Please note the new link to Lawrence Lessig’s Blog.
He’s an amazing activist and works in the field of intellectual property and digital democracy - adore him.

Fox hunting ban forced through - World - www.theage.com.au: “Britain outlawed fox hunting in England and Wales today as elected legislators won a dramatic standoff with the House of Lords to ban a popular country sport despised by many urbanites.”
Further my earlier comments on the rise of right wing grass roots mobilisation this case would [...]

Provocation ‘no defence’ for murder - National - www.theage.com.au: “The Victorian government was today urged to abolish the defence of provocation and change laws on self-defence in murder trials.”
The official reason given for this is that it is not a legit excuse. However I think this is particularly good because the defence was sexist. [...]

Creation theory gets boost - National - www.theage.com.au: “Schools should teach the biblical creation story alongside evolutionary theory, Family First chairman Peter Harris said yesterday.”
I shudder to think.

AlterNet: Election 2004: Learning from the Winners: “The reality, which progressives need to face if they wish to turn the tide, is that the right wing has simply done a better job than anyone else of organizing from the grassroots up. This isn’t because their ideas are more popular or palatable – they aren’t [...]

NEWS.com.au | Woman murdered in Myer store (November 17, 2004): “‘You know, you think the worst, you think perhaps (it was a) terrorist attack or some crazy person,’”
Of course it was a terrorist attack - what else could it have been? A fucking car back fires and it’s a terrorist attack.
I sometimes wonder what [...]

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Tough jail laws on work safety - National - www.theage.com.au - These laws have been a long time in that making and are certainly quite necessary. It could shape up to be an interesting battle between the federal government’s IR reforms and higher levels of accountability in Victoria.

More on the increased need for resistance now that both conservative emperors have returned to power.Workers World Nov. 11, 2004: Let’s make it four mour years of resistance
Please note that I have blogged this using Firefox’s “Blog this” feature. Just another reason to download this superior browser.

Last night Tezza said to me “MaDhAtTeR really wants to meet you, she wants to know who this Subcomadante is.”
I couldn’t help but laugh. What is the crazy blog thing anyway, some sort of meeting agency? It is how I meet Tezza, and last night someone else said that Tezza and I would [...]