve cousins and I’m fucking the lot. Mister Barker was holding up a mirror to multicultural society. Aussie Aussie Aussie / Oi Oi Oi. Mister Ward who? Et cetera et cetera et cetera… ‘Racist’ … Continue reading →

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Over 9000 arrests @ G20 in Toronto

Posted on June 29, 2010 by @ndy

The great majority of the protesters, seemingly ever-patient and self-controlled, stood for hours as police baited and yelled, shoved and provoked. A handful of protesters used well-placed elbows while banners were raised only in response to the brutality. ~ G20 … Continue reading →

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40 Kiwis arrested in Toronto!

Posted on June 28, 2010 by @ndy

From the Department of Fat @ndy: “What’s a Riot?” & “Who Remembered to Bring the Marshmallows?” comes news of the arrest in Toronto of over 9000 40 75 500 suspected Kiwis following a riot, called to celebrate the arrival of … Continue reading →

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