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The Great Australian Bikini March: Cancelled in Brunswick… and Lakemba?

Posted on December 3, 2006 by @ndy

The road to hell is paved with good intentions… Mosque to get police guard for bikini rally Taghred Chandab and Matthew Benns Sydney Morning Herald December 3, 2006 POLICE have been asked to protect Australia’s largest mosque next weekend because … Continue reading →

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Fill the ‘G // With the heads of the bourgeoisie

Posted on December 2, 2006 by @ndy

“Mr. Block is legion,” wrote Walker C. Smith in 1913. “He is representative of that host of slaves who think in terms of their masters. Mr. Block owns nothing, yet he speaks from the standpoint of the millionaire; he is … Continue reading →

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The Great Australian Bikini March. Postponed.

Posted on December 1, 2006 by @ndy

Word on the street is that Christine Hawkins, organiser of The Great Australian Bikini March, has been forced by circumstances fully within her control to postpone the March until January, 2007: presumably, Invasion Day. Word on the street is that … Continue reading →

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Something old, something new… (and G20)

Posted on December 1, 2006 by @ndy

…old… Local non-profit anarchist fundraising label Love & Rage has folded. During its three years of existence, the label released a number of compilation albums — Love and Rage Vol I (2003); Love and Rage Vol II: Warnography (2004); A … Continue reading →

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The future of policing?

Posted on November 29, 2006 by @ndy

Last month, members of the Ocean Grove Football Club yelled “‘F— off Jews’ and ‘Go the Nazis’ before motioning as if they were shooting a machine gun” at an Orthodox Jewish bloke and his two children; the trio, presumably, being … Continue reading →

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The Great Australian Bikini March. Again.

Posted on November 29, 2006 by @ndy

Bikini eh? They Can Have My Bikini When They Pry It From My Cold, Dead Fingers… ‘Bikini line to march on Brunswick streets’ Glenn Fisher Moreland Leader November 27, 2006 BIKINI-CLAD women and their male supporters will take to the … Continue reading →

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@ in Indonesia

Posted on November 28, 2006 by @ndy

Foreign. Bloody. Agitators. They’re everywhere! Above : Indonesian anarchists protest George II’s flying visit to Jakarta, November 20 See also : Jakarta Anarchist Resistance | Anarch[Oi!] : Anarchy, Love, and PUNX | Autonomous Media (Manila, Philippines) | Anarchism in Asia … Continue reading →

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Bikini-clad fascists in Cronulla. And Brunswick?

Posted on November 27, 2006 by @ndy

[Update : Radio National‘s ‘The World Today’ has published the online transcript of the interview with march organiser Christine Hawkins which Liam kindly mentioned previously: ‘Women protest Sheikh’s comments with bikini march’ (Monday, November 27, 2006, 12:46:00, Reporter: Sabra Lane). … Continue reading →

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G20: Observing human rights…

Posted on November 27, 2006 by @ndy

Pt’chang! The ‘G20 Human Rights Observers’ team has released their preliminary report into the G20 protest last weekend. It’s available as a PDF. The 3-page statement is an initial summary of observations made by Human Rights Observers over the three … Continue reading →

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US Political Prisoners

Posted on November 27, 2006 by @ndy

New York Indymedia journalist Brad Will was murdered by the Oaxacan regional government in Mexico late last month, and you can read a short tribute by imprisoned videojournalist Josh Wolf here. Josh himself is a political prisoner in the United … Continue reading →

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