October 2012
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FEMA and 'U.S. Military Civil Disturbance... →
fuckyeahmarxismleninism:
Folks who are falling over themselves to praise FEMA’s response to Hurricane Sandy ought to look into the agency’s origins and history. It’s not just about Katrina — horrible and criminal as that was. FEMA was established to exercise powers under martial law conditions, such as suspension of the Constitution, censorship and indefinite detention.
Since 9/11 many of...
New report: Monsanto pesticides do more damage... →
climateadaptation:
Solid reporting on this one.
Superweeds, Superpests: The Legacy of Pesticides
“The rapid adoption of a single weed-killer for the vast majority of crops harvested in the United States has given rise to superweeds and greater pesticide use, a new study suggests. And while crops engineered to manufacture an insect-killing toxin have reduced the use of pesticides in those...
Over 700 Kurdish political prisoners have passed... →
diskogerilla:
for my followers who are not familiar with the kurd struggle and want some bg info b4 signing this petition here’s the basics:
kurd people are indigenous to the region known as kurdistan and have been living there continuously for thousands of years. we have our own distinct culture, language, religions, mythologies, history, etc.
turkey claimed kurdistan as its own way back...
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zenmaintenance-deactivated20130 asked: Do you think that maybe some people view 'anarchism' to be the same as, let's say, 'anarchy' (here meaning something along the lines of 'chaos') simply because we view government not as a source of the isolation and enforcement of norms, but as something that gives order to the world? I mean, it is a source of 'order' but I feel like there are different...
Cop Shoots 10-Year-Old Boy With Taser For Refusing... →
anarcho-queer:
“Career day” at Tularosa New Mexico Intermediate School went terribly wrong after a 10-year-old boy says a police officer used his Taser gun to show him what cops do to people who don’t follow orders.
Officer Chris Webb of the New Mexico Department of Public Safety is being sued in court after allegedly using his Taser-brand stun gun on a school playground to send 50,000 volts of...
Druze youth faces jail for refusing to serve in... →
Omar Saad, a Palestinian musician and high school senior from the Druze minority religious community, faces imprisonment over his refusal to take part in a recruitment test for the Israeli military on Wednesday (31 October).
Saad has bravely made his views known to Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, and Ehud Barak, its defense minister. In a letter to both men, Saad stated: “I will...
Drone-Murders of Americans ‘Totally Right, Totally... →
canadian-communist:
… and if you question it, you are “a horrible moron,” concludes Peter T. King, Chair of the House Committee on Homeland Security.
This 2-minute video from We Are Change Luke Rudkowski powerfully captures what US “leadership” has become. The good news is their arrogance and evasion is only tragic-comic sideshows to the “emperor has no clothes” obvious facts of their massive...
Another Pacific Northwest Anarchist Subpoenaed to... →
fuckyeahmarxismleninism:
By Will Potter
Another anarchist has been subpoenaed to a federal grand jury in Seattle investigating political activists in the Pacific Northwest, while a support group for grand jury resisters has decided to withdraw support from Leah Lynn Plante until she provides information about her terms of release from jail.
On October 25, 2012, two FBI agents served Matthew...
How our shoes are linked to deforestation and... →
www-outerspacepi:
Europe is the world’s largest importer of leather shoes but much of the leather itself comes from cattle farms deep in the Brazilian Amazon, where farms use slave labourers and where slaughterhouses do not respect workers’ safety. Ida Dalgaard Steffensen reports
The air surrounding the 17 men at SENAI’s school of construction in Cuiabá, capital of the state Mato Grosso in...
NGOs demand EU ban on Israeli settlement goods
anoncentral:
Jewish settlers look on as Palestinian activists march towards a branch of the Rami Levy supermarket in the Shaar Binyamin Jewish settlement, close to the city of Ramallah, in the Israeli occupied Palestinian West Bank, on 24 October 2012, as they called for a boycott of goods being produced in the settlement. (Photo: AFP - Ahmad - Ahmad Gharabli)
Published Tuesday, October 30,...
Venezuela: The future of ‘21st century socialism’... →
amodernmanifesto:
Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez’s re-election on October 7 with more than 55% of the vote was vital for two reasons. First, the Venezuelan people blocked the return to power of the neoliberal right. Had they won, these US-backed forces would have worked to roll back important advances for the poor majority won since Chavez was first elected in 1998.
These include a huge...
Papua New Guinea: Aust. exec admits role in human... →
amodernmanifesto:
The International State Crime Initiative (ISCI) released a report on October 8 documenting a forced eviction that took place in Papua New Guinea’s capital, Port Moresby, on May 12. Residents of Paga Hill had their homes demolished en masse by the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary.
Those who resisted the forced eviction were attacked with sticks, iron rods and machetes. At...
White Supremacy, the rewriting of history and the... →
torrid-wind:
What does it mean to say White Supremacy is historically based?
“Every nation has a creation myth, or origin myth, which is the story people are taught of how the nation came into being. Ours says the United States began with Columbus’s so-called “discovery” of America, continued with settlement by brave Pilgrims, won its independence from England with the American Revolution, and...
The unfolding human catastrophe in Iran that Obama...
anti-propaganda:
‘Iran imports a significant amount of wheat, rice and other food products, if the sanctions drag on, not only could hundreds of thousands of Iranians die due to shortage of drugs and medical goods, the shortage of food could also become very significant.’
‘DURING THEIR DEBATE about foreign policy last Monday, President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney...
Washington Pushes Europe to Join Its War on... →
fuckyeahmarxismleninism:
Washington’s attempts to cultivate what it called “moderate Shias” as a counterbalance to Hezbollah, as revealed in Wikileaks documents, has failed, and now the US is ratcheting up pressure on its European allies to go after the Resistance movement.
This appeal was made by John Brennan, the US President’s Deputy National Security Advisor, during a visit he made to...
Billionaire Bloomberg Says Prisoners Will be... →
fuckyeahmarxismleninism:
With Hurricane Sandy approaching the New York Area, Mayor Bloomberg declared a state of emergency and ordered the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people in low laying and vulnerable areas.
An area called Rikers Island in New York is in one of these dangerous areas, however for most of the people who live there evacuation is not an option.
That is because Rikers...
‘Eco-friendly’ is far too often a synonym of...
selchieproductions:
The fact that climate change is happening all around the world is evident to everyone in possession of a working brain, and indigenous people have reported this for decades. Especially indigenous communities in circumpolar areas have warned of the devastating effects of global warming for over 40 years. As Larisa Pavlovna Adjedeva, the director of the Saami Cultural Centre in...
The World Health Organization is Taking Cash...
anti-propaganda:
‘The World Health Organization (WHO) is the United Nation’s “public health” arm and has 194 member states. While its official mission is “the attainment by all people of the highest possible level of health“, it is also clear that it works according to a specific agenda, one that laid out by the world elite and the organizations that are part of it. In the article entitled...
The Annual Halloween PSA to Moniyaw Who Didn't...
deafmuslimpunx:
nock-knock:
For the most part I have been staying out of the ‘native’ tags on Tumblr because they give me a migraine, but I ventured there and it was a dark pit of racist despair. Then I thought to myself, “why in hell is there such an influx of dumb ass people?” then I remembered, “oh yeah, Halloween.” That special time of year where NDNs everywhere grit their teeth and...
Protest pushes city to retreat →
amodernmanifesto:
FOLLOWING A rally of over 100 supporters on her front lawn, the city of Portland has backtracked on its order for Alicia Jackson to leave her home. According to journalist Alejandro Juarez, Jackson was a target of “a predatory loan, and her home was foreclosed upon in a proceeding that relied on the Mortgage Electronic Registration System, whose legality in Oregon is under...
Bolivia says UN biodiversity policies boost... →
amodernmanifesto:
Bolivia is one of the few countries that has consistently opposed treating biodiversity as a commodity at the United Nations Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biodiversity held in Hyderabad, India, over October 1-19. It has raised its voice against pro-market approaches in implementing the Strategic Plan and Aichi Targets of the UN’s Convention on Biodiversity (CBD).
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We now have drones equipped with EMP beams — and... →
theamericanbear:
If you’re worried about surveillance drones cruising over your neighborhood, then this new technology from Boeing will have you running for your microwave shielded shelter. Last week, defense company Boeing conducted the first successful test of a drone called the Counter-electronics High-powered Advanced Missile Project (CHAMP) that can emit a powerful burst of microwaves and...
Israel's cruel Gaza siege could escalate →
amodernmanifesto:
The ongoing siege of Gaza by the Israeli government looked set for a worrying escalation following a visit to Gaza by the emir of Qatar. Just three days earlier, Israel’s navy had boarded a Gaza aid ship and used tasers on activists. Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani entered Gaza via Egypt’s Rafah border crossing on October 23. Israeli leaders condemned al-Thani’s visit, the...
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Syria Needs More Than Your Tears. Please Donate.
leaveobashar:
What the people of Syria need the most right now from their fellow human beings is more than compassion or tears. The need material help in order to survive. In many parts of the country there is no food, water, shelter, electricity, basic medicine or doctors. The people are literally surviving on the mercy of the elements while at the same time enduring some of the most horrific...
