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The SUWA Show, Friday, September 26, 2014 + Strategies of Resistance: Beyond the Border

Posted on September 26, 2014 by @ndy

On Friday’s SUWA Show Dr Cam & I have a chat with Liz Thompson about borders and things. On Monday, Liz is part of a panel at The Wheeler Centre to discuss: Strategies of Resistance: Beyond the Border The Wheeler … Continue reading →

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“Anti-Terror Raids Embolden Australian Defence League And Far Right Groups”

Posted on September 24, 2014 by @ndy

I wrote an article for New Matilda on the Australian Defence League et al. You can read it here. I’ll probably add a few more thoughts here laters probably …

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Socialist Alternative 0 Christopher Pyne 1

Posted on September 6, 2014 by @ndy

On August 29, my favourite Tory politician (and federal education minister) Christopher Pyne wrote an article for Uncle Rupert’s The Australian decrying anti-Semitism on Australian university campuses and identifying the neo-Cliffite political organisation Socialist Alternative as a major culprit. Subsequently, … Continue reading →

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Australian government supporting terrorists (PKK)?

Posted on August 31, 2014 by @ndy

Update (September 16) : Is Australia arming ‘terrorist’ PKK fighters?, The Age, September 15, 2014. Huh. The Australian government has announced it will be transporting arms to Kurdish groups fighting IS/IS in Iraq: Australian troops to deliver arms in person … Continue reading →

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Free the refugees – Nadya & Masha, don’t speak at #FODI [#PussyRiot]

Posted on August 25, 2014 by @ndy

To be clear, we ask Nadya & Masha to please choose another forum besides #FoDI to get their important message out. http://t.co/tKCaRHVePB — Dangerous Ideas (@pussyethics) August 18, 2014 On August 31 in Sydney, two former members of Pussy Riot, … Continue reading →

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(White) Anarchists in Ferguson?!?

Posted on August 19, 2014 by @ndy

See also : From Anarchists to Tibetan Monks, Here Are Some of the Outsiders Joining Protests in Ferguson, Josh Harkinson, Mother Jones, August 20, 2014 | Ferguson. Over one week in., Anti-State STL, August 20, 2014 | Love Me, Ferguson, … Continue reading →

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God Hates Fags (et al) : World Congress of Families conference, August 30

Posted on July 26, 2014 by @ndy

A right-wing mob known as the World Congress of Families (AKA the World Cavalcade of Stupidity) is meeting in Melbourne in a month’s time. The ‘World Congress of Families: Melbourne Regional Conference: Life, Family & Freedom’ is taking place from … Continue reading →

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Fourth Annual Melbourne Anarchist Bookfair : August 9, 2014

Posted on July 23, 2014 by @ndy

The fourth annual Melbourne Anarchist Bookfair will be taking place at the Abbotsford Convent on Saturday, August 9 this year. The Bookfair consists of around 40 or so stalls by independent and radical booksellers and activist groups. Alongside the stalls, … Continue reading →

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Continued Assaults on Asylum Seekers in Sofia Central Prison

Posted on July 21, 2014 by @ndy

[Below is an account by Jock Palfreeman of recent assaults by Sofia prison guards on imprisoned asylum seekers and others. On July 25 NYC ABC is holding a meeting to discuss Jock’s case; on July 27 MAC is holding a … Continue reading →

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Chomsky on Gaza conflict

Posted on July 20, 2014 by @ndy

Gaza’s Torment, Israel’s Crimes, Our Responsibilities Noam Chomsky Z July 12, 2014 At 3am Gaza time, July 9, in the midst of Israel’s latest exercise in savagery, I received a phone call from a young Palestinian journalist in Gaza. In … Continue reading →

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