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The “Great” Australian Bikini March

Posted on November 22, 2006 by @ndy

More weird shit. Melbourne-based, sweatshop-supporting, foreign commodity-importing small business — with ties to organised fascism — True Blue Productions has announced that the ‘Great Australian Bikini March’ “will start at Clifton Park in Brunswick (Melways Reference 29|E7) near Brunswick train … Continue reading →

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G20: And ‘revolutionary Marxism’

Posted on November 21, 2006 by @ndy

Below are six samples of the response of the authoritarian left to last weekend’s G20 protest. For the record, like, and to be critiqued in good time… 1) Bob Gould, ALP, November 21: Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment was … Continue reading →

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G20: With experts like these…

Posted on November 21, 2006 by @ndy

Luke Howie is a Research Intern at the Australian Homeland Security Research Centre and a lecturer in the School of Political and Social Inquiry at Monash University. He’s also the expert the ABC’s PM turned to today in order to … Continue reading →

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G20: A less hysterical account

Posted on November 20, 2006 by @ndy

On the ground at the G20 protests By Cam Smith, riot reporter and campaigner with the anti-racism group Fight Dem Back! Halfway through the riot I began to worry that I’d never be able to write about it. It’s not … Continue reading →

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G20 and 60,000 dead children

Posted on November 20, 2006 by @ndy

Mr Costello said: “There are some socialists, there are some anarchists, there are some people that want to disrupt world trade. What do you want the international footage to be of? People trying to disrupt world leaders or a warm, … Continue reading →

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Police evict/ing aspaceoutside and the wake

Posted on November 17, 2006 by @ndy

As if they don’t own enough of the world already! Make Property History! Police evict aspaceoutside and the wake by @ndy Friday November 17, 2006 at 10:23 PM Hey folks! The police are currently in the process of evicting aspaceoutside … Continue reading →

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Accountant recommends political passivity

Posted on November 17, 2006 by @ndy

Treasurer urges peaceful protest Dewi Cooke The Age November 16, 2006 TREASURER Peter Costello has called for peaceful demonstrations at this weekend’s G20 meeting. He urged protesters not to disrupt the meeting of finance ministers and central bankers at Melbourne’s … Continue reading →

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The G20 According to The Corporation

Posted on November 17, 2006 by @ndy

Following a very tired old script, the overpaid hacks in the corporate sector that abuse the term ‘journalist’ have been working overtime, busy providing a skeptical Australian public with an ideological framework within which the forms of police violence on … Continue reading →

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‘Compassionate Slavery’ Market for Africa: WTO

Posted on November 14, 2006 by @ndy

November 13, 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WTO ANNOUNCES FORMALIZED SLAVERY MARKET FOR AFRICA US Trade Representative to Africa, Governor of Nigeria Central Bank, weigh in at Wharton… Text, photos, video | Conference website | Conference contacts | WTO Contact : … Continue reading →

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The Great Australian Bikini March

Posted on November 14, 2006 by @ndy

Weird shit. ‘Nationalist’ Australian clothing company True Blue Productions — which, while claiming to be “100% Aussie”, uses t-shirts manufactured overseas by Gildan Activewear* — is engaged in a guerilla advertising campaign called ‘The Great Australian Bikini March’. According to … Continue reading →

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