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RAD Faction @RADFaction

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Joined March 2022
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Beyond one man, one seat, one election cycle, there is a larger and far more unsettling question taking shape in real time: what is the state asking of people who have not been found guilty of any crime, but are…radfaction.com.au/2026/01/19…

An Ankle Monitor Shouldn’t End Civic Life

Electronic Ankle Monitor Photo: Dan Vansetten There is a question buried beneath the noise around Nick McBride that almost nobody seems willing to ask plainly: what does it mean to participate in c…

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Peter Malinauskas' Comments on Adelaide Writers' Week. Listen to or watch the full episode here: linktr.ee/partylinepod
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RT @theTiser: Stella Magnisalis can still remember the shock of the first time her SA police officer boyfriend “exploded with rage” and hur…

‘He wore a badge and I wore the bruises’

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Jan 8
This is how the carceral state reproduces itself: by recruiting young people early, before they have the tools to question power & violence. Framed as “opportunity,” this program is really about securing loyalty to policing before political consciousness has a chance to form 🧵
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"While police receive cash bonuses and accelerated recruitment pipelines, ambulances are still being ramped at our public hospitals. "While the government fast-tracks police academy courses, people are dying on hospital waiting lists. radfaction.com.au/2026/01/09… @haveachattabs

Cash Bonuses for Cops Won’t Keep Us Safe

Feeling safe? Police armed with high powered rifles at cricket Adelaide Cricket Ground. Photo: Ben_The_Sig, Reddit. South Australia’s 2025–26 Budget did not quietly prioritise policing. It boasted.…

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“The Premier is not responding to rising harm; he is campaigning. This is the law-and-order gravy train in full motion: talk tough, build cages, expand police power, and dare anyone to argue for less punishment in an election year. radfaction.com.au/2026/01/06…

Crime is Down. So Why Is South Australia Building More Prisons?

Peter Malinauskas, South Australian Premier. Photo: news.com.au South Australia’s government wants to tell two stories at once, and they cannot both be true. In one version, South Australia is one …

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"Every new prison built locks in decades of imprisonment, expands the state’s capacity to cage, and guarantees that more people … will be funneled into confinement rather than supported” Check our latest article: radfaction.com.au/2026/01/03… @haveachattabs

A Cage Is Still a Cage – No Matter How New the Paint

Photo: Dan Vansetten In early December, the NSW Inspector of Custodial Services tabled a report in state parliament that should have shocked the conscience of the nation, though, predictably, it di…

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"Over the New Year period, the SA Government quietly transformed Adelaide’s entire public transport network into a permanent police search zone. Police have been gagging for these powers for years." Article by Dan Vansetten and myself on @RADFaction radfaction.com.au/2026/01/01…

Policing by Panic: How “Safety” Became the Cover Story for a Long-Planned Power Grab

Police bashing a man with a baton in Whitmore Square before laying false charges of assaulting police and resisting arrest. Photo: Channel 7; ABC News. Over the New Year period, the South Australia…

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“Next Time It Could Be a Handgun”: How Fear Does the State’s Work for It Hysteria manufactured after prison drone incident. See article by Tabitha Lean & Dan Vansetten here: radfaction.com.au/2025/12/30…

“Next Time It Could Be a Handgun”: How Fear Does the State’s Work for It

Photo: ABC News “Next time, it could be a handgun.” The phrase appeared almost immediately after reports that a drone had delivered contraband into South Australia’s largest prison. It was not offe…

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Is This the Australia We Want? Armed forces patrolling our streets? See article by Tabitha Lean & Dan Vansetten here: radfaction.com.au/2025/12/29…

Is This the Australia We Want?

Photo: AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr. In the aftermath of devastating violence, grief seeks certainty. Fear demands action. Politicians rush to be seen doing something. But history shows us that when gov…

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When the State Calls This “Safety,” We Should Ask Who Its Really For See article by Tabitha Lean & Dan Vansetten here: radfaction.com.au/2025/12/26…

When the State Calls This “Safety,” We Should Ask Who Its Really For

On patrol at Adelaide Oval, 17 Dec 2025. Courtesy of Tabitha Lean In the days following the horrific Bondi attack, the language of safety has moved quickly, and predictably. Across the country, pol…

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When the State Calls It Terror, We Should Ask Who It Is Really Protecting See article by Tabitha Lean & Dan Vansetten here: radfaction.com.au/2025/12/24…

When the State Calls It Terror, We Should Ask Who It Is Really Protecting

Courtesy of ABC In the aftermath of the Bondi attack, which claimed the lives of 15 people, political language moved swiftly. The event was described as a “terror attack.” Calls for a royal commiss…

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Chasing the Carrot: Cooperating with the State for Revocable Benefits See article by Tabitha Lean & Dan Vansetten here: radfaction.com.au/2025/12/17…

Chasing the Carrot: Cooperating with the State for Revocable Benefits

This article is not intended to support or oppose the release of James Vlassakis. Rather, it is a critical review of the revocable incentives offered by the State when enticing criminalised people …

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When Workers Strike, Prisoners Pay: Adelaide’s Lockdowns Reveal the Machinery of the Carceral State See article here: radfaction.com.au/2025/12/12…
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Prison Labour, Union Wages, and the Modern Slavery Australia Refuses to See See article: radfaction.com.au/2025/12/11…

Prison Labour, Union Wages, and the Modern Slavery Australia Refuses to See

The events unfolding inside South Australia’s prisons right now demand attention, and honesty. For three consecutive days, prisons across the state have been in rolling lockdowns due to strike acti…

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State Violence Upon Prisoners for Wage Rise “7 prisons across South Australia (SA) were today locked down for the third day straight as prison officers under the Public Service Association (PSA) strike for a wage rise.” See full article: radfaction.com.au/2025/12/10…

State Violence Upon Prisoners for Wage Rise

7 prisons across South Australia (SA) were today locked down for the third day straight as prison officers under the Public Service Association (PSA) strike for a wage rise. Prisoners are reporting…

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