Postmodern consciousness is completely absorbed in the present, the point of the now, indeed is eager to be absorbed in it - a state of affairs that manifests itself in the fact that all thought and action relates solely to it: There is the present - and nothing else. Or to be more precise: there is the present of the now (which continues indefinitely) and the past presents.
Instrumental Reason and Left Politics (tags)
In the neoliberal variant of capitalism, postmodern pluralism dominates and with it a reason that is no longer trusted to understand the whole.. For instrumental reason, the actual world is always the best of all possible worlds since the question of a better world cannot arise in it. No problem arises that makes another, not yet existing world necessary or desirable.
Elisabeth Bronfen: "What amazes me most is the stubborn ability to repress" (tags)
We've greatly reduced the required reading... Five short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, plus the one compulsory piece of Shakespeare from the basic course and vampire and fantasy stories. If very little is read, diversity goes out the window, too.
Wars of aggression and sanctions against half the world are called "defense", "education" means paramilitary drill for usability in the profit industry under strict avoidance of any real formation of mind and feeling, the robbery of common goods is called "privatization", and self-evident areas of welfare mutate into dysfunctional "service".
Religious Fundamentalism. An ambivalent phenomenon of the modern age (tags)
The conclusion that Thomas Meyer repeatedly puts forward is obvious: "Fundamentalism proves to be an indeterminate negation of the foundations of Enlightenment and modernization."
There are already more cars than Germany needs, more smartphones, computers, servers, machines than anyone really needs...There is no compulsion to build and construct so that engineers can justify their jobs, and on the other hand, there is no longer a compulsion to grow, which always makes new developments necessary.
Loss of reality and bellicism (tags)
Ukraine is "worn out" here while it is supposed to fight a proxy war "until the last Ukrainian" and is equipped for this with weapons, ammunition, financial means, etc.... None of this is even remotely realistic.
The pace of business rationalization has accelerated to such an extent that in the core sectors of world market production, fewer and fewer workers are needed despite growing output of goods. Thus, the development of productive power has reached a point at which it makes absolutely more labor superfluous in each period.
Turn of the times and Negotiations instead of truce (tags)
"Public opinion continues to cling to pragmatism and pacifism. Skepticism toward military means has even increased since the beginning of the war." "The most important thing is to end the war as soon as possible, even if that means Ukraine ceding control of territory to Russia."
Negotiated Solution - No Alternative! (tags)
NATO intervention seems unlikely so far, after U.S. President Biden ruled out direct military intervention even in the run-up to the war...Nevertheless, a further escalation of the war cannot be ruled out. At present, the powerless left has only the option of fighting for peace. (TKonicz)
The lure of unreason and The crisis profiteers (tags)
The essence of transhumanism is pathological. This ideology is carried by psychopaths and narcissists. Such people love only themselves, their infallibility and uniqueness. The others are only mass. Mass is despised by "the unique".
No fear of peace negotiations (tags)
For Ukraine, security means that a peace agreement will not be followed by renewed Russian threats or incursions. For Russia, security means that their withdrawal from Ukraine will not be followed by NATO's eastward expansion.
Wars hardly achieve their intended goal anymore (tags)
The third Gulf War ended Saddam Hussein's rule but resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths, the emergence of IS, and a dramatic crash in living standards. Intervention in Libya succeeded in toppling Gaddafi, but turned Libya into a failed state.
Corona crisis turns into social crisis and The Taboo in Glasgow (tags)
"We are about to drive the world to the wall at full speed." Glasgow creates only lukewarm symptom therapy The example shows that hardly anyone dares to seriously name and research the basic problems of economic growth and population growth.
Climate Crisis and Social Transformation in the Age of Corona (tags)
The temporary moratorium on economic activity in large parts of the world has done nothing at all to change the fundamental logic of the capitalist mode of production, which is driven by the end-in-itself motion of endlessly reproducing abstract wealth, represented by money.
sars cov 2 does not exist : proof
More pragmatism in dealing with Corona (tags)
It is more important than ever that we are not only stubbornly clinging to concepts, but that we are prepared to break new ground. Also new ways of communication. A Corona traffic light would make both possible as a first step.
The chances of the Corona crisis (tags)
Public debt only became a problem after the bank bailouts...Crises cause fear and reinforce deep-seated anxieties.. The market under capitalism is not an efficient distribution mechanism, but a means to enrich private corporations at the expense of society and its environment.
End of a Career. Obituary The "Swabian housewife" (tags)
The "Swabian housewife" dominated politics. Now she was buried by her inventor. The state is not a business or a housewife but can borrow and become indebted to help present and future generations. System change, not climate change! Fight ignorance, not immigrants!
Disease, Power and Capitalism (tags)
Have you tried DeepL.com, academia.edu, grin.com or grammarly.com? Send me your comments and/or discoveries - as we await the reopening of the libraries and the Biden landslide! Will the great comedian Stephan Colbert be the dark horse candidate?
Don't Panic. Solidarity. Read (tags)
Some experts are sure that the only thing that will stop the virus permanently is for everyone to stay at home for a few weeks. Model China. The drastic quarantine has obviously worked, if you believe the Chinese government, the number of inflected people is decreasing.
Capitalist conditions are characterized by the fact that there is no rationality in society as a whole that coordinates the interests of the many and the overall direction of social development.
"We Gotta Get Out of this Place" (tags)
"Bourgeois theorists have always believed capitalism to be “everlasting” because, they claim, it is in accordance with “human nature.” For them, all crises are only cyclical and transient:" This interview is from www.exit-online.org, 2/23/2016
Tazria: Spiritual Leprosy and Real Faith In G-d (tags)
The G-d of Israel is Stronger than Trump! Jews Belong in Israel, the Torah says so. Jewish Self-defense is an Obligation.
THE JESUS LIE . EDITIO MAIOR . 14 (tags)
military consolation...
THE JESUS LIE . EDITIO MAIOR . 13 (tags)
military consolation...
Needed: a Jewish Honor Guard on US Campuses (tags)
Anti-Semitism Is Growing Worldwide, Jewish Students On College Campuses Are Getting Attacked, Jews Need To Learn To Defend Themselves. Jewish Knowledge means Jewish Pride, Jewish Self-Defense means Jewish Security!
THE JESUS LIE . EDITIO MAIOR . 5 (tags)
mary magdalene was the mother of jesus
MARY MAGDALENE DIDN´T EXIST . 10 and last (tags)
the NT is a lie
"Capitalism will make migrants out of all citizens" (tags)
No one speaks about the right to be deeply rooted in one's country and not to be uprooted by global capitalism. In reality, the elite is demophobic. That means, it hates people and democracy. We must be populist and not elitist today, democratic and not demophobic.
MARY MAGDALENE DIDN´T EXIST . 2 (tags)
mary magdalene is a fictional overwrite for the mother of jesus bar saba
jesus did not exist
jesus is fable
What it means to be an artist (tags)
Georgia O'keeffe on success, public opinion, and what it means to be an artist, in a Letter to Sherwood Anderson-Brain Pickings
Poverty Returns with Misguided Policy (tags)
The state should represent the public interest and yet private or special interests are in the driver's seat. Trump's proposed 2018 budget is a sledgehammer with cuts to Meals-on-Wheels, school lunches, WIC food assistance, National Institute for Health, EPA, PBS and Legal Services
After the economic crisis in 2008, the neoliberal fairytale of austerity was given a new boost. The neoliberal ideology reflects the idea the dismantling of the welfare state is urgently needed. Austerity means that all state expenditures are reduced to a minimum...
Our Beautiful New Clothes (tags)
Neoliberalism seems to create "clothes no one can see" when it mystifies the market and competition and uses the austerity-model, the location-model and the adjustment-imperative or extortion to turn economics into nature.
I got mail from Gewindeberg. At least that is what it says it is. Or was. There was no return address provided, with the explanation that it was not from this world. But it was addressed to me and arrived as a letter on a few sheets of paper, though without a signature, with the explanation that this was the only way to achieve authenticity on a spoofed channel. It carried a stamp displaying a view through a microscope. This is so unbelievable that I have taken some time to decide what to make of it. But before that, I am going to publish it for you to come to your own judgements. Here you are.
Propaganda: Making Alternatives Disappear (tags)
The main responsibility of a government in a "democracy" is protecting the minority of the ownership class against the majority of the non-owners...The neoliberal indoctrination systems serve in the manufacture of ignorance.
Your country is ruled by drugs.
The Steep Cost of Tax Dodging (tags)
Supports to a bridge crumble in Iowa City, Iowa, in a photo taken on September 15, 2014. The long-deteriorating infrastructure of the United States is repaired and maintained with tax funds, much of which are currently being withheld in offshore accounts by large corporations...
Bernie Sanders Event Photos, Please (tags)
A plea for some photos, and an explanation about licensing.
Bombing Strengthens the Islamic State (tags)
The attempts to stop Islamic terror through military actions in Afghanistan and Iraq have brought about the opposite. These attempts destabilized societies in those countries, promoted terror and triggered great streams of refugees. So the policy of the West bears a joint responsibility.
VIDEO: What "Orwellian" Really Means (tags)
The population is inundated with propaganda. Labor camps are called joy camps. With cognitive dissonance, individuals are left completely dependent on the state. Orwell urged us to protect our language in a world where war is slavery and freedom is peace.
Israel Declares War on Palestinian Hunger Strikers (tags)
Israel
Israel Intends Force-Feeding Palestinian Hunger Strikers (tags)
Israel
Average wages in the US are lower than 30 years ago. Profits and income inequality explode, not investments. The austerity policy that has always worsened unemployment and economic growth is promoted as without alternative by German chancellor Merkel.
Reviving an Explosive Topic: Reducing Work Hours (tags)
In truth, the introduction of the eight-hour day, the free Saturday and the fifth vacation week (in Austria) did not cause economic crises. Reduced working hours means more distribution justice for the general public and more quality of life for workers.
US Brings Jubilee Ebola Debt Relief Request to G20 (tags)
Treasury Secretary Lew Brings Jubilee USA Request for Debt Relief for Ebola-Stricken Countries to G20. US Seeks to Move IMF to Cancel $100 Million in Debt for Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.
The Myth of the Unexpected Crisis and Security (tags)
Many knew the rise of housing prices had to end some time or other... Four theses explain why the Fed was not active during the real estate boom: power of lobbyists, market ideology, trust in abstract academic models and inflation targeting.
Self-Determination Means Market Determination (tags)
We face the continuing dissolution of traditional types, forms and rules, not a new type, a new form or a new rule... What was once called estrangement or objectification should appear as workers' own interest. .. Karl Polanyi spoke of a dis-embedded economy.
Protest Against Latest U.S. Meddling (tags)
“Nobody should be fooled here, especially left forces. History shows you what the U.S. is about--they're not about democracy, they're about profits by any means.“ – John Parker, International Action Center
Philippines: 'Forward, Bayanihang Sosyalismo!' Popularising a socialism 'with local colour (tags)
The following is the English-language translation of a document on bayanihan socialism that was presented at the convention of the Philippines socialist party Partido Lakas ng Masa (Party of the Labouring Masses, PLM) in December, 2013.
Iran
Palestinians' Right to Resist (tags)
resistance
Netanyahu Exceeds Sharonian Evil (tags)
Israel
Syrian Conflict Resolution: Stamp Out Terror (tags)
Syria
Iran
The Competition Ideology - the Greatest Evil of our Age (tags)
The competition ideology has been hammered into our heads for thirty years. Claiming better outcomes are generally realized when everything is poisoned by the competitive is pure ideology. Competition that exceeds the limits of its useful fields orders murderous measures.
On the Stupidity of being Marrisa (tags)
Yahoo is banning telecommuting.
L.A. Participates in Protesting the Keystone XL Pipeline (part 1) (tags)
A report back and photo coverage (part 1) of a march and rally held in Los Angeles on February 17, in solidarity with the protest in Washington, DC.
More Evidence of Chupacabra than Bipartisan Fiscal Cliff Hype (tags)
The bipartisan hype over the so-called "fiscal cliff" is an attempt my the status quo to institute severe austerity measures that would effect seniors, disabled and other people dependent upon the social safety net that is set up on the chopping block by BOTH Democrats and Republicans. There may be more evidence of the mythical chupacabra (goat sucker) than there is proof of any upcoming fiscal cliff. Either way we are dealing with some really mangy bloodsuckers!
Remembering Russell Means (tags)
activism
The Risks Of Clearly Defining The Law. (tags)
analysis and implications of Hedges v. Obama et al.
Murder Inc: Official Obama Policy (tags)
anti-war
Syria
Obama Plans Regime Change in Syria (tags)
anti-war
Philippines: Annoying P-Noy (tags)
Because the Reds have time and again failed to sell to the majority of Filipinos their offered prescriptions to our national problems, they’ve resorted to all sorts of gimmicks in order to get our attention.
Worrisome Security Council Presidential Statement on Syria (tags)
anti-war
NEXT: U.S. Deem 1st Amendment Activities—SUPPORT Terrorism, Hostilities, Belligerents? (tags)
Any Violent-Occupation or Protest even if caused by agent provocateurs, potentially can play into the hands of individuals, law enforcement and corporations that may want America turned into a Police State: Almost any criminal or physical act can be used by U.S. Government or Police to charge a person or group with advocating, supporting or committing terrorism.
Neoliberal Vicious Circle (tags)
"One of the peculiarities of the neoliberal globalization is that its protagonists seek to fight the devastations — for which they bear responsibility — by the same means that cause the devastations. They call these means »market liberalization« or simply »liberalization«.
The Occupy Wall Street movement, Engels, and the Theory of Socialism (tags)
The theoretical foundations of socialism as put forth by Frederick Engels in his book Anti-Dühring are still valid today and schould for the basis of the OCW movements around the world.
Supermarket Strike is Looming (tags)
The UFCW announced that they cancelled their contract, and are giving 72 hours notice that they may strike.
Causes and Consequences of the Financial Crisis (tags)
The neoliberal restructuring and globalization of capitalism has led to states becoming the spoils of financial capital. The neoliberal program is enforced with the help of states. Governments only react to the conditions set by the economically powerful. This is the end of politics.
Democrats for Neoliberal Education Reform (tags)
The plutocrat and corporately funded DFER has turned "Manufacturing Consent" into an art form. Here we look at how they subverted an entire state legislature to pass one of the most reactionary and backwards education laws in the country, assuring Colorado's quick march towards school privatization and the commoditization of teachers.
Welcome To The Reservation (tags)
Since the Republic of Lakotah declared independence from the U.S., Russell Means has remained steadfast in refusing to recognize the illegal authority of the treaty violating U.S. government. During the 90 minute interview, Russell Means calls for a post-colonial world beyond the confines of U.S. empire.
Important Eric McDavid Update (tags)
Eric's petition for a rehearing en banc has been denied
Alternatives to Capitalism (tags)
Neoliberalism, financial market-driven capitalism, intensifies the crises. However the root of evil lies in the developmental laws of capitalism. Neoliberalism is based on double standards and double speak where CEOs are job creators and workers are cost factors.
Lessig Leaves LiveJournal Under Cloud of Libel (tags)
Harvard's Lawrence Lessig has left LiveJournal's advisory board over disputes regarding their pro-libel and pro-defamation policies.
KPFK VOTERS: Watch Wanda Sykes TV Special (tags)
We Fight Capitalism, Not the Crisis of Capitalism (tags)
Capitalism is a social system, not a natural law. Capitalism has proven it cannot end wars, prevent crises or make possible a good life for all people. Instead of solidarity, the capitalist social system teaches us envy and egoism. Now those who privatized the state cry for state bailout packages.
Albert Einstein was a socialist (tags)
Famous physicist Albert Einstein wrote the essay entitled "Why Socialism?" for the first issue of left-wing magazine "Monthly Review" (May 1949).
The truth is, none of the 20 leaders gathered in London has the slightest idea how to 'solve' the economic problems facing the globe....this is a crisis endemic to capitalism, where markets swallow markets and wealth is made by con games that would make the Mafia blush, by the biggest banks on earth. The latest economic summit was PR, amidst the flames of chaos.
Watch out, God is an evil terrorist.
The Neoliberal Revolution Devours Its Children (tags)
"Where is the child who uncovers the nakedness of the money economy?..The financial geniuses pretend to be the new gods of globalization. The builders of the Tower of Babel were modest compared to the new financial rulers of the world.
Should Israel Boycott Scrutinize Jewish Agencies? (tags)
The Anti Defamation recently released results of a poll claiming huge Jewish American support for the Gaza invasion. If these results are correct, organizers of the boycott against Israeli products may need to consider expanding the scope of the boycott to include organizations which are nominally Jewish but in practice pro-Israel.
3 Recent Graphical Economic Indicators (tags)
Three major indicators were publish recently. The US economy is slowing down gravely and the signs are definitely showing the de-acceleration.
The Structural Crisis of the Financial System (tags)
"Introduction of taxation on speculative financial transactions must go along with a genuine nationalization that involves a change of the actual banking system into a public system and fixes the role of money as a neutral means of exchange for services."
A Trillion Dollar Recovery (tags)
This article by the editor of The Nation was published 12/31/2008.
Ten Suggestions for Leftist Engagement in 2008 (tags)
can we grow together, people can coexist. Diversity is not a threat
The spirit, Seth, began to transmit metaphysical information to Jane Roberts and her husband during the late 1960s. Many books containing Seth's wisdom have been published and translated into many foreign languages. Millions of copies
The New Deal - in the US and Germany (tags)
A radical rethinking, a New Deal, is on the agenda. The worldwide depression can only be countered with stronger economic regulation, increased public spending and fiscal measures. This means an end to privatizations and rebuilding the essential infrastructure.
The Vote – A Blank Check for State Power (tags)
Voting is wrong!
Why Socialism? (by Albert Einstein) (tags)
This essay was originally published in the first issue of Monthly Review (May 1949).
"Outreach" or Alliance Building? (tags)
At the end of June, I participated in the "Los Angeles Social Forum," an attempt to hold a unifying gathering of people from many different movements and organizations in Los Angeles (and other parts of southern California) on the model of the World Social Forum and the first US Social Forum held last year in Atlanta.
Spirituality is a new consciousness and allegiance based on interedependence, a way of resistance to militarism and greed. Resistance is part of our nature as antibodies are part of our bodies. As carrots and beans grow together, people can coexist. Diversity is not a threat.
Ludacris was forced to talk about our protest! (tags)
Last night, in the rain, we stood outside of the Ludacris concert in protest. Our information flier read, "We believe strongly in the right to free speech; we're not trying to shut down the concert. But we also believe in activism and education as a means to bring about a more just and egalitarian society."
Lakota Nation declares independence from U.S. Empire (tags)
Lakota Nation tribes withdraw from treaties with U.S. government, citing numerous treaty violations on part of U.S. and loss of cultural identity resulting from forced assimilation programs..
Venezuela: another coupe in the works? (tags)
On Monday, November 5th, the campaign for the constitutional reform referendum in Venezuela was stepped up with the call by retired general Baduel for a NO vote. General Baduel was a close collaborator of Chávez and remained loyal to him during the April 2002 military coup which briefly ousted him. In July of this year he resigned from his position as Defence Minister and retired from active military office. His attacks on the constitutional reform are part of a concerted campaign by the ruling class to prevent it from being approved in a referendum which will take place on December 2nd. The amendments to the 1999 Venezuelan revolution were announced by Chávez after his election victory in December 2006 with the stated aim of bringing the Constitution into line with "Socialism of the 21st century". They were then formally proposed by Chávez in July, discussed throughout the country and passed with a whole series of modifications and additions by the National Assembly on November 2nd.
Eric McDavid Denied Vegan Food - AGAIN (tags)
After 15 months of receiving vegan meals, Eric has been denied vegan food again - with less than a week to trial...
Urgent - Eric McDavid's Trial Quickly Approaching! (tags)
Fundraising, hearings, and September in Sacto...
Faith is More than Morality (tags)
With Jesus, there are only two models and two basic movements that ethically train a person. One leads from the heart of a person outwards in ever-greater distance. The other leads downwards from the heights where one stands. The first is loving. The second is descending.
The expression of the subversive love of the Cuban revolution (tags)
Not only have you graduated as medical doctors, but also as humanists. You have learned what it means to practice international solidarity and have understood the reality of preventive and healing medicine in a socio-political context. This brings to reality the much celebrated phrase of José Martí: Homeland is Humanity.
Postscript: the insurrectional perspective (tags)
More than a year has passed since we finished the second issue of our journal Dissident, which introduced insurrectional anarchism in Sweden. We chose to introduce the insurrectional perspective because we think it brings us valuable insights and experiences. These include the critique of organisational fetischism and activism, the shift of perspective from the mass to the active minority, and the importance of projectuality. Some critics, mostly syndicalists, unfortunately interpreted the insurrectional perspective in absolute terms. This text aims to answer those concerns and move the discussion forward.
Resource Wars - Can We Survive Them? (tags)
Resource wars will destroy all planetary life.
Where do the moneylenders get their money? (tags)
Accepting that labor creates all wealth alone will not open the road to our emancipation. Understanding how it creates it is paramount.
Public Terror: Escalating the War on Migrants (tags)
The mass public assault on the May 1st rally and a public raid on migrants at a shopping mall in Chicago shortly before May 1st mark a brutal and highly public escalation in the ruling class's war on migrants. Increased resistance like the upcoming May 17th march to MacArthur Park is exactly what the situation calls for.
What is good for the economy and what is good for people diverge more and more! Nevertheless the opposite is drummed into people..Capitalism only knows the irrational end-in-itself, making more money out of money until the end of time. Capitalism strikes its own limits.
Of Irish Hunger-Strikers and Iraqi Suicide Bombers (tags)
Similarities to Iraqi protests of America's abuse and destruction of their land exist in Western culture.
Native Youth Movement Tooled by AIM,Inc and ideologically-challenged naivete? (tags)
For many years there's been a storm of building hype in indigenous country (especially around the militant aspect of indigenous resistance), but of late, it's become more and more hyped-up in a most curious way, including character assasination attempts against long-time figures without contexts and empathy. All this appears to be having an effect of someone trying to drive a wedge between the vital experience (or praxis) of the elders, and the too often easily-exploited anger of youth just entering the movement. This time around it's centered on different conceptions about how to run a resistance, one swamped in ideology (and a short history of merits in direct action), the other having a long record of uncompromising defense of indigenous peoples who insist on their autonomy. This article goes thru, albeit roughly, some of the history of the building hype and ways in which movements are divided and conquered, and gives lessons about the remaining apparently easily-exploitable weaknesses of the radical movement today.
The wildest threatening scenarios are often nothing but hallucinated analogies.. Whoever accepts everything as a supposedly lesser evil will justify evil and monstrosities.
Homo habilis and language (tags)
Two recent discoveries represent a powerful experimental verification for all hypotheses that Marx and Engels brought forward about human evolution from the monkey stage to the productive, thus social one.
Workers Know All About Capital Accumulation, Don't We? (tags)
It is within the pages of the main Bourgeois journals that we find the strongest confirmation of Marx's economic writings.
George Bush is Training Christian Suicide Bombers in Germany (tags)
Would you buy a used car from this man?
Hidden terrorism: the last days (tags)
The Israelis are trying, by a hopeless campaign, to convince the world of their loyalty and cleanliness, but they already revealed, through nearly sixty years of repression, their real intentions.
Yehovah Jesus Allah Call for an End to Judaism Christianity and Islam (tags)
It's repeated over and over right in your Holy Bibles.
AJLPP-USA Statement on the Mass Rally in Manila, (tags)
The Alliance for a Just and Lasting Peace(AJLPP-United States, is one and united with the Filipino people and all the religious groups that finally saw the light and now united in converging and expressing their joy in ther tactical victory against the machinations of the US-Arroyo regime to change the constitution through nefarious and blatant means.
Christmas Sermon by Margot Kassmann (tags)
God's grace changes us. If God gives us orientationk, this means overcoming hatred and violence, making the vision of justice into reality. The birth of God's child is like a star in the sky. The misery, hunger and poverty in the world may not be swept from the agenda.
"I Never Feared for My Life"The Story of My Kidnapping in Nablus (tags)
Palestinians have tried every peaceful avenue to win their freedom. The United Nations passed dozens of resolutions affirming their rights; Israel simply ignores them.
Creation and Continuity (tags)
From cave painting to totemism ART has always been the means by/through which a given ‘reality’ is re-arranged (according to the will/desire/needs of the artist/s). Who is it that declares ART today? Everyone is an artist and everything, including murder and war is Art! War is the Art of violent imbeciles but it is art nevertheless. An existing relatively peaceful world was re-arranged by murder artists and today we have a new reality, one transformed by the art of lies and the implements of war. The methods to alter a given reality have never changed only tools (the means) change. It would be well that all become familiar with the means and ends of ‘ART’.
Globalized capitalism means precarity and exclusion in the North and increasing exploitation and impoverishment in the South. Global social rights could be a counter-power.
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OAXACA CITY waiting for attack URGENT and update (tags)
APPEAL FOR NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AID The word I have now is that there are about 5,000 men wearing army uniforms who are not army, but police, culled from other states like .......
JOURNALISM, WALL STREET JOURNAL-STYLE (tags)
HOW THE WALL STREET JOURNAL SAVAGES HUGO CHAVEZ
Occupation, not democracy! (tags)
This leaflet was distributed during the second week of the occupations and in the 10000 people demonstration in Thessaloniki. Its content was determined by what we saw then as the major weaknesses of the movement, i.e. the adherence to democratic procedures and generally to a democratist ideology along with the absence of any critique of schoolwork and of the media’s mediating role.
What would happen if Israel had won the war? (tags)
It is impossible to speak of a Hizbullah victory' when nearly a thousand Lebanese civilians have been killed, thousands more injured, a million people internally displaced; and Lebanon's infrastructure, environment and economy laid to waste as the world watches. The general consensus however is that Hizbullah's and Lebanon's steadfastness after four weeks of merciless Israeli attacks means that Israel has failed to achieve its objectives through military means: crushing/disarming Hizbullah, reinstating its deterrent, and protecting the security of northern Israel. Indeed, Hizbullah's resistance has gained unprecedented support throughout the Arab world, and Nasrallah has emerged as a Nasser-like figure who has restored pride to Arabs everywhere in contrast to the uniformly servile and unpopular Arab regimes.
Apocalypse No! an indigenist perspective (tags)
THIS POST NEEDS TO BE CENTER COLUMN OR AT THE VERY LEAST "LOCAL NEWS."
The Planetary War of the United States of America (Dec2001) (tags)
Sooner or later the competing bourgeoisies will attempt to free themselves, to unite, to escape from America’s more and more choking dominance.
It rebounds speech of Fidel Castro in diverse latitudes (tags)
International press means credited in Cuba and others of the world grant wide diffusion to the President's speech Fidel Castro in Bayamo, while from diverse latitudes it is known of the celebration by the Day of the National Rebelliousness in Cuba, occasion of new actions of solidarity with the Island.
The Language of Life: Reflections on the South Central Farm (tags)
"...The root cause of the problems that threaten life on earth is the concept of land title acquired and maintained by force. Since modern civilization is based on this concept, it does not hold the key to peace." - Hopi Elder Martin Gashweseoma
A personal note hand delivered to the LA Times (tags)
Regarding 2000 Election Evidence and the conspiracy behind it. NOT CONSPIRACY THEORY. Theory proven and in my case there never existed a theory since I was an actual witness to the evidentiary materials.
The genre of entertainment films about war and the military is described as mili-tainment Presenting war as entertainment means ignoring intellectual analysis tohighlight emotional war stories.
Ubiquitous NSA Telephone Call Logging: The Practical Significance (tags)
The real significance of NSA spying.
"There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt in your philosophy." ~ Shakespeare
United Students Against Sweatshops sitting at Riverside and Berkeley Univesities (tags)
Students Are Sitting-In in California!
The Libertarian Anarchist Antiauthoritarian Forum in Athens, Greece, May 4-7, 2006 (tags)
Libertarian, Anarchist and Antiauthoritarian Forum, in Athens
Interview with Dave Slusher about the Uplifter movement of self-reliance, creativity and interconnectivity.
Washingtons bigges’t enemy is “the truth” (tags)
Hidden inside american english is another language also called english. Now it is also called plain english but known as hard truth and it is difficult for some to understand.
Editorial on the Minutemen (tags)
PRESENTLY TENSE What’s in a name? Modern Minutemen can’t talk their way out of their moniker’s past
International campaign to promote the peace
Religiously Organized Tooled for Brave New World Order (tags)
Was reading Bill Moyers' article (http://www.omniparticle.com/burning_ice2.html) about this stuff that Bush II has been supporting, and as I read, knowing what I know about statecraft, I couldn't help but to see how, as usual, people are being hyped-up and divided for interests that they're not aware of.
3 Symptoms if directed energy attax (tags)
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The Real Problem with a Pandemic in the US (tags)
The collapse of public health care through decades of deliberate neglect in the U.S. makes the country as vulnerable to a flu pandemic as any bottom tier third world country, and it may be too late to do anything about that.
Watch, learn, and YOU decide
Anarchism is a political theory which aims to create anarchy, "the absence of a master, of a sovereign." [P-J Proudhon, What is Property , p. 264] In other words, anarchism is a political theory which aims to create a society within which individuals freely co-operate together as equals. As such anarchism opposes all forms of hierarchical control - be that control by the state or a capitalist - as harmful to the individual and their individuality as well as unnecessary.
W's Bizzaro world of 'Accountability' (tags)
In the pretzeled logic of the Bush Regime's Bizzaro world, 'accountability' means having your pals give you A's on your job reviews.
ALL HAIL SATAN AND HIS DEMON bUSH (tags)
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Manipulation by Language (tags)
"Before tyranny becomes visible for eveyrone, it begins when the word loses its dignity.. Rulers never manage without manipulation and propaganda.. In neuro-linguistic programming, language has the task of diverting people.."
Venezuela, Oil and the struggle for Democratic Socialism in the 21st Century (tags)
The country of Venezuela is a startling paradox of immense suffering and extreme wealth. According to a private Caracas-based polling company, Datanalisis, over 58% of the 25 million people in Venezuela live on less than $253 (Cdn) a month. The level of poverty becomes all the more damning when factoring in that Venezuela is also the world's fourth largest oil exporter. This glaring contradiction remained unchallenged until the election of Hugo Chavez as Venezuelan President.
Economism, Economic Ethics and Donations (tags)
Economism is the great ideology of our time. It claims that (1) resisting the market is impossible and (2) submitting to the market is best for everyone. Both are not true. Embedding the market in principles of useful-ness to life has a priority as an ordering task.
Enron, ENMOD, and the so-called Global Warming (tags)
GLOBAL WARMING IS JUST ONE PART OF A FARCE WHOSE TRUE PURPOSE IS TO SECRETLY DEPLOY ENVIRONMENTAL MODIFICATION SCIENCE TO MELT THE ICE CAPS SO THAT ISRAELI AMERICAN INTERESTS COULD BEGIN TO EXPLOIT THEM...WE SHOULD PRAY THIS IS NOT THE END OF THE WORLD FOR IT VERY WELL COULD BE, AND IT IS MOST CERTAINLY THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNEW IT....
Congress passes National ID system. (tags)
Section 202. of H.R. 1268 allows for the creation of a de facto National ID system.
Half million for untagging (tags)
City council has unanimously voted this week to establish and fund a city-wide anti-graffiti program which will employ controversial means to wage war on tagging.
"If voting worked it would be illegal."
Another Doomsday, Another Dollar: Shifting Science towards Peace and Ecology (tags)
Science must be urged to climb those mountains which promote sustainability, peace and ecology rather than those which place our planet in peril.
The Treaty of Amsterdam. (tags)
The University of Amsterdam.
The Power of Money and Expectation (tags)
Money is a means of power over people and not only a means of exchange.. The expectation of the future gives us strength in the present.. God's love is boundless and refers to public life and economic and political conditions as much as to the individual heart.
For Israel/Palestine: The Meaning of 'RELATIVE CALM' – LA Times Style (tags)
Over all, I guess what he [THE L.A. TIMES] means is relatively obvious: That he can run whatever he wants, distort whatever he desires, lead with whatever his lies. I guess he means that FACTS don't matter, TRUTH is irrelevant, and deceit the order of the day. I guess he means that Americans are pawns, readers are sheep, and people will just keep swallowing whatever the media choose to dish out. I hope you'll tell him he's wrong: 213-237-5000 or readers.rep@latimes.com
Mumia Abu Jamal Remembers Ossie Davis: ''A Lion Has Fallen'' (tags)
Democracy Now! plays a prison radio commentary by journalist and death row prisoner, Mumia Abu Jamal. He remembers Ossie Davis and plays an interview with him from 1980.
Self-determination means market determination.. Flexibility has nothing to do with individual sovereignty. Rather it means being completely delivered up to external demands. The flexibility of the person is nothing but the dictation of the market.
'HIV' - ALL IS FORGIVEN (tags)
'AIDS' is an odd std. It does not target countries that have massive prostitution or liberal sexual attitudes.
Venezuela in the Spotlight: Lou Dobbs Show (tags)
May the new year be full of surprises! May we finally put the horse before the cart and mend our own pockets before falling to the destructive myths of unilateralism and offensive self-defense! Clif Ross is a Bay Area activist who was recently in Venezuela.
Westwood Counter Inaugural Pictures (tags)
In means elite Augur means bore Al means all First picture: View facing stage at opening rallly.
A Deep Response to Russell Means' Excellent Analysis of European Political Limitations! (tags)
This is a thought-through response to Russell Means' article "For American to Live, Europe Must Die". The original article, listed in the general publishing archive below (which *should* be put in the features section, but we know that most IMC'ers are playing meta games), is a MUST READ for all who are serious at all about the realities of our time, including post-Left anarchists!
Dan Kennedy, Premeire Media Critic of the Bloggers: Cardiac Kids (Cheney AND Bush)... (tags)
Dan Kennedy of the Boston Phoenix, in his Friday, Jan. 7 column, reports on the story about President Bush wearing a device for a heart problem in an article titled: Cardiac kids - Internet speculation about Bush’s and Cheney’s health poses a media dilemma." http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/dont_quote_me/multi-page/documents/04383304.asp
Middle Class New Working Poor (tags)
America's Middle Class Becomes the New Working Poor
The Demon and its Conjuring Trick: Money (tags)
"The light in which the glboal financial markets operate is very dim.. Unveiling the money fetish is a task of economic literacy. The monetary sphere seems uncoupled from the real economy, the world of work.."
Preparing The Path of the al Mahdi: 911 X 100 (tags)
The young men returning to Allah realized that Islam is not just performing rituals but a complete system: Religion and government, worship and Jihad (holy war), ethics and dealing with people, and the Koran and sword.
sometimes honour means 'disassociation' (tags)
a diatribe on vampires
What is this American Fetish About Military "Experience" for Presidents? (tags)
Why are American's so obsessed with having Presidents with military backgrounds? The record of such presidents has not been all that admirable.
Author Reading-"Liberty in Troubled Times" SM B&N 7/8 7:30pm (tags)
Author James Walsh reads from his 4th book "Liberty in Troubled TImes" 7:30pm Thursday July 8th, Barnes and Noble, 3rd St. Promenade, SM.
"Self-defense" is a right and a responsibility (tags)
“Freedom” is only a concern of the living! Feel free to contact Jacksonville ABC (jaxabcf@attbi.com) or myself (gregoryclewis@yahoo.com) for more info.
Dennis Kucinich wants war (tags)
HOUSE CALLS FOR STOPPING IRAN'S NUKES BY ALL MEANS
about un-American activities (tags)
and American activities
Women’s march shakes Washington (tags)
WASHINGTON – “I know firsthand the anti-choice extremists now in control of the Capitol and of the White House are opposed to basic contraception,” House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi told the more than 1 million participants at the April 25 March for Women’s Lives.
Dissecting the Electable John Kerry (tags)
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Arizona Is No Longer a Cowboy Libertarian- Conservative Bastion (tags)
Arizona's desert-dwelling Democrats are sick of losing, and of George W. Bush. That's why John Kerry is their man.
Finding Colours of Resistance (tags)
What lessons have we learned since the anti-WTO actions in Seattle? Can those lessons be applied to anti-war organizing? Can local struggles challenge global capitalism? How do we build movement for global justice that is anti-racist, multiracial and feminist? Pauline Hwang and Helen Luu have not only been asking these hard questions, they have worked to open up movement wide discussions about these issues in Canada and the United States. Pauline and Helen's activist work, writing and ability to connect people through the Colours of Resistance network have all helped to keep the hard issues on the table. And, as they argue, these are issues we must face if we're serious about collective liberation.
Iraqis revive ancient word `ulooj' to insult, greet U.S. troops (tags)
Pigs of the desert, foreign infidels, little donkeys, medieval crusaders, bloodsuckers and horned creatures!
Club for Growth Attacks Dean (tags)
Iowans, we believe are smarter than this rich white man's club gives them credit. They know what "club for growth" really means. It means rich conservatives grow their own wallets.
Your Vote Means Nothing (tags)
The 2004 Election Dog And Pony Show, Your Vote Means Nothing
Nature as Healer and Teacher (tags)
Nature is a healer and teacher, a wounded healer and scorned teacher, a majestic fountain of awe, wonder and inspiration.. Nature cries in pain because she is reduced to a free good, external or sink by a one-dimensional economism.
MLK: A Christmas Sermon On Peace (tags)
After reading MLK'S "A CHRISTMAS SERMON ON PEACE," I thought about Kucinich's "Department of Peace." Could MLK'S Vision become a reality with a Kucinich administration?
Global Intifada (by Latuff) (tags)
Copyright-free artwork by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff, on behalf of brave Palestinian people and their struggle against U.S. backed Israeli terror.
Why Being Anti-War Means Being Anti-Imperialist By Mumia Abu-Jamal (tags)
It isn't enough to simply say, "Bring the Troops Home", as some have said. For to do so only means, 'bring them home today, to unleash them on some other unsuspecting people tomorrow.'
Attack On RaiseTheFist Was Really An Attack On WEF Protest (tags)
Here's the real reason raisethefirst.org webmaster Sherman Austin was railroaded by the entire US Government.
Inner Sight & Sound Reason vs. Viewing Blindly & Noisily^ (tags)
Inner Sight & Sound Reason vs. Viewing Blindly & Noisily^ in Blind ambition. Careful with what you believe coming from all those Disinformation Agent Smiths out there in the Psychotronic Mind Control Arena of Brainwashing.
Bravo's new show, pros and cons (tags)
Hail the Prada-Worshipping Queer or God Bless The Gay?
GOP slammed for ‘police state tactics’ (tags)
WASHINGTON – An angry melee July 17 in which Ways and Means Chair Bill Thomas (R-Calif.) called out the Capitol police to evict Democratic House members from a congressional meeting room is part of a ruthless Republican “power grab,” warn lawmakers, labor, and other grassroots advocates.
To be governed is to be watched over, spied on... (tags)
To be governed is to be watched over, spied on, directed, legislated, regimented, closed in,....
Franks War CrimesTrial, Belgium (tags)
On Wednesday, a human rights lawyer filed a case with the federal prosecutors whose purpose is to arraign Thomas Franks, the commander of the American troops in Iraq, for crimes against humanity. This may be the only judicial means, anywhere on earth, of holding the US government to account for its actions.
"Settlements: a user guide" (tags)
"West Bank settlements are nothing like suburbs in New Jersey. They are a fundamental aspect of what is unique about Israel. It is therefore necessary to understand settlements for what they really are -- weapons."
Why disarming North Korea is now impossible. (tags)
The doctrine of pre-emptive war, coupled with the complete emasculation of the UN, makes the disarmament of North Korea impossible -- to the peril of the world.
Admitting when I am wrong...
Guide TO Living in Dangerous Times: WARNING! (tags)
The end of modern world is quite near: You can smell the death, anticipation of evil or its demise … and know that the JUDGEMENT IS nigh unto…All US soldiers, defense contractors and most of icitizens are considered war criminals and subject to arrest or aggre
The war is not the responsibility of Bush alone, but deeply rooted in the capitalist-colonial nature of the US system.
POLICE WARNING!!! "By any means necessary" (tags)
PLEASE BE CAREFUL. Police ordered to stop protesters "by any means necessary"
American eco-terrorists declare war (tags)
Homegrown environmental radicals cast their own fatwah on America this week. Eco-thug Craig Rosebraugh called on his antiwar troops to take "direct actions" against American military establishments, urban centers, corporations, government buildings and media outlets.
OPERATION "SHOCK AND AWE" IN EFFECT (tags)
the murder has begun..
latest Chomsky 3/20 "Deep Concerns" (tags)
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Peaceful Leaders or Dominators? (tags)
This is a call for revolution
Uniting for Peace - UN RES 377 (tags)
At the Three Hundred and Second Plenary Meeting on 3 November 1950 the UN General Assembly adopted A/RES/377 (V) "Uniting for Peace" UN resolution 377 allows the General Assembly to recommend collective action "if the Security Council, because of lack of unanimity of the permanent members, fails to exercise its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security".
First They Came For Jose Padilla (tags)
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Anti-War Leader Launches Campaign to Impeach Bush (tags)
(CNSNews.com) - A former U.S. attorney general has drafted articles of impeachment against President Bush and three other top administration officials as a means of preventing the U.S. from advancing a "first strike, potentially nuclear preemptive war" against Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
Love is the master spirit. (tags)
highest sacredness
Jesus said "Be not proud" because we are perfect- If You Don't Like War Stop Pay (tags)
love (the love that people who know about love talk about)
There is no evil; only lazy kids pretending pride is virtue. Love is real... (tags)
love (the love that people who know about love talk about)
No to Bush's war for oil & empire (tags)
For building an anti-imperialist core in the anti-war movement.
The Only 'Action' That Can Work (tags)
Assuming love is real.
The Only 'Action' That Can Work (tags)
Assuming love is real.
The Only 'Action' That Can Work (tags)
Assuming love is real.
Help the Watts Garden Club Create Jobs (tags)
With the help of the "Bioneers", the Watts Garden Club has been created in Watts, CA. For over a year now we have networked with the entire Watts Community teaching, networking, informing and enlighting the residents of Watts on many subjects relating to, but not limited to agriculture. We need help to get the word out in the community.
One Yorba Lindan's reflection on today's protest (tags)
This is my reflection on the OC protest and the pro-peace protests around the world.
How bad do you want to be good? (tags)
love
STATE/PARTY/FASCISM/TERRORISM (tags)
HI REVOLUTIONARY MINORITY
Dubya, Revolution’s Hero! Picture of Dubya Not Taken From Denver. (tags)
Expanding motis operendi intentions of our hurt presidental son.
Time to Remove the Bananas...and Return Our Republic to Democracy (tags)
Saddam Hussein and George W. Bush both seem to have a funny idea about democracy: they think it's about voting.
us (govt) warns companies over israel boycott (tags)
what was that about living in the land of the free? Great govt there: tells you they defend freedom, while preventing it.
An International Call From Veterans and Soldiers To Members Of The Armed Forces: (tags)
We Are Facing a Serious Choice: Perpetual War or Resistance!
Discussion of specifics regarding FBI's abuse of power.
CAPITALISM IS TERRORISM (tags)
THE REVOLUTION OF EVERYDAY ANTI-CAPITALISM
The Rise And Fall Of Empires (tags)
Some thoughts on the future of civilisation, from you favorite crazy sci-fi head, moi. Enjoy!
'turn the other cheek' is a moral responsibility (tags)
babylonicide
Why Socialism? By Albert Einstein (tags)
Clarity about the aims and problems of socialism is of greatest significance in our age of transition.
Finnish government bonds – independence insecure and questionable (tags)
Should you invest on government bonds?
TO PERSIST IN ERROR IS DIABOLICAL (tags)
TO PERSIST IN ERROR IS DIABOLICAL
LAanarchists.org Back Online (tags)
Los Angeles Anarchist Collective web site is back online at, http://www.LAanarchists.org
23: Patriotism and loyalty (tags)
This is a call for revolution We exist within a community of life Our choices influence the course of existence Are we leading or are we being led Will we choose peace or war
27: Dominators in Charge (tags)
This is a call for revolution We exist within a community of life Our choices influence the course of existence Are we leading or are we being led Will we choose peace or war
"An Imperial War Expands" by Mumia Abu-Jamal (tags)
Jamal With characteristic imperial arrogance, George W. Bush's 'State of the Empire' speech was a blustering threat to several states that have yet to learn how to kneel properly to the United States -- Iraq, Iran and North Korea.
H.R. 2977, Kucinich Bill. (tags)
About HAARP and chemtrails.
The Role of cultural producers during war (tags)
Panel Discussion at CalArts focuses on role of art and artists in “Post-9-11” World
CA Appeals Court Rules DeCSS Legal (tags)
A California Appeals Court overturns a lower trial courts DeCSS injunction, ruling it a violation of First Amendment
youngrebels.com on Patriotism & Loyalty
great film about covert "intelligence" agencies designed to stifle dissent (tags)
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David Seals longtime AIM, explores Russ Means (tags)
Interesting peice by David Seals (long time AIM member and writer of Pow-Wow highway about the death of Anna MAe Aquash and Russ MEans and Ward Churchills part in the cover up.
Pathetic Churchill'"Pathetic Pathology of Pacifism"definiton of an imposter!!! (tags)
Stream of facts and dialouge about the right wing connections to Ward Churchill and Russ Means. Please Read. Very interesting. We need to think about how Churchill and Means have kept AIM divided for years.
July 2000 Eldorado Sun Interview with Russ Means states No longer AIM (tags)
Shocking interview with Russ Means where he admits siding with the Contras and fighting Sandanistas, Gives props to the Aryan Nations driven Militia Movement, admits he was not a founder of AIM, Admits that AIM was founded and still exsists in Minn. Mn (contrary to lies by Churchill and friends), he proclaims he needs no progressive allies, he renounces armed struggle, he is basically the shell of his former self. Isn't it time people see the truth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We are not an educated movement, lets get connected, communicating, and acting (tags)
Are you a student? Join the Student Unity Network
re KPFK Resolution Legal...? (tags)
KUCI Subversity Show: Anarchist Youths on Anarchism & American Values (tags)
Orange County, Calif., anarchist youths chat about what America means to them on Indpendence Day 2000, on Subversity, a KUCI public affairs program. Members of the August Collective planning the North American Anarchist Conference, they also talk about what it means to be an anarchist, and what anarchism means to them. They discuss education, the draft, activism, demonstrations, and tactics. They voice opposition to state power and slave wages, while espousing an alternative vision.
no such support for protesters in LA! (tags)
We hope the protesters in Philly sit in jail until after the events in LA are over...