Category Archives: War on Terror

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.

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

Posted on October 29, 2013 by @ndy

Today, Van Badham has a really good piece in The Grauniad (Australian online edition) on ‘How not to raise a rapist’. Leaving to one side the important points she makes about the existence of a culture of violent woman-hating, I … Continue reading →

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Vicious Lawless Association Disestablishment Bill ~versus~ Sons of Anarchy

Posted on October 21, 2013 by @ndy

Update : Chilling: Queensland’s war on civil liberties, Robert Corr, overland, October 22, 2013. ‘Indeed, the Queensland laws have been drafted in scatter-gun fashion. None of the legislation is limited to bikie gangs. The Vicious Unlawful Association Disestablishment Act, for … Continue reading →

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WTO, NATO, G20, Mark “Migs” Neiweem, Jonny Hammerlock & Co.

Posted on October 19, 2013 by @ndy

The US state and criminal justice system frequently adopts harshly punitive measures against political prisoners — as the recent case of Herman Wallace (and countless others) attests. Today, Will Potter had an article, Prisoner Sent to Solitary for Having “Copious … Continue reading →

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Cheeky Brazilian anarchists promise to disrupt ‘absurd’ World Cup [The Times]

Posted on October 15, 2013 by @ndy

[*Teachers in Brazil have been on strike. In Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday last week 'Anarchist groups smashed banks and burnt a bus, while "Black Block" protesters threw firebombs at the police, who responded with teargas, rubber bullets and percussion … Continue reading →

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The PNG Solution ~vs~ Operation Sovereign Borders

Posted on July 25, 2013 by @ndy

Well there’s not really a lot to add: ahead of the 2013 federal election, PM KRudd and Opposition Leader The Mad Monk are scrambling to outdo each other in their defence of The Nation, with KRudd first declaring (possibly unlawfully) … Continue reading →

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RIP Dan & Spit

Posted on July 4, 2013 by @ndy

A brief note: 15 years ago today (July 4), two skinheads — Lin “Spit” Newborn, 24, and Dan Shersty, 20 — were murdered by boneheads in the rocky desert northwest of Las Vegas, USA. They were killed because they were … Continue reading →

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ATTN Brunswick residents : man wanted for assault near Moreland station

Posted on June 19, 2013 by @ndy

A friend of a friend writes: …a good friend of mine was attacked on her bike in Brunswick on Friday night [June 14]. She is OK thank goodness, but very shaken obviously. She was on Colebrook Street, near Moreland station, … Continue reading →

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[War is the health of the patriarchal state]

Posted on May 11, 2013 by @ndy

I thought that this passage from Terry Eagleton’s book Reason, Faith & Revolution (2009) — summarising Susan Faludi’s observations on 9/11 and US culture — was neat. It also helps to explain, I think, the mentality of many on the … Continue reading →

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Random acts of kindness and anarchist solidarity

Posted on February 4, 2013 by @ndy

It’s hardly news but still . . . In England, Freedom Books has come under attack. On February 1 an unknown party set fire to the the anarchist publisher’s premises in Whitechapel, London, resulting in extensive damage to the property. … Continue reading →

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West Papua ~versus~ Israel

Posted on December 6, 2012 by @ndy

West Papua Yesterday Australian media reported a bloke is being charged with being a mercenary or some shit: Mr Little, 45, was charged with preparatory acts for incursion into foreign states and trained or drilled for incursions into foreign states, … Continue reading →

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