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Anti-Fascists: Jim McNeill and his mates in the Spanish Civil War.
Australia and the International Brigades: www.smh.com.au/politics/vic...
90 years after dad fought Franco, Kim gets Spanish honour
Michael Economides was one of 72 people who left Australia to fight in support of the Spanish Republic.
www.smh.com.au
February 3, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Australia and the International Brigades: www.smh.com.au/politics/vic...
The less he plays the more they pay. They’ll play him.
January 30, 2026 at 12:08 AM
The less he plays the more they pay. They’ll play him.
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As first light lit a light blanket of fine cloud, I was expecting a grey dawn. It is grey now, but (again) there was a moment of Sydney glory as the sun pushed through a gap in the cloud just as it hit the horizon.
January 28, 2026 at 8:29 PM
As first light lit a light blanket of fine cloud, I was expecting a grey dawn. It is grey now, but (again) there was a moment of Sydney glory as the sun pushed through a gap in the cloud just as it hit the horizon.
The Long March from Macquarie Street to Goulburn.
January 29, 2026 at 1:58 AM
The Long March from Macquarie Street to Goulburn.
And people wonder why punk rock was invented.
January 26, 2026 at 4:09 AM
And people wonder why punk rock was invented.
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This is a really powerful photograph. Sydney dock worker Jack Franklin+Kiwi Bert Bryan, members of the International Brigades, fighting somewhere in the terrible heat of the Ebro battle, the overexposed light glaring in the summer of 1938. Discovery of photo here
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...?
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...?
January 25, 2026 at 8:56 AM
This is a really powerful photograph. Sydney dock worker Jack Franklin+Kiwi Bert Bryan, members of the International Brigades, fighting somewhere in the terrible heat of the Ebro battle, the overexposed light glaring in the summer of 1938. Discovery of photo here
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...?
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...?
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Australians are deciding USA is not a place to visit… oddly they still are going to Canada. Almost like there is something specific about the US..
#ThePoint
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#ThePoint
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January 18, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Australians are deciding USA is not a place to visit… oddly they still are going to Canada. Almost like there is something specific about the US..
#ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
#ThePoint
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A 12 minute single? Can you give an example?
January 16, 2026 at 2:25 AM
A 12 minute single? Can you give an example?
Great to see “Anti-Fascists” stocked in the MUA shop: www.muashop.org.au
Welcome — MUA Shop
Maritime Union of Australia Merchandise
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January 15, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Great to see “Anti-Fascists” stocked in the MUA shop: www.muashop.org.au
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One of the great moments in antifascist cinema history. Casablanca (1940). Patrons at Rick's Café drown out the Nazis marching song “Die Wacht am Rhein.” with a rousing “La Marseillaise”.
A scene in spirit for January 2026. (whatever the complexities of that French anthem today)
A scene in spirit for January 2026. (whatever the complexities of that French anthem today)
January 14, 2026 at 10:44 AM
One of the great moments in antifascist cinema history. Casablanca (1940). Patrons at Rick's Café drown out the Nazis marching song “Die Wacht am Rhein.” with a rousing “La Marseillaise”.
A scene in spirit for January 2026. (whatever the complexities of that French anthem today)
A scene in spirit for January 2026. (whatever the complexities of that French anthem today)
Has anyone heard from Thomas Friedman himself?
January 14, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Has anyone heard from Thomas Friedman himself?
If Trump invades Greenland there will not be a tournament to worry about.
January 9, 2026 at 8:10 AM
If Trump invades Greenland there will not be a tournament to worry about.
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On a serious note, why should Gianni Infantino get away with this?
How can his position not be under the utmost scrutiny? What mechanism is there for him to be removed after his pathetic display of obsequiousness is shown to be the outright sham we all knew it to be?
Football deserves better.
How can his position not be under the utmost scrutiny? What mechanism is there for him to be removed after his pathetic display of obsequiousness is shown to be the outright sham we all knew it to be?
Football deserves better.
I woke up to see the news. I am aghast.
I can't believe the FIFA peace prize has been disrespected like this. Is nothing sacred anymore?
I can't believe the FIFA peace prize has been disrespected like this. Is nothing sacred anymore?
January 3, 2026 at 9:01 AM
On a serious note, why should Gianni Infantino get away with this?
How can his position not be under the utmost scrutiny? What mechanism is there for him to be removed after his pathetic display of obsequiousness is shown to be the outright sham we all knew it to be?
Football deserves better.
How can his position not be under the utmost scrutiny? What mechanism is there for him to be removed after his pathetic display of obsequiousness is shown to be the outright sham we all knew it to be?
Football deserves better.
Wait for Trossard to put in a bad performance?
December 31, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Wait for Trossard to put in a bad performance?
The SMH continues its bizarre obsession with private schools, providing a large article on the outgoing head of SCEGGS. Fine, but the SMH doesn’t carry articles by the heads of government schools, like Hornsby and Normanhurst, which perform better than the privates.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
‘We shouldn’t mimic mediocrity’: Outgoing SCEGGS head defends single-sex schools
Departing SCEGGS Darlinghurst principal Jenny Allum has warned teens worry about themselves too much in a culture that pathologises normal emotions.
www.smh.com.au
December 4, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The SMH continues its bizarre obsession with private schools, providing a large article on the outgoing head of SCEGGS. Fine, but the SMH doesn’t carry articles by the heads of government schools, like Hornsby and Normanhurst, which perform better than the privates.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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I have a lifelong connection to Victoria’s state library – which is why I am aghast at its crude self-lobotomy | Gideon Haigh
I have a lifelong connection to Victoria’s state library – which is why I am aghast at its crude self-lobotomy | Gideon Haigh
If the ‘suits’ can come for the State Library of Victoria, they can come for anyone, and no public institution is safe
Pardon me that this is a little personal.
I first visited the State Library of Victoria aged 12. I held books retrieved from its mountainous stacks with trembling hands. Its stupendous card catalogue blew my schoolboy mind. Search my name in the modern electronic counterpart today and it appears 125 times, mostly for works I researched there. My 84-year-old mother has been a volunteer library tour guide for more than a decade. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I have a lifelong connection to Victoria’s state library – which is why I am aghast at its crude self-lobotomy | Gideon Haigh
Another Australian cracker from the same time period: youtu.be/1POR4H0gJss?...
The Masters Apprentices - Turn Up Your Radio (1970)
YouTube video by Antipodean Music
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November 29, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Another Australian cracker from the same time period: youtu.be/1POR4H0gJss?...
Congratulations to the South Coast Writers Centre for the successful delivery of the True Stories festival.
I enjoyed being part of it and particularly enjoyed hearing from Dennis Glover during the session on fascism. Thanks to Siobhan McHugh for her astute facilitation of the discussion.
I enjoyed being part of it and particularly enjoyed hearing from Dennis Glover during the session on fascism. Thanks to Siobhan McHugh for her astute facilitation of the discussion.
November 18, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Congratulations to the South Coast Writers Centre for the successful delivery of the True Stories festival.
I enjoyed being part of it and particularly enjoyed hearing from Dennis Glover during the session on fascism. Thanks to Siobhan McHugh for her astute facilitation of the discussion.
I enjoyed being part of it and particularly enjoyed hearing from Dennis Glover during the session on fascism. Thanks to Siobhan McHugh for her astute facilitation of the discussion.
Playtime
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Playtime
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November 7, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Playtime
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Peerless Assessments
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Peerless Assessments
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Peerless Assessments
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