Monthly Archives: March 2007

Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at Andrew Bolt on S11

Posted on March 8, 2007 by @ndy

“There is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community.” ~ Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Andrew “at worst, dishonest and misleading … Continue reading →

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S11: Recent media (corporate/state propaganda)

Posted on March 8, 2007 by @ndy

1) Dan Oakes, Comedian objects to ‘brutal’ police, The Age, March 5, 2007: “COMEDIAN Rod Quantock has lashed out at the “brutal and terrifying” police he says beat him and traumatised his daughter at the S11 protests in 2000…” 2) … Continue reading →

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Listen All Of Y’all It’s A Sabotage

Posted on March 8, 2007 by @ndy

I Can’t Stand It I Know You Planned It I’m Gonna Set It Straight, This Watergate I Can’t Stand Rocking When I’m In Here Because Your Crystal Ball Ain’t So Crystal Clear So While You Sit Back and Wonder Why … Continue reading →

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Racism and fascism, punks and police: here and there, now and then…

Posted on March 7, 2007 by @ndy

Uphold the Reich Three men have been charged with crimes allegedly committed during an assault upon a Jewish man, Menachem Vorchheimer, in Melbourne last October. One has been charged with intentionally and recklessly causing serious injury, assault and using insulting … Continue reading →

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White Loser Knights and Australia First

Posted on March 6, 2007 by @ndy

Fair dinkum and stone the bloody crows. As if McDonald’s flogging shit food and Starbucks flogging shit coffee weren’t bad enough, on Scumfront some Loser from Queensland has announced that the Invisible Empire has also opened a franchise Down Under: … Continue reading →

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Nazis. Bikini Nazis. And who the hell is this guy anyways?

Posted on March 5, 2007 by @ndy

Sad but true: Bikini-Nazis hit the beaches and stir the pot Joe Hildebrand The Daily Telegraph March 4, 2007 WHITE-supremacist party Australia First is launching its bid for State Parliament with a video of a woman in a burqa and … Continue reading →

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S11: $1.3 million for lawyers

Posted on March 5, 2007 by @ndy

Hmmm. Six-and-a-half years later, lawyers from Slater & Gordon, representing 47 litigants, have earnt themselves $600,000, and Government lawyers have earnt themselves $700,000, following an out-of-court settlement over allegations of police misconduct at S11. As for the 47 protesters who … Continue reading →

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The Youth House stays; or Copenhagen burns

Posted on March 4, 2007 by @ndy

Copenhagen Mayor Ritt Bjerregaard : I’m gonna make them an offer they can’t refuse. Yeah well; it appears that Danish authorities have so far failed to crush the spirit of resistance in the lovely Danish capital of Copenhagen. And what … Continue reading →

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Trot Guide 2007 #1.0

Posted on March 4, 2007 by @ndy

From The Socialist Unity Blog, via Leftist Trainspotters, the following: Where is the IST going? (March 1, 2007): …in Australia the Socialist Alternative is an IS derived organisation, [not] resulting from the expulsion of the Melbourne branch including Tom O’Lincoln … Continue reading →

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Evicting the Ungdomshuset makes baby Jesus cry… and social democrats smile

Posted on March 2, 2007 by @ndy

Danish Christians reckon there’s no room for yoof in Copenhagen. So the terror squad evicted the Ungdomshuset. Bloomberg reckons 80 members of the Danish resistance have been arrested; AP claims more than 250; Reuters at least 75; later amended by … Continue reading →

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