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Recent Posts
- The role of the intellectual
- White House Press: Ground Rules (Clinton 2000 interview with Amy Goodman)
- Egypt…the revolution keeps revolving (Today’s “Women’s March”)
- Bradley Manning in court, Day One
- Occupy Wall Street as Three-card Monte for the media (or: Who’s a ringer?)
- The time we killed civilians in order to save civilians… (NATO in Libya)
- Rick Perry’s YouTube advertisement: Let the voting begin.
- The last gasps of the Bill of Rights, plus Ozone Widget and the Lord’s Army (Nation Defense Authorization Act)
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- “Corporations are people, my friend”
- The place where the drones go…
- Entrenched social inequality, as visible at Starbucks
- How the government will spend its discretionary monies in 2012
- Now that Mubarak is gone, Egypt is free and democratic!
- The forces of counter-revolution amass (reacting to Occupy)
- Interview of Francis Fox Piven (strategy and tactics of struggle, and Occupy Wall Street)
- The atomic bomb and Hiroshima: We had to drop it, to save American lives, right?
- How did you fare Buy Nothing Day?
- Occupy Everywhere: Roundtable with Michael Moore, Naomi Klein, P. Bruener, Rinku Sen, W. Greider
- Foucault in a cowboy hat
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Monthly Archives: November 2011
Now that Mubarak is gone, Egypt is free and democratic!
For example, you can now protest and practice free speech without fear of police or army repression. If you are a woman, you can feel safe in the streets and well-protected by the government. An ample space was given for … Continue reading
The forces of counter-revolution amass (reacting to Occupy)
It is no secret that the forces with the most stake in the status quo, namely the business class and those currently running the state itself, can be expected to use every available tool to react to any perceived threat … Continue reading
Posted in Occupy, occupywallstreet
Tagged assassination, chicago police, cointelpro, fred hampton, messiah, murder
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Interview of Francis Fox Piven (strategy and tactics of struggle, and Occupy Wall Street)
The perspicacious Doug Henwood, of the Left Business Observer, interviews Francis Fox Piven on the subjects of the how social struggles work, what strategies of struggle are most effective, and how to think about Occupy Wall Street. If you have … Continue reading
Posted in Occupy, occupywallstreet
Tagged doug henwood, fox piven, interview, occupy, struggle
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The atomic bomb and Hiroshima: We had to drop it, to save American lives, right?
The atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the US at the end of WWII created one of the most violent episodes of the world’s history. The measure of the moral fiber of American society can be found in … Continue reading
Posted in Terrorism, War crimes
Tagged atomic, atomic weapon, civilians, hiroshima, japan, nagasaki, truman, world war two, WWII
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Occupy Everywhere: Roundtable with Michael Moore, Naomi Klein, P. Bruener, Rinku Sen, W. Greider
This was a great roundtable discussion on the current state of the Occupy movement, some ideas and analysis, and possibilities for moving forward. I typed out part of the transcript of the roundtable on the fly, so please excuse lack … Continue reading
When the people rise up, the state exposes itself for what it is…
A book-burning group of thugs willing to hit unarmed people or worse in order to maintain power over them.
Posted in Occupy, Terrorism
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Joss Whedon’s The Dollhouse: some thoughts
I just finished watching the two-season television series The Dollhouse, which has left me with a lot of thoughts. The basic premise of the show is that a technology is developed that can scan your brain, take up all of … Continue reading →