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[Update<\/strong> (September 29) : The plague rats have today obtained a qualified victory, as CFMEU outbreak: President tests positive, Setka in isolation<\/a>, Michael Fowler and Ben Schneiders, The Age.]<\/p>\n

… and more besides.<\/p>\n

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Just a brief note to let you know that I wrote something for Overland<\/em> titled ‘Constructing a narrative: the CFMEU protest and the far right’<\/a> (September 23, 2021). I may add a little more detail here when I can, but also of interest are:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Understanding the right wing attack on the CFMEU<\/a>, Tommy Lawson, Red & Black Notes (September 22)
\n\u2022 Against capitalism, against the pandemic: our stance on the current crisis<\/a>, Black Flag Sydney (September 22)
\n\u2022 Inside three days of rage in Melbourne<\/a>, Ben Hillier, Red Flag (September 23)
\n\u2022 Melbourne anti-lockdown protests are a disorganised mess<\/a>, Tom Tanuki, Independent Australia (September 23)<\/p>\n

*September 24, and a few more articles of interest:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Has solidarity succumbed to the rise of rage?<\/a>, Waleed Aly, The Age
\n\u2022 Covid, the Left and radical democracy<\/a>, Jeff Sparrow, Overland
\n\u2022 Far-right throws up new challenges for unions<\/a>, Sue Bolton, Green Left Weekly
\n\u2022 Just 1pc of workers on major building sites are anti-vaxxers<\/a>, David Marin-Guzman and Patrick Durkin, Australian Financial Review (September 23)
\n\u2022 I\u2019m a construction worker\u2014the protesters don\u2019t speak for me<\/a>, Ryan Stanton, Red Flag<\/p>\n

*September 25:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Nazis prey on the disenfranchised and angry. So does News Corporation<\/a>, Dave Milner The Shot (September 24)
\n\u2022 Workers\u2019 rights or the far right: who was behind Melbourne\u2019s pandemic protests?<\/a>, Michael McGowan, The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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