Category Archives: State / Politics

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FORUM : movement beyond borders : Saturday, November 30, 6pm

Posted on November 22, 2013 by @ndy

The ‘beyond borders collective’ has organised a public forum to be held at Trades Hall next Saturday. It looks really interesting … so I’ll have to try hard to find an excuse not to attend: It seems like every day … Continue reading →

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November 2013 episode of Floating Anarchy // The SUWA Show w Dave K

Posted on November 21, 2013 by @ndy

FYI, this month’s episode of Floating Anarchy on The SUWA Show on Melbourne community radio station 3CR features an interview with Dave K, who writes: Wow, culture shock and jetlag, huh? Anyway, I did a prerec with Cam and Andy … Continue reading →

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Pay the Writers?

Posted on November 14, 2013 by @ndy

Well this post is really only a matter of recording some bookmarks … I didn’t realise this ’til now, but Crikey owner Private Media are launching a new arts site. Good for them. Problem is, current policy is not to … Continue reading →

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The Australian doing hard time overseas (no, it’s not Schapelle) [on #JockPalfreeman, Crikey]

Posted on November 13, 2013 by @ndy

The Australian doing hard time overseas (no, it’s not Schapelle) Andy Fleming Crikey November 13, 2013 Jock Palfreeman (pictured), a 26-year-old Australian serving a 20-year sentence for murder in Sofia Central Prison, Bulgaria, is not a household name in Australia. … Continue reading →

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

Posted on October 29, 2013 by @ndy

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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Assault on prisoners in Sofia Central Prison, October 17 [Jock Palfreeman]

Posted on October 29, 2013 by @ndy

Jock Palfreeman is a young Australian currently serving a 20-year prison term in Sofia, Bulgaria. In 2009, under highly dubious circumstances, he was convicted of murder. You can read more about his case in Belinda Hawkin’s book Every Parent’s Nightmare … 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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wow. notes on the deeply racist bad feminist Lorde. like, wow.

Posted on October 13, 2013 by @ndy

blah blah blah — so a blogger in the us has argued, rather poorly, that lorde’s song ‘royals’ is “deeply racist”. i can find very few, if any, who agree with her, but whatever. she concludes her post on the … Continue reading →

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