Friday, 20 May 2011
Thursday, 19 May 2011
Saturday, 14 May 2011
Friday, 13 May 2011
why "Ban the BOGAN"?
I'd like to repsond to a very fair comment regarding the term "bogan" within this blog.
However in saying all of this, if you ever met anyone from the APP who regularly turns up with in their utes with Australian flags a-wavin' and cases of beer under arm, you'll realise that "bogan" couldn't be more apt.
...I really, really wish it wasn’t called “ban the bogan”, so over australians acting like racism is an essentially working-class thing or something. the white kids at my elite university are just as racist as the white kids at my bogan high school, and have a lot more social power.I totally agree! The term "Ban the Bogan" was chosen because it was actually the first public graffiti in response to the original mural. So this blog's name is in reference to that, and in my own way, "tipping my hat" to the first brave person willing to take a stand.
However in saying all of this, if you ever met anyone from the APP who regularly turns up with in their utes with Australian flags a-wavin' and cases of beer under arm, you'll realise that "bogan" couldn't be more apt.
People are so funny!
Yesterday we woke to this piece of brilliance!
Sadly, it didnt last for long as Serg removed the "DON", changing the entire idea so the image supported his cause rather than mocked it.
Not surprisingly, Don Burke's office got wind of the site and requested it's removal.
Short but oh so sweet...
Sadly, it didnt last for long as Serg removed the "DON", changing the entire idea so the image supported his cause rather than mocked it.
Not surprisingly, Don Burke's office got wind of the site and requested it's removal.
Short but oh so sweet...
Tuesday, 10 May 2011
what a bogan mobile!
If you haven't seen this before, it's pretty funny in a sad kinda way... this is Sergio's car. And yes, that is an Australian flag. (If you wonder why it hasnt been keyed a million times, he usually parks it within his "compound")
What a tosser. Apparently "Australians have nothing to hide", yet he does exactly that when he hides behind the Australian flag to sprout his extremist views.
What a tosser. Apparently "Australians have nothing to hide", yet he does exactly that when he hides behind the Australian flag to sprout his extremist views.
Extremism is any ideology or political act far outside the perceived political center of a society; or otherwise claimed to violate common moral standards - WikipediaFunny he can't see it within himself!
Friday, 6 May 2011
No Disrespect Exhibition
It also featured a video piece that I caught live as i was driving by, some time back now...
It created quite some attention at the time and featured two fully covered women moving in front of the mural to a soundtrack with spraycans. Check out those outfits! Loves it :D
It created quite some attention at the time and featured two fully covered women moving in front of the mural to a soundtrack with spraycans. Check out those outfits! Loves it :D
No Disrespect Exhibition
I love Newtown! Last night I came acroos this poster for an exhibition opening last night
It featured a broad range of artists (and I mean real artists, not crappy ones like Sergio) who provided their artistic responses to the "say no to burqas" mural. It's fantastic with everything from performance art, video art and spoken word performances.
Organised by a fabulous group of local activists, the Justice and Arts Network (JAAN) and Sydney Muslim Youth among others, I was incredibly proud to be part of the Newtown community again and it reminded me that a great swell of promising and active young people have the energy and desire to speak out against the oppression this mural represents.
It featured a broad range of artists (and I mean real artists, not crappy ones like Sergio) who provided their artistic responses to the "say no to burqas" mural. It's fantastic with everything from performance art, video art and spoken word performances.
Organised by a fabulous group of local activists, the Justice and Arts Network (JAAN) and Sydney Muslim Youth among others, I was incredibly proud to be part of the Newtown community again and it reminded me that a great swell of promising and active young people have the energy and desire to speak out against the oppression this mural represents.
Sunday, 1 May 2011
Say NO to the APP
Wow - It's the Mardi Gras burqa!
The repainting has become a family affair with this version being done by Serge's father. And again, those racist idiots, The Australian Protectionist Party (APP )were in attendance to watch the painting's undertaking - presumably as security or a cheer team?
It just seems so weird to me that Serge and his father (who are of Italian birth) should align with a group such as the APP, who sprout the most senseless racist vitriol under the flag of white supremacy.
Their tagline for the party is "The First Australians". Ummmm, have they missed something besides afew chromosomes?
These people are not from Newtown yet have been welcomed in to the area by Sergio and do nothing but harrass, intimidate and physically threaten the local community. And I have seen and experienced this first hand.
The repainting has become a family affair with this version being done by Serge's father. And again, those racist idiots, The Australian Protectionist Party (APP )were in attendance to watch the painting's undertaking - presumably as security or a cheer team?
It just seems so weird to me that Serge and his father (who are of Italian birth) should align with a group such as the APP, who sprout the most senseless racist vitriol under the flag of white supremacy.
Their tagline for the party is "The First Australians". Ummmm, have they missed something besides afew chromosomes?
These people are not from Newtown yet have been welcomed in to the area by Sergio and do nothing but harrass, intimidate and physically threaten the local community. And I have seen and experienced this first hand.
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