Monthly Archives: May 2006

Eat shit or fight back

Posted on May 26, 2006 by @ndy

According to the ABC (25.05.06): The National Retailers Association is supporting a new workplace agreement offered by the haberdashery chain Spotlight. The agreement replaces overtime, penalty rates and other employee benefits with a wage increase of two cents per hour. … Continue reading →

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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

HOT PIES!

Posted on May 21, 2006 by @ndy

After a “gallant defeat” last week, the Pies are back! Magpies annihilate disappointing Cats… COLLINGWOOD MAGPIES 22.14 (146) def. Geelong Cats 6.8 (44). I repeat: COLLINGWOOD MAGPIES 22.14 (146) def. Geelong Cats 6.8 (44). Pies flatten Geelong; Magpies sweep Cats … Continue reading →

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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 →

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“We’ll return to the revolution after these messages…”

Posted on May 12, 2006 by @ndy

I’m going on a short hiatus from blogging to attend to some pressing, (even more) nerdish preoccupations of mine. In the meantime, be sure and check out my favourite new TV show: NerdsFC! : Fridays @ 7.30pm on SBS-TV. Fourteen … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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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trashicon // melbourne diy review

Posted on May 9, 2006 by @ndy

two quick plugs… should really sort my links out proper, eh? first, trashicon: Once again it’s monday, well soon to be tuesday but screw it i’m still on time… trashicon.net is proud to present issue number 8 – ‘wide’ if … Continue reading →

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