Monthly Archives: December 2006

They’re killing us all // To make the world safe

…I wonder why I don’t feel grateful? (And when will The Celibate Rifles next play Melbourne?) Inside and outside the bars of prisons, HoWARd Government policy is driving people to suicide. …inside… During the course of the last two weeks, … Continue reading

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Ungdomshuset vs. Christian Gentry

Ungdomshuset — The Youth House Stays! As part of the city authorities’ ongoing campaign to further gentrify and socially cleanse Copenhagen, right-wing Christians in Denmark are determined to evict the squatted social centre Ungdomshuset (‘Youth House’), established in 1982. 1,000 … Continue reading

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G20: Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fashion

“A few weeks ago”, writes Mel Campbell in ‘The street: just another fucking marketplace’ (Sydney Morning Herald, December 19, 2006), “workers gathered in capital cities to protest against the Work Choices industrial relations legislation. Union leaders had hoped for 100,000 … Continue reading

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Campus Watch

Last month, Dateline ran a story on the US-based Campus Watch, “a project of the Middle East Forum, [which] reviews and critiques Middle East studies in North America, with an aim to improving them”. Established by one of Australian President … Continue reading

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Michel Onfray : Militant Atheist

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, just as it is the spirit of a spiritless situation. It is the opium of the people. — Karl Marx, Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right … Continue reading

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G20: Arrest #7

Police have been busy in Goongerah this week… and today laid charges against a seventh protester: Man faces court over G20 protests Catherine McAloon The Age December 15, 2006 A man has appeared in Melbourne Magistrates Court to face charges … Continue reading

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The Urge to Destroy: G20

Below is a text by one of the estimated 40 or so “anarchist crazies” from Aotearoa whom — along with English, German and Swedish “football hooligans who travel the world looking for violence” — Mick Armstrong of Socialist Alternative claims … Continue reading

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I Was A Teenage Tory : John Hyde Page

Some people might say my life is in a rut But I’m quite happy with what I got People might say that I should strive for more But I’m so happy I can’t see the point Something’s happening here today … Continue reading

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Russia : Two more anarchists stabbed by fascists

At around 6:30pm on December 10, in Furshtatskoy Street in the Russian city of St. Petersburg, a group of around twenty fascists attacked a group of seven anarchists. Most of the fascists had their faces covered, and shouted “Russians forward!” … Continue reading

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Tasneem Khalil : Justice, Bangladesh style

Dhaka-based journalist Tasneem Khalil has written “An investigative report on Rapid Action Battalion — a merciless death squad in Bangladesh that has tortured and killed more than 900 to date — published in the December, 2006 issue of the Forum … Continue reading

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