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Category Archives: Mass Incarceration
What If the Christ Child Had Been Born in the American Police State?
By John W. Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “When the song of the angels is stilled, when the star in the sky is gone, when the kings and princes are home, when the shepherds are back with their flocks, the … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, civil liberties, Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, education, Inequality, Law, Mass Incarceration, Philosophy, police state, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Spirituality, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged Christmas, civil liberties, Dystopia, Education, Government, Jesus, Philosophy, police state, Religion, Roman Empire, society, spirituality, surveillance state, Technocracy, undocumented immigrants
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America After the Election: A Few Hard Truths About the Things That Won’t Change
By John W. Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.”—George Orwell The American people remain eager to be persuaded that a new … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, imperialism, Inequality, Law, Mass Incarceration, Militarization, news, Oligarchy, police state, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, war
Tagged Corruption, Dystopia, Election 2020, empire, financial crisis, imperialism, Mass Incarceration, Militarization, Oligarchy, Overcriminalization, Plutocracy, police shootings, police state, Poverty, surveillance state, Technocracy, war
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MORE PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED FOR CANNABIS POSSESSION THAN ALL VIOLENT CRIMES PUT TOGETHER IN THE US LAST YEAR
By John Vibes Source: Waking Times With legal recreational and medical cannabis now available in so many different US states, it is easy to get the impression that the war on cannabis users is over. However, cannabis users still represent … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Drug War, Law, Mass Incarceration, news, police state, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology
Tagged ACLU, Cannabis, cannabis legalization, drug war, Erik Altieri, law, marijuana, Marijuana Decriminalization, Mass Incarceration, NORML, society, Steve Sisolak, Systemic Racism, Uniform Crime Report, violent crimes
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P Is for Predator State: The Building Blocks of Tyranny from A to Z
By John W. Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainments, when serious public conversation becomes a form of baby-talk, when, in short, a people … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, civil liberties, Corporate Crime, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, elites, freedom of speech, internet freedom, Law, Mass Incarceration, Militarization, news, Oligarchy, police state, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged Authoritarianism, BILL OF RIGHTS, Civil Asset Forfeiture, civil liberties, Deep State, Drones, fascism, FORCED VACCINATIONS, free speech, Global Police, Internet of Things, Main Core, Mass Incarceration, NO-KNOCK RAIDS, Oligarchy, Overcriminalization, police state, Precrime, qualified immunity, surveillance state, tasers, tyranny, X-KEYSCORE, Zero Tolerance
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The Worst Virus Ever…Authority…
By Nantes Indymedia Source: Anarchists Worldwide About COVID-19, authoritarian delusions and the shitty world we live in… The macabre death toll increases day by day, and in the imagination of each person takes place the sensation, at first vague then … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, conditioning, culture, Dystopia, Empire, imperialism, Mass Incarceration, Militarization, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, Technocracy, Technology
Tagged Authoritarianism, china, Colonization, coronavirus, Covid-19, France, italian prison revolts 2020, Italy, police state, refugee struggle, Repression, tagged agri-business, technology, war
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The Dem Establishment Successfully Cinched a Biden Super Tuesday Victory
Super Tuesday has raised the stakes and set the stage for a battle for the Democratic Party’s soul; one that will decide if it stays the course with neoliberalism with Biden or moves towards a progressive social-democratic model with Sanders. … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, corporate news, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dirty Politics, Economics, elites, Empire, Mass Incarceration, media, Neoliberalism, news, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society
Tagged 1994 Crime Bill, Amy Klobuchar, bernie sanders, Deep State, Democratic Party, DNC, Donald Trump, Election 2020, Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg, NAFTA, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Patriot Act, Pete Buttigieg, Plutocracy, Super Tuesday
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The Child That Christmas Forgot: How Would Jesus Fare in the American Police State?
By John W. Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “Once upon a midnight clear, there was a child’s cry, a blazing star hung over a stable, and wise men came with birthday gifts. We haven’t forgotten that night down the centuries. … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, civil liberties, culture, Dystopia, Empire, Inequality, Law, Mass Incarceration, Militarization, Oligarchy, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, war on terror
Tagged activism, Christmas, Department of Homeland Security, Dissidents, Dystopia, Education, empire, Immigrants, Jesus, Mass Incarceration, police state, Private Prisons, Refugees, Roman Empire, surveillance state, Technocracy, terrorism, WWJD
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