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Continuity and Change in Australian Racism (Ghassan Hage)

Journal of Intercultural Studies Volume 35, Number 3 (2014) In Australia, while there is no doubt that we have seen newly ethnicised and/or racialised groups arriving and new communities forming, what is new and what is old about the racisms … Continue reading

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Rape in Australia: highest reported number of rapes by men of women per capita in the world?

Update (November 8): A correction has been published. This line was amended from “this country has, after all, the highest reported number of rapes by men of women per capita in the world” to “one of the highest reported number … Continue reading

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antifa notes (may 18, 2011)

Briefly. In Berlin (Germany) on May 14, antifa successfully prevented a small march of several hundred neo-Nazis (‘autonomist nationalists’) from getting very far; German police, however, did allow a number of the fascists to attack migrants and leftists and the … Continue reading

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antifa notes (december 6, 2010)

Australia Not exactly a roaring success for the Australian Protectionist Party in Newcastle on the weekend: just four anxious souls rocked up on Saturday to their protest against the Islamification of Newcastle, two of them party members. Spokesperson Nicholas Hunter-Folkes … Continue reading

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Victory to Terrie-Anne Verney! Indian students finally “get the hint that they are not wanted here!”

Of bashed Indian students, she said they were “playing the victim card” and “the shit around their head must do something to their brain”. “Maybe a gun to their head might help them get the hint that they are not … Continue reading

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Anti-Fascism, Anti-German, Anti-Semitism, Anti-Zionism…

“In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and has been widely regarded as a bad move.” ~ Douglas Adams Stone the bloody crows, throw another shrimp on the barbie, and I … Continue reading

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Australia is racist / Australia is not racist.

77%. One in five. 6.5 per cent. Over 40 per cent. 87 per cent. 85 per cent. 11 per cent. $2 billion. Forty per cent. One in 10… Australians are racist, say Australians // Australians struggling with multiculturalism AAP June … Continue reading

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