…but nothing ever does…
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In Australia, Tyler Cassidy, the Northcote teenager shot dead by police on December 11, 2008, was remembered at a vigil last Friday night. In Greece, the first anniversary of Alexandros Grigoropoulos’ murder was commemorated in a slightly more animated fashion, the repercussions of which are still being felt as Greek police join with Greek fascists in repressing stylee Greek kids’ street fashions. Or to put it another way: the great majority of the police, seemingly ever-patient and self-controlled, stood for hours as kids baited and yelled, shoved and provoked. A handful of officers used well-placed elbows while batons were raised only in response to the vandalism. Further:
AFP, December 6, 2009:
Athens University rector Christos Kittas was rushed to hospital after protesters broke into the university’s central Athens offices to occupy them, a police source said. Media reports said his injuries were light.
Rioting returns to Athens a year after teenager’s death, ekathimerini.com, December 7, 2009:
The rector of the University of Athens, Christos Kittas, was also admitted to the hospital after rioters stormed into his office. Kittas was struck on the head and was taken to the Ippocrateio Hospital, where doctors placed him in intensive care, saying that he had suffered a mild heart attack.
Push for fresh look at asylum, ekathimerini.com, December 9, 2009:
The discussion [about the university asylum law] has been reignited by the attack on Sunday that led to University of Athens Rector Christos Kittas ending up in an intensive-care unit.
Student sit-in over security measures, ekathimerini.com, December 9, 2009:
…the rector of the University of Athens, Christos Kittas… was hospitalized on Sunday after being beaten up by assailants wielding iron bars…
After having been lightly beaten by a gang wielding iron bars, suffering a heart attack, and being rushed to hospital where he was placed into intensive care, supposedly:
To the people asking about the “injured” rector of the Athens University: This is only coming from mainstream media and we can only be very suspicious about this piece of news, as this injury could be used as pretext for storming the Athens University, which seems to be something the cops are considering. The rector did walk past two people reporting for the Occupied London blog, just outside the university. Both confirm he seemed more pissed [off] than “injured”. At the same time, mainstream media report that he is in intensive care!
An anonymous commentator adds: “The rector of the University of Athens is in intensive care, after he was beaten. He just had a concussion but he also suffers from a heart condition, that’s why they put him in IC.”
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Acclaim Collective (A) // Blog
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The phenomenon of Brand Rejection
Buyer Behaviour
Ray Titus
December 10, 2009
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Rank and file hero who led Mt Isa miners’ strike
Malcolm Brown
The Sydney Morning Herald
December 5, 2009
D2
New bill puts squatters’ rights under threat
Thijs Papôt
Radio Netherlands
October 27, 2009
Melbourne house smashes property record
The Sydney Morning Herald (AAP)
November 25, 2009
A mansion in Melbourne’s inner east has broken the city’s record for a house price. A Melbourne businessman bought Avon Court in Shakespeare Grove, Hawthorn, on Tuesday night for a sum believed to be between $21 million and $25 million…
Slumlord millionaires cash in on hard times
Tom Reilly
The Age
June 14, 2009
SLUMLORD John Pisani has two simple rules when it comes to business: be discreet and never let anything get in the way of making a profit — rules that have made him a very rich man…
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Hugs abound in animal therapy, Nick Miller, The Age, December 11, 2009: A young girl, scarred by her broken family, sat in an animal shelter with a kitten under each arm, and said quietly to them, ”It’s all right, I don’t have a home either.”
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England started everything
new wave conquered all the world
all of it is fucked up now
that’s what no one else sees
Johnny Lydon is just a liar
he is not rebel hero
nihilism ain’t his way
only madmen live today
’67 hipster love
but in fact it wasn’t smart
did the punks learn anything
they just act at being mean
Britons are potential stars
but they don’t see what they really are
aiming at a big success
that’s why punk became a mess
Punk has always been a gimmick
no one ever was for real
nailing women is a must
hate and danger what a lust
We don’t like the fellow men
those who do just follow trends
we ain’t normal we are mad
punks and hippies what a drag
Punks are the old farts of today
Fade away we don’t care
