Monthly Archives: May 2008

Swastikas are band on Stormfront

Posted on May 17, 2008 by @ndy

Swastikas are band on Stormfront! Shock! Horror! Or so says ‘Sam’, a race warrior from Victoria. Apparently, the ban is a result of Don I have a cunning plan Black’s recent decision to clean up the image of the racist … Continue reading →

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imminent rebellion : kiwi @ zine : #9 : may 2008

Posted on May 16, 2008 by @ndy

imminent rebellion is an anarchist journal that seeks to provide a space for thoughtful, critical and well-researched writing that illuminates struggles and projects otherwise overlooked in the South Pacific, that delves deeper into the anarchist project, and that seeks to … Continue reading →

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Shock horror et cetera… Privatisation is good for working families*

Posted on May 16, 2008 by @ndy

As expected, the NSW Labor caucus has (again) approved the privatisation of the NSW electricity system, against the wishes of the great majority of delegates to the recent Party conference, and without even a a whimper of dissent (Electricity dissidents … Continue reading →

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Resistance is Utile: Critchley responds to Zizek (Harper’s Review, May 2008)

Posted on May 16, 2008 by @ndy

For what it’s worth, and ‘cos I mentioned it previously, I thought I might as well post the letter Simon Critchley sent to Harper‘s regarding Slavoj Žižek’s review of his latest treatise, Infinitely Demanding. The review, along with a response … Continue reading →

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Seig Heil, Mrs Robinson!

Posted on May 15, 2008 by @ndy

Sorry. Couldn’t help myself. A x-post from FDB! A little birdy in Gosnells, WA has chirped a little gossip in our ear. What kind of gossip? Tawdry gossip, of course! The best kind. According to our Gosnells gossip, after the … Continue reading →

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The Punk Years

Posted on May 14, 2008 by @ndy

Huh. Just stumbled upon The Punk Years, a UK doco. Here’s Part One of the first episode: And here’s Part Three of Episode Four, ‘A Riot of Our Own’, which examines more closely the emergence of ‘anarcho-punk’, and in particular … Continue reading →

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Eric McDavid : Twenty Years Jail

Posted on May 14, 2008 by @ndy

‘Eco-terrorist’ gets 20 years for plotting bombing campaign AFP SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) — An “eco-terrorist” convicted of plotting to blow up or firebomb government and commercial buildings across California was on Thursday jailed for nearly 20 years, justice officials said. … Continue reading →

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Leninist Party Faction vs. Democratic Socialist Party Perspective Alliance

Posted on May 14, 2008 by @ndy

Update : For Bolsheviks, notes Trotsky, “there can be no contradiction between personal morality and the interests of the party, since the party embodies in his consciousness the very highest tasks and aims of mankind”. “DURING AN EPOCH OF triumphant … Continue reading →

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Mills on May ’68

Posted on May 14, 2008 by @ndy

Demanding the Impossible, Jennifer Mills, newmatilda, May 2008. Choice quotes: “The movement’s strengths were its diversity and spontaneity, which is why it’s so often quoted by anarchists when they’re trying to tell people what to do. But those strengths are … Continue reading →

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Let’s Play (Quasi-)Celebrity Anarchy!

Posted on May 14, 2008 by @ndy

It’s not fair. I’ve noted that Michael Costa, Keith Windschuttle and Paul Owens are ex-Trots, but what about all those ex-anarchists? Well, when I write ‘ex-anarchist’, I really mean those-who-may-once-have-called-themselves-anarchists but who now… well, no longer do. I think. Here’s … Continue reading →

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