mostly edge, mostly no point https://the-bandit-board.writeas.com/ contemporary australian angst (i can't change the url) Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:32:40 +0000 Against Gonzaloite Revisionism https://the-bandit-board.writeas.com/against-gonzaloite-revisionism?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[There is a startling tendency for self-described “Maoists” to follow the deranged and revisionist line of Abimael “Chairman Gonzalo” Guzman. This tendency, while declaring itself “anti-revisionist”, is ironically itself a revisionist line. This is no more evident than in the hero-worship of Guzman himself. Hero-worship and the uplifting of individuals about the wider movement is contrary to basic Marxist and Communist values. The masses advance Global Communism, not individuals, least of all the baby-killer Guzman. To the uninformed, I will begin by giving some context. !--more-- Gonzaloism? Manuel Ruben Abimael Guzman Reynoso (hereafter known as “Abimael Guzman”) was born eighty-six years ago in 1934. Guzman was loosely a Maoist, inspired by the founder of the Peruvian Communist Party and became a member himself. However, he’s more infamous for the Shining Path insurgency. The Shining Path was a split from the original Peruvian Communist Party. Their insurgency began officially in 1980 when they burned ballot boxes in a church near Chuschi, a village in the Ayacucho region, where the Shining Path was based. At first, the Shining Path was welcomed (if not lukewarmly) by the locals, until it became apparent that the Shining Path was more interested in enriching itself and its leader than in supporting the Peruvian people. In no instance was this more apparent than the Lucanamarca Massacre of 1983, ordered directly by Guzman himself. The massacre was ordered after Ronderos, autonomous peasant patrols, stoned and executed a local Shining Path commander. This happened because the Shining Path were a nuisance in the region, and the Ronderos were defending themselves from further Shining Path encroachment. Was this because they were counter-revolutionaries? Quite the opposite. The locals had, at first, embraced the Shining Path. What did the Shining Path “revolutionaries” do? They made absurd demands of the locals. Alcohol was banned, strict curfews were put into place, the Shining Path expropriated supplies from the locals whilst doing no work in return, and exacerbated conflict between different families. After the Shining Path commander was (rightfully) assaulted by the Ronderos, Guzman himself ordered the Sanderos (Sendero Luminoso - Shining Path) to attack the villages of Lucanamarca, Yanaccollpa, Ataccara, Llacchua and Muylacruz. In total, sixty-four locals were murdered, the youngest of which was a six-month old baby. Was the baby a revisionist counter-revolutionary, then? In what world would it be justified for self-described “revolutionaries”, who are meant to be subordinate to the masses, to slaughter them? There is no doubt that the Shining Path was nothing more than a Gonzaloist death cult - they idolized the use of extreme cruelty, and the “blood quota” was a core tenet of their organization. The “blood quota” was Guzman’s desire to throw the lives of his underlings into the proverbial meat grinder. Any principled communist should be against the Gonzaloist tendency of so-called “Maoism”, if not for the purpose of subjugating the Shining Path revisionists, who tarnish the very name of Marxism and Communism. Gonzalo was fortunately arrested in Lima in 1992, and sentenced to life imprisonment in 2006. He remains there to this day. Red Eureka Journal and Gonzaloite Revisionism Red Eureka Journal describes itself as “principally Maoist”, and normally I don’t spend too much time fretting over niche internet journals, however, I came across them oft-handedly and feel as if I should try and clarify a few things. Before I can explain how Red Eureka Journal and other Gonzaloites follow a revisionist line, I will explain what revisionism actually is. Revisionism is the purposeful misappropriation of Marxist principles, some of those being: the universality and primacy of contradiction, organizing the masses via the mass line, the primary contradiction in the world being between the imperialist countries and the countries oppressed and exploited by the imperialists, and that working class organization and power is the only way to eradicate the capitalist mode of production. For example, the Communist Party of China (CPC) is a revisionist organization as it follows the Dengist line, in which bourgeois elements are allowed to thrive within the party. It is for this reason that China is not a socialist state, as it does nothing to facilitate the transition from capitalism to socialism, instead, China maintains a flourishing millionaire and billionaire class that exploits the working masses of China and Asia, as much as the imperialists from America and Europe do. Gonzaloism is a fundamentally revisionist tendency as it hyper-focuses on Guzman the Man. It is, first and foremost, a personality cult centered around Guzman, and exists solely to make Guzman feel special for the rest of his life whilst he rots in a Peruvian prison. As BlackLikeMao, a pan-Afrikan Maoist, writes: The Gonzalo/Peruvian left-deviation in the International Communist Movement considers the principle of “great leadership”, the “universality of Gonzalo thought”, and the “militarization of the Party” as being additional principles of Maoism, but other than their small groups, no other Maoist formation in the First World nor the Third (including every Party that is actively waging People’s War) considers these universal principles and has rejected them as being the products of sectarians justifying their own existence. It is also the habit of these creatures to use revisionism as a cheap slur, hurled towards anybody who disagrees with their attempts to impose a dogmatic mirror of revisionism into the ICM — we’ve seen everybody from Joma Sison to Huey Newton to J. Moufawad Paul to even myself labeled as revisionists for a variety of reasons, most of which have something to do with rejecting the dogmatic and infantile antics of the left-opportunists. Revisionism is a real threat, not a slur. Hero Worship, or Great Leadership, is against the very principles of Marxism and Maoism. Marx rejected the antiquated notion that it was Great Men who advanced society, but instead the working masses. While people might claim to be staunch Marxists whilst idolizing the cruelty of Guzman and his Shining Path, they are doing little but indicating their opportunism to other communists. This is indicated in the Founding Statement of Red Eureka Journal, where they write: Principally Maoism was synthesized by Chairman Gonzalo in Peru. We vehemently uphold him as the greatest living Communist on the face of the Earth. Accordingly, we also uphold the Communist Party of Peru (PCP) and the Peruvian People’s War which is still being waged to this day. This is not something that principled Communists would say off-handedly. It comes from a place of worship, upholding one man above the entire masses is opportunism, using the revolutionary potential of the working class simply to enrich yourself and your party. It’s the kind of behavior principled communists would scoff at. Another failing of the Red Eureka Journal is that they treat parties as sovereign, i.e, that it is the duty of communists to shed blood for their party. This once again demonstrates their opportunism; it is not the working class for whom revolutionaries die, it is the party, more often than not, their (Gonzaloites) party, because they are as perverse as they are pervasive, injecting themselves into communist spaces like ticks and fleas, siphoning away revolutionary energy into self-serving Guzman worship instead of working class power. I write this not because I find it interesting to write long-winded responses to tiny niche Gonzaloite journals, I do this because I do not want people to fall for the opportunist lies of organizations such as Red Eureka Journal and the “principally Maoists”, who throw away Marxist principles in order to justify the existence of their Gonzalo cult. Ideological unity is a key tool of success for the communist working class movement worldwide, which is why it is necessary to call out organizations who are acting poorly, or have poorly thought out ideas, such as the Gonzaloite revisionists that manage the Red Eureka Journal. In summary, Red Eureka Journal follows a Gonzaloite revisionist tendency that exists for no reason other than to throw working class people into the proverbial meat grinder, and to make Abimael Guzman feel special whilst he rots in some Peruvian prison somewhere. Red Eureka Journal is also probably just two to five people sitting in Melbourne somewhere with a wordpress subscription and an Abimael Guzman poster on their wall. I invite the people behind Red Eureka Journal to contact me with any qualms they have with this piece, however. References/Bibliography/Sources/etc Sullivan, C. (n.d.). Abimael Guzman. Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abimael-Guzman El Diario interview with Abimael Guzman, https://web.archive.org/web/20071108165711/http://www.blythe.org/peru-pcp/docs_en/interv.htm Profile of the Shining Path, https://perureports.com/shining-path/ International Center for Transitional Justice: Hatun Willakuy, https://www.ictj.org/sites/default/files/subsites/peru-hatun-willakuy-en/ Red Eureka Journal Founding Statement, https://redeurekajournal.wordpress.com/2021/07/12/red-eureka-journal-founding-statement/ Red Eureka Journal, ‘About Our Journal’, https://redeurekajournal.wordpress.com/about-our-journal/ ‘What is Revisionism? Three types, all suck’ by BlackLikeMao, https://blacklikemao.medium.com/what-is-revisionism-three-types-all-suck-30ab42364a19 Blayney, S. (2018, May 20). The “Great Man” Theory of History and New Labour. Retrieved from https://newsocialist.org.uk/the-great-man-theory-of-history-and-new-labour/]]> There is a startling tendency for self-described “Maoists” to follow the deranged and revisionist line of Abimael “Chairman Gonzalo” Guzman. This tendency, while declaring itself “anti-revisionist”, is ironically itself a revisionist line. This is no more evident than in the hero-worship of Guzman himself. Hero-worship and the uplifting of individuals about the wider movement is contrary to basic Marxist and Communist values. The masses advance Global Communism, not individuals, least of all the baby-killer Guzman.

To the uninformed, I will begin by giving some context.

Gonzaloism?

Manuel Ruben Abimael Guzman Reynoso (hereafter known as “Abimael Guzman”) was born eighty-six years ago in 1934. Guzman was loosely a Maoist, inspired by the founder of the Peruvian Communist Party and became a member himself. However, he’s more infamous for the Shining Path insurgency.

The Shining Path was a split from the original Peruvian Communist Party. Their insurgency began officially in 1980 when they burned ballot boxes in a church near Chuschi, a village in the Ayacucho region, where the Shining Path was based. At first, the Shining Path was welcomed (if not lukewarmly) by the locals, until it became apparent that the Shining Path was more interested in enriching itself and its leader than in supporting the Peruvian people.

In no instance was this more apparent than the Lucanamarca Massacre of 1983, ordered directly by Guzman himself. The massacre was ordered after Ronderos, autonomous peasant patrols, stoned and executed a local Shining Path commander. This happened because the Shining Path were a nuisance in the region, and the Ronderos were defending themselves from further Shining Path encroachment. Was this because they were counter-revolutionaries? Quite the opposite. The locals had, at first, embraced the Shining Path. What did the Shining Path “revolutionaries” do?

They made absurd demands of the locals. Alcohol was banned, strict curfews were put into place, the Shining Path expropriated supplies from the locals whilst doing no work in return, and exacerbated conflict between different families. After the Shining Path commander was (rightfully) assaulted by the Ronderos, Guzman himself ordered the Sanderos (Sendero Luminoso – Shining Path) to attack the villages of Lucanamarca, Yanaccollpa, Ataccara, Llacchua and Muylacruz. In total, sixty-four locals were murdered, the youngest of which was a six-month old baby. Was the baby a revisionist counter-revolutionary, then? In what world would it be justified for self-described “revolutionaries”, who are meant to be subordinate to the masses, to slaughter them?

There is no doubt that the Shining Path was nothing more than a Gonzaloist death cult – they idolized the use of extreme cruelty, and the “blood quota” was a core tenet of their organization. The “blood quota” was Guzman’s desire to throw the lives of his underlings into the proverbial meat grinder.

Any principled communist should be against the Gonzaloist tendency of so-called “Maoism”, if not for the purpose of subjugating the Shining Path revisionists, who tarnish the very name of Marxism and Communism. Gonzalo was fortunately arrested in Lima in 1992, and sentenced to life imprisonment in 2006. He remains there to this day.

Red Eureka Journal and Gonzaloite Revisionism

Red Eureka Journal describes itself as “principally Maoist”, and normally I don’t spend too much time fretting over niche internet journals, however, I came across them oft-handedly and feel as if I should try and clarify a few things. Before I can explain how Red Eureka Journal and other Gonzaloites follow a revisionist line, I will explain what revisionism actually is.

Revisionism is the purposeful misappropriation of Marxist principles, some of those being: the universality and primacy of contradiction, organizing the masses via the mass line, the primary contradiction in the world being between the imperialist countries and the countries oppressed and exploited by the imperialists, and that working class organization and power is the only way to eradicate the capitalist mode of production.

For example, the Communist Party of China (CPC) is a revisionist organization as it follows the Dengist line, in which bourgeois elements are allowed to thrive within the party. It is for this reason that China is not a socialist state, as it does nothing to facilitate the transition from capitalism to socialism, instead, China maintains a flourishing millionaire and billionaire class that exploits the working masses of China and Asia, as much as the imperialists from America and Europe do.

Gonzaloism is a fundamentally revisionist tendency as it hyper-focuses on Guzman the Man. It is, first and foremost, a personality cult centered around Guzman, and exists solely to make Guzman feel special for the rest of his life whilst he rots in a Peruvian prison.

As BlackLikeMao, a pan-Afrikan Maoist, writes:

The Gonzalo/Peruvian left-deviation in the International Communist Movement considers the principle of “great leadership”, the “universality of Gonzalo thought”, and the “militarization of the Party” as being additional principles of Maoism, but other than their small groups, no other Maoist formation in the First World nor the Third (including every Party that is actively waging People’s War) considers these universal principles and has rejected them as being the products of sectarians justifying their own existence. It is also the habit of these creatures to use revisionism as a cheap slur, hurled towards anybody who disagrees with their attempts to impose a dogmatic mirror of revisionism into the ICM — we’ve seen everybody from Joma Sison to Huey Newton to J. Moufawad Paul to even myself labeled as revisionists for a variety of reasons, most of which have something to do with rejecting the dogmatic and infantile antics of the left-opportunists. Revisionism is a real threat, not a slur.

Hero Worship, or Great Leadership, is against the very principles of Marxism and Maoism. Marx rejected the antiquated notion that it was Great Men who advanced society, but instead the working masses. While people might claim to be staunch Marxists whilst idolizing the cruelty of Guzman and his Shining Path, they are doing little but indicating their opportunism to other communists.

This is indicated in the Founding Statement of Red Eureka Journal, where they write:

Principally Maoism was synthesized by Chairman Gonzalo in Peru. We vehemently uphold him as the greatest living Communist on the face of the Earth. Accordingly, we also uphold the Communist Party of Peru (PCP) and the Peruvian People’s War which is still being waged to this day.

This is not something that principled Communists would say off-handedly. It comes from a place of worship, upholding one man above the entire masses is opportunism, using the revolutionary potential of the working class simply to enrich yourself and your party. It’s the kind of behavior principled communists would scoff at.

Another failing of the Red Eureka Journal is that they treat parties as sovereign, i.e, that it is the duty of communists to shed blood for their party. This once again demonstrates their opportunism; it is not the working class for whom revolutionaries die, it is the party, more often than not, their (Gonzaloites) party, because they are as perverse as they are pervasive, injecting themselves into communist spaces like ticks and fleas, siphoning away revolutionary energy into self-serving Guzman worship instead of working class power.

I write this not because I find it interesting to write long-winded responses to tiny niche Gonzaloite journals, I do this because I do not want people to fall for the opportunist lies of organizations such as Red Eureka Journal and the “principally Maoists”, who throw away Marxist principles in order to justify the existence of their Gonzalo cult. Ideological unity is a key tool of success for the communist working class movement worldwide, which is why it is necessary to call out organizations who are acting poorly, or have poorly thought out ideas, such as the Gonzaloite revisionists that manage the Red Eureka Journal.

In summary, Red Eureka Journal follows a Gonzaloite revisionist tendency that exists for no reason other than to throw working class people into the proverbial meat grinder, and to make Abimael Guzman feel special whilst he rots in some Peruvian prison somewhere.

Red Eureka Journal is also probably just two to five people sitting in Melbourne somewhere with a wordpress subscription and an Abimael Guzman poster on their wall.

I invite the people behind Red Eureka Journal to contact me with any qualms they have with this piece, however.

References/Bibliography/Sources/etc

Sullivan, C. (n.d.). Abimael Guzman. Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abimael-Guzman

El Diario interview with Abimael Guzman, https://web.archive.org/web/20071108165711/http://www.blythe.org/peru-pcp/docs_en/interv.htm

Profile of the Shining Path, https://perureports.com/shining-path/

International Center for Transitional Justice: Hatun Willakuy, https://www.ictj.org/sites/default/files/subsites/peru-hatun-willakuy-en/

Red Eureka Journal Founding Statement, https://redeurekajournal.wordpress.com/2021/07/12/red-eureka-journal-founding-statement/

Red Eureka Journal, ‘About Our Journal’, https://redeurekajournal.wordpress.com/about-our-journal/

‘What is Revisionism? Three types, all suck’ by BlackLikeMao, https://blacklikemao.medium.com/what-is-revisionism-three-types-all-suck-30ab42364a19

Blayney, S. (2018, May 20). The “Great Man” Theory of History and New Labour. Retrieved from https://newsocialist.org.uk/the-great-man-theory-of-history-and-new-labour/

]]> https://the-bandit-board.writeas.com/against-gonzaloite-revisionism Wed, 14 Jul 2021 23:43:33 +0000 Comprehensive List of progressive Labor victories since 2000 https://the-bandit-board.writeas.com/comprehensive-list-of-progressive-labor-victories-since-2000?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[Below is a comprehensive list of progressive victories by the Australian Labor Party since the year 2000: !--more-- ]]> Below is a comprehensive list of progressive victories by the Australian Labor Party since the year 2000:

]]> https://the-bandit-board.writeas.com/comprehensive-list-of-progressive-labor-victories-since-2000 Wed, 14 Jul 2021 05:19:04 +0000 Reigniting Democracy, the Lumpen Way (plus Guy DeBord, for some reason) https://the-bandit-board.writeas.com/reigniting-democracy-the-lumpen-way-plus-guy-debord-for-some-reason?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[To the uninformed, “Reignite Democracy Australia” is a conservative anti-vax and anti-lockdown conspiracy theorist organisation posing as a political advocacy group. Their leader, Monica Smit, has all the markings of a conservative populist: from the constant references to The Constitution to the way she centers herself in everything the organization does. But what, pray tell, does RDA want? They want the government to pretend that COVID-19 doesn’t exist, pretty much. This is going to be a tough ride. !--more-- Some context… “Reignite Democracy Australia” was allegedly formed in Victoria during the early days of the pandemic. At the time, the pandemic was ravaging Victoria, and Premier Daniel Andrews had implement policies that were… unpopular, to say the least. Most unpopular of them all was the state-wide lockdown, which entailed border closures, the closing of all “un-essential” businesses, and the worst crime of them all: mandatory mask wearing. Of course, I jest, but to the average conservative, mandatory mask wearing is a worse crime than Srebrenica. This was a turbulent time in Victoria. SkyNews pundits, conservative talking heads and your bog-standard lumpens rallied together to attack Daniel Andrews personally, as if degrading Daniel Andrews would suddenly make the lockdown go away, whilst the Layberites circled the wagons in uncritical support of their man, Dan. To my knowledge, Victoria is still locked down, and the conservative pundits are still begging for Andrews’ head on a platter, bible style. And so, in this time of uncertainty and stress, one Monica Smit formed Reignite Democracy Australia, a group more focused on uplifting Smit and securing the essential right to do whatever you want without consequences than, well, actually “reigniting” democracy. The Who Monica Smit is, for all intents and purposes, your average middle-aged marketing person. Her LinkedIn describes her as the “Managing Director” of Reignite Democracy Australia, as opposed to a role such as, say, “Coordinator”, or “Organizer”. “Managing Director” is an interesting choice of words, however There Is No Time For That. It’s clear that she’s a blatant careerist, exploiting the somewhat valid concerns of stressed-out locked down people in order to siphon their energy into unproductive pursuits, such as protesting against lockdowns and trying to get people to refuse the vaccine. Reasonable questions about the vaccine aside, there is no doubt that Monica is yet another conservative grifter. Monica Smit, 2017. Still taken from her Australian Survivor audition tape. Yep, she auditioned for Australian Survivor back in 2017. Monica is hardly the only talking head in the RDA, mind you. Recent livestreams of their so-called “Truth Truck” (which were covered in a video by Tom Tanuki) show that she’s managed to rope in her younger nephew into her anti-vax grift as well. Poor little bugger. She also worked as an “independent journalist” at one point, which is hilarious. Monica appears to have abandoned this in lieu of a more lucrative business opportunity. One Dr. Peter A. McCullough (gosh, a doctor? they must be right!) is also referenced by RDA and Monica numerous times, so I believe it would be important to dig into this McCullough character. Peter McCullough is a yank, and worse still, a Texan. Most notably, he went on Tucker “White Power” Carlson’s Fox show to shill hydroxychloroquine as a miracle cure to COVID-19, all despite the fact that no hard evidence proves that hydroxychloroquine is anything close to a treatment, let alone a cure. It doesn’t take a guy with a doctorate to figure that out. If you’re still on the fence about the hydroxy, just read this-hydroxychloroquine). The fact that McCullough shilled hydroxy and was on Tucker Carlson’s soapbox is enough evidence that McCullough is, if I’m to be frank, a crank. McCullough also stated that there were “4,000 vaccine-related deaths” in relation to the COVID-19 vaccine in the United States, a blatantly false claim. His “source”, being otherwise valid Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS) reports, is inaccurate. VAERS simply records adverse health outcomes of people who have taken vaccines, not whether or not the vaccine itself had anything to do with it. Not even VAERS itself rejects the notion that VAERS reports should be used as evidence for the “lethality” of vaccines, although clearly that has not stopped certain someones from doing so regardless. The Broadbent Affair It’s Monday, the 5th of July. You’re Russel Broadbent: bit of an older bloke, but otherwise an average Liberal Party MP, the Member for Monash. You’re having a great time sitting in your Warragul office doing whatever it is Liberal MPs do in their spare time when, suddenly… …Monica Smit and RDA “protestors” arrive at your office. They’re protesting against mandatory vaccinations for aged-care workers, something so universally necessary that even you, a Liberal MP, can get behind. It was their real Bastille moment. Monica Smit and a hundred and fifty of her RDA goons swamped Broadbent’s office that day, demanding to be personally seen by and to talk to Broadbent himself. After protesting in front of the office for a while, Broadbent caves and they eventually make their way inside; either because Broadbent decided to let them in, or they forced their way in, although I believe the former is true. They lectured Broadbent (poor guy) on the evils of the vaccine and immune systems. Broadbent, stuck with over a hundred kooks in his little office, has no other choice but to nod in silent agreement, hoping to himself that if he just pretends to agree with them, they will leave him alone. The protest was about mandatory vaccines for aged-care workers, and one attendant, herself an aged-care worker studying medicine, concerned me with how callously she dismissed the vaccine, or even basic health restrictions. What good could possibly come from aged care workers, people who take care of the most vulnerable (medically and otherwise) members of our society, completely ignoring basic medical facts? How is “liberty” maximized by killing people’s grandparents with the flu because washing your hands or wearing a mask is literally George Orwell’s Eighteen-Ninety-Four? Where is the “freedom” in killing old people through medical negligence? I will decline to speak of the Yugoslavian grandmother and her alternative medicines. Smit once again centered herself during this affair, thinking that she was in a position to make demands of Russel Broadbent. Now, I’m as critical of politicians as the next person, but I don’t think waltzing into an MP’s office with over a hundred of your kook friends is going to make them any less annoyed at you. If anything, Broadbent was doing himself a disservice by allowing them to enter his office - because they will now conduct themselves with the attitude that they are entitled to a politician’s time simply because they showed up with crank placards demanding counsel. I would say to expect more of these stunts in the future, as Smit tries to build up a support base for the Reignite Democracy organization and its parliamentarian wing. Democracy and Lumpens “Reignite Democracy” is a strange name for her organization, as Smit has no interest in actually “reigniting” democracy. Electoral reform and workplace democracy are nowhere to be seen on any of her websites, and it seems the only thing she wants is the freedom to be callous in her disregard for the safety of others. This is why I use the word “lumpen” to describe RDA’s supporter base: they are, at best, deluded middle-class reactionaries with wool tightly wrapped around their eyes. “Democracy” only matters to these people insofar as it benefits them directly. Rampant political corruption is only bad when it’s lockdowns and mask mandates, and not when the ruling party is so chock full of rapists and sexual predators that they may as well rebrand to the Rapist Party. I say this with complete sincerity. As a long-time marketing manager, Monica Smit is a petty bourgeois reactionary holding up the torch for the swarms of reactionary lumpens, uncritical supporters of the capitalist status quo, to rally around. They don’t care about democracy, or “freedom”, or “liberty”, they only care about themselves. Guy DeBord once said: "In societies where modern conditions of production prevail, all of life presents itself as an immense accumulation of spectacles. Everything that was directly lived has moved away into representation." \-Guy DeBord, “The Society of the Spectacle” And in no other circumstance is the Spectacle more apparent than in the reactionary anti-vax lumpen: they are so alienated from their labor, their communities and the rest of the world that their entire identity is based around commodities that they consume; lockdowns and mask mandates prevent them from living out their consumerist spectacles. Only now that government policy effects them directly is the government “evil” and “treasonous”. Not when it was rounding up scary refugees to intern indefinitely, or sending their stormtroopers to harass journalists or activists. It is, quite frankly, an infantile worldview. Reactionary nationalism is inherent to anti-vax ideology, and “Reignite Democracy” is no different. They claim to “respect” the ANZACs, yet their “respect” is only surface level: they respect the myth of the ANZACs, brave and stoic men fighting and dying for the good of the nation, but they detest the reality of the ANZACs, working class Australians whose lives were thrown away in imperialist wars. In fact, it isn’t too far fetched to assume that most of these people would be fine with starting more wars, say with China or some Middle Eastern country, to create more names to put on the walls of the War Memorial. To the uncritical middle class, working class lives are disposable, and should be thrown away at the nearest opportunity, anything to satiate their never-ending hunger for spectacles. Hilariously enough, Reignite Democracy Australia maintains a “business directory” with the names and addresses of RDA-adjacent and sympathetic businesses. The next section will be a doozy. Naming and Shaming The RDA’s “business directory” is an enlightening read. It contains the names and addresses of what I assume to be COVID-skeptic businesses. In their own words: RDA has built a Business Directory to showcase businesses who understand the masks exemption laws, QR-code check in regulations and that cash is a legal tender. Businesses who sign up will need to agree to these terms (which have been looked over by lawyers). We understand that, if someone has a medical condition that prevents them from safely wearing a mask, they are not obliged to reveal that condition or show us evidence. We will not refuse entry or service to anyone not wearing a mask. We trust you to use the QR code. Anyone who wishes to enter our store is welcome. We accept cash. Find local, interstate and businesses Australia-wide that support our freedoms. A Directory of businesses who refuse to enforce unlawful directions from corrupt Governments. A place for us all to find businesses that we want to support. In order to get your business listed on the directory, you need to either pay the Monthly Membership ($3.30 per month, first month for free) or the Yearly Membership ($29.00 per year, first month for free), which establishes that all of the businesses on this directly intentionally gave their details to the RDA, and weren’t just listed without their approval. The membership fees for listing your business on their business directory, in case you needed more than my personal testimony. Therefore, I am going to name and shame them all. I would encourage the reader to, if any of these businesses are in their local area, bring this up as a matter of concern with your local community, or even send them an email or something. Boycott them maybe? I don’t think blatantly callous business practices such as this should be tolerated by the community. Anyway, this is going to be a LONG section, so skip it if you just want the rest of the article. New South Wales: Coral Creative Address: Kingscliff NSW 2487 Kingscliff New South Wales 2487 PH: 0467029760 Byron Health and Nutrition Address: Ocean Shores NSW 2483 Ocean Shores New South Wales 2483 PH: 0455440466 Sammi Zajko Holistic Counselling Address: Caves Beach, Lake Macquarie City Council Caves Beach New South Wales 2281 PH: +61407766525 Francey’s Fermented Food Address: Baulkham Hills NSW 2153 Baulkham Hills New South Wales 2153 PH: 0298996286 Illuminate Yoga Address: 1/24 Elizabeth St Wetherill Park New South Wales 2164 PH: 0404876820 LoanOptions.ai Address: 27 Hunter St Parramatta New South Wales 2150 PH: 0422812460 Breathing Rehabilitation Address: 109-113 Blaxland Rd Ryde New South Wales 2112 PH: 0421611278 Eclipse Body & Soul Massage Address: 28 Crystal St Waterloo New South Wales 2017 PH: 0452067549 Affordable Web Design Address: 4 Coldstream St South Coogee New South Wales 2034 PH: 0424224810 Southern Chiropractic Address: 34 Captain Cook Drive Caringbah NSW 2229 Sydney New South Wales 2229 PH: 02 9526 1555 True Colors PEOPLE Solutions Address: Camden Park Rd Camden South New South Wales 2568 PH: +61406488213 Roasted Kombi Cafe Address: 249 Clarinda St Parkes New South Wales 2870 PH: 0477136606 Holistic Health and Crookwell Address: 7012 Boorowa Rd Lost River New South Wales 2583 PH: 0448362129 Kurt Staples Building and Carpentry Address: 163 Loralyn Ave Sanctuary Point New South Wales 2540 PH: 0423592165 Healthier Home Healthier You Address: 3/28 Pinnuck St Finley New South Wales 2713 PH: 0423206590 Queensland: PastaEnvino Address: 2 Mowbray St Port Douglas Queensland 4877 PH: 0431226126 Lov Mate Address: Cairns QLD Cairns City Queensland 4870 PH: 0403575267 SEED Creative Lab Address: Cairns QLD Cairns City Queensland 4870 PH: 0431 154 465 Plant Essentials Address: 158-162 Duckworth St Garbutt Queensland 4814 PH: +61416124210 Eternal Spirit NQ Address: Townsville City Townsville Queensland 4810 PH: 0402761898 My-Art Therapy Address: Wycarbah, Rockhampton Regional Rockhampton Queensland PH: N/A Website: https://myarttherapy.com.au/ Jacquie McIntyre Address: Southside Southside Queensland 4570 PH: 0411495037 SPIRIT TALK - Readings Address: Isabella Ave Nambour Queensland 4560 PH: 0414462265 Wardle Parners Pty Ltd Address: 8 Otranto Ave Caloundra Queensland 4551 PH: 07 5492 0300 John’s Painting Service Address: Taigum QLD 4018 Boondall Queensland 4034 PH: 0412744982 Ayurvedic Wellness & Rejuvenation Address: 28 Brookfield Road Brisbane City Queensland 4069 PH: +61430272501 MacDonald Boxing and Fitness Address: 25 Michlin St Moorooka Queensland 4105 PH: 0429166660 Fundamental Energy Address: 9 Phyllis St Eastern Heights Queensland 4305 PH: 0421164224 Natural Therapies Redbank Plains QLD Address: 38 Vicki St Redbank Plains Queensland 4301 PH: +61434868100 Mediaglue Pty Ltd Address: 41 Reedmans Rd Ormeau Queensland 4208 PH: 1300 884 757 Giri Kana Cafe Address: 82 Marine Parade Southport Queensland 4215 PH: 0755913555 Gold Coast Digestive Health Address: 13 Kurrambee Ave Ashmore Queensland 4214 PH: 07-56765076 TESOL Australia Address: Gold Coast Gold Coast Queensland 4215 PH: 07 3806 4802 Western Australia: The Spicy Coconut Address: Denmark WA 6333 Denmark Western Australia 6333 PH: 0470149941 Awaken Denmark WA Address: 130 Springdale Heights Hay Western Australia 6333 PH: +61419926285 Craig Hitchens Therapies Address: 3 Duffy Place Dunsborough Western Australia 6281 PH: +61421213898 Wendy Schulze - Physiotherapist, Kinesiologist and Life Coach Address: 85 Solomon St, Fremantle, WA, Australia Fremantle Western Australia 6160 PH: +61418921778 Cura Integrative Medicine Address: Level 1, 206 Stirling Hwy Claremont Western Australia 6010 PH: 0892844644 BioEnergetic Wellness Address: 122 Toorak Rd Rivervale Western Australia 6103 PH: 0423669649 Kalamunda Jewellers Address: 11/22 Haynes St Kalamunda Western Australia 6076 PH: [08 9293 3043 0480 106 921](tel:08929330430480106921) The Hangout Indoor Climbing Center Address: 12 White St, Bayswater, WA Bayswater Western Australia 6053 PH: 08 93719939 Neuro Body Balance Address: 237 Ocean Keys Blvd Clarkson Western Australia 6030 PH: 0433659730 Beyond Health Natural Therapies Address: 16 Cameley Ct Bullsbrook Western Australia 6084 PH: 08 9362 3666 Victoria: Mech-Elech Automation Address: Benalla Road, City of Greater Shepparton Shepparton Victoria 3630 PH: 0358224499 Denfield Blind and Curtain Cleaning Address: 22 Michelle Drive, Maiden Gully Maiden Gully Victoria 3550 PH: 0439132021 Susie Your Thermomix Consultant Aus Wide Address: Unnamed Road Bendigo Victoria 3550 PH: 0409 980 519 Bendigo Body and Soul Address: 22 Michelle Drive Bendigo Victoria 3550 PH: +61448531056 Bendigo Wellness Center Address: 37 Langston St Bendigo Victoria 3550 PH: +61408953156 Wood Fired Pizza 2 You Address: Amphitheatre, Shire of Pyrenees Melbourne Victoria 3468 PH: 0421222717 The Source Holistic Therapies Address: 42 High St Beaufort Victoria 3373 PH: 0353093289 Gabriele Address: 33 Reynolds Grove Romsey Victoria 3434 PH: 0408233899 Bar Fridges Australia Address: 40 Production Dr Alfredton Victoria 3350 PH: 0438590267 Lake Bolac Caravan & Tourist Park Address: 115 Frontage Road Lake Bolac Victoria 3351 PH: 0353502329 Cocoon Window Furnishings Address: Princes Hwy Port Fairy Victoria 3284 PH: 0400 103 419 Happy Spaces Address: 4 Gilbert St Torquay Victoria 3228 PH: 0417349727 Kismet BnB in Geelong Address: 15 Norfolk Ave Grovedale Victoria 3216 PH: 0427939531 Organic Mojo Address: 364b Pakington St Newtown Victoria 3220 PH: 0416409783 Naughty gifts & sunlite hydro (trust me, I don’t know either) Address: 65 Nobility St Moolap Victoria 3224 PH: 0352298434 Seaire Yoga Address: Malop St Geelong Victoria 3220 PH: 0417556175 Trades maintenance Address: Lara VIC 3212 Lara Victoria 3212 PH: 0422311642 Lateral Insights Address: 32 Purchas St Werribee Victoria 3030 PH: +61406000969 Romacom Data & Electrical Serices Address: Point Cook VIC 3030 Point Cook Victoria 3030 PH: 0447310214 Susan Rissinich Kinesiology Address: 114 Holts Ln Darley Victoria 3340 PH: 0409114218 Pimp My Pond Address: Serrata Ct Hillside Victoria 3037 PH: 0492294732 MSB Painting Address: 17 Lemco Walk Delahey Victoria 3037 PH: 0434027828 Qtech electrical services Address: Cairnlea VIC 3023 Cairnlea Victoria 3023 PH: 0432175079 Sheppard Electrics Pty Ltd Address: Unit 6/22 Disney Ave Keilor East Victoria 3033 PH: 0411424042 Psychic Oracle Lizzy Rose Address: 6A Tuppal Pl Keilor East Victoria 3033 PH: 0449740132 Souls truth healing Address: Hillcrest Drive, Westmeadows, City of Hume Melbourne Victoria 3049 PH: 0409385562 Body First Chiropractic Pascoe Vale Clinic Address: 155 Derby St Pascoe Vale Victoria 3044 PH: 9354 2202 Jim’s Home Fresh Address: Somerton VIC 3062 Somerton Victoria 3062 PH: 03 59028674 A Better Driveway Address: 2/21 Halley Cres campbellfield Melbourne Victoria 3756 PH: +61412537776 No Fuss Painting Painting Address: South Morang VIC 3752 South Morang Victoria 3752 PH: +61401525782 Balloonaversal Entertainments Address: Doreen VIC 3754 Doreen Victoria 3754 PH: (03) 8669 1303 Melissa Gonella Kinesiology Address: 4/57 Buena Vista Dr Montmorency Victoria 3094 PH: 0418990619 Aliki Zouliou - Shiatsu Therapy Address: Mossman Dr Eaglemont Victoria 3084 PH: 0415369964 Telex / AHL / EMA Address: 38 Hall Road Warrandyte South Vic 3134 Warrandyte South Victoria 3134 PH: 03 9844 2524 Kev the Towie Address: Brice Ave Mooroolbark Victoria 3138 PH: 0405230714 Present w/-Passion Address: 1a Old Gippsland Rd Lilydale Victoria 3140 PH: 0419 130 115 Beck’s Automotive Repairs & Service Pty Ltd Address: Factory 6/2 Macquarie Place, Boronia Melbourne Victoria 3155 PH: (03) 9729 9918 Sondy Ward - Artist Address: Bellevue Court, Boronia, City of Knox Melbourne Victoria 3155 PH: 0400 662 638 TDP Tidey Design & Print Address: Boronia VIC 3155 Boronia Victoria 3155 PH: 0411828794 Invocation Holistic Clinical Psychotherapy Address: Yarra Street, Yarra Junction, Shire of Yarra Ranges Melbourne Victoria 3797 PH: 0466 599 837 Moonleather Address: 20 Forest Rd Wesburn Victoria 3799 PH: 0408565308 Boss Glass & Glazing Address: Cockatoo VIC 3781 Cockatoo Victoria 3781 PH: 0418 344 673 Martial Arts Gym Address: 1/13 Kilvington Drive, Emerald Melbourne Victoria 3782 PH: 0410 558 393 L.B DISABILITY SUPPORT SERVICES Address: Bairnsdale VIC 3875 Bairnsdale Victoria 3875 PH: 0477709616 Rosedale Traditional Joinery Address: 91 Huffers Ln Rosedale Vic Rosedale Victoria 3847 PH: 0351992088 Latrobe Valley Home Cleaning Address: 34-38 Haunted Hills Rd Newborough Victoria 3825 PH: 0467469701 Gippsland Vacuums Address: 10 Lakeview Ct Drouin Victoria 3818 PH: +61400492487 MCI Renovations Address: White Road Wonthaggi Victoria 3995 PH: 0411911068 Our Van RV Address: 2-4 Henry Wilson Dr Capel Sound Victoria 3940 PH: 1300 068 700 Chrome Projects HOME RENOVATION & CONSTRUCTION decks pergolas paving Address: Shire of Mornington Peninsula Rosebud Victoria 3939 PH: 0418548911 DHP Team Address: 45 Villawood Dve, Hastings Melbourne Victoria 3915 PH: 0414511162 Pakenham Appliances Address: 2/24 Bormar Dr Pakenham Victoria 3810 PH: 03 5607 5752 Reignite Democracy Australia Address: Pakenham VIC 3810 Pakenham Victoria 3810 PH: 0458765804 ACTEK GROUP PTY LTD Address: Pakenham VIC 3810 Pakenham Victoria 3810 PH: 0458 867 575 The Essential You - Counselling and Family Constellations Address: Somerville VIC 3912 Somerville Victoria 3912 PH: 0409705637 Tomcat Tree Services Address: Cannons Creek, City of Casey Melbourne Victoria 3977 PH: 0433294187 Aqua Live Australia Address: 15A Bonnyview Rd Mount Eliza Victoria 3930 PH: 0417858685 Jade’s Dog Walking, Pet and Aquarium Services Address: 8 Wallace Ave Frankston Victoria 3199 PH: N/A All Scope works Address: South-East Melbourne berwick Victoria 3806 PH: 0417588228 Leaf me Blissful Address: South-East Melbourne berwick Victoria 3806 PH: N/A Gregorys Antennas Pty Ltd Address: 15A Bonnyview Rd Mount Eliza Victoria 3930 PH: 0417858685 Refinement30beauty Address: 8 Wallace Ave Frankston&#