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G20: Legal Centre response to government/corporate smears

Posted on February 2, 2007 by @ndy

Bruised and sore at G20 Hugh De Kretser Herald-Sun February 2, 2007 PICTURE this. You’re in the city. There’s a fair bit of commotion because of the G20 summit, but you’re not interested in that. You’re in town with a … Continue reading →

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Wolf to remain caged

Posted on February 1, 2007 by @ndy

[Update : Opinion piece by Ann Woolner, ‘Reporter Today Is Prosecution Witness Tomorrow’, Bloomberg.com, February 2, 2007: … “The rules are changing,” says Kirtley, who until 1999 ran the Reporters’ Committee for Freedom of the Press in Arlington, Virginia. It’s … Continue reading →

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White Australia: AFP says let’s start with Tamworth

Posted on February 1, 2007 by @ndy

Dr James Saleam‘s Australia First Party has recently attempted to capitalise on racialised conflict in the capital of Australian country music, Tamworth. ABC reported on January 29 that ‘Leaflets attack Tamworth over refugee resettlement’: Tamworth has been targeted in a … Continue reading →

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G20: State declares whitewash imminent

Posted on January 31, 2007 by @ndy

Victoria Police — renowned for being almost Zen-like in their usual meditative state — are reportedly “furious” at the prospect of some kind of investigation by the Office of Police Integrity (OPI) into police conduct at the G20 protests in … Continue reading →

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Young Tories: Recruiting now!

Posted on January 31, 2007 by @ndy

Do YOU think Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture is rubbish? Do YOU believe high schools spend too much time force-feeding their students black-armband history? Are YOU outraged that Australia is full of rubbishy old “sacred” sites? Are YOU sick … Continue reading →

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Greek protest culture baffles people who still call themselves “journalists”

Posted on January 30, 2007 by @ndy

Yesterday, suspicious and superbly stylish Greek anarchists reportedly exploded bombs in Athens, outside a Citibank branch, and Thessaloniki, outside an office of New Democracy, in what authorities believe to be the acting out of a playful rivalry between anarchists in … Continue reading →

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When Does Green Rage Become…

Posted on January 25, 2007 by @ndy

…ECO-TERRORISM? … “Terrorism is terrorism — no matter the motive,” FBI director Robert Mueller said in January 2006, after the Bush administration announced indictments in an investigation it calls Operation Backfire. “The FBI is committed to protecting Americans from all … Continue reading →

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Greek anarchists running Monkey marathon

Posted on January 25, 2007 by @ndy

In the world before Monkey, primal chaos reigned. Heaven sought order, but the phoenix can fly only when its feathers are grown. The four worlds formed again and yet again, as endless aeons wheeled and passed. Time and the pure … Continue reading →

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“We shot them under Article 301.”

Posted on January 25, 2007 by @ndy

An Armenian/Turkish journalist and ‘person of interest’ to Turkish authorities, Hrant Dink, had his funeral a few days ago, after having been murdered by a Young Turk. More than 50,000 people filled the streets of Istanbul in mourning (Turks and … Continue reading →

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REVEALED! Foreign provocateurs have long history of causing trouble

Posted on January 23, 2007 by @ndy

Paris’ dangerous classes and their “hobbies” now open for further bourgeois inspection and titillation: Paris’ ‘dangerous classes’ and their hobbies Paris: The Secret History, Andrew Hussey, Bloomsbury, 2007 Philadelphia Inquirer (Reviewed by Liz Lopatto) January 21, 2007 The French call … Continue reading →

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