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The System Is Rigged: Qualified Immunity Is How the Police State Stays in Power
By John W. Whitehead Source: Mint Press News The system is rigged, the government is corrupt, and “we the people” continue to waste our strength by fighting each other rather than standing against the tyrant in our midst. Because the system … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, civil liberties, culture, elites, Empire, Militarization, news, Oligarchy, police state, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged Authoritarianism, civil liberties, elites, fascism, law, Oligarchy, police state, Police Violence, qualified immunity, State Crime, tyranny, U.S. Supreme Court
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Are we about to see a Colour Revolution in the United States?
The familiar tropes are out in force, Trump may not weather this storm. By Kit Knightly Source: Off-Guardian It started with peaceful protests. It always does. Oppressed, poor or otherwise desperate people take to the streets because they don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, black ops, civil disobedience, civil liberties, Corporate Crime, corporate news, culture, Deep State, divide and conquer, Dystopia, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, History, media, Media Literacy, news, Oligarchy, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Revolution, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime
Tagged activism, Color Revolutions, corporate media, Coup, Deep State, Democracy, Donald Trump, empire, geopolitics, insurgence, Mainstream Media, Martial Law, Militarization, police state, Police Violence, protests, state violence, Uprising
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That Change You Requested…?
By James Howard Kunstler Source: Kunstler.com All the previous incidents of white cops killing blacks were just too ambiguous to seal the deal. Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri (a murky business); Tamir Rice in Cleveland (waving the BB gun that … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, civil liberties, culture, Economics, elites, Financial Crisis, Inequality, news, Oligarchy, police state, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged Covid-19, Derek Chauvin, Economic Collapse, economic inequality, Economics, Financial Crash, George Floyd, insurgency, lockdown, Oligarchy, police state, Police Violence, protests, State Crime, Systemic Racism, Uprising
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Nationwide Uprising Against Failed State Triggered By Police Killings
By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers Source: CounterCurrents.org The nationwide uprising sparked by the murder of George Floyd and other recent racially-motivated events is a response to the bi-partisan failed state in which we live. It comes in the midst … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, civil liberties, culture, Dystopia, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Inequality, news, Oligarchy, police state, Racism, Revolution, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged activism, corporate bailout, covid19, Derek Chauvin, Economic Collapse, economic inequality, Failed State, George Floyd, insurgency, Law Enforcement Action Partnership, Pandemic, police state, Police Violence, Reclaim the Block, State Terror, Systemic Racism, Uprising
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From Soft to Hard Fascism: “Get In Your House Right Now!”
By Kurt Nimmo Source: Another Day in the Empire There can no longer be any doubt—America is now a full-blown fascist state. In the past, authoritarian fascism was kept reserved in the shadows, largely out of the public eye, but … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, civil liberties, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Neoliberalism, news, Oligarchy, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged civil liberties, Crony Capitalism, Dystopia, Economic Collapse, economy, fascism, financial crisis, Martial Law, Neoliberalism, police state, Police Violence, Poverty, tyranny
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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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America Is on the Brink of a Nervous Breakdown
By John W. Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “As nightfall does not come at once, neither does oppression. In both instances, there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly unchanged. And it is in such twilight that we all must … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, civil liberties, corporate news, culture, Dirty Politics, divide and conquer, Dystopia, education, Empire, Environment, Law, Mass Incarceration, media, Militarization, news, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state
Tagged America, American Culture, Authoritarianism, Civil Unrest, Classism, Dystopia, Infrastructure, Mass Hysteria, Mass Incarceration, Militarization, Oligarchy, Overcriminalization, police state, Police Violence, racism, Societal Collapse, State Terror, surveillance state, tyranny, US government, Violence, xenophobia
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