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Victorian Authorities Censor ‘Entartete Kunst’… Again

Posted on January 27, 2006 by @ndy

:: Left : Victoria is not amused :: Azlan McLennan‘s latest work has received an extremely savage review from the notoriously fickle Footscray police. As reported by ABC Online, The Age, Melbourne Indymedia and news.com.au, his latest artistic assault on … Continue reading →

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Happy 218th Birthday Australia!

Posted on January 26, 2006 by @ndy

“In 1788 down in Sydney Cove, the first boat people landed and they said ‘sorry boys, our gain’s your loss, we’re gonna steal your land’”. As today is Invasion Day, I thought I’d post Jas H Duke‘s poem ‘Happy Birthday … Continue reading →

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Mecca-Cola for Sweetman?

Posted on January 24, 2006 by @ndy

‘Outcry at neo-Nazi’s ‘soft drink’ parole switch’ reads an article by Greg Roberts in today’s The Australian (p.3). He is a notorious neo-Nazi and axe murderer accused of headbutting a man for asking about his swastika tattoos in a Melbourne … Continue reading →

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Art = Ego

Posted on January 21, 2006 by @ndy

It seems that Azlan McLennan just can’t stay out of trouble. A couple of years ago (September, 2003) he managed to bring the conduct of students at Melbourne’s VCA into question (although not because they’d hatched a cunning plan to … Continue reading →

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Why British men are rapists

Posted on January 20, 2006 by @ndy

Why British men are rapists The New Statesman Joan Smith Monday, January 23, 2006 In the world of stag-night excess, lad mags and lap dancing, paying for sex is losing its stigma and more and more men do it. These … Continue reading →

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“Un-Biblical, unnatural and definitely un-African”

Posted on January 19, 2006 by @ndy

The BBC reports that “Nigeria’s government is planning a specific ban on same-sex marriages, with five years in jail for anyone who has a gay wedding or officiates at one”. Said the President at a conference of Nigerian bishops in … Continue reading →

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Update on Melbourne accused…

Posted on January 15, 2006 by @ndy

I’m still catching up on this one. Recently: Australian terrorist trials face lengthy delays By Mike Head 12 January 2006 It is now more than two months since the largest joint federal-state police raids in Australian history resulted in the … Continue reading →

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Interview from Beating Fascism: Anarchist anti-fascism in theory and practice

Posted on January 10, 2006 by @ndy

Yes yes yes, it’s long long long, easily available elsewhere and… I like it. A lot. And it’s my blog. My blog. So f you! :::::: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 Interview from Beating Fascism: Anarchist anti-fascism in theory and practice … Continue reading →

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Solidatrity Forever

Posted on January 10, 2006 by @ndy

Weezil has written two very interesting articles on Fightback.org, the website Andrew Sanders authored. As Weezil puts it: Channel Nine’s reporter on the story in the 6:00pm news relied heavily on the story as told by Sanders’ attorney, calling the … Continue reading →

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Dane Sweetman: Go Directly (Back) To Jail?

Posted on January 9, 2006 by @ndy

Dane Sweetman is a neo-Nazi axe murderer. He’s also: 1) out on parole; 2) allegedly responsible for a violent assault on patrons at The Tote Hotel (71 Johnston St (cnr Wellington St.) Collingwood). Released in early October of last year, … Continue reading →

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