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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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It’s Time to Declare Your Independence from Tyranny, America
By John W. Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, civil disobedience, civil liberties, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, elites, Empire, History, imperialism, Law, Mass Incarceration, Militarization, Oligarchy, police state, propaganda, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged 4th of July, America, civil liberties, Declaration of Independence, Dystopia, Independence Day, Militarization, National Security, Oligarchy, Plutocracy, police state, propaganda, protest, Revolution, Thomas Jefferson, Tryranny, US government
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To Liberate Cambodia
By Robert J. Burrowes A long-standing French protectorate briefly occupied by Japan during World War II, Cambodia became independent in 1953 as the French finally withdrew from Indochina. Under the leadership of Prince Norodom Sihanouk, Cambodia remained officially neutral, including … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anti-war, Authoritarianism, civil liberties, culture, Economics, History, imperialism, Labor, police state, Social Control, society, State Crime
Tagged activism, Cambodia, Dictatorship, Economics, Hun Sen, imperialism, Khmer, Labor, Nonviolence, politics, protest, war, Worker's Rights
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Washington D.C. is Swarming With Unaccountable Parasites
By Michael Krieger Source: Liberty Blitzkrieg In theory, Americans should be proud of their national capital and all the important work that gets done there. In theory. In reality, our nation’s capital is an utter cesspool of self-serving, unethical and … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, civil liberties, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, freedom of speech, Inequality, police state, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime
Tagged Aaron Cantú, activism, Criminal Class, dissent, DOJ, Donald Trump, FARA, FBI, Lobbyists, National Security Division, Paul Manafort, Podesta Group, police state, Political lobbyists, protest, Rick Gates, Tony Podesta, US Department of Justice, Washington DC
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A dystopia in real time
By Dave Lefcourt Source: OpEdNews.com Let’s come straight out with it, to the US government, We the People are the enemy. If you’ve read John W. Whitehead [1] regularly you’re already aware of that. The tell-tale sign: surveillance camera’s seemingly … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, civil disobedience, Conspiracy, culture, Dystopia, Empire, freedom of speech, Law, patriotism, police state, propaganda, Revolution, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, surveillance state, war on terror
Tagged activism, corporatocracy, Dystopia, empire, fascism, Indoctrination, Oligarchy, patriotism, police state, propaganda, protest, Revolution, social control, Social Engineering, surveillance state, Totalitarianism, US government, war on terror
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The Government Is Still the Enemy of Freedom
By John W. Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “Rights aren’t rights if someone can take them away. They’re privileges. That’s all we’ve ever had in this country, is a bill of temporary privileges. And if you read the news even … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, civil disobedience, civil liberties, conditioning, culture, Dystopia, Empire, Militarization, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Revolution, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state
Tagged activism, Authoritarianism, civil liberties, Democracy, Despotism, dissent, Due Process, fascism, Freedom, Government, Laws, Nonviolent Resistance, police state, Privacy, propaganda, protest, surveillance state, Totalitarianism
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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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Rent Strikes: ‘together we can defeat the housing market’
By Matt Broomfield Source: RoarMag.org As they revive a long-dormant form of protest, rent strikers in London and San Francisco must learn lessons from the great strikes of the 20th century. When you can no longer afford to pay your … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, civil disobedience, Corporate Crime, culture, Economics, Feminism, Financial Crisis, History, Labor, Law, police state, Racism, Recession, Social Control, society, Sociology, State Crime, Work
Tagged activism, Class War, Economics, Feminism, financial crisis, Gentrification, Industrial Strikes, Institutionalized Racism, Labor History, London, Mass Strikes, Police Violence, protest, racism, Radical Housing Network, Real Estate, recession, Rent Hikes, Rent Strikes, San Francisco, Student Housing
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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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