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Tag Archives: Systemic Racism
The left’s contempt for bodily autonomy during the pandemic is a gift to the right
By Jonathan Cook Source: Dissident Voice When did parts of the left get so contemptuous of the principle of “bodily autonomy”? Answer: Just about the time they started fetishising vaccines as the only route out of the current pandemic. Only … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, censorship, civil liberties, conditioning, Corporate Crime, culture, Dystopia, elites, Health, media, Media Literacy, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy
Tagged abortion rights, censorship, civil liberties, COVID vaccines, Covid-19, elites, Human Rights, Jeremy Corbyn, Liberals, Pandemic, propaganda, Public Health, Systemic Racism, Technocracy, vaccine mandates
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The Culture of Vehicular Attacks
On the Murder of Deona Marie Erickson By CrimethInc. On June 13, a driver attacked a demonstration in Minneapolis, killing Deona Marie Erickson. This is the result of years of right-wing efforts to normalize—and even legalize—vehicular attacks. Now the corporate … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, anarchism, Authoritarianism, civil disobedience, civil liberties, culture, freedom of speech, Law, news, Oligarchy, police state, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged activism, Anarchism, Breonna Taylor, civil liberties, Deona Marie Erickson, fascism, George Floyd, Government, Heather Heyer, law, Nicholas Kraus, police state, Police Violence, racism, Systemic Racism, Winston Smith
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MORE PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED FOR CANNABIS POSSESSION THAN ALL VIOLENT CRIMES PUT TOGETHER IN THE US LAST YEAR
By John Vibes Source: Waking Times With legal recreational and medical cannabis now available in so many different US states, it is easy to get the impression that the war on cannabis users is over. However, cannabis users still represent … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Drug War, Law, Mass Incarceration, news, police state, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology
Tagged ACLU, Cannabis, cannabis legalization, drug war, Erik Altieri, law, marijuana, Marijuana Decriminalization, Mass Incarceration, NORML, society, Steve Sisolak, Systemic Racism, Uniform Crime Report, violent crimes
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To America, Black Lives Only Sometimes Matter
By Tony Cartalucci Source: Land Destroyer There is no doubt that colonialism and racism sit at the root of America’s domestic problems. The push to dominate others abroad is directly linked to the belief that those who are different at … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, Inequality, news, police state, propaganda, Racism, society, State Crime, war
Tagged Black Lives Matter, empire, geopolitics, George Floyd, Hong Kong, imperialism, Institutionalized Racism, Libya, Systemic Racism, US Foreign Policy, US government
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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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What?!? Private prisons suing states for millions if they don’t stay full
By Terry Shropshire Source: rollingout.com The prison-industrial complex is so out of control that private prisons have the sheer audacity to order states to keep beds full or face their wrath with stiff financial penalties, according to reports. Private prisons … Continue reading
Posted in civil liberties, Corporate Crime, culture, Drug War, Economics, Law, police state, Privatization, Social Control, society, State Crime, wasted taxpayer dollars
Tagged drug war, Modern Slavery, Prison-Industrial Complex, Private Prisons, Systemic Corruption, Systemic Racism, War on Drugs
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There are No Easy Solutions for White Terrorism
By Jason Lee Byas Source: Center for a Stateless Society On June 17th, a white man named Dylann Roof murdered nine black members of the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church (EAME). I mention race because it was not a coincidence … Continue reading
Posted in civil disobedience, culture, divide and conquer, Law, Militarization, police state, Racism, Social Control, society, State Crime
Tagged Black Incarceration, Charleston, Dylann Roof, EAME, Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, Gun Control, Hate Crime Legislation, Militarization, police state, Police Violence, Systemic Racism, terrorism, Walter Scott, White Supremacy
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