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1973 : ‘Chile’s Pinochet victims testify’ Clinton Porteous BBC News, Santiago May 13, 2004 Human rights groups say Pinochet’s regime killed thousands More than 30,000 Chileans have said they were victims of torture or political detention under the 17-year Pinochet … Continue reading →

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Cheryl Sings the Heinemann Electric Blues

[Update : As far as bad bosses go you don’t get much worse than Heinemann Electrics. Heinemann have forced their workers on to the picket line by refusing to negotiate a decent agreement or to pay them for a whole … Continue reading →

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Heinemann & Freehills : Industrial Relations, South African style

Praise boss when morning work-bells chime. Praise him for bits of overtime. Praise him whose wars we love to fight. Praise him, fat leech and parasite. ‘All work and no pay may be immoral but it’s legal, company says’ Dan … Continue reading →

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Battle in Seattle // This Revolution

First Rosario Dawson play-acted an ‘anarchist’ (I think) called ‘Tina Santiago’ in This Revolution; now Charlize Theron is slated to play-act — What? A ‘concerned citizen’ or something? Sounds like it — “Lou, a pregnant bystander who loses her child … Continue reading →

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Anti-Semitism on campus?

Two articles have appeared in The Age recently alleging an increase in anti-Semitic incidents on campus, and accusing the ‘far left’ — Socialist Alternative in particular — of engaging in intimidating tactics. The first recapitulates a press release from the … Continue reading →

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Josh Outta Jail!

‘Bail granted for journalist Josh Wolf’ Bob Egelko San Francisco Chronicle August 31, 2006 (08-31) 15:46 PDT SAN FRANCISCO — Josh Wolf, a freelance journalist who has been jailed since Aug. 1 for refusing to turn over videos of a … Continue reading →

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Little Rich Working Class Oi Boy (Part 2)

Jesus Christ. Hit a couple of young black girls with a metal police baton while you’re shouting racist slurs – and get sentenced to community service in a homeless shelter? Oh, I may have left out something relevant. Did I … Continue reading →

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Colorless green ideas sleep furiously

‘Unusual sentence in racial attack’ Maria Cramer Boston Globe August 26, 2006 The scion of a prominent North Shore family avoided jail time yesterday for beating two black teenagers with a metal baton in 2002, but a judge imposed unusual … Continue reading →

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Taking a punt with Josh Wolf

‘The SFPD’s punt’ Sarah Phelan San Francisco Bay Guardian Freelance reporter Josh Wolf is sitting in jail while a federal grand jury, the FBI, and the Joint Terrorism Taskforce (JTTF) demand that he hand over his video outtakes of a … Continue reading →

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Race! War! Deep! Divisions! Dramatic! Surges! (The Daily Terror)

‘City’s new race wars’ Gemma Jones The Daily Terror August 21, 2006 AN outbreak of racial violence is deeply dividing Sydney, with authorities alarmed by a dramatic surge in attacks. The worst have been directed at Jewish Australians in the … Continue reading →

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