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G20 : Chilling arrest by men in military fatigues

Posted on September 25, 2009 by @ndy

“G20: Chilling arrest by men in military fatigues. There are more and more examples of military personnel doing police work on the streets of the good old U.S. of A. I wonder if anyone in the media will ask about … Continue reading →

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War of the Worlds in Pittsburgh

Posted on September 25, 2009 by @ndy

By authority of the city of Pittsburgh Chief of Police, I hereby declare this to be an unlawful assembly. I order all those assembled to immediately disperse. You must leave the immediate vicinity. If you remain in this immediate vicinity, … Continue reading →

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Star Wars : The Environmentalists Version

Posted on September 22, 2009 by @ndy
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Justin Sheridan in Canberra

Posted on September 22, 2009 by @ndy

Tim Noonan of Today Tonight has struck a real blow for justice with his earlier report on Justin Sheridan, an unemployed man from Byron Bay. Such is the seriousness of Noonan’s crusading act of investigative journalism, questions have been raised … Continue reading →

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Workin’ Class Men

Posted on September 21, 2009 by @ndy

“News”: Labor’s Left and Right distinctions erased Mark Davis The Age September 21, 2009 Tanner ‘amused’ at Rudd F-bombs AAP September 20, 2009 Reports that Labor MPs were horrified at Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s use of the F-word are amusing, … Continue reading →

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I’m too sexy for Denmark

Posted on September 18, 2009 by @ndy

Danish tourism Web ad pulled for promiscuity Jan M. Olsen AP September 15, 2009 COPENHAGEN – Denmark’s tourism agency has removed an advertisement from YouTube after complaints that it promoted promiscuity in the liberal Scandinavian country. The video clip, nearly … Continue reading →

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G20 comes to Pittsburgh

Posted on September 17, 2009 by @ndy

The G20 is meeting in Pittsburgh again next week (September 22-25), and anarchists, as well as numerous other trouble-makers, are again organising in opposition to it. The G20 traveling circus will be meeting @ the David L. Lawrence Convention Center … Continue reading →

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‘Bigots hurting Victoria’ / ‘Neo-Nazi skinheads party in Melbourne’

Posted on September 16, 2009 by @ndy

September 12 : ‘Bigots hurting Victoria’ Yeah… So, a few more Indian students have been beaten in Melbourne, in what appears to have been a racially-motivated attack (Indians gang-bashed in latest racist attack, Sarah-Jane Collins and Mex Cooper, The Age, … Continue reading →

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Justin Sheridan : Australian of the Year

Posted on September 15, 2009 by @ndy

Huh. It’s been a while since tabloid TV done a hatchet job on teh unemployed. (Well, probably not, but not that I’ve noticed, anyway.) Last night, Frontline Today Tonight aired a segment devoted to Justin Sheridan, a 36-year-old bloke from … Continue reading →

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Islam and teh gheys

Posted on September 15, 2009 by @ndy

Out of Place asks daring and timely questions about the silence at the heart of queer studies. Discussing ‘race’ alongside ‘queer’ often submerges raciality within queerness, leaving racialised groups silent and silenced–‘out of place’. Out of Place creates a space … Continue reading →

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