Chomsky: Occupy the Future

Noam Chomsky, Nation of Change:

Delivering a Howard Zinn lecture is a bittersweet experience for me. I regret that he’s not here to take part in and invigorate a movement that would have been the dream of his life. Indeed, he laid a lot of the groundwork for it.

If the bonds and associations being established in these remarkable events can be sustained through a long, hard period ahead – victories don’t come quickly – the Occupy protests could mark a significant moment in American history.

I’ve never seen anything quite like the Occupy movement in scale and character, here and worldwide. The Occupy outposts are trying to create cooperative communities that just might be the basis for the kinds of lasting organizations necessary to overcome the barriers ahead and the backlash that’s already coming.

That the Occupy movement is unprecedented seems appropriate because this is an unprecedented era, not just at this moment but since the 1970s.

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Inside Occupy Wall Street
How a bunch of anarchists and radicals with nothing but sleeping bags launched a nationwide movement
It started with a Tweet – "Dear Americans, this July 4th, dream of insurrection against corporate rule" – and a hashtag: #occupywallstreet. It showed up again as a headline posted online on July 13th by Adbusters, a sleek, satirical Canadian magazine known for its mockery of consumer culture. Beneath it was a date, September 17th, along with a hard-to-say slogan that never took off, "Democracy, not corporatocracy," and some advice that did: "Bring tent."

11.11.11 to be marked with peace prayer
Islamabad - Commemorating the unique occurrence of 11.11.11, spiritual workers around the world will take part in a global prayer for peace, scheduled for 11:00 a.m. (local time) on Friday.

Occupy Canada Open Mic Issue- The Harper Government

A spirited young Canadian speaks out on why Canada is part of the Occupy Movement Occupy Toronto, St James Park.

11,000 youths in Pangasinan to pray the rosary on 11-11-11
Eleven thousand young people from the towns and cities under the Lingayen-Dagupan Archdiocese will simultaneously pray the rosary at 11 a.m. on Friday at the St. John's Metropolitan Cathedral here.
Dubbed as 11.11.11 @ 11 a.m., the project will help the Archdiocese of Lingayen-Dagupan join the nation in praying the rosary as part of the Catholic Church's initiative called "A Million Roses for the World."

11-11 Planetary Peace Prayer
Those who read The URANTIA Book know that the midwayers are beings halfway between human and angel. During the Lucifer Rebellion 1111 secondary midwayers remained loyal to the government of Jesus Christ Michael. They are presently on the planet today and every time you see 11-11 it is a message for the promise of the return of Jesus Christ Michael to Urantia/Earth.

Hitler rants about the Occupy Wall Street protests


Corporate rights and resistance
A FEW RECENT EXAMPLES OF CORPORATIONS EXERTING NEVER INTENDED CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS

Police refuse to evict Octagon occupiers
Police are refusing to evict protesters from Dunedin’s Octagon, despite claims from the City Council that the campers are there illegally.

Communic[a]tions Workers of America Covers Occupied Super Committee Hearing
Verizon's '1 Percent' Business Model Exposed at Teach-In at Occupation of Washington, DC

Perfect Storm of Internet Censorship

In recent weeks the governments of Britain, Israel, the US, Japan, India and China have reported alleged cyber attacks by foreign militaries, hackers, and malicious software like Duqu, a virus similar to the Stuxnet cyber weapon constructed by Israel and the US for use against Iran's nuclear program. Although the nature and origin of the attacks or even whether they took place at all cannot be independently confirmed, the supposed threats are being used to propose punishing new legislation aimed at stifling internet freedoms and are igniting new rivalries in what many see as the battlefield of the 21st century: cyberspace.
TRANSCRIPT AND SOURCES: http://www.corbettreport.com/?p=3110

The Brave New World of Genetically Modifying a ‘New Human Species’
If some of the information emerging from the technology, governmental, and academic worlds are any indication, not only is the police state here; the scientific dictatorship is right around the corner. Indeed, if recent comments made by Juan Enriquez are indicative of the coming state merger between technology and genetics, we have much to be concerned about.

Experts Suggest the CIA, Not Kim Jong-il, is Counterfeiting Dollars
"Sources allege that the CIA prints the falsified 'Supernotes' at a secret facility near Washington to fund covert operations without Congressional oversight."

Talking Heads The Overload (HQ)

From their 1980 album Remain in Light. Produced by Brian Eno.

The Fog of War and the Case for Knee-jerk Anti-Interventionism
In my last post on Libya, I took a sort of squishy position: while avoiding a direct endorsement of the NATO military campaign there, I wanted to defend the existence of a genuine internal revolutionary dynamic, rather than dismissing the resistance to Gaddafi as merely the puppets of Western imperialism. I still basically stand by that position, and I still think the ultimate trajectory of Libya remains in doubt. But all that aside, it’s important to look back carefully at the run-up to the military intervention. A couple of recent essays have tried to do so—one of them is an exemplary struggle to get at the real facts around the decision to go to war, while the other typifies the detestable self-congratulatory moralizing of the West’s liberal warmongers.

Video: The Revolution Business - World
Democratic change has been demanded across the Middle East. But was what seems like a spontaneous revolution actually a strategically planned event, fabricated by 'revolution consultants' long in advance?
Revolution consultants are the worst nightmare of every regime. Srdja Popovic was a founder of the organisation 'Otpor', a revolution training school. It was instrumental in the overthrow of Slobodan Milosevic in the 1990s and has now inspired a new generation of activists. Political commentators like William Engdahl are convinced Otpor is being financed by the USA. "The people from Otpor gave us a book in which they described all their strategies", says Ezzedine Zaatour of the Tunisian uprising. That book was written by an American, Gene Sharp, and is now considered the "revolution guide book", being used by opposition movements worldwide. As Optor release their latest gadget, a resistance training computer game sponsored by American organisations, world leaders are voicing their concerns. "This is called a gentle coup!", insists Hugo Chavez.

Puff Daddy - It's All About The Benjamins

Anonymous Strike Notice – Global WikiStrike 11.11.11

Anonymous Strike Notice

Global WikiStrike 11.11.11

Decommodify the Commons, Build a P2P Economy, Reclaim Life, Peace and Justice on Earth

On November 11^th 2011 at 11:11 AM GMT

We declare that we have no division among us, the people united. We are united as humanity and nature, one whole planet. We are ONE and we are here for ALL, including the 1%!

We declare that we need to take over the world agenda, to shape our future together, in a bottom-up, horizontal and egalitarian way! Let’s make real democracy a reality and put an end to the ‘ancient regime’ of the elite.

We call Occupy Together/Democracy Real Ya!/Take The Square/15O/15M Movements, Anonymous, LulzSec, WikiLeaks, OpenLeaks, Yes Man, Avaaz, The Zeitgeist Movement, Zapatistas, Water Warriors, Slum Dwellers, Street Traders, NetWorkers, Free Culture and information activists, environmentalists, unionists, feminists, anti-war activists, political parties, and all other like-minded groups and individuals from every country, to support this cause by engaging in law making processes within their nearest occupy assemblies around the world and linking your actions in the WikiStrike framework!

The current political alteration process can, eventually, replace current production, ownership and distribution relationships across the globe with fundamentally egalitarian ways of distributed, peer to peer economies through which we could protect the planet, realise justice and maintain peace.

In such P2P economies we could reclaim the Commons from the grip of greed. We could contribute to work needed to be done for collective good, not more than 4 hours a day. This way we could physically reproduce ourselves and maintain life for others. We could use the rest of the time to flourish and for self realisation. Today we have the material conditions to realise such transition.

In order to move further, we need time. We need to get back the trillions of dollars the 1% has stolen from the people and realise 4 hour work days and basic income for all.

It is possible and it is a more realistic response to the crisis the elite caused, we need this to be able to build and lead the transition towards P2P alternatives.

Today, we launch a world wide and continuous WikiStrike involving traditional industrial action as well as new generation media actions, leaks, hackatons, occupations, meditations, art strikes and many other creative and peaceful forms of self-expression to make this happen.

Understanding the world is not enough, we need to change it and we must to do it now!

Join the world wide strike and global demo on 11.11.11!

Reclaim life!

4 Hour-Work-Day and Global Basic Income now and for all!

People United

United as One, Divided by Zero

ALL 4 ONE ONE 4 ALL!

What is WikiStrike!

WikiStrike is an open ended and open to all form of strike different from traditional methods used mainly by unionised workers and aimed at improving working conditions and living standards by changing the behaviour of the employer or political ruler.

In addition to using the power we have in terms of the production process, with WikiStrikes we utilize the power coming from hyper-connectivity and the collective hyper intelligence/creativity we posses today in order to protect life, justice and peace -be it at local, national or international level.

All forces of social change can join in the global WikiStrike process and work in a collaborative way to achieve these objectives.

Occupy Oakland has proven that the WikiStrike is not only an idea, it is both possible and effective today.

Global WikiStrike 11.11.11 at 11:11 am

In November 2011, we are witnessing the rise of general strikes globally against the rule of the elite. An elite that has long time ignored the needs of the planet, the poor, the weakest who had to be protected the most. Rulers crack down and oppress people in order to save their unjust system. The globalisation of a totalitarian form of capitalism has started to attack ordinary people all over the world. The elite try to destroy all of the existing semi-democratic rights some of us had been enjoying.

November 2011 is the month we link all uprisings and dissent around the world in an anonymous framework of global general strike. This is open to all, all forces can participate and show solidarity in order to defend the rest, all of us. Creative minds across the world can align against the rule of the 1% and go on the offensive in this way.

Therefore at 11:11am GMT on 11.11.2011 we launch a Global and United WikiStrike against the ruling classes and their greed-centric corporations in order to enforce people’s sovereign laws and make real democracy, equality and freedom a reality.

We will build truly democratic social structures free from the domination of any class, elite or war lord, free from artificial borders and wage slavery. A world where production, distribution and ownership are organised through distributed egalitarian P2P cooperative networks and based on the commons we share.

We want a globally accepted 4 Hour Work Day without wage loss and Global Basic Income for those who do not work for money, right now!

We will demand this with art, meditation, prayers, industrial action, occupation, hacking, leaks and all other means of creative, peaceful self-expression.

GAs, individuals, groups, organisations, movements and networks joining the WikiStrike decide their target, objective and methods autonomously. Possible targets are top TNCs, transnational financial institutions, totalitarian governments, government bodies, state agencies, officials… Mass media, employers, firms, etc., who are not respectful to the planet, people, justice, equity and real democracy!

We will show the world that people are united hand in hand!

Occupy the World 11-11-11

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Scorpio Full Moon and 11–11-11
For more than 275 years, the city of Carta­gena, Colum­bia was under Span­ish rule. On 11-11-1811, Carta­gena became the first province to declare inde­pen­dence from the Span­ish Crown. This event is now cel­e­brated all over Colum­bia because of the great influ­ence it exerted on the process of lib­er­a­tion of the whole country.
Carta­gena means La Hero­ica, the Heroic City.
On 11-11-1811, the planet Uranus was con­junct the Sun in Scor­pio. This direct align­ment empha­sized bat­tling for free­dom and a new direc­tion in life.
Now, 200 years later, 11–11-11 falls dur­ing the period of the full moon of Scor­pio which can bring some added significance.
Eleven is a num­ber of mas­tery. In Scor­pio, the war­rior bat­tles for mas­tery over the mind, the emo­tions and cir­cum­stances. Three elevens; three lev­els of mastery.
Mas­tery is lib­er­a­tion from the forces of the past.

CLOWNS ARRESTED IN NEAR-SUCCESSFUL ATTACK ON WALL STREET BULL

A small group of Occupy Wall Street activists engaged in a near-successful corrida against the Wall Street Bull.

The spiritual crisis of humanity and the endless struggle
From Europe to the world, it is time to break the chains of weariness and rise to the challenge of our times. The future of humanity depends on it.

Occupy Music Festival 11/11/11


11.11.11 Occupy The Streets. Occupy The World.
Procession through the City of Leipzig

Fellow Occupiers, R-Love-utionaries, Real Democracy Makers, etc – there is no stress with knowing exactly what “we” want
There are enough suggestions and visions around – an abundance!! We are talking, exchanging, seeing each other, listening, finding inspiration, sharing, inspiring others, practising democracy, sharing public space, etc, etc, etc… A r-Love-ution for Real Democracy through occupations, parties, demonstrations, General Assemblies, Talking Stick circles, etc, etc, etc. IT’S GREAT!!!

Compared to this, Greece was just a sideshow. Italy could blow Europe to pieces
Italy is the third-largest economy in the EU, and the eighth largest on the planet. Its outstanding debt of €1.9 trillion (£1.6 trillion) accounts for 25 per cent of all the debt in the eurozone.

Debt crisis: How & why Greece should exit the eurozone
Having been led down an ever-worsening spiral by the euro zone and its own government, Greece now faces two options, both of them painful: stay the course, or default and exit the monetary union.
Each presents difficulties and uncertainties, but in the long run there is no question that default, and a return to the drachma, offer the better chance of economic growth and employment.

How Papandreou and Soros orchestrated the Greek referendum and gained millions.
Greek MP Kammenos is the one who revealed in May the secret CDS purchase by associates of the Prime Minister Papandreou which is a betting on the collapse of Greece.
He revealed today that the failed Belgian bank DEXIA, in collaboration with the BROTHER OF THE PM, placed a huge sum of money in the fluctuation of Euro/Swedish Krona just days before the PM announced the referendum and the markets went haywire! Just another proof that the referendum was a scam by the PM.

Greece, home of democracy, deprived of a vote
Armed by Papandreou with a referendum, the Greek people had clout. Now, they're powerless before the troika's austerity plan

Ala. county to file largest municipal bankruptcy
Alabama's most populous county filed the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history Wednesday, years after being plunged more than $4 billion into debt by a corruption-riddled sewer project.

Occupy Cal video: Police brutally beat, arrest Berkeley students

Video courtesy: http://www.youtube.com/user/MilesMathews, CalTV http://www.youtube.com/user/caltvinfo
U.S. police in riot gear have clashed with student protesters at the University of California, Berkeley, after they refused to dismantle their camp. Tents were erected following a march against tuition fee increases for students - which was part of the broader Occupy Wall Street movement. Several activists were arrested, some were beaten by police with batons.

MAYHEM AT PENN STATE: Rioting Students Flip Over News Van, Take To Streets By The Thousands
Angry Penn State students were back in the streets Wednesday night after Joe Paterno was abruptly fired by the board of trustees.

The Global Square: an online platform for our movement
A proposal on how to perpetuate the creative and cooperative spirit of the occupations and transform them into lasting forms of social organization.

Occupy World Photos

The Chairman of the City of London Corporation debates outside Saint Pauls
An extraordinary event took place outside St. Paul’s on Sunday evening outside St. Paul’s. The Reclaim the City campaign group had arranged for George Monbiot, John Christensen (Director of Tax Justice Network) and Father William Taylor (a former Councillor in the Corporation of London) to explain to the Occupation their concerns with the City of London Corporation. Unexpectedly Stuart Fraser, the Chairman of the City of London Corporation, turned up to debate with us.

Paul Craig Roberts: Neo-Cons want war with Iran just like Iraq

Iran is being targeted by The International Atomic Energy Agency. The IAEA is claiming Iran is gathering essential materials to build a nuclear warhead. Some critics feel this is reminiscent to the situation when the US had "concrete" evidence that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction but were never found. Is Iran trying to acquire nuclear weapons or is this another ploy by the Western powers? Paul Craig Roberts, former Reagan administration official and columnist, helps us answer some of these questions.

Firearms police officer 'slept in Occupy St Paul's tent after night out drinking'
Pc Gary Withers is said to have been spotted by colleagues when he woke up outside the cathedral

General Bouchard acknowledges that NATO's informants in Libya were journalists
In a 31 October 2011 interview on Radio Canada, Lieutenant-General Charles Bouchard, who led Operation Unified Protector in Libya, revealed that an analysis unit was set up at NATO headquarters in Naples. It’s mission was to study and decipher what was happening on the ground, that is to say both the movements of the Libyan Army and those of the "rebels."

Neurosecurity: Definition, Scope, and Potential
Neurosecurity can be defined as studies and applications of:
(a) the concepts, practices, guidelines and policies dedicated to (i) identifying socio-political and military threats to neuro-psychiatric information and function, and (ii) preserving the integrity of both neuro-psychiatric information and neuro-psychiatric function of persons, groups and populations
and
(b) neuroscientific techniques and neurotechnologies to affect, manipulate and/or control neurological structures and/or functions of individuals, groups and/or populations in the service of national defense, and/or military objectives.

The US is a Police State
Review of Andrew Kolin, State Power and Democracy

The American Surveillance State Puts Orwell to Shame
Recently I published a relatively long article entitled, The invisible surveillance state: DHS and the end of America as we know it, which breaks down the invisible prison-like system that is the United States has become and how the Department of Homeland Security is diverting public funds into programs that would make Orwell’s Big Brother look like a joke.

More Chinese troops are deployed in PoK
Ignoring New Delhi’s concerns on the rising presence of Chinese troops in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, Beijing has gone ahead and added two more People’s Liberation Army battalions in the region last month. A classified report prepared by Indian intelligence agencies, details of which were obtained by this newspaper, said while one PLA battalion was posted at the Karakoram Highway Upgradation Project, the other was deployed at the crucial rail link project at Khujerab Pass.

Religious minorities put faith in Tunisia's democracy
Minority Jews and Christians are putting their faith in Tunisia's nascent democracy to ensure its new Islamist-led leadership respects their rights in this traditionally secular state.

New York Times honors American war criminal
Editor's Note: The insouciance with which the New York Times celebrates the life of the late atomic physicist Norman Ramsey, who died Nov. 4, is breathtaking. Accompanying their obituary (below), The Times published a photo of Ramsey signing the atomic bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki and killed tens of thousands of civilians, as if he were signing a birthday card. If Dr. Ramsey had been photographed signing the door of the alleged gas chamber at Auschwitz, the New York Times would have condemned him as a monster, but their laudatory obituary is oblivious to the horrors perpetrated at Nagasaki by war criminals like Ramsey, including Japanese children with acute radiation burns. This depraved indifference emanates from blind faith in the Allied dogma of The Good War, and the Talmudic mentality of Judaic-victim exceptionalism.

Jobless and Clueless: America's Delusional Democracy
When Americans who are the most victimized by our cruel economy still believe in something that is demonstrably no longer true, they are deeply delusional. They desperately want to believe in something once great about American society. The reality is that upward economic mobility has been destroyed, replaced by widely observable downward mobility. Some of the mostly younger jobless that have embraced the Occupy Wall Street and related Occupy efforts know the truth.

Army veteran and his wife die in tragic 'suicide pact' after becoming 'too poor to live through the winter'
A newly married couple forced to live on £57 a week killed themselves in despair after being 'abandoned' by social services, their friends claimed yesterday.

Pakistan grants India 'Most Favoured Nation' status
Pakistan Wednesday granted the status of "Most Favoured Nation" to India and agreed to double bilateral trade from $2.5 billion to around $5 billion.

Bhutto murder: Pakistan police and Taliban charged
An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has charged two senior police officers over the 2007 assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

Afghanistan – touch down in flight

Afghanistan – touch down in flight from Augustin Pictures on Vimeo.

As each of us has his own impression of Afghanistan that is predominantly marked with pictures of foreign forces, explosions and terror, we were privileged to have access to capture daily life and portrait some people of Afghanistan. We hope the pictures you know will merge with the pictures you see and will enrich your view on the country in the Hindu Kush. locations: Kabul and Mazar-e Sharif

Texas scientist makes strands of ‘invisibility cloak’
A University of Texas Dallas scientist is working on developing a technology that would delight Harry Potter fans everywhere--an invisibility cloak.

Western black rhino declared extinct
No wild black rhinos remain in West Africa, according to the latest global assessment of threatened species.

Military Panel Finds Leader of Rogue US "Kill Team" Guilty
[UPDATE: On Thursday, ex-Army staff sergeant Calvin Gibbs, the alleged ringleader of the notorious "Kill Team," was found guilty of three murders and a total of fifteen criminal charges. The murders carry a minimum sentence of life with parole, and a maximum of life imprisonment. The jury came to the decision after four hours of deliberation.]

The terrible truth about Libya's rebels


Growing concern over China's 'disappeared'
Human rights organisations voiced concern over new draft law which may legalise state-backed detentions.

Family of Syrian defector targeted
Relatives of defected senior Syrian army officer tell Al Jazeera security forces have killed 14 of their family members.

Why Is the Oakland Police Department Hiding the Truth About Its Violent Crackdown on the Occupy Protests?
Oakland police appear to have violated their own guidelines, and now they're refusing to release documents to civil rights attorneys as required by law.

africanresistancenow
The International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement (InPDUM) is returning to the Uhuru Radio airwaves with the live video broadcast of its show "African Resistance Now!"

“Occupy Harvard” begins on Harvard Yard
Occupy Harvard, the latest local manifestation of the Occupy Movement, started with almost 30 tents last night in the Old Yard directly in front of the iconic statue of John Harvard.

Smile! Get Ready for Tiny Police Uniform Cameras
The next time you talk to a police officer, you might find yourself staring into a lens. Companies such as Taser and Vievu are making small, durable cameras designed to be worn on police officer’s uniforms. The idea is to capture video from the officer’s point of view, for use as evidence against suspects, as well as to help monitor officers’ behavior toward the public.

Photo Special Revealed: the secret horror of the world's 'mega' factory farms
As the UK grapples with the arrival of 'mega' farms like Nocton and Foston, a shocking new book, CAFO, reveals the cruelty and vast scale of the global meat and dairy industry

The top 10 military ‘psy-ops’ corporations admit to using against Americans
Environmental activist Sharon Wilson showed up to an oil industry event in Houston last week and caught a startling glimpse into how the fracking industry approaches residents in towns where they drill.
Wilson recorded industry insiders confirming they hire military psychological operation veterans, and use procedures pulled straight from the Army’s counterinsurgency manual.

Fascism In America: A Report Confirming The US Media Is Controlled By An Organized Crime Syndicate involved in murder and financial fraud started by the Bush family. [.PDF file]

Occupy Comics Kickstarter Campaign Raises Funds for Protesters
What do we want? Funding! How will we get it? Comics!
That’s the goal of the Occupy Comics Kickstarter project, launched Wednesday by transmedia studio Halo-8 and explained in the video pitch below. The plan is to graphically document the Occupy movement with the help of a roster of respected comics creators and artists, then funnel the proceeds directly to the protesters taking hits and making history for the 99 percent.

1 DAY UNTIL 11/11/11: THE TIME TO ACT IS NOW!!!

1 Day to go until the 11Eleven Project gets into full swing and people all over the world unleash their creativity in order to help us create the global narrative.

How Papandreou and Soros orchestrated the Greek referendum and gained millions.
Greek MP Kammenos is the one who revealed in May the secret CDS purchase by associates of the Prime Minister Papandreou which is a betting on the collapse of Greece.

The Invisible Committee & Quotes
“We have been expropriated from our own language by television, from our songs by reality TV contests, from our flesh by mass pornography, from our city by the police and from our friends by wage-labor.”
― The Invisible Committee, The Coming Insurrection

January 20, 2012 – Move to Amend Occupies the Courts!
Call to Action
Inspired by our friends at Occupy Wall Street, and Dr. Cornel West, Move To Amend is planning bold action to mark the second anniversary of the infamous Citizens United v. FEC decision!
Occupy the Courts will be a one day occupation of Federal courthouses across the country, including the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Friday January 20, 2012.

£43bn to be wiped off savings in a year due to Bank of England 'negligence on inflation'
Beleaguered savers will see £43billion wiped off the value of their nest eggs by November 2012 thanks to record low interest rates and soaring inflation, calculations for This is Money show.

12 Facts About Money And Congress That Are So Outrageous That It Is Hard To Believe That They Are Actually True
Do you want to get rich? Just get elected to Congress. The U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives are absolutely packed with wealthy people that are very rapidly becoming even wealthier. The collective net worth of the members of Congress is now measured in the billions of dollars.

Lazy Ouzo-Swilling, Olive-Pit Spitting Greeks - Or, How Goldman Sacked Greece
I'll cut to the indictment: Greece is a crime scene. The people are victims of a fraud, a scam, a hustle and a flim-flam. And––cover the children's ears when I say this––a bank named Goldman Sachs is holding the smoking gun.

Governments turn to hacking techniques for surveillance of citizens
Surveillance firms that recently attended a US conference are accused of offering their services to repressive regimes

London student protest 9 November 2011: Arrest of Occupy protestors in Trafalgar Square

Police filed into the square and played a public announcement before systematically asking protestors to move on. They were then arrested under section 12 of the public order act

Protesters in Trafalgar Square try to resist police


STUDENT MARCH AERIALS: Helicopter footage of London protest


Papadimos Candidacy Hitting Snags
According to Reuters, the plan for former European Central Bank vice-president Lucas Papademos- for many Greece’s last hope to survive this tragedy- to lead a Greek coalition government has run into trouble, delaying a resolution to the country’s political Armagedon. Sources in both parties said this was now in doubt and the two sides were looking at other options. ”The Papademos candidacy has hit problems that have to do with both parties,” one of the sources told Reuters on condition of anonymity.

Ryanair's Latest Idea: In-Flight Porn
But don't worry ... you'd watch it on your phone, which is so much more private!

The Public Option in Banking: Another Look at the German Model
Publicly owned banks were instrumental in funding Germany's "economic miracle" after the devastation of World War II. Although the German public banks have been targeted in the last decade for takedown by their private competitors, the model remains a viable alternative to the private profiteering being protested on Wall Street today.

'Occupy Boston' takes Israeli consulate

Death Masks: From Dante to James Joyce and Friedrich Nietzsche
Death masks — they have been around since the days of King Tut in Ancient Egypt, and (perhaps) Agamemnon and Cassandra in Ancient Greece.

The Real Truth of Wars - Dr. Dahlia Wasfi

We have an obligation to every last victim of this illegal aggression because all of this carnage has been done in our name. Since World War II, 90% of the casualties of war are unarmed civilians. 1/3 of them children. Our victims have done nothing to us. From Palestine to Afghanistan to Iraq to Somalia to wherever our next target may be, their murders are not collateral damage, they are the nature of modern warfare. They don't hate us because of our freedoms. They hate us because every day we are funding and committing crimes against humanity. The so-called "war on terror" is a cover for our military aggression to gain control of the resources of western Asia.

This is sending the poor of this country to kill the poor of those Muslim countries. This is trading blood for oil. This is genocide, and to most of the world, we are the terrorists. In these times, remaining silent on our responsibility to the world and its future is criminal. And in light of our complicity in the supreme crimes against humanity in Iraq and Afghanistan, and ongoing violations of the U.N. Charter in International Law, how dare any American criticize the actions of legitimate resistance to illegal occupation.

Our so-called enemies in Afghanistan, Iraq, Palestine, our other colonies around the world, and our inner cities here at home, are struggling against the oppressive hand of empire, demanding respect for their humanity. They are labeled insurgents or terrorists for resisting rape and pillage by the white establishment, but they are our brothers and sisters in the struggle for justice. The civilians at the other end of our weapons don't have a choice, but American soldiers have choices, and while there may have been some doubt 5 years ago, today we know the truth. Our soldiers don't sacrifice for duty-honor-country, they sacrifice for Kellogg Brown & Root.

They don't fight for America, they fight for their lives and their buddies beside them, because we put them in a war zone. They're not defending our freedoms, they're laying the foundation for 14 permanent military bases to defend the freedoms of Exxon Mobil and British Petroleum.

They're not establishing democracy, they're establishing the basis for an economic occupation to continue after the military occupation has ended. Iraqi society today, thanks to American "help" is defined by house raids, death squads, check-points, detentions, curfews, blood in the streets, and constant violence. We must dare to speak out in support of the Iraqi people, who resist and endure the horrific existence we brought upon them through our bloodthirsty imperial crusade. We must dare to speak out in support of those American war-resisters, the real military heroes, who uphold their oath to defend the constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, including those terrorist cells in Washington DC more commonly known as the Legislative, Executive & Judicial branches.

"If There Is No Struggle, There Is No Progress"

Frederick Douglass said

"Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, are people who want crops without plowing the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one, or it may be a physical one, and it may be both ... but it must be a struggle. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will."

Every one of us, every one of us must keep demanding, keep fighting, keep thundering, keep plowing, keep speaking, keep struggling until justice is served. NO justice, NO peace.
http://phoenixaquua.blogspot.com/2011/05/truth-hurts-lies-kill-real-truth-of....


Occupy Wall Street Teachers, Students, & Parents


Reactionaries continue to see satanist commie pinkos everywhere:
NEW AGE GLOBAL REVOLUTION IN CLEAR PROGRESS: Occupy Wall Street, Occupy my home town (Fort Wayne), Occupy Detroit, Occupy the World
This IS the New Age Movement's long awaited global revolution in progress. How much more evidence do we need?

To maximize profits, the military industrial complex needs wars and more wars
According to the National Priorities Project, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have cost the nation well over $1 trillion dollars, since 2001. The Iraq War cost is tabulated at $789 billion and the Afghan War is at $403 billion. Others, like one-time World Bank and Nobel Prize economist Joseph Stiglitz, argue the true figure for these two wars is closer to $3 trillion.

Bomb inventor says U.S. defenses suffer because of politics
Fear mongering example

Iranian Students to Stage Rally in Support of Wall Street Uprising
"2.5 million Basiji (volunteer) students on Aban 13 (November 4) will move from specified places towards the Friday prayers Mosallas (a vast prayers place in each Muslim city usually used for Friday Prayers)" by chanting slogans and voicing support for the oppressed and deprived US and European people and the Islamic nations in the Middle-East, Caretaker of Pupils and Teachers' Basij Organization Colonel Hossein Momtahen announced at a news conference on Tuesday.

Iran celebrates 1979 US embassy seizure
Thousands of Iranians chanting "Death to America" marked the anniversary on Friday of the 1979 seizure of the US embassy amid references to recent US allegations of an Iranian assassination plot.

October Surprise, how Reagan really won!

Former Iranian President Abolhassan Bani-Sadr and Former Reagan-Bush Campaign and White House Staffer Barbara Honegger, attest to the October Surprise. Gary Sick wrote both an editorial for The New York Times in April of 1990 and a book on the subject. Sick a retired Naval Captain, served on Ford's, Carter's, and Reagan's National Security Council, held high positions with many prominent organizations, and wrote a recent book on US-Iran relations (All Fall Down). Sick wrote that in October 1980 officials in Ronald Reagan's presidential campaign made a secret deal with Iran to delay the release of the American hostages until after the election and in return for this, the United States purportedly arranged for Israel to ship weapons to Iran. Sick had interviewed a witness who saw members of the Reagan election team in Paris in negotiations with the Iranian government. According to Sick, Oliver North was the administration's scapegoat, taking responsibility to conceal the "treason" of Reagan and Bush.

Unmasking October Surprise ‘Debunker’
In his latest column, Parry examines the shocking career of a professional Islamophobe, Steven Emerson, who has exploited his ties to the national security complex to spread damaging misinformation across a broadening spectrum of subjects fromt the October Surprise to the Muslim Community Center planned for Manhattan by Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf. Parry zeroes in on Emerson's disinformation about Imam Rauf that maliciously labeled the peaceful imam who wrote a book titled: What's Right with Islam is What's right with America -- as a scheming anti-American radical who defended terrorists including Al-Qaeda.

A funny thing happened on the way to the occupation
Like so many others, we at Post Carbon Institute have watched the growth of the #Occupy movement with a mix of hope and curiosity. So a few weeks ago we sent Ben Zolno, an enterprising young filmmaker, to Occupy Wall Street with copies of The End of Growth and a bunch of questions.
Last week we sent him back, this time with a few recommendations:
Dig Deeper.
Ditch Wall St.
Change the Paradigm.

U.S. Government Confirms Link Between Earthquakes and Hydraulic Fracturing
The practice of injecting water into deep rock formations causes earthquakes, both the U.S. Army and the U.S. Geological Survey have concluded.

Butt grab celebrations could get banned Iranian players 74 lashes
Mohammed Nosrati and Sheis Rezaei of Iranian league club Persepolis have already been banned indefinitely from entering any stadium in the country after celebrating goals in their side's nationally televised win over Damash Gilan last weekend by grabbing their teammate's backsides.

hard headcut

hard headcut from bebadas on Vimeo.

'We've Entered A New Age'

Nov. 11, 2011 is World Freedom Day

By Steve Beckow

As a sovereign citizen of Planet Earth, I declare Nov. 11, 2011 to be World Freedom Day.

On 11-11-11, I invite all the people of the world to reclaim whatever freedom and power have been lost to them in all aspects of our common life – politics, economics, education, religion, relationships, medicine, and all other areas.

As a non-violent act of conscious resolve, I ask everyone on Earth to stop whatever they’re doing at 11:11 (local time) on 11-11-11 and spend one minute in silence, not working (unless in emergency services), not consuming, and not distracting ourselves.

Those who safely can I invite to come down to the center of the village, town or city to join with our brothers and sisters everywhere and spend one minute in silence, upon leaving which everyone will utter the simple statement: “This world is free. It has always been free. It will always be free.”

At 11:11 on 11/11/11 we’ll show each other how strong and universal is the desire on Earth to take back our political freedom, economic justice, religious tolerance, racial understanding, social harmony, and global peace.

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Smash It, Grab It, OCCUPY


Video: Occupy Austin Declaration of Occupation

Germany's economic colonisation of Europe
The elaborate pretence that the European Union and its stricken currency will shortly be saved after some little local difficulties is now becoming ever more desperate.
The coup d’etat in Athens over the weekend, which saw the demise of the sitting government, is unlikely to be the last violation of democracy in the name of European unity.
No sooner was Greece whipped into submission — though for how long and how successfully we shall see — than Italy was placed firmly in the line of fire.

Syria amateur video: Huge blast as troops shell Homs, protesters under fire

Syrian troops stormed a restive neighbourhood in the rebellious city of Homs, kicking in doors and making house-to-house arrests in an area that has spiralled out of government control for nearly a week. Amateur video showed a large explosion in Baba Amr, a major centre of resistance, purportedly a tank strike, and people were seen running for cover as automatic weapon fire could be heard. In some of the first pictures to emerge of the aftermath of the fighting, some homes had been allegedly shelled and rubbish was piling up on the streets as collections were suspended by the fighting.

Major Wall Street protest rocks NYC
Occupy Wall Street protesters have organized a massive anti-corporatism rally in New York City to express their resentment over growing inequality across the United States Press TV reports.

Occupy London eviction updates

OccupyLSX: London student protest march - watch live

The medieval, unaccountable Corporation of London is ripe for protest
Working beyond the authority of parliament, the Corporation of London undermines all attempts to curb the excesses of finance

Occupy Boston photo gallery

An Uprising Brews in Fiji as American Bottled Water Continues to Fund Military Junta
The Fiji Water Company, using security forces with strong ties to the military, has been exporting potable water off the island despite the fact that a majority of Fjiians have no access to clean drinking water

Occupy DC Organizes a Hearing for the 99%
They say their “Occupied Super Committee Hearing for the 99%,” as they’re calling it, “will contrast with hearings on Capitol Hill which are designed to enrich the 1% and protect major donors.”

Locals trying to reclaim ‘stolen’ land
The leader of the alleged “land invaders” near Pietermaritzburg said they were determined to “reclaim” the land that was allegedly stolen from their forefathers.

Video: Occupy Vancouver Police Attack Peaceful Protestors with the Firemen too! Nov 7 2011

Comrade Malone & DJ Downlow - Know The Enemy

The Spontaneous Revolt LP is dedicated to Alexis Grigoropoulos, a 15-year-old student who was fatally shot by Police in Athens last year.

Occupy Atlanta Encamps In Neighborhood To Save Police Officer’s Home From Foreclosure
Occupy Atlanta has repeatedly run into hurdles, as it has been evicted from Woodruff Park in Atlanta multiple times by the city’s unsympathetic mayor, Kasim Reed. Yet the group was invigorated yesterday as it moved to a new location to take action for economic justice.

A Beginners Guide to 'Occupy'

A Beginners Guide to 'Occupy' from Liam Tate on Vimeo.

A general introduction to the motivation behind the Occupy movement.
This film is by no means an extensive documentary of their agenda but more of a general overview for anyone who doesn't understand 'what it's all about'. I hope this can help to re-address the, largely distorted view, that the mainstream media presents of the Occupy movement. Filmed at College Green, Bristol, UK.
occupybristoluk.org
positivemoney.org.uk
occupybritain.co.uk
Liam Tate liamtate.co.uk

Occupy Movement Occupies a Foreclosure Auction with Anti-Foreclosure Team

Just before 11 am today- November 8, 2011, members of the Worcester Anti-Foreclosure Team (WAFT), homeowners Pablo and Shirley Travieso and family, and members of Occupy Worcester lined up in front of the Traviesos' two-story house at 24 Illinois St., drowned out the voice of auctioneer John Baker by chanting loudly, and blocked his entry to the property. The 44 protesters held signs and their chants included "Bank of America/Bad for America", "Banks got Bailed Out/We got Sold Out", and "What does democracy look like?/This is what democracy looks like!" The auctioneer, John Baker, acting for Bank of New York Trust, trustee for a bundle of mortgages in which this one was included, gamely proceeded with the auction at 11am despite the noise, and as there were no other bidders, the bank took back the house for $79,900. (read more: http://occupyworcester.com/waftpr118 )

"Occupy Wall Street" - Smash the System | People & Politics - Deutsche Welle

They're camping outside banks, demonstrating on the streets and occupying symbolic locations: the hundreds of thousands of protestors who make up the "Occupy Wall Street" movement. The protests have also reached Frankfurt and Berlin, where thousands have taken to the streets calling for an end to corporate greed. A growing number of politicians across the party spectrum are speaking out in support of the movement.

For Real Change, Build Relationships: Resilience Circles & Occupy Wall Street
What do Resilience Circle members think of Occupy Wall Street?
“I think they’re crazy for sleeping in the rain,” says Carol Poole, a member of my Circle in Boston. Carole is 78 and has been running our church’s Food Pantry with her husband for 30 years. “But they are definitely doing something good.”

Video: #WorldrEvolution #GlobalChange - #19J REAL DEMOCRACY INTERNATIONAL FILM (MIRROR)

Soldiers of Peace: Narayan Desai and Shanti Sena, the “Peace Army” - By Mark Shepard
We are constantly being astonished at the amazing discoveries in the field of violence. But I maintain that far more undreamt-of and seemingly impossible discoveries will be made in the field of nonviolence. ~ Gandhi

Occupy's A**hole Problem: Flashbacks from An Old Hippie
I wish I could say that the problems that the Occupy movement is having with infiltrators and agitators are new. But they’re not. In fact, they’re problems that the Old Hippies who survived the 60s and 70s remember acutely, and with considerable pain.

Faith No More - Ashes to Ashes


Is this a revolution?


Hidden devil found in Giotto basilica painting
A smirking horned devil exists in the frescoed clouds of a Giotto work in the famed Assisi basilica, an Italian art historian said Tuesday — a tantalizing detail that apparently went unnoticed by scholars for centuries.

Spaghetti, Wenches & Metaphysics: Episode 1 - Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
With millions of devout worshippers, the Church of the FSM is widely considered a legitimate religion, even by its opponents – mostly fundamentalist Christians, who have accepted that our God has larger balls than theirs.

Spaghetti, Wenches & Metaphysics: Episode 1—The FSM from Matt Tillman on Vimeo.

Anonymous launches Operation Muslim Brotherhood
Anonymous targets Muslim Brotherhood In Egypt, claims Muslim Brotherhood is a threat to Egyptian revolution, plans a coordinated Distributed Denial of Service attack on Nov. 11.

Low-ranking policemen demand sacking of Interior Minister
Several thousand low-ranking policemen set up camp outside the Interior Ministry in downtown Cairo on Monday, blocking several streets leading to the building. The protesters have been calling for the dismissal of Interior Minister Mansour al-Essawy and all senior security figures who served under former Interior Minister Habib al-Adly. The police protesters are also demanding better salaries and working conditions, and have called for the abolition of military trials for civilians.

Pressured to Name Leader, Occupy Denver Elects Dog
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock insisted that his city's occupation name a leader in order "to deal with City and State officials." And he got his wish! Occupy Denver has elected Shelby, a border collie, as its leader. Long live Shelby!

Occupy Wall Street, with Graham Nash and David Crosby - Countdown with Keith Olbermann


Reverend Billy Occupies London, 8th November 2011

Reverend Billy speaks to Occupy London on the steps of St Paul's Cathedral, while the Church of Stop Shopping sing live at Occupy Wall Street, in an audacious transatlantic simulcast. The Global Revolution may, or may not be, televised.
www.occupywallstreet.com
www.occupylondon.org.uk
www.revbilly.com

Reverend Billy Interview at Occupy Wall St. Grounded TV Network, video report 9

getgrounded.tv 9th day of coverage from Occupy Wall St in NY. We will be putting out daily short videos on the network, and one large documentary down the road.

Triumph The Insult Comic @ Occupy Wall Street

Watch CONAN @ http://teamcoco.com/video - Triumph the Insult Comic Dog gives it to bankers, protestors and a bull.