Category Archives: Poetry

is a dirty job
and i can’t do it

A few notes on #J25Antifa …

To mark ‘International Day of Solidarity with Antifascist Prisoners’ (J25Antifa) I wrote a thing for overland which you can read here. For more infos on J25Antifa, please see the NYC ANTIFA blog. This coming Saturday @ The Coronation Hotel in … Continue reading

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Melbourne Anarchist Bookfair 2017 : Saturday, August 12

Just a quick note to let folks know that the seventh annual Melbourne Anarchist Bookfair is on again in three weeks. WHEN : 10am–6pm, Saturday, August 12 WHERE : Brunswick Town Hall (233 Sydney Road, Brunswick) COST : Free The … Continue reading

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Prepare & Repair : taking action & keeping safe at rallies, protests & direct actions

Prepare & Repair is a new zine published by a local gang of ne’er-do-wells, intended to help YOU take collective action. You can download a copy for online reading /// for printing and distribution as an A5 zine below … … Continue reading

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Richard Spencer Face Punch Remixes

“It’s Pepe, he’s kind of become a symbol of See : Richard Spencer, president of the white nationalist National Policy Institute, punched during ABC interview in Washington, ABC, January 20, 2017. FRANK ZAPPA SLAYER FRENZAL RHOMB DEAD KENNEDYS NEW ORDER … Continue reading

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Deströyer 666 Australian Tour (November 2016)

Update (October 15) : I haven’t linked to the many online discussions re D666 or to anecdotal accounts of their shows attracting nazis. But I will post this extract from an interview with local comedian Aamer Rahman about his experience … Continue reading

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The SUWA Show (September 2016) : Rigaer94 +

On this month’s edition of Floating Anarchy on The SUWA Show (5.30pm /// Friday, September 23 /// 855AM /// streaming live on 3CR), Dr Cam and I have a yarn with uber-special-lovely-Berlin-squatter-guests Lukas, Patrick & Rizo all about Rigaer94, squatting … Continue reading

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Dispatches From Occupied Rigaer94

[fwd] Dispatches From Occupied Rigaer94 It has now been over a week since our doors were first cut off, cops and security intruded into our housing project, installing themselves in our stairways and other previously collective spaces. From then, the … Continue reading

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Melbourne Anarchist Bookfair 2016 : Sunday, August 14 @ Brunswick Town Hall

For the sixth year in a row, this time at a new location: Brunswick Town Hall. • books • pamphlets • zines • films • workshops WHEN : 10am-5pm, Sunday, August 14, 2016 WHERE : Brunswick Town Hall, 233 Sydney … Continue reading

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Blogging 2015 …

A review of my blogging efforts in 2015. January (8 posts) In addition to several notes on anti-fascism (which included some advice on Facebook use), I wrote about the ‘Rojava Revolution’ in northern Syria and a strike and occupation at … Continue reading

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Decadence

[‘Decadence’ by Alex Trotter. Originally published in Drunken Boat, No.2, 1994.] There is no decadence from the point of view of humanity. Decadence is a word that ought to be definitively banished from history. ~ Ernest Renan The word “decadence” … Continue reading

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