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Despotism Is the New Normal: Looming Threats to Freedom in 2022
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “Looking at the present, I see a more probable future: a new despotism creeping slowly across America. Faceless oligarchs sit at command posts of a corporate-government complex that has been … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, censorship, civil liberties, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, elites, Empire, freedom of speech, Health, internet freedom, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged Autonomy, cancel culture, censorship, Despotism, Digital tyranny, Dystopia, fascism, government overreach, home invasions, Intolerance, Lockdowns, mandates, Martial Law, police brutality, police state, Pre-crime, Privacy, rance, surveillance state, Technocracy
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Nullify Government Tyranny: In 2020, Harness the Power of Your Discontent
By John W. Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “The people have the power, all we have to do is awaken that power in the people. The people are unaware. They’re not educated to realize that they have power. The system … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, civil liberties, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, education, elites, Empire, freedom of speech, media, Oligarchy, police state, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, war, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged Asset Forfeiture, censorship, Debtors’ prisons, Deep State, Dystopia, endless wars, free speech, Government Corruption, Grassroots Activism, indefinite detentions, Mass Shootings, Militarism, Militarized Police, Nullification, pay-to-play politicians, police brutality, police shootings of unarmed citizens, police state, profit-driven prisons, retaliatory arrests, roadside strip searches, surveillance, surveillance state, SWAT team raids, the criminalization of lawful activities, tyranny, warmongering
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American Apocalypse: The Government’s Plot to Destabilize the Nation Is Working
By John W. Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out … without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, black ops, civil disobedience, civil liberties, culture, Deep State, divide and conquer, Dystopia, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Mass Incarceration, Militarization, NSA, Oligarchy, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, Technocracy
Tagged active shooter drills, Chaos, Civil Unrest, cyberterrorism, Deep State, Department of Homeland Security, dissent, domestic extremists, Domestic terrorism, Dystopia, Economic Collapse, elites, empire, enemy combatants, FBI, Jade Helm, Martial Law, Militarization, NSA, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, police brutality, police state, Revolution, Societal Collapse, State Terror, Strategy of Tension, U.S. Government
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Beyond Violence and Nonviolence
By Ben Case Source: ROAR Magazine The argument over violence and nonviolence — one of the oldest and most divisive on the left — is back. Broken windows, mass arrests and one well-timed punch marked Donald Trump’s inauguration alongside massive … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anarchism, Authoritarianism, culture, History, Law, police state, Revolution, Social Control, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged activism, Authoritarianism, Civil Resistance, Nonviolence, Pacifists, police brutality, police state, Police Violence, protests, Revolution, Riots, Satyagraha, Strategic Nonviolence, Totalitarianism, Vandalism, Violence
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The Lid is Off
By Charles Eisenstein Source: CharlesEisenstein.net It is getting harder to keep a secret these days. The collective shadow of our society, once safely relegated to the dark basement of the unmentionable, is now exposed to daylight, forcing us to face … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, consciousness, Conspiracy, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Dirty Politics, Hackers, hacktivism, media, news, Philosophy, police state, propaganda, Racism, Social Control, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technology, Whistleblowers
Tagged culture, Deleted Emails, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, hypocrisy, police brutality, Racist Cops, Secrecy, society, transparency, wall street, Whistle-blowers
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There is No Pipeline, Schools are Prisons
By Ryan Calhoun Source: Center for a Stateless Society We are told there is a pipeline in the United States that travels from our school system to our criminal justice system. Correct as the data corroborating the pipeline’s existence may be, … Continue reading
Posted in conditioning, culture, education, Law, Militarization, police state, Privatization, Social Control, society, State Crime
Tagged Child Abuse, Compulsory Education, Education, Institutional Racism, Mass Incarceration, police brutality, police state, Prison-Industrial Complex, Prisons, School to Prison Pipeline, schools
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Emanuel running scared; White House, Hillary camps alarmed
By Wayne Madsen Source: Intrepid Report President Obama and putative Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton held a previously unscheduled and unannounced 90-minute luncheon meeting at the White House on December 7. Although the White House termed the meeting “personal,” WMR … Continue reading
Posted in civil disobedience, Conspiracy, Corruption, culture, FBI, Law, news, police state, Racism, Social Control, society, State Crime
Tagged Bruce Rauner, Chicago, FBI, Hillary Clinton, Jason Van Dyke, Laquan McDonald, Linda Lingle, Loretta Lynch, Obama, police brutality, Police Corruption, police state, Rahm Emanuel
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Unaccountable Killer Cops in America
By Stephen Lendman Source: Steve Lendman Blog US streets in minority communities are battlegrounds. The good news is more police killings make headlines though nowhere near as many as warranted. Justifiable public anger is noticeably more visible. The bad news … Continue reading