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Once signed, HR 347 will empower federal agents to arrest and bring felony criminal charges against citizens engaged in political protests anywhere in the USA.
We need Phil Ochs, right now. If Jesus won't come back, maybe Phil will.
You can hear Phil sing this on youtube:  http://www.youtube.com .
Just search the title.
The crisis in Greece - a systemic crisis of Capitalism - provides the best evidence that the Capitalist model of governance has utterly failed and must be overthrown.
Is limbaugh's vileness broadcast in this metro market?
The whole thing is a mess. It has no head or tails. Just complain on one side and keep on being an integral part of what you are fighting for. You can't have it both ways. You truly are what you are fighting for because you do not withdraw.
So there was a demonstration and some people got a little militant and maybe broke some windows. Chances are the demonstration wasn't a rally against the existence of windows so this may not look like the smartest of moves to you. In fact, it probably seems pretty asinine. A broken shop window doesn't really hurt those in power yet it probably rose more than a few folks' hackles. Vandalism and a few street scuffles with the cops obviously aren't potent enough to directly overcome the state by force so why bother if it's going to turn a lot of people against you?
More evidence we're being suckered into a totally uncalled for "preemptive strive" on a peaceful nation
Occupy was a public relations tactic in the purest sense
One ALEC member i did not recognize is Diageo, a huge & aggressive British company which owns many alcoholic beverage brands, all of which should be boycotted:
Multi-national corporations encourage China's low wages
9/11 — The Scientology Connection
Secret "society". False flag. Deep resonance! They could do it, if anyone could. They hate psychiatrists? So do we all. But we do not all do 9/11 false flag massacres. Secret "societies" do those!
Does that "reassuring" headline make sense to *you?*
If history holds true, corporations will continue to get their tax reductions and their write-offs. And "close the loopholes" hoopla can be saved for the next election.
(Cookie glitch?) When the web of lies for the propaganda platform of pubic support for the invasion of Iraq was being spun, I was out protesting that impending fiasco. At one point, I attended a small lecture by former chief U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter, who campaigned tirelessly against the oncoming attack. (Former US Marine Intelligence officer Ritter has since been convicted of soliciting sex with a female police officer who pretended to be 15 years old; but the case looks dubious on close inspection.) I asked him directly "Why are we doing this?" He instantly replied that the impending war was simply a distraction to cover up unpopular changes in domestic policy. Period. I have been turning this over in my mental compost bin for years.
The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq obviously served that purpose extremely well. But after about a decade, these distractions have gone completely stale, so we are withdrawing from those adventures with almost nothing, in many ways, far less than nothing, to show for our efforts, other than the cover they provided for the extremely unpopular domestic changes. So here is my theory: These wars were never intended to be won. Ever before the selection of George W. Bush, the power elite understood that the U.S., and the rest of the Western Empire, was about to experience a series of devastating economic crashes that would not ordinarily be tolerated by the 99%, so powerful distractions were urgently needed, and these are what the wars provided very effectively.
When the web of lies for the propaganda platform of pubic support for the invasion of Iraq was being spun, I was out protesting that impending fiasco. At one point, I attended a small lecture by former chief U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter, who campaigned tirelessly against the oncoming attack. (Former US Marine Intelligence officer Ritter has since been convicted of soliciting sex with a female police officer who pretended to be 15 years old; but the case looks dubious on close inspection.) I asked him directly "Why are we doing this?" He instantly replied that the impending war was simply a distraction to cover up unpopular changes in domestic policy. Period. I have been turning this over in my mental compost bin for years.
The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq obviously served that purpose extremely well. But after about a decade, these distractions have gone completely stale, so we are withdrawing from those adventures with almost nothing, in many ways, far less than nothing, to show for our efforts, other than the cover they provided for the extremely unpopular domestic changes. So here is my theory: These wars were never intended to be won. Ever before the selection of George W. Bush, the power elite understood that the U.S., and the rest of the Western Empire, was about to experience a series of devastating economic crashes that would not ordinarily be tolerated by the 99%, so powerful distractions were urgently needed, and these are what the wars provided very effectively.
When the web of lies for the propaganda platform of pubic support for the invasion of Iraq was being spun, I was out protesting that impending fiasco. At one point, I attended a small lecture by former chief U.N. weapons inspector Scott Ritter, who campaigned tirelessly against the oncoming attack. (Former US Marine Intelligence officer Ritter has since been convicted of soliciting sex with a female police officer who pretended to be 15 years old; but the case looks dubious on close inspection.) I asked him directly "Why are we doing this?" He instantly replied that the impending war was simply a distraction to cover up unpopular changes in domestic policy. Period. I have been turning this over in my mental compost bin for years.
The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq obviously served that purpose extremely well. But after about a decade, these distractions have gone completely stale, so we are withdrawing from those adventures with almost nothing, in many ways, far less than nothing, to show for our efforts, other than the cover they provided for the extremely unpopular domestic changes. So here is my theory: These wars were never intended to be won. Ever before the selection of George W. Bush, the power elite understood that the U.S., and the rest of the Western Empire, was about to experience a series of devastating economic crashes that would not ordinarily be tolerated by the 99%, so powerful distractions were urgently needed, and these are what these wars provided very effectively.
A short retort to Joey Anderson with bad grammar and syntax (Im using a German keyboard dammit)
Though it's passed the legislature twice before, a bill to establish a single-payer universal health insurance system in California failed in the state senate in January.
It's German wage cuts, not "lazy" Greeks
The never ending war on drugs and war on terrorism are being used to justify the huge police state security apparatus being assembled. This includes the militarization of the northern border and plans for a North American security perimeter. In the name of national security, there has been a steady erosion of civil liberties and privacy rights in both the U.S. and Canada.
If you're emailing your mom about a freak (and don't spell it phreak, because that's on the list too) ice storm in San Diego that dropped a foot of snow, you'll be on some list somewhere.
The article:
Occupied with Class: The Middle Class in the Occupy Movement http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2012/02/413983.shtml?discuss
....gives perhaps the best characterization of what the middle class is about, but I think that after all its extended analysis, it somehow fails to grasp. The 99% vs. the 1% will become the central theme. The occupy tactic will only get us so far, since by definition, if we occupy, they have us surrounded. The General Assembly tactic makes for good showmanship, but those who attend soon discover that the big decisions will never be made at such events. The entire uprising can only be summarized as the inevitable conflict between the 99% and the 1%. Most importantly, this 99% vs. 1% perspective is very metaphorical. It has its roots in our obscene wealth disparity, but money is not the sole factor that defines the true power elite, which for example, includes military commanders. The metaphorical "1%" is probably more like 0.1%. But that doesn't matter, since we are speaking metaphorically, not statistically. The 1% are the big bosses, the power elite, who hand down commands to the police and the middle class.
Longtime Berkeley activist Joseph Anderson weighs in on the ongoing debate around Occupy Oakland on the issue of diversity of tactics and the use of BlackBloc style tactics. He weighs in on the recent debate between Chris Hedges and Occupy Oakland organizer Kristof Lopaur.
The Occupy movement, Anderson says, cannot have both a diversity of people and a "diversity of tactics" at this time - and the movement can't shortcut the process of attaining, and retaining, the first by jumping to the second. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This article appears in LBC Books new collection of essays on the Occupy Movement, "Occupy Everything: Anarchists in the Occupy Movement 2009-2011".
I'm all for organized non-violent civil disobedience but that is not what Occupy Wall St.
The current debate that has erupted within Occupy circles was built into this movement's foundation. It has been sparked by much needed soul searching in the wake of a series of confrontations with the police, most notably in Oakland, that ended disastrously.
... and like all over-extended empires, it's about to crumble.
opposition MUD candidate and US backed
Seeing a waning domestic market for their poisonous product, Big Coal has set its sights on the Asian market, with Washington and Oregon set to be the transfer and staging areas for this environmentally disastrous scheme. Environmentalists should do whatever must be done to thwart vast coal exports from being moved across Washington to the tune of (12) mile-long trains a day before being put on ships docked on the lower reaches of the scenic Columbia River for its trip to Asia. Coal export from Washington and Oregon, two of the cleanest states in the nation, should never be permitted.
As many of you know, journalist Chris Hedges recently posted his critique of the Black Bloc and Anarchist involvement in the Occupy Wall Street movement in his article titled "The Cancer In Occupy". Using the examples of Derrick Jensen and John Zerzan as intellectual leaders, Hedges attempts to degrade Anarchists to common stereotypes of violent, unorganized, hyper-masculine criminals, seeking senseless destruction over social change. Hedges goes on to describe how Black Bloc Anarchists are a 'cancer' in the OWS movement and how they should no longer have involvement within it.
It is clear that last week's Executive Order brings us closer to war. The people of Portland are smart enough to understand, thus the magnificent protest yesterday. This is a tactic that helped Bush get elected - a military emergency. Obama references the recent NDAA in support of his action, and this does indeed mean war.
If Alberta Canada's tar sands oil fields are fully developed, an area of boreal rainforest the size of Florida will be eviscerated, leaving in its wake only giant ponds of toxic wastewater.
To make up for the fact that extracting tar sands oil is threatening caribou herds by destroying vast swaths of rainforest habitat in Alberta, the Canadian government has called for strychnine poisoning and aerial shooting of thousands of wolves in areas of tar sands mining. This plan is both cruel and deeply misguided.
The occupy movement surprised me by becoming a great success, even though I initially had no expectation of that. I thought it was insane to pitch tents in big cities, and to conduct "General Assemblies" to make decisions by consensus, with goofy "twinkling," etc. I think I was right about it being insane, but nevertheless it was extremely effective. On the other hand, I doubt that these tactics will again be used often, simply because they are far too labor intensive. Even if the "bang for the buck" is worth the effort, there simply are practical limits on the amount of effort people can afford to invest.
On another day that will see 22,000 children in the third-world die of treatable conditions, let it be noted well that the diehard liberal fascists and pre-fascists of the okkupy movement are still infuriated that the top 20% of the world doesn't have more than they already do.
Reflections and Lessons from the organizer
But it's ok, we don't need Chris Hedges' permission to revolt
What makes something worthy of being vandalized? Why do occupiers insist on inflicting acts of personal violence and assault in order to protect private property much like the police themselves?
The Oregonian has, so far, declined to publish this community response from the Mental Health Association of Portland to their unsigned editorial, 'Suicide by cop is a no-win situation for police,' published on February 1, 2012.
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