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May Daze

Berlin The Capital and the May Day Riots | People & Politics: “On May 1, the whole of Germany’s eyes will be on the district of Kreuzberg, traditionally the center of the annual May Day riots. This year, left-wing activists … Continue reading

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Paul Schäfer : The Good Die Young

From the Lumpen Department of Another Life Cut Tragically Short comes news that Chilean neo-Nazi cult leader Paul Schäfer has died at the tender age of 89. Other good young men Schäfer will be joining in Heaven are former Paraguayan … Continue reading

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Cops Are Tops! (Part 666)

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 the vandalism. ~ G20 … Continue reading

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Here they come, la la la la la la, la la la la la la, the TV ad jingle writers

First,* Transplants wrote ‘Diamonds & Guns’ to help sell ‘Garnier & Fructis’, then Le Tigre went revolution grrl style NOW! with the help of Telus & Goldmark & Nivea… & now the TV Personalities’ ‘Part Time Punks’ is the soundtrack … Continue reading

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May Day 2010

In Melbourne Tonight this May Day weekend: MAY DAY Rally in support of refugees A rally has been organised by refugee rights activists and others to protest the KRudd Government’s “Indonesian Solution”. From midday @ Trades Hall (corner of Lygon … Continue reading

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“Shut up!” they explained…

Who the hell does Maxim Electrical think they are? Jesuit Social Services? Union talk may cost man $22,000 Ben Schneiders The Age April 27, 2010 ELECTRICIAN Mirek Grzegorek was stunned to receive a letter from the building industry watchdog warning … Continue reading

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Confronting Neoliberal Regimes: The Post-Marxist Embrace of Populism and Realpolitik (Boris Frankel)

Anti-German Translation has a post discussing Faces of the new right (April 18, 2010). It makes reference to the US journal Telos, Danny Postel’s essay ‘The metamorphosis of Telos: A splintered journal pokes into its own contradictions’ (In These Times, … Continue reading

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April 25…

Well, there’ve always been people going around saying someday the war will end. I say, you can’t be sure the war will ever end. Of course, it may have to pause occasionally–for breath, as it were–it can even meet with … Continue reading

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The workers of Trades Hall are revolting?

Trades Hall staff battle their boss Ben Schneiders The Age April 23, 2010 THE workers of Trades Hall are revolting. The emblem of trade unionism in Victoria faces its own industrial upheaval this morning with a picket line set to … Continue reading

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Whaddya got?

The Defense Of The Prophet (salaa Allahu ‘alayhi wa salam) / Theo Van Gogh – Have Matt Stone And Trey Parker Forgotten This? Campaign Etc. We have to warn Matt and Trey that what they are doing is stupid and … Continue reading

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