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Progressive Commentary Hour 12.04.19
Abby Martin and Chris Hedges discuss the bipartisan road from neoliberalism to fascism. Also, Catherine Austin Fitts on the missing trillions and what we can do to reclaim it.
The Jimmy Dore Show 12.03.19
Project Censored 12.03.19
Mickey Huff and guests examine how Facebook, Twitter and Google are working to hide,
“deplatform” or otherwise undermine news and opinions critical of US government policies, and thus reestablish the dominance of establishment-friendly corporate media
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From Jesus Christ to Julian Assange: When Dissidents Become Enemies of the State
By John W. Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” — George Orwell When exposing a crime is treated as committing a crime, you are being ruled by criminals. … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, civil disobedience, civil liberties, culture, Dystopia, elites, Empire, freedom of speech, Geopolitics, imperialism, Law, Mass Incarceration, Militarization, news, Oligarchy, police state, propaganda, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, war, Whistleblowers
Tagged activism, Capital Punishment, civil disobedience, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Dystopia, elites, empire, geopolitics, imperialism, Internet Freedom, Jesus Christ, Julian Assange, Martial Law, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, police state, press freedom, surveillance state, Torture, war, war crimes, whistleblowers
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When the state is unjust, citizens may use justifiable violence
By Jason Brennan Source: aeon If you see police choking someone to death – such as Eric Garner, the 43-year-old black horticulturalist wrestled down on the streets of New York City in 2014 – you might choose to pepper-spray them … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anarchism, Authoritarianism, civil disobedience, civil liberties, culture, Law, Philosophy, police state, Revolution, Social Control, society, State Crime
Tagged active self-defense, Authority, civil disobedience, Eric Garner, Ethics, Government, Injustice, law, Philosophy, police state, Police Violence, racism, Social Change, When All Else Fails: The Ethics of Resistance to State Injustice
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Nonviolent Action: Why and How it Works
Nonviolent action is extremely powerful. Unfortunately, however, activists do not always understand why nonviolence is so powerful and they design ‘direct actions’ that are virtually powerless. I would like to start by posing two questions. Why is nonviolent action so … Continue reading
Welcome to 1984
By Chris Hedges Source: truthdig The artifice of corporate totalitarianism has been exposed. The citizens, disgusted by the lies and manipulation, have turned on the political establishment. But the game is not over. Corporate power has within its arsenal potent … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, civil disobedience, Corporate Crime, corporate news, Corruption, culture, Dirty Politics, divide and conquer, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, History, media, Neocons, propaganda, Revolution, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime
Tagged 1984, activism, bernie sanders, Breaking Through Power, Chris Hedges, Citizen’s Revolutionary Week, civil disobedience, corporate media, Corporate Power, Corporatism, Democracy, Donald Trump, Duopoly, Election 2016, Election Rigging, Electoral College, fascism, Financial Elites, George Orwell, Hillary Clinton, Income Inequality, Mass Revolt, military-industrial complex, Presidential Elections, protest, Ralph Nader, Revolution, Social Change, Superdelegates, Two Party System
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If there’s no justice, there’s escrache!
From Wikipedia: Escrache is the name given in Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Spain to a type of demonstration in which a group of activists go to the homes or workplaces of those whom they want to condemn and publicly humiliate … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, civil disobedience, civil liberties, consciousness, culture, freedom of speech, History, society, State Crime, Uncategorized
Tagged activism, civil disobedience, demonstration, Escrache, HIJOS, Human Rights, Justice, New Tactics in Human Rights, NewTactics.org, Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca, protest
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Anonymous Calls for Worldwide Wave of Action #www
Via: Anonymous The modern paradigm may still seem insurmountable “because it possesses an outward front, the work of a long past, but is in reality an edifice crumbling to ruin and destined to fall in at the first storm.” — … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anarchism, anti-war, Art, civil disobedience, civil liberties, consciousness, culture, Economics, education, Empire, Environment, Financial Crisis, internet freedom, police state, society, State Crime
Tagged #WWW, 99%, anonymous, civil disobedience, Collective action, Direct action, Economic system, Guerrilla warfare, Gustave Le Bon, Occupy, Occupy Movement, THE CROWD: A Study of the Popular Mind, Worldwide Wave of Action
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