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French youth fear police violence along Greek pattern

French youth fear police violence along Greek pattern Celestine Bohlen (Bloomberg News) International Herald Tribune December 19, 2008 PARIS: A teenager murdered in cold blood, tear gas, arrests, clubbings and fascist provocations. The images from Greece this month were enough … Continue reading

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“There must be some way out of here…”

While neo-Nazis belonging to Golden Dawn are exhibiting solidarity with their former comrade Epaminondas Korkoneas by lending Greek police a helping hand in Patras (and likely elsewhere), on Sunday (December 14) their German kameraden have upped the ante considerably by … Continue reading

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Athens, New York… Melbourne

In Athens, on Wednesday December 17, an assortment of groups and individuals — workers, immigrants and the unemployed — occupied the the main offices of the General Confederation of Labour (GSEE). The boss of the GSEE is Yiannis Panagopoulos: “I … Continue reading

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“Allahu akbar!” “Free the battery hens!” “Allahu akbar!”

Gibson: From what I.N.T.E.L.L.I.G.N.C.E has gathered, it would be 9/11 times 100. McCarten: 9/11 times a hundred? Jesus, that’s… Gibson: Yes, 91,100. Driver: Basically, all the worst parts of the Bible. Sunrise is a TV show on 3news in New … Continue reading

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December 20, 2008 : International Day of Action Against Murder by the State (Sydney)

Update : The uprising in Greece has spawned hundreds of solidarity actions around the world. Here’s a map. International Day of Action Against Murder by the State Saturday, December 20, 2008 : 11 am Greek Consulate 223 Castlereagh St, Sydney … Continue reading

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“Your heads are full of rubbish because you have read too many books.”

Cabbage-patch revolutionaries? The French ‘grocer terrorists’ The Independent December 18, 2008 The villagers of Tarnac were charmed by the self-sufficient students who set up a commune in their midst. Little did they realise that their new neighbours were anarchists bent … Continue reading

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International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI) on callous and brutal police

Australia: Police gun down 15-year-old boy Katrina Morrison wsws.org December 17, 2008 Fifteen-year-old Tyler Cassidy was shot dead by police officers in Melbourne, Victoria last Thursday night in a callous and brutal act. Four officers surrounded the agitated youth at … Continue reading

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December 20, 2008 : International Day of Action Against Murder by the State (Melbourne)

Update : Youth wounded by bullet in Athens, The Age, December 18, 2008: “A high school student has been slightly wounded by a bullet fired in front of a school in a western Athens suburb, police say, ahead of new … Continue reading

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Heroes

X Factor Heroes? 14/12/08 In response to the release of the X Factor’s ‘Hero’ in support of Britain’s occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq éirígí has compiled an alternative video highlighting the true nature of modern day imperialism. [Since éirígí uploaded … Continue reading

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The New Right in The Public Eye

For reasons best known to themselves, augmented by their relatively limited appeal, the fascist groupuscule New Right (Australia/New Zealand) — aka the ‘national anarchists’ — has been fairly quiet of late. Given that their principal activities revolve around chattering on … Continue reading

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