Monthly Archives: October 2010

Free Love in Amsterdam : EDL ~versus~ Geert Wilders

Posted on October 31, 2010 by @ndy

Demotix: A protest by the English Defence League was held in Amsterdam today in support of Geert Wilders of the PVV (Party of Freedom). Although only around 20 protesters showed up, a large police presence was evident. Amsterdam, Netherlands. Other … Continue reading →

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What is Fascism? Robert O. Paxton

Posted on October 31, 2010 by @ndy

The moment has come to give fascism a usable short handle, even though we know that it encompasses its subject no better than a snapshot encompasses a person. Fascism may be defined as a form of political behavior marked by … Continue reading →

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antifa notes (october 30, 2010)

Posted on October 30, 2010 by @ndy

Oh yeah. In Russia: Vasily Krivets, 22, was convicted of 15 counts of murder motivated by ethnic hatred and sentenced to life in prison while his nutzi accomplice, Dmitry Ufimtsev, 23, who unlike Krivets pleaded guilty, got 22 years in … Continue reading →

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Socialism @ the 2010 Victorian state election

Posted on October 28, 2010 by @ndy

The Victorian state election is being held on November 27, 2010. Labor’s gonna win, with a reduced majority. So: business as usual. Mostly. Apart from Labor’s stranglehold on the inner-city being broken by the Greens. In 2006, only a handful … Continue reading →

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“Reverse racism” in Denmark / Shootings in Sweden

Posted on October 28, 2010 by @ndy

Ra Ranunkel — chairman of something called the ‘cooperation council’ of the Vollsmose neighborhood of the Danish city of Odense (pop.160,000+) — is now a * courtesy of a coupla mouthy kids armed with rocks. Or as my handy machinetranslation … Continue reading →

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Hitler’s Ghost by Christopher Hitchens

Posted on October 27, 2010 by @ndy

Hitler’s Ghost Christopher Hitchens Vanity Fair June 1996 Cherry blossoms are bursting over the Tidal Basin and the Jefferson Memorial as I ascend the steps of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. There is to be a learned seminar today, … Continue reading →

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Torture in West Papua

Posted on October 27, 2010 by @ndy

I am shocked. Shocked and stunned. Last week a video surfaced in which a West Papuan man is filmed being tortured by Indonesian soldiers. WARNING : GRAPHIC CONTENT. Clearly, the man is a terrorist. And if torturing a terrorist will … Continue reading →

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The more things change the more things change

Posted on October 26, 2010 by @ndy

Again. George Orwell (Eric Blair), ‘As I Please’, Tribune, May 19, 1944 A SPECIMEN of Tribune’s correspondence: TO THE JEW-PAID EDITOR, TRIBUNE, LONDON. JEWS IN THE POLISH ARMY. YOU ARE CONSTANTLY ATTACKING OUR GALLANT POLISH ALLY BECAUSE THEY KNOW HOW … Continue reading →

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Two shoes one HoWARd

Posted on October 26, 2010 by @ndy

LOL. Television. Angered at his poor answers to some questions, poor rich old John HoWARd had some bloke chuck shoes at him for his trouble — one for the Iraqi dead, and one for the Iraqi living, apparently. “Host Tony … Continue reading →

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Tyler Cassidy, Southern Cross Soldiers and ‘skinheads’

Posted on October 25, 2010 by @ndy

Last week, the inquest into Tyler Cassidy’s death heard evidence regarding Tyler’s membership of the ‘Southern Cross Soldiers’ (Tyler Cassidy had been kicked out of an Australian pride group, inquest told, AAP, October 21, 2010). The SCS have been variously … Continue reading →

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