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Government propaganda: deflecting public attention from the most serious crimes of the oligarchy
By Carla Binion Source: Intrepid Report People of the U.S. often fail to notice the methods their own government uses to do what amounts to brainwashing them. The book Manufacturing Consent by Edward S. Hermann and Noam Chomsky details how U.S. corporate-controlled … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, civil liberties, corporate news, culture, divide and conquer, Dystopia, elites, Empire, Environment, Health, media, Media Literacy, news, Oligarchy, propaganda, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war
Tagged Authoritarianism, civil liberties, corporate news, disinformation, Donald Trump, healthcare, Mainstream Media, media, Oligarchy, police state, propaganda, protests, war
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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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We’re in the Thick of It Now – What Happens Next?
By Michael Krieger Source: Liberty Blitzkrieg It’s with an extremely heavy heart that I sit down to write today’s post. Although widespread civil unrest was easy to predict, it doesn’t make the situation any less sad and dangerous. We’re in … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, civil liberties, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Militarization, Oligarchy, police state, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged activism, Authoritarianism, civil liberties, Civil Unrest, Covid-19, culture, dissent, Failed State, insurgency, lockdown, Looting, National Security State, Oligarchy, police state, protests, society, 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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This holiday season, American workers have little to celebrate
By Danny Haiphong Source: Intrepid Report Every year, much of the U.S. population celebrates Thanksgiving and Christmas to show appreciation for their families and friends. Thanksgiving normalizes the colonial origins of the United States and erases the brutality of the … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Consumerism, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, Financial Crisis, Inequality, Labor, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, propaganda, Recession, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Work
Tagged Alienation, austerity, capitalism, Christmas, Debt, economic crisis, Economics, Education, Financial Crash, healthcare, Homelessness, Housing Crisis, Labor, Neoliberalism, Oligarchy, Poverty, privatization, protests, Stagnant Wages, Thanksgiving, Working Class
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Political Collapse: The Center Cannot Hold
By Kirkpatrick Sale Source: CounterPunch Have you noticed? From Hong Kong to Baghdad, Paris to Tehran, 2019 is shaping up to be, as the New York Times dubbed it, “the year of the protest.” Violent—and often deadly—anti-government protests are breaking … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anarchism, Authoritarianism, civil disobedience, Corporate Crime, Corruption, culture, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Financial Crisis, Geopolitics, imperialism, Oligarchy, society, Sociology, State Crime, war
Tagged Anarchy, Autocracy, Chaos, Civil War, Climate Change, Corporate Crime, Dystopia, elites, Failed States, Immigration, migration, Oligarchy, Political collapse, Poverty, protests, Refugees, Resource depletion, terrorism, war
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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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Bangladeshi Workers Fight for Living Wage
Last Saturday, Garment Sramik Samannay Parishad, a federation of trade unions in garment sectors, organized a rally of over 50,000 workers to meet their different demands including raising minimum monthly salary to about $100. Bangladesh’s apparel industry, which supplies many … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Corporate Crime, Economics, Labor, news, society, Work
Tagged Bangladesh, Bangladeshi Workers, Demonstrations, income gap, Maximum Wage, Minimum Wage, protests, sweatshops, Walmart, Worker's Rights
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