December 2009
11 posts
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Zmag: Political Myths WE Live By
“We live in a de facto One Party state. We are left with the freedom to choose which current faction of the ruling political elite will probably be less disastrous.” http://www.zmag.org/znet/viewArticle/23403
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Two great (and infuriating) articles from the My...
While it seems that the author treats capitalism as something different from corporatism, I would argue we are in fact seeing the true effects of capitalism. It’s articles like this, whether written by an anarchist or not, that drove me to investigate the ideas of, and call myself an anarchist and question the idea of capitalism.
“[T]he State … and Capitalism are facts and...
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Hate mail from a psychopath warmonger
Apparently Phillip A Camera didn’t like that I joined a group on Facebook called “Soldiers Are Not Heroes”. He apparently didn’t like me pointing out the various news stories regarding the illegal occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan. “ALRIGHT THIS HAS PISSED ME OFF TO THE FULLEST YOU THINK SOLDIERS ARINT HERO’S WELL I ADMIT I DIDNT DO ANYTHING REMOTELY HEROIC...
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Socialism and the State by Rudolf Rocker
Johann Rudolf Rocker (March 25, 1873– September 19, 1958) was an anarcho-syndicalist writer and activist. A self-professed anarchist without adjectives, Rocker believed that anarchist schools of thought represented “only different methods of economy” and that the first objective for anarchists was “to secure the personal and social freedom of men”...
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Incredible Speech by Mike Prysner
An absolutely powerful and heart wrenching speech by Mike Prysner of Iraq Vets Against the War. I feel absolutely sick…
update: the original vid: http://www.ivaw.org/wintersoldier/testimony/racism-and-war-dehumanization-enemy-part-2/mike-prysner/video
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Paul Craig Roberts: Relocating Guantánamo
“Americans are more upset by Tiger Woods’ sexual affairs than they are by the Bush and Obama administrations’ destruction of US civil liberty. Americans don’t seem to mind that “their” government for the last 8 years has resorted to the detention practices of 1,000 years ago—simply grab a person and throw him into a dungeon forever without bringing charges and obtaining a...
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Bobby Whittenberg: An Open Letter from an Iraq...
Fantastic post by Bobby Whittenberg: “It is time to put theory into practice. It is time that we demand that our voices be heard. If we are to take back control of our lives, we must do it ourselves. We need to localize our economies and start focusing on economies that are based on meeting people’s needs sustainably rather than being based on markets or production.” ...
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AlterNet: Are Americans a Broken People?
Fantastic article over at AlterNet: “A psychologist asks: Have consumerism, suburbanization and a malevolent corporate-government partnership so beaten us down that we no longer have the will to save ourselves?”
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Glenn Greenwald: Cruise missile attacks in Yemen
Absolutely disgusting… From Glenn Greenwald President Obama late last week ordered cruise missile attacks on two locations in Yemen, which “U.S. officials” say were “suspected Al Qaeda hideouts.” The main target of the attacks, Al Qaeda member Qasim al Rim, was not among those killed, but: “a local Yemeni official said on Sunday that 49 civilians, among them 23...
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Stateless Socialism: Anarchism by Mikhail Bakunin
Mikhail Bakunin (1814-1876) was one of the intellectual founding fathers of Anarchism. He is often considered to be Marx’s historical rival. When Marx headed toward State-run Socialism, Bakunin argued for the abolition of the State as the most fundamental goal for those who want to guarantee freedom. http://sites.google.com/site/governedbywolves/bakunin/stateless-socialism-anarchism
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ICE: We can make you disappear. Secret Prisions in...
“If you don’t have enough evidence to charge someone criminally but you think he’s illegal, we can make him disappear.” Those chilling words were spoken by James Pendergraph, then executive director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Office of State and Local Coordination, at a conference of police and sheriffs in August 2008. You know who else liked to...