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The Wit & Wisdom of Dr Dennis Jensen, MP

Posted on April 16, 2013 by @ndy

Update : Jensen concedes ‘get over it’ tweets ‘inappropriate’ (Dan Harrison, The Sydney Morning Herald, April 17, 2013). Dr Dennis Jensen is a member of the Australian Federal Parliament. Dennis has a doctorate in materials science and physics, but is … Continue reading →

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Margaret Thatcher ~versus~ Julia Gillard

Posted on April 15, 2013 by @ndy

“You do not change your circumstance as an asylum seeker or a refugee with an adverse security assessment through hunger striking.” ~ Julia Gillard, April 15, 2013 “We are not prepared to consider special category status for certain groups of … Continue reading →

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Why I’m NOT joining Socialist Alternative [Foreword]

Posted on April 15, 2013 by @ndy

An innocuous building for so monumental a task! behind iron gates & anonymous windows technicians in white smocks toil like busy little bees investigating in electromicroscopic detail the vinegrated cerebrums of late soviet luminaries to determine what made their heads … Continue reading →

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[Blog post into Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse]

Posted on April 12, 2013 by @ndy

The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse began last Wednesday (April 3). The Royal Commission’s Terms of Reference are broad-ranging. They are not confined as to the time at which a person says he or she was … Continue reading →

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Melbourne Free University site blocked by Federal Government?

Posted on April 11, 2013 by @ndy

Update : Australian Networks Censor Community Education Website, Danny O’Brien and Eva Galperin and Peter Eckersley, April 11, 2013: “UPDATE 2013-04-12: Apparently as a result of this blog post, social media attention, and questions from the Australian Greens to the … Continue reading →

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Is Thatcher Dead Yet?

Posted on April 9, 2013 by @ndy
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antifa notes (march 29, 2013) : Golden Dawns & Gold Coast nazis

Posted on March 29, 2013 by @ndy

Golden Showers Y’know, when it comes to the response by some local Greek community leaders to the emergence of Golden Dawn in Melbourne, I’m honestly somewhat surprised. According to a number of anti-fascists who attended Greek independence day celebrations this … Continue reading →

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‘Left Unity’ or reshuffling the deck?

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Tim Anderson

[Tim Anderson has written some thoughts on the prospects for unity on the Australian left. I thought I may as well republish it here as it’s of spotterly interest. See also : Left Unity (You Are My Destiny) [Trot Guide … Continue reading →

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Marcia Langton ~versus~ the unreconstructed few standing to the left of Fidel Castro & Co.

Posted on March 17, 2013 by @ndy

Huh. Marcia Langton Was A Communist. But the Communist League is not the Communist League. The Communist League explains: The [contemporary] Communist League was founded in 1989 as part of an international current sharing a course, and the Militant newspaper, … Continue reading →

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2013 WA state election : far left and right

Posted on March 8, 2013 by @ndy

Update : The Tories won. In Fremantle, SA candidate Sanna Andrew currently has 1.1% of the vote; in Perth, Farida Iqbal got 0.9% of the vote (155 votes), a few hundred less but a better percentage than she gained in … Continue reading →

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