Category Archives: State / Politics

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Jock Palfreeman : January 2010 Update

I’ve been meaning to post a little moar about Jock for some weeks now, but yesterday I got a letter from him — oddly enough, only hours after I sent Jock a postcard — so I thought I might post … Continue reading

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Happy F—ing Birthday Australia

See also : Happy Invasion Day 2010 | God Save the King / Queen / Australia… For Race and Nation (January 22, 2010) | Support the Walk Off : January 26, 2010 (January 20, 2010).

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EDL in Stoke

So the English Defence League (EDL) held a rally in Stoke-On-Trent this weekend (Caturday January 23). Between 300 (Press Association) and 1,500 (BBC) came out to play, UAF assembled 300 in opposition, and the police arrested 15 (or possibly 5 … Continue reading

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Happy Invasion Day 2010

LOL. Happy Invasion Day 2010 from Fear of a Brown Planet on Vimeo. See also : Benedict Anderson: “I like nationalism’s utopian elements”, CULCOM, December 15, 2005 | Fredy Perlman, The Continuing Appeal of Nationalism (1984) | George Orwell, Notes … Continue reading

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Outrage over anti-immigration leaflet

Outrage over anti-immigration leaflet Rosie Lewis The Sydney Morning Herald January 22, 2010 ANTI-IMMIGRATION leaflets posted in letterboxes in the inner-west have outraged ethnic community leaders and a senior Federal Government official. The leaflets read: ”600,000 immigrants arrived in the … Continue reading

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God Save the King / Queen / Australia… For Race and Nation.

About Australia: The National Anthem… William lauds ‘spirit of Australia in its purest form’, David Rood, The Age, January 22, 2010. See also : The website of Robbie Thorpe, committed activist on issues relating to Australian history, Indigenous sovereignty, lack … Continue reading

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Croatian fascism in Australia

No place here for nationalist thuggery Selma Milovanovic The Age January 19, 2010 “A festival of primitivism.” This is how a picture caption in today’s Jutarnji List, the best-selling tabloid in Croatia, summed up this year’s instalment of ethnic violence … Continue reading

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Support the Walk Off : January 26, 2010

WHAT: Support the Walk Off WHEN: 9pm, Tuesday, January 26, 2010 WHERE: Victorian Trades Hall, cnr Lygon & Victoria Streets, Carlton WHO: Combat Wombat / Culture Connect / Tjimba & Yung Warriors / Mr Morgz / MC One-Six / Heptune … Continue reading

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Chomsky on Cambodia (II)

By way of imagining the real world, Southeast Asia Sounding: 1/18/2010: I previously mentioned a review of the “Chomsky/Cambodia” debate. For those not familiar with this eternally recurring ideologically-driven nightmare, Noam Chomsky, internationally the most respected intellectual in the world … Continue reading

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Tote Last Drinks Live Broadcast Tonight on 3CR

Update : chookie69 has (six) more vids from Sunday’s protest rally. Mad props to Brumby, MacLellan, Robinson & Wynne for protecting working families in Collingwood by finally putting a stop to the “incredible levels of violence” (Victoria Police) which have … Continue reading

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