Monthly Archives: September 2010

Dead to me now…

Posted on September 8, 2010 by @ndy

Stephanie Rice’s comments were offensive but she’s not homophobic, says Matthew Mitcham Paul Tatnell The Age September 8, 2010 Mitcham wrote that the furore surrounding Rice’s comments is “a wake up call” to parts of society “that they can easily … Continue reading →

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The Monthly Argument : “raising the political temperature”

Posted on September 7, 2010 by @ndy

The right room for an argument this Thursday may be found @ The Dan O’Connell, 225 Canning Street (cnr Princes St) in Carlton. ‘The Monthly Argument’ is part of a regular series of debates concerning some Very Important Questions. September’s … Continue reading →

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Reflections on S11 and AWOL

Posted on September 7, 2010 by @ndy

A comrade has written the following and at their request I’m publishing it here to facilitate further disco. Write dr.woooo[at]gmail[dot]com for moar. Reflections on AWOL and the WEF protests, Melbourne, September 2000 The ‘Autonomous Web of Liberation’ (AWOL) was a … Continue reading →

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Andrew Yeoman’s BANANAs ~versus~ Machete

Posted on September 5, 2010 by @ndy

Robert Rodriguez’s new Mexploitation film Machete is apparently causing a whole lotta butthurt among White supremacists in the U$A. In response to its release, one group, known as BANANAs, declared its intention to protest the film’s opening, armed with flyers… … Continue reading →

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Stephen Jolly for Richmond

Posted on September 5, 2010 by @ndy

Update : Socialist sets up Vic election battle for Richmond, Andrew Crook, Crikey.com, October 3, 2010. Yeah. Stephen Jolly of the Socialist Party — one of only two Socialist councillors in the country — is gonna be contesting the seat … Continue reading →

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Attempted murder of anarchist anti-fascist in Moscow

Posted on September 5, 2010 by @ndy

An attempt on life of anarchist anti-fascist in Moscow avtonom.org via libcom.org September 3, 2010 A 25-year old Vladimir Skopincev is registered in Troick, one of the numerous towns of Moscow region. He is an anarchist and known as the … Continue reading →

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Dr James Saleam : ‘The extreme white’

Posted on September 3, 2010 by @ndy

A blast from the past. Note that Saleam is a key speaker at the Sydney Forum (September 18/19). Also scheduled to speak is Canadian Holocaust denialist and neo-Nazi (“free speech activist” according to his friends and Uncle Rupert’s Fox News) … Continue reading →

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anarchist notes (september 2, 2010)

Posted on September 2, 2010 by @ndy

minus one AK Press has just published In the Crossfire: Adventures of a Vietnamese Revolutionary, an English translation of Ngo Van’s Au pays de la Cloche fêlée (Paris: L’Insomniaque, 2000) and of excerpts from Ngo Van’s Au pays d’Héloïse (L’Insomniaque, … Continue reading →

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I support the Darwin Breakout!

Posted on September 2, 2010 by @ndy

Prisoners celebrate life behind bars in Curtin prison in March 2001. Update : Hopes of copycat escape bids after asylum-seekers’ breakout, Lex Hall and James Madden, The Australian, September 2, 2010: “SCORES of Afghan asylum-seekers spent last night in the … Continue reading →

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Gramsci and Left Managerialism : Kees van der Pijl

Posted on September 1, 2010 by @ndy

Gramsci and Left Managerialism Kees van der Pijl Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy Vol.8, No.4 December 2005 Abstract This essay argues that one way of understanding Gramsci today is as an organic intellectual of a class of … Continue reading →

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