June 2012
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A jail intended to outlive them all: #Dystopian... →
By LadyUndone, 24 jan 12
In times of SOPA and ACTA, I thought of bringing to light a little essay I wrote on Brave New World and V for Vendetta.
‘A JAIL INTENDED TO OUTLIVE THEM ALL’:
DYSTOPIAN SOCIETIES IN BRAVE NEW WORLD AND V FOR VENDETTA
During the 1980s, the science-fiction genre became a great success among readers and cinema lovers. Hand in hand with this genre, came the dystopian mode,...
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#Drone Documents: Why The #US Government Won’t... →
by Cora Currier, June 25, 2012
The covert U.S. effort to strike terrorist leaders using drones has moved further out of the shadows this year — targeted killing has been mentioned by President Obama and defended in speeches by Attorney General Eric Holder and Obama counterterrorism adviser John Brennan. The White House recently declassified the fact that it is conducting military operations in...
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FASCISM What It Is and How To Fight It →
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Londoners Organize as the Olympics Swallow up... →
culturalmarxist:
An increasingly familiar sight in London are posters on public transit that invite residents and workers to “Get ahead of the Games.” The message is that the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games are happening, like it or not, but life for the average Londoner should continue as normal — or at least as normal as possible. Yet one particular poster sums up well the lack of...
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US Prepping Air Attacks On Syria While British... →
anti-propaganda:
‘Independent Israeli-based intelligence outlet DEBKAfile are reporting that the US Air Force and Navy are quietly preparing for a “limited air offensive” and a series of no-fly zones against Syria, while their Gulf military sources have confirmed the presence of British special forces across the Turkish border. The Western powers continue to flagrantly ignore international norms...
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“Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.”
– Martin Luther King Jr. (via democracylookslike)
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Watchleaveobashar:
UNBELIEVABLE VIDEO FROM A LIVE CAMERA SHOWS SHELLS FALLING ON DARAA. June 26, 2012 - A boy walks across the view of the camera as he crosses the street. A shell hits him without warning. He is most likely dead.
At 17:29 a few people walk across the street in the same location. Behind them a horrific and deafening roar of an exploding shell sends them running for cover.
At 22:59...
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Daily Kos: #ALEC - Hidden Memberships EXPOSED!... →
By Bob Sloan, Jun 26, 2012, via @Lola_Non
This diary is a sneak preview of an article to be published at Voters Legislative Transparency Project - www.vltp.net - later this week …
Over the past year, much information about the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has come to light. The public learned of ALEC; model legislation, secret membership lists and denial of media access to ALEC...
Solidarity with Pirelli Tire workers on strike in... →
socialismartnature:
WORKERS AT the Alexandria Tire Company (Pirelli) in Egypt are on strike against management’s arbitrary refusal to implement agreements that were concluded with workers in the presence of representatives of the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), as well as their refusal to comply with workers’ legal rights. Situated on the Cairo-Alexandria desert road, Pirelli...
Turkey and NATO Playing Propaganda Games Against... →
anti-propaganda:
‘Despite playing an integral part in a secret proxy war against Syria, Turkey is using the biased Western media to paint itself as a victim of Syrian aggression, thus further building a propaganda fueled pretext for NATO countries to intervene in the conflict more openly.
Turkey is actually the headquarters of a CIA/NATO/British Intelligence coalition, that have been providing...
"Beyond Resistance: Fight the Cuts, Build People's... →
Poverty and inequality: the real State of the... →
amodernmanifesto:
As the leaders of the major economies gather for crisis talks at the G20 in Mexico, they’ll be pondering how they can save capitalism from itself. What they won’t be doing is addressing the vast inequalities that have developed in countries like the United States.
While president Barack Obama and his Republican opponent Mitt Romney trade insults and accusations, neither will...
A Matter of the Most Pleasant Fraternal... →
pieceinthepuzzlehumanity:
Spends over half its citizens’ tax dollars on the military
Has militarized local police
Can indefinitely detain its citizens
Assassinates its own citizens without due process
Is engaged in a secret war in about 60% of the world’s nations
Is waging…
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India bans controversial tourist resort but fails... →
June, 27th 2012
The controversial tourist resort run by Barefoot India in the Andaman Islands has been dealt a fatal blow, after India’s government banned tourism businesses from operating in a buffer zone around the Jarawa tribal reserve.
However, activists have warned of a ‘missed opportunity’ after the illegal road through the reserve at the centre of the ‘human safaris’ scandal has been...
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Heading for the europocalypse? →
amodernmanifesto:
THE EUROPEAN debt crisis keeps getting worse despite a series of attempts to bail out debt-wracked countries in the eurozone, the 17 countries that share a common currency.
As Greece was preparing to hold elections on June 17 that ultimately returned pro-austerity parties to office, Spain became the new crisis flashpoint. Banks hobbled by a housing bust turned to theEuropean...
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Abandoning the excuses, continuing the war →
amodernmanifesto:
THE OBAMA administration is deploying a new phrase to justify the horrible shambles created by years of U.S. war and occupation in Afghanistan: “Afghan good enough.”
The basic idea, elaborated in an article by top military adviser Anthony Cordesman, is to lower expectations that Afghanistan will ever be anything other than a war-torn and divided society, while aiming to secure...
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Deportation of Jean-Pierre Nzeyimana has been... →
The 28-year-old Jean-Pierre Nzeyimana is a refugee from Burundi in Africa, who came to Sweden in 2007. Today he is being forcefully deported back to Burundi, where he awaits execution.
Jean-Pierre is a so-called political refugee. In Burundi, he was subjected to threats and persecution by his own government (which is ruled by former rebels from the Burundian Civil War). The regime also targeted...
The Civil Rights Lessons of Vincent Chin’s Murder →
fangirlmarena:
Vincent Chin would have been 57 today. But the Michigan man never made it out of his 20s. Instead, 30 years ago this week Chin was brutally murdered when he was bludgeoned with a baseball bat wielded by two white, jobless auto workers who thought Chin, a Chinese-American man, was Japanese. “It’s because of you little [expletive] that we’re out of work,” witnesses said Ronald...
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“A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill except for learning how...”
– Doug Larson (via rbreel)
green anarchy. occupy everything, be everywhere, in all forms, all the time… know and help your fellow weeds, even when they are different.
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givemeanarchy:
Hey Los Angeles,
Our comrades at CCA are hungry tonight and would love some food if anyone can help.
They’re tenting out in front of 626 Wilshire Blvd. in downtown LA to protest the fascist lobbyists who criminalize homelessness, privatize public spaces, and suppress free speech on behalf of the corporate businesses and gentrification.
Please read more about it here:...
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#Iraq #War vet faces 10 years in prison after... →
25 june 2012, via @pink_piratez
A 34-year-old Iraqi War veteran is facing ten years behind bars after photographing police officers in Austin, Texas that he says were mistreating a woman during a routine arrest on New Year’s Eve.
Antonio Buehler was pumping gas on December 31, 2011 when he witnessed officers with the Austin Police Department attempt to detain a woman under suspicion of...
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Watchverbalresistance:
U.N. says 1.5 million Syrians in need of humanitarian help
The number of Syrians needing humanitarian aid has soared 50 percent since March to 1.5 million as escalating violence drives more people from their homes, the United Nations said on Friday.
The fighting between President Bashar al-Assad’s forces and rebels is making it difficult to reach vulnerable civilians, the...
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The 0 percent solution →
beatyourselfup:
Some Bel Air firefighters recently got in trouble for posting comments on Facebook that expressed disappointment that a local fast food restaurant had failed to extend them a discount routinely offered police and military personnel. The comments included a snide suggestion that the owner might feel differently if he found his dumpster set on fire or if the volunteers declined to...
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Gaza strikes resume despite cease-fire agreement →
arielnietzsche:
Despite a pledged cease-fire agreement between Hamas and Israel, strikes resumed on both sides of the Gaza border on Saturday, killing at least three Palestinian men and a 6-year-old boy in Gaza, and wounding an Israeli man in Sderot, officials said.
Signaling the seriousness of the renewed fighting, the chief of the Israel Defense Forces, Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, called a rare...
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downloaders beware - Obama sold us out! →
torrid-wind:
I hope that many of you know that mass media can’t be relied upon to actually report things that are NEWS. They’d rather keep you distracted with irrelevant bullshit such as the latest on the scandal involving Penn State football coach, Jerry Sandusky on child sexual abuse charges and the shortest celebrity marriages in history.
Back on March 24, 2012, the progressive news site...
