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A few thoughts on May Day in Melbourne (2013)

Posted on May 2, 2013 by @ndy

[A post prompted by some disco elsewhere on the Internets…] May Day in Melbourne this year (2012) was a small affair — tiny even. Perhaps 30 or 40 people (overwhelmingly male) attended the 8 Hour Monument at midday, and sometime … Continue reading →

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Lest We Forget : Footy Fans Against Mass Murder

Posted on April 25, 2013 by @ndy

Lest we forget . . . on The Day, ANZAC Day, we remember the beginnings of a disastrous military campaign, and The Black & White Army (extra-parliamentary movement of the oppressed) looks forward to the dismantling of The Bombers (military-industrial-sporting … Continue reading →

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Occupy Reflects (Melbourne)

Posted on October 15, 2012 by @ndy

Some locals have published a collection of brief essays called “Occupy Reflects’. Download | Zine Library. From the introduction: On 15 October 2012 we celebrate the anniversary of Occupy Melbourne and this collection of short essays has been published to … Continue reading →

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May Day in Melbourne 2012

Posted on April 7, 2012 by @ndy

Last December, Occupy Los Angeles proposed a General Strike on May 1 “for migrant rights, jobs for all, a moratorium on foreclosures, and peace – and to recognize housing, education and health care as human rights.” The idea has spread … Continue reading →

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What’s a Tiananmen? #occupymelb

Posted on October 22, 2011 by @ndy

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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ASIO, fascism and anti-fascism (cont.)

Posted on October 18, 2011 by @ndy

“I find it funny; when our grandfathers fought the Nazis, they were heroes. When we fight the Nazis, they call us hooligans and rioters.” Last week, ASIO tabled its Annual Report in Parliament. Inter alia, it included some remarks on … Continue reading →

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Moaron Occupy(ed) Melbourne: Land & Labour

Posted on October 13, 2011 by @ndy

Unions show support for ‘OccupyOz’ movement writes Chris Zappone (October 13, 2011), “unions” in this instance meaning the National Union of Workers and the Communication Workers Union of Victoria and “support” meaning (seemingly) the probability that some union officials and … Continue reading →

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Help Get Ziggy to Fukushima!

Posted on March 17, 2011 by @ndy

From March 1999 to December 2004, Dr Ziggy Switkowski was CEO of Telstra. He presided over the partial (and very unpopular) privatisation of the telco and after almost six years of back-breaking toil left the corporation with a measly payout … Continue reading →

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Campaign Builds to Defend Persecuted Aboriginal Family

Posted on January 14, 2011 by @ndy

A campaign was launched on January 12 to draw attention to police harassment of an Aboriginal family in western Sydney. In addition to the distribution of a press release detailing several arrests police conducted during the course of a 21yo … Continue reading →

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Kevin Bracken and 9/11 conspiracy theories

Posted on October 20, 2010 by @ndy

*sigh* Kevin Bracken — Maritime Union of Australia Victorian Branch Secretary and Victorian Trades Hall President — has been claiming that 9/11 is a conspiracy for years. Last year, he helped to organise the Melbourne leg of ‘The Hard Evidence … Continue reading →

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