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Bad News for Spotters : RSP and SAlt to merge?

Posted on September 18, 2012 by @ndy

This is what happens when I’m not paying attention. Barely have I recovered from the fact that a card-carrying Communist has been elected to local council in Sydney when I discover that the Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP), born in 2008 … Continue reading →

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Domino’s Pizza and Global Solidarity

Posted on September 18, 2012 by @ndy

Back in April, Domino’s Pizza delivery drivers in Australia had their wages slashed by 19% — overnight. The driver’s union — the Shop, Distributive and Allied Employee’s Union (SDA), a yellow union which with 230,000 members is also Australia’s largest … Continue reading →

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Victory for White Nationalism in Penrith!

Posted on September 15, 2012 by @ndy

The Milky Bars are on Dr Jim in Penrith tonight! Tomorrow Belongs to Me from John Smith on Vimeo. For the second time in its brief history, the Australia First Party has had one of its members elected to local … Continue reading →

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Victory for Communism in Auburn!

Posted on September 14, 2012 by @ndy

Tony Oldfield will paint the town Red tonight! See also : Peter Boyle, Fourth socialist elected to a local council in Australia, Green Left Weekly, September 14, 2012.

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“OK well that’s a strongly-held opinion on your part Greg but…” WE ALL HATE CATHOLICS AMIRITE?

Posted on September 14, 2012 by @ndy

LOL. It’s a conspiracy! Foreigner Uncle Rupert’s Australian foreign editor Greg ‘Massacre? What Massacre?’ Sheridan reckons the ABC (Gay BC amirite?) has been conspiring with David Marr to launch an attack upon Opposition Leader Tony Abbott. ‘Cause Tony’s a Catholic … Continue reading →

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NSW local council election results : far left and far right (2012)

Posted on September 8, 2012 by @ndy

Update (September 17) : Huzzah! The Australia First Party (Penrith) and the Communist Party of Australia (Auburn) have both had members elected to council. Results are trickling in for the 2012 NSW local council elections. Thus far, the ‘mysterious’ Australia … Continue reading →

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Yesterday is history; the Australia First Party is a mystery

Posted on September 6, 2012 by @ndy

The Sydney Morning Herald has today published an article on ‘John Marlowe’, the alleged author of the Australia First Party blog afbluemountains (March 2010–). The article concerns the fact that there is some question over whether or not Marlowe is … Continue reading →

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Global Day of Action in Solidarity with Australian Domino’s Pizza Workers : September 15

Posted on September 3, 2012 by @ndy

On September 15 a Global Day of Action in Solidarity with Australian Domino’s Pizza Workers has been organised by the General Transport Workers’ Association (GTWA), affiliated to the Anarcho-Syndicalist Federation (ASF). In April, Domino’s Pizza delivery drivers in Australia had … Continue reading →

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Students eh?

Posted on August 31, 2012 by @ndy

EduFactory! is a grassroots, student-run education conference being held on Ngunnawal country in Canberra at the Australian National University from September 29 – October 1, 2012 | The 2012 Strike in Québec: Full Report, crimethInc, August 14, 2012 | Crisis … Continue reading →

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#CFMEU : I love it when…

Posted on August 29, 2012 by @ndy

…a newsreader makes a silly in public. In other news…

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