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admin
Sun, 2011-06-19 15:29
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New page for linked articles
Anonymous (not verified)
Mon, 2011-06-20 20:04
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Contradictions from Canberra
Anonymous (not verified)
Fri, 2011-06-24 15:04
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Why are "refugee rights" groups silent about war against Libya?
I posted the following comment to Ex Senator Andrew Bartlett's blog at 9.00AM this morning. As of 2:56 PM it's publication is still awaiting approval (although nothing else has yet been added in the intervening 6 hours either). I will be interested to read Andrew Bartlett's response.
Editor's comment: The article Time to remove mandatory sentencing of ‘people smugglers’ was published on 17 April, over two months ago, and only two more articles have been added to andrewbartlett.com in the intervening period of more than 2 months, so I would not hold my breath waiting for Andrew Bartlett to read your comment, approve it and respond to it. Still, should he ever respond, I would be most interested to read his response.
nimby
Sun, 2011-06-26 12:34
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Outrage grows on ritual killing
Bandicoot
Fri, 2011-07-01 16:15
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No quick fix for live export
Tigerquoll
Fri, 2011-07-01 23:47
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Those who choose to live by the immoral sword...
Geoffrey Taylor
Tue, 2011-07-05 06:25
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George Washington would disown us - Colin Powell chief of staff
"The old Federal Democratic Republic is dying"
Is the US turning into a National Security State?
Army colonel, former Chief of Staff for Colin Powell and Bush-Cheney administration insider, Lawrence Wilkerson says "yes."
"This is crazy. This was what we do today. We do war. The old Federal Republic is dying."
Embedded interview with Lawrence Wilkerson, A former Republican military man sees the light with comments originally posted to BrassCheck TV at http://www.brasschecktv.com/videos/war-is-a-racket/they-love-war.html Embedded video also on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/v/FDjiGln8O6w?version=3&&rel=0.
James Sinnamon
Wed, 2011-07-06 23:58
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Steven Spielberg's "Super 8" not to be missed on big screen
Sheila Newman
Thu, 2011-07-07 17:12
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Spielberg's Super 8 really is good, you are right
nimby
Thu, 2011-07-07 12:53
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The Northern Territory Pastoral industry is unsustainable
Tigerquoll
Sat, 2011-07-09 00:18
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The NT Govt has withdrawn its report
Hello Vivienne,
Your link to 'Read more on The pastoral industry in the Northern Territory is ecologically unsustainable' has been compromised.
If you have the original source please re-post; as we all know how our governments tend to hide inconvenient environmental facts.
Thanks.
Tigerquoll
Suggan Buggan
Snowy River Region
Victoria 3885
Australia
nimby
Sat, 2011-07-09 09:17
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NT pastoral industry not sustainable - link fixed.
Anonymous (not verified)
Sat, 2011-07-09 06:46
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MP Danny Danon wants Israel to send Muslim illegals to Australia
Agent Provocateur
Sun, 2011-07-10 02:35
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Population & Pollution Crisis: one & the same thing, really...
Agent Provocateur
Sun, 2011-07-10 02:41
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I'd just like to say that the above piece is said with humour..
nimby
Tue, 2011-07-12 09:06
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Police kill six protesters in Peru
Anonymous (not verified)
Thu, 2011-07-14 11:43
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"Big Australia" will need nuclear, despite the disaster
Geoffrey Taylor
Sun, 2011-07-17 04:28
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Journal of socialist 'renewal'
My curiosity for a reason for the near total silence, if not outright support for the war against Libya by virtually all of the 'Marxist' left in Australia and elsewhere led me to do online research about what these groups are doing, or not doing, these days, that is when they are not baiting opponents of immigration as 'racist', stacking meetings of other organisations such as Prosper Australia or the Tasmanian Unemployed Union's nut shop as they did in 1984.
I discovered links.org.au a "journal of socialist renewal". I hope to be able to learn, from its pages, how socialism in Australia, a country for which socialism has always, in recent decades, surely been a viable political program, ever faltered and needed 'renewing'.
Geoffrey Taylor
Mon, 2011-07-18 06:19
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The real impact of the 1981 NZ anti-Springbok protests?
Prominently displayed in the current issue of the Australian 'socialist' magazine links.org.au is a piece celebrating the 30th anniversary of the mass protests against the New Zealand tour of the South African white-only Springbok Rugby Union team. At the time our televisions were full of images of radical students confronting lines of New Zealand police as well as spectacular actions on the football stadeums themselves to embarass the Springboks and the New Zealand Rugby Union board.
The protest helped further isolate the white-supremacist South African government leading to its downfall in 1993, and replacement with today's multi-party South African government. This was definitely an advancement for humanity, but according to Chapter 10 Democracy born in chains (pp194-217) of Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine of 2007 brought mixed blessings brought to black, coloured and white South Africans by the government committed to 'free market' reforms.
So what of the effects of the protests in New Zealand itself and the South Pacific?
Political theory, espoused by 'Marxist' organisations such as the Socialist Workers Party of Australia as the producers of links.org.au were then known, holds that radical protests will inevitably radicalise broader layers of society and make more likely the transition from capitalism to socialism and a more just and rational society. Yet in New Zealand, precisely the reverse happened in subsequent years. To be sure, the protests led to the downfall of the Conservative Government of Robert Muldoon, but if, anything, the replacement 'Labour' Government of David Lange was economically far to the right. The Wikipedia article on Davide Lange describes his government's record:
The Shock Doctrine could have also used a chapter on the Lange' Government. A question that could have been addressed was what was done during those years by all those who had protested so fiercely for social justice during 1981? Did they lose their voices as Lange was privatising the wealth the belonged to them or were they co-opted into working for Lange and the vested interests they served?
Another question that could have been addressed is whether other means to protest against the Springbok tour could have been found? Clearly the violent confrontations between radical protestors and police were not good publicity for Muldoon, The New Zealand Rugby board and the Apartheid regime of South Africa, but supposing the anti-Apartheid protestors had found less confrontational ways to get their message out? In all likelihood, I suspect participation in the protests would have been greater and larger numbers of New Zealanders would have gained a political education and have been less willing to tolerate the Rogernomics that was imposed upon them in subsequent years.
Bandicoot
Mon, 2011-07-18 10:56
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Victorian government vandalism
Sheila Newman
Wed, 2011-07-20 10:32
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Reflex Paper made from VicForest woodchips
nimby
Wed, 2011-07-20 11:41
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VicForests' vandalism
Geoffrey Taylor
Wed, 2011-07-20 13:42
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Audit of office printing needed
Bandicoot
Fri, 2011-07-22 17:35
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Wilderness Society Media Release - logging at Sylvia Creek
Bandicoot
Tue, 2011-07-26 13:42
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Forest protection Meeting tonight at Toolangi
nimby
Wed, 2011-07-27 09:53
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Meeting tomorrow with the Premier re. Toolangi logging
Anonymous (not verified)
Wed, 2011-07-27 14:17
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This was supposed to be a surprise visit
Anonymous (not verified)
Thu, 2011-07-28 19:25
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common-sense and transparent government?
admin
Wed, 2011-07-27 11:33
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Please attend Macedon Ranges Council meeting tonight (Wednesday)
I received thee following e-mail from Christine Pruneaux of the Macedon Ranges Residents Association.
Hello Everyone,
A very special update, because Council will be making a 30 year decision tomorrow night (Wednesday) at Kyneton Town Hall, 7.00pm.
The Macedon Ranges Settlement Strategy is up for decision, and it will be there until 2036. This document affects everyone in the Shire, so MRRA is urging people to get to the Council meeting.
We have taken the unusual step of including our report on this issue in this email, as well as posting it on our website www.mrra.asn.au That’s how important we think this issue is.
We have also included contact details (below) for Councillors by the wards and towns they represent, and encourage you to send your thoughts to your Councillors.
Please help let people know by forwarding this message to your networks.
Kind regards,
Christine Pruneau
MRRA
Reginald (not verified)
Thu, 2011-08-04 00:27
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U of Q hurting abandoned pets in experiments
nimby (not verified)
Thu, 2011-08-04 11:23
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Logging continues at Sylvia Creek
nimby (not verified)
Tue, 2011-08-09 08:45
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Census tonight
nimby (not verified)
Tue, 2011-08-09 11:58
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Learn from other Western countries
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