Category Archives: State / Politics

this is state control

Recommended reading: Knabb on cheese-eating surrender monkey business

Posted on May 23, 2006 by @ndy

Reflections on the Uprising in France A new and in some ways unprecedented radical movement has emerged in France. Beginning in February as a protest against the CPE, a law that would have made it easier to fire young workers, … Continue reading →

Posted in Anarchism, State / Politics, Student movement | 7 Comments

Cobwebs for the rich…

Posted on May 18, 2006 by @ndy

…and chains for the poor. Once upon a time, a 14-year-old boy decided to “divorce” his parents. Sensing both an easy victim and a sensationalist headline, in 2004 the Sunday Herald Sun ran a front-page article headlined “Divorced by my … Continue reading →

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Nothing to see here…

Posted on May 16, 2006 by @ndy

1) Writing in The Age (May 8, 2006), Tom Allard reports that ‘Changes urged for terror laws’: “A HIGH-POWERED committee appointed by the Federal Government has recommended that Attorney-General [Montgomery Burns] be stripped of his power to determine which groups … Continue reading →

Posted in State / Politics, War on Terror | 2 Comments

Robin Hood & His Merry Wo/men Are Alive & Well & The Sheriffs Are Hunting For Them in Hamburg

Posted on May 10, 2006 by @ndy

‘Robin Hood’ gang rob gourmet stores in bid to feed Hamburg’s poor Tony Paterson Independent May 09, 2006 They dress up in pink catsuits, have names like “Spider Mum” and feel a social obligation to plunder the most expensive restaurants … Continue reading →

Posted in Anarchism, Poetry, State / Politics | 8 Comments

The ONLY Spies I trust!

Posted on May 9, 2006 by @ndy

August Vincent Theodore Spies (December 10, 1855 – November 11, 1887) was an anarchist labor activist murdered by the US Goverment following a bomb attack on police at the Haymarket Riot (which, in turn, followed the extra-judicial murder — by … Continue reading →

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June 10/11 : Resisting the Green Scare!

Posted on May 9, 2006 by @ndy

Weekend of Resistance Against the Green Scare! For the past few years the weekend of June 11 was typically a time when we reflected on Jeff Free Luers’ 22 1/2 year sentence and held events to recognize the anniversary of … Continue reading →

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I’m from ASIO, and I’m here to help

Posted on May 9, 2006 by @ndy

The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), via numerous links, both institutional and informal, constitutes an integral part of the intelligence network incorporated into the UK/USA repressive state apparatus. And, like its counterparts in the UK (MI5) and the US (FBI), … Continue reading →

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Daniel McGowan

Posted on May 8, 2006 by @ndy

“Daniel McGowan is an environmental and social justice activist, unjustly arrested and charged in federal court on multiple counts of arson, property destruction, and conspiracy, relating to two incidents that occurred in Oregon in 2001. Daniel has asserted his innocence … Continue reading →

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Colbert versus Bush

Posted on May 4, 2006 by @ndy

[NOTE: Yesterday I sent out the message below to a few dozen friends. The response was so enthusiastic, and so many of them said they hadn’t even been aware of the event, that I am sending it out to my … Continue reading →

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the second casualty of war

Posted on April 24, 2006 by @ndy

Everybody knows about the illegal occupation of Iraq by the United States armed forces; fewer know that Australia’s armed forces play a supplementary role. Militarily speaking, the Australian state’s contribution is negligible; politically-speaking, it offers the US Administration a further … Continue reading →

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