Category Archives: State / Politics

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Trot Guide to Victorian State election (November 25)

Posted on November 13, 2006 by @ndy

Exciting times at Trot Guide! 1) The DSP-dominated Socialist Alliance is fielding a grand total of four candidates this election: Margarita Windisch in Footscray; Vannessa Hearman in Brunswick; and Sue Bull and Rowan Stewart in the Western Victoria (Upper House) … Continue reading →

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Treaty a real Downer for West Papua

Posted on November 12, 2006 by @ndy

Fishnet-stocking wearing Adelaide private schoolboy and Australian League of Rights alumnus turned Foreign Minister Alexander Downer has taken the courageous step of securing Australia’s territorial integrity by signing a treaty with the Indonesian Government. So much for the People’s Republic … Continue reading →

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Boofhead trumps himself

Posted on November 9, 2006 by @ndy

Sorry, this was just too !nataS to ignore. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you: Ben Weerheym! The lying little fascist weasel has reproduced a comment on Melbourne Indymedia regarding the recent protest at local neo-Nazi pub The Birmy, claiming not … Continue reading →

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Upcoming events…

Posted on November 9, 2006 by @ndy

::: Social Movements Fighting Back in Latin America Come and celebrate with us! Hear stories and strategies from people who are fighting back and winning against neo-liberalism in Latin America. Key note speakers: Heriberto Salas : “The Other Campaign”. Initiated … Continue reading →

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Tacky Souvenirs of Pre-Revolutionary Australia

Posted on November 8, 2006 by @ndy

“When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why the poor have no food, they call me a communist.” — Dom Helda Camara Next Friday, November 17 — the day before the G20 … Continue reading →

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It does not compute

Posted on November 7, 2006 by @ndy

If the broken computer that currently serves as Australia’s Attorney General were capable of expressing any real emotion, it would be most upset at the news that the courts have recently subverted its quest to deport/imprison at will — without … Continue reading →

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In the Name of the Fatherland, and of the Reich, and of the Holy Spirit of Capitalism, Amen

Posted on November 1, 2006 by @ndy

Neo-Nazi Muzak Too Harsh For Polish Ears Polish state authorities obviously take this shit more seriously than do the Australian. EJP reports that ‘Hundreds of neo-Nazi CDs seized in Poland’: “WARSAW (EJP) — Customs officers in Poland have intercepted a … Continue reading →

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Doing the numbers in Göttingen

Posted on October 31, 2006 by @ndy

200 members of the neo-Nazi NPD were treated to an escort of 6,000 police as they goose-stepped through the German city of Göttingen on Saturday. Approximately 4,000 others rallied against the scum, and a group of 8-900 anarchists (‘autonomists’) also … Continue reading →

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Our War

Posted on October 29, 2006 by @ndy

…is a really cool “political photoblog from Chile, created to show to the universe stories about repression, resistance and struggle of people in this little part of the world and the paths they take to find social justice”. This is … Continue reading →

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Making the world safe for capitalism: Oaxaca, Mexico

Posted on October 29, 2006 by @ndy

US independent journalist Brad Will [see NYC Indymedia archive] and Mexican schoolteacher Emilio Alfonso Fabián are two of the latest victims of state terrorism in Mexico, murdered yesterday by paramilitaries acting for Oaxaca Governor Ulises Ruiz Ortiz. In reaction, Subcomandate … Continue reading →

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