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Anarchy rules OK Chomsky tells Australia

So much for apathy… Anarchy rules OK Chomsky tells Australia, AAP, November 3, 2011. (And for those with a slightly longer historical perspective, see : Harold Barclay, People Without Government: An Anthropology Of Anarchy, Kahn & Averill, 1990.) Uncle Noam … Continue reading

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Treasury Bowen State Edinburgh Gardens Street Library. Gardens. #occupymelb

“The small and peaceful Treasury Gardens sit between Fitzroy Gardens and Spring Street, and are a popular venue for community events and rallies”–but not, obviously, as far as VicPol is concerned and especially not when the event and/or rally has … Continue reading

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Occupy Melbourne : Back to the Future #occupymelb

Occupy Melbourne–a group of people the Lord Mayor describes as a “self-righteous, narcissistic, self-indulgent rabble”–returns to the Treasury Gardens later today by way of the State Library. A vaguely unsympathetic report by ABC-TV’s 7.30 Report is here, while photographic evidence … Continue reading

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“Mooners, bongo-drummers, green salvationists, and under-appreciated arts graduates of the world unite and take over!” #occupymelb

“Mooners, bongo-drummers, green salvationists, and under-appreciated arts graduates of the world unite and take over!” Or: moar blah about Occupy Melbourne. “For Democracy and Discipline: A Plea to Occupy Melbourne”, James Pollard, abstractblack, October 25, 2011: This is an article … Continue reading

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Why occupy? #occupymelb #occupyX

Why not? This video of Friday morning’s eviction of Occupy Melbourne is neat. Inspired by Dr_Tad, Mark Bahnisch @ Larvatus Proedo has some blah on Occupy Australia and the Antipodean “bubble” (October 22, 2011), talkin’ ’bout a revolution Australian exceptionalism. … Continue reading

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Robert Doyle : F*cking magnets, how do they work? #occupymelb

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Robert Doyle : “Selfish rabble got what it deserved.” ORLLY? #occupymelb

Oh yeah. Tricksy police in Sydney smashed #occupysydney at approximately 5am this morning. Maybe 40 or so arrests, camp destroyed. Video seized along with arrested. Pride. Integrity. Guts. I’m beginning to believe that Robert Doyle may not be the sharpest … Continue reading

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What’s a Tiananmen? #occupymelb

If as a nation we support those declaring their aspirations in Cairo’s Tahrir Square or before that in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square and Berlin’s Potsdamer Platz, then we surely are bound to defend the rights of the “occupy” movement. Actually, Melbourne … Continue reading

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Robert Doyle and a ”little self-indulgent moment in the sunshine” #occupymelb

A defiant Cr Doyle last night told The Saturday Age the protesters were ”arrogant liars” who had deceived police when they told them earlier in the week that they would move peacefully if required to. He labelled the protests the … Continue reading

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Robert Doyle 1 Occupy Melbourne 0 #occupymelb

Occupy Melbourne – Rally to retake our streets! Rally @ midday @ Federation Square tomorrow (Saturday, October 21) in response to the eviction. “He will decide who comes to this City Square and the circumstances in which they come.” Melbourne … Continue reading

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