Category Archives: State / Politics

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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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Toronto : G20 // G8 Summit Protest Reporting

Posted on June 27, 2010 by @ndy

http://2010.mediacoop.ca/ Reads like the usual tactics are on display in Toronto this weekend. See also : Pittsburgh beefs up security to greet G20 (September 21, 2009). And do read Canada’s brewing ‘insurgency’ by Jon Elmer (Al Jazeera, June 26, 2010): … Continue reading →

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Humanist, all too Humanist

Posted on June 26, 2010 by @ndy

Huh I says. Huh. The NSW Humanist Society — one of whose patrons, the ABC broadcaster Robyn Williams, gave an amusing address at the Global Atheist Convention in March, and whose former Vice President, Rosemary “Waratah” Gillespie, died recently — … Continue reading →

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Aryan Strike Force : Do Not Collect $200

Posted on June 25, 2010 by @ndy

Huh. Two British neo-Nazis — Michael Heaton, 42 (aka ‘Wigan Mike’), and Trevor Hannington, 58 — have been convicted of inciting racial hatred after posting abusive comments on a nutzi website belonging to the ‘Aryan Strike Force’, a forum utilised … Continue reading →

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…whatever…

Posted on June 25, 2010 by @ndy

Yeah. Having consulted their horoscope — and having accomplished his allotted role of providing the electorate with a bland alt.HoWARd — the Labor Right has made a tactical decision to get rid of the multi-millionaire’s husband ahead of the next … Continue reading →

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