Monthly Archives: March 2012

Trouble At Mill : March 16, 2012, Sigma Pharmaceuticals Edition

Posted on March 16, 2012 by @ndy

Update (March 20) : “Sigma workers have successfully protected their current shift arrangements, negotiated a 4% pay rise, and voted to return to work…” Welcome to Sigma Pharmaceuticals Limited Sigma was founded by two Melbourne pharmacists in 1912. Today, Sigma … Continue reading →

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Anarchists Against the Wall Speaking Tour (And Moar), March 2012

Posted on March 15, 2012 by @ndy

Beginning Friday, March 16, a member* of the Israeli group ‘Anarchists Against the Wall’ will be speaking at various events around Melbourne. (Barricade hosted another speaker back in April 2009.) NB. Details of some events are TBC. • Friday, March … Continue reading →

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Freedom for Jock Palfreeman / Jock Palfreeman for Freedom

Posted on March 15, 2012 by @ndy

Paul ‘Jock’ Palfreeman is a 25-year-old Australian (born November 13, 1986) currently serving a 20-year prison sentence in Sofia, Bulgaria. An anarchist and anti-fascist, one night in Sofia in December 2007 Jock intervened to stop a racist assault. As a … Continue reading →

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The Communist Gay Communist N*gg*r Loving Party

Posted on March 14, 2012 by @ndy

Or: Your ideas are intriguing to me, and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter. The Liberal National Party are going to win the 2012 Queensland state election. (Centrebet is currently paying $8.50 and Sportsbet $7.00 for a Labor win.) … Continue reading →

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“Ah, the fun had gone out of being a fascist…”

Posted on March 14, 2012 by @ndy

John Safran has a new blog column for Vice. Reading it I was reminded of the following, an extract from the teenage fascist David Greason’s autobiography… “Ah, the fun had gone out of being a fascist. I arrived in Sydney … Continue reading →

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KKK in Victoria? Uh-huh…

Posted on March 12, 2012 by @ndy

Former KKKlown turned fun-da-mentalist Xtian Johnny Lee Clary — FROM BURNING THE CROSS TO PREACHING THE CROSS! — is touring Australia again (March–May) and once again making spurious claims. In fact, precisely the same claims he made during his last … Continue reading →

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Okupación : Film screening, Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Posted on March 11, 2012 by @ndy

“¡Oye!” This Wednesday, March 14 a new documentary film will be screening at the Melbourne Anarchist Club (62 St Georges Rd, Northcote). Called Okupación, the 80-minute film documents contemporary social struggles in Spain for housing and public space. Filmmaker Chris … Continue reading →

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antifa notes (march 11, 2012)

Posted on March 11, 2012 by @ndy

SPLC: Patriots Go BOOM! According to the SPLC, in the United States “[t]he radical right grew explosively in 2011, the third such dramatic expansion in as many years” (Mark Potok, The ‘Patriot’ Movement Explodes, Intelligence Report, No.145, Spring 2012). In … Continue reading →

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Terry Teene : 1942–2012

Posted on March 10, 2012 by @ndy

Terry Teene, aka Terry Knutson, reportedly died today, a day after he was hit by a tow truck while cycling in Texas. The 70-year-old had a long career in show business and wrote one of my favourite songs, Curse of … Continue reading →

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Dialectic of Counter-Enlightenment: The Frankfurt School as Scapegoat of the Lunatic Fringe

Posted on March 9, 2012 by @ndy

[See also : Reframing the Enemy, Bill Berkowitz, Intelligence Report, No.110, Summer 2003.] Dialectic of Counter-Enlightenment: The Frankfurt School as Scapegoat of the Lunatic Fringe Martin Jay Salmagundi No.168/9, Fall 2010/Winter 2011 On August 18, 2010, Fidel Castro contributed an … Continue reading →

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