Monthly Archives: June 2013

fLoAtInG aNaRcHy on The SUWA Show (3CR, 855 AM)

Posted on June 29, 2013 by @ndy

A couple of people have recently expressed surprise at learning that I do a monthly radio show on Melbourne community radio station 3CR — so I thought I may as well blog about it. The show is called ‘The SUWA … Continue reading →

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2013 Australian federal election : far right and far left

Posted on June 24, 2013 by @ndy

Another year, another election, and once again patriots and upright-citizens-with-lower-cognitive-abilities will be appealed to by the far right, while the far left pitch their message to that dreary tribe of high-minded women and sandal-wearers and bearded fruit-juice drinkers who come … Continue reading →

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Julia Gillard ~versus~ Preston KFC

Posted on June 21, 2013 by @ndy

I’ve been mucking about on Twitter today, trying to track down a story about a poster. It seems that once upon a time, a few months ago, a poster appeared in the window of the Preston KFC (128 Bell Street). … Continue reading →

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ATTN Brunswick residents : man wanted for assault near Moreland station

Posted on June 19, 2013 by @ndy

A friend of a friend writes: …a good friend of mine was attacked on her bike in Brunswick on Friday night [June 14]. She is OK thank goodness, but very shaken obviously. She was on Colebrook Street, near Moreland station, … Continue reading →

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To vote or not to vote [2013 Australian federal election] #auspol

Posted on June 16, 2013 by @ndy

‘If voting changed anything, they’d make it illegal.’ ‘Whoever you vote for, government wins.’ ‘Don’t vote: it only encourages them.’ ‘If you think it’s humiliating to be ruled, how much more degrading is it to choose your master?’ ‘A change … Continue reading →

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Is Socialist Alternative a political cult?

Posted on June 14, 2013 by @ndy

A critic sent me the above image to accompany the launch of a new fortnightly newspaper, Red Flag. Produced by Socialist Alternative, “a revolutionary Marxist organisation” (with many hundreds of members it is, perhaps, apart from Socialist Alliance, the largest … Continue reading →

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Towards Federation? (Anarchist conference, Melbourne, June 8/9, 2013)

Posted on June 12, 2013 by @ndy

Last weekend a small gathering of anarchists took place at the Melbourne Anarchist Club. The 20 or so who attended did so in order to discuss anarchist federation: that is, the establishment of a formal linkage between a number of … Continue reading →

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instead of a blog post

Posted on June 10, 2013 by @ndy
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Vive Clement Meric

Posted on June 7, 2013 by @ndy

A French teenage antifascist named Clement Meric was murdered by boneheads in Paris on Wednesday night. The boneheads are reported to be members of the neo-Nazi group JNR (Jeunesses Nationalistes Révolutionnaires (Nationalist Revolutionary Youth)). JNR has been around for some … Continue reading →

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#occupygezi et cetera

Posted on June 2, 2013 by @ndy

See also : What is Happenning in Istanbul?, tarihinde yayımlandı, June 1, 2013 | www.whatishappeninginistanbul.com. source : #occupygezipics Interesting times in Istanbul. The protests appear to be growing, but who knows where they’re going. I’m not sure what are the … Continue reading →

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