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	<title>kim kaos</title>
	<link>http://kimkaos.nomasters.org</link>
	<description>rants</description>
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		<title>Living in a racist, redneck wonderland</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well I&#8217;ve been thinking about what to say about this, and phrases like &#8220;travesty of justice&#8221; and &#8220;racist, redneck state&#8221; spring to mind. This week indigenous man Lex Wotton will be sentenced for his alleged part in the 2004 riot and subsequent arson of the Palm Island police station and court house after the death [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kimkaos.nomasters.org/2008/11/02/living-in-a-racist-redneck-wonderland/</link>
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		<title>What you need to know to do radio</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I&#8217;m training new volunteers at 4ZzZfm102.1fm in Brisbane.  What follows is my advice to anyone interested in getting involved in Radical Radio at Zed.
1.  Intro to the Rad Radio concept
The Rad Radio collective formed in 2002.  Originally conisting of interchangable hosts of the Anarchy Show, EcoRadio and Radio Democracy, in 2006 Locked [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kimkaos.nomasters.org/2008/10/19/what-you-need-to-know-to-do-radio/</link>
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		<title>knitting with equations</title>
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Warning: mathematics and knitting jargon follows.
One of my secret pleasures is knitting. Of late I mainly make beanies for my friends, but living in a hot climate means there&#8217;s not many opportunities to wear them.
I&#8217;ve been sticking to those that don&#8217;t need patterns, basic rectangles that wear as &#8216;ears&#8217;, pixie points with chinstraps for babies, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kimkaos.nomasters.org/2008/10/15/knitting-with-equations/</link>
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		<title>a little atomic bomb</title>
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o, just give me a little atomic bomb
not too much
just a little
enough to kill a horse in the street
but there aren&#8217;t any horses in the street
well, enough to knock the flowers from a bowl
but I don&#8217;t see any
flowers in a
bowl
enough then
to frighten my love
but I don&#8217;t have any
love
well
give me an atomic bomb then
to scrub in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kimkaos.nomasters.org/2008/10/14/a-little-atomic-bomb/</link>
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		<title>Mandatory detention:  the words have changed but the tune&#8217;s the same</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that:
Article 14.
(1) Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.
And that
Article 5.
No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
and
Article 9.
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.
In 1992 the Australian [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kimkaos.nomasters.org/2008/09/14/mandatory-detention-the-words-have-changed-but-the-tunes-the-same/</link>
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		<title>Two environmental victories for Queensland</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ In recent weeks a proposed shale oil plant and a proposed coal port have been rejected by state and federal governments respectively. In August Federal environment minister Peter Garrett rejected a $5b proposal for a coal port at Shoalwater Bay on the central coast and QLD Premier Anna Bligh rejected a shale oil proposal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kimkaos.nomasters.org/2008/09/11/two-environmental-victories-for-queensland/</link>
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		<title>Monbiot betrays his class bias</title>
		<description><![CDATA[George Monbiot, darling of the grass roots climate movement, has this week ruffled some feathers amongst the activists he professes to admire.  He made a scathing attack on the leftist organisers of the Kingsnorth climate camp, that in his own words was amongst &#8220;the most inspiring events I’ve ever witnessed. I am awed by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kimkaos.nomasters.org/2008/09/03/monbiot-betrays-his-class-bias/</link>
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		<title>Why the Waratah coal project must be stopped</title>
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UPDATE: On September 5th Environment Minister Peter Garrett rejected the port proposal by Waratah Coal.  Waratah say they will challenge in the courts.
In August QLD Premier Anna Bligh announced plans for three new coal mines, a 500k rail link and the first new coal port for 25 years to be sited at Port Clinton in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kimkaos.nomasters.org/2008/08/15/why-the-waratah-coal-project-must-be-stopped/</link>
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		<title>To Each Their Own Chimera</title>
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&#8220;Beneath a broad, grey sky, upon a broad, dusty plain, without trails, without grass, without a thistle or a nettle, I met several men who walked bent over.
Each one of them carried upon his back an enormous Chimera, as heavy as a sack of flour or coal, or the gear of a Roman foot-soldier.
But the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kimkaos.nomasters.org/2008/07/23/to-each-their-own-chimera/</link>
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		<title>Climate camp kicked the coal industry&#8217;s ass</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
This weeks rash of protests in Newcastle, Australia, have served to draw the public eye towards the shocking contribution of the coal industry to climate change.  From July 10-15, thousands of citizens, activists and environmental organisations have been holding a series of educational forums, practical workshops and direct actions to highlight the urgent need [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kimkaos.nomasters.org/2008/07/15/cliamte-camp-kicked-the-coal-industrys-ass/</link>
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		<title>Police overkill day prior to Newcastle Climate Camp</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
NEWCASTLE, Australia. New South Wales police have mustered a force of 160 officers to manage protestors at this weeks Climate Camp in Newcastle. Riot Squad, water police, mounted police and police dogs will be at the ready, preempting conflict that organisers have been carefully planning to avoid. 
Hundreds of concerned citizens, students and activist organisations [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kimkaos.nomasters.org/2008/07/12/police-overkill-day-prior-to-newcastle-climate-camp/</link>
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		<title>New indy film about 2005 deportation of Texan peace activist from Australia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In September 2005 mild mannered peace activist Scott Parkin was detained for 5 days by Australian Federal Police and then deported under John Howards anti-terrorist laws.  Parkin was not told what he did to make him a &#8217;security risk&#8217; to Australia.
After an inquiry and two years later, ASIO was forced to admit that Parkin [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kimkaos.nomasters.org/2008/06/16/new-indy-film-about-2005-deportation-of-texan-peace-activist-from-australia/</link>
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		<title>weird conflicts in the environment movement II: immigration</title>
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Left: Hmmm. Did refugees escaping war cause this environmental destruction or was it a transnational mining corporation?
If we take on board the idea that increased population equals more environmental degradation (as discussed in the previous chapter in this series), then it is logical that we should also accept that increased immigration will have the same [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kimkaos.nomasters.org/2008/06/08/weird-conflicts-in-the-green-movement-ii-immigration/</link>
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		<title>more protestors face court over war games actions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[yesterday Byron, Rick and Melinda faced Rocky court over actions taken against the US-Aust joint war games held at Shoalwater Bay in June 2007.  Byron &#8216;did the hokey-pokey&#8217; in the prohibited zone, while Rick and Melinda did a &#8216;make love not war&#8217; action outside the gates :) all three were fined and Rick had [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kimkaos.nomasters.org/2008/05/23/more-protestors-face-court-over-war-games-actions/</link>
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		<title>weird conflicts in the environment movement I:  population</title>
		<description><![CDATA[People involved in the environment movement have a lot to contend with.  On one hand we are branded green extremists by the mainstream media, while at the same time a deep vein of conservatism runs through the movement that demonstrates it&#8217;s largely middle-class roots.  Those conservative values reveal themselves in ethical conflicts around [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kimkaos.nomasters.org/2008/05/22/conflicts-in-the-green-movement-i-population/</link>
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