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Pregnant Mom Of 4 Sent To Jail For Refusing To Serve In Iraq

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:55:47 -0400

Pregnant Mom Of 4 Sent To Jail For Refusing To Serve In Iraq

Free a pregnant war resister from US military prison! - The Petition Site

Mon, 20 May 2013 03:35:26 -0400

Free a pregnant war resister from US military prison! - The Petition Site

Google I/O 2013 Keynote Part 14 : Larry Page Speech (by...

Sun, 19 May 2013 09:48:54 -0400

Google I/O 2013 Keynote Part 14 : Larry Page Speech (by madhaval)

Keynote - Eric Schmidt: Freedom from Fear (by infosummit2012)

Sun, 19 May 2013 09:45:33 -0400

Keynote - Eric Schmidt: Freedom from Fear (by infosummit2012)

Adam KokeshSpeech about the REVOLUTION in AMERICA (by...

Sat, 18 May 2013 18:32:54 -0400

Adam KokeshSpeech about the REVOLUTION in AMERICA (by bbcnewsgoud)

false dichotomy by charles davis: The more you know

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:17:57 -0400

false dichotomy by charles davis: The more you know:

I too once believed, reflexively, that there was something fishy about the charges against Assange; that they were part of an international campaign to defame him and ruin his organization, perhaps. But then I actually started looking at the case. And then I started wondering why Wikileaks was always going on about how sex-hating Swedish feminists had “redefined rape” to mean something crazy like “non-consensual sex.” And then I came to the conclusion that it’s actually Assange and the remnants of Wikileaks that are engaged in a serious disinformation campaign.

Bradley Manning is the real hero. Let’s talk about Bradley Manning.

Chris Crack - The Interlude (by Davy Greenberg)

Sat, 11 May 2013 12:47:06 -0400

Chris Crack - The Interlude (by Davy Greenberg)

Abahlali baseMjondolo

Sat, 11 May 2013 12:23:52 -0400

Abahlali baseMjondolo:

Abahlali baseMjondolo (Zulu: [aɓaˈɬaːli ɓasɛmdʒɔnˈdɔːlo], Shack Dwellers), also known as AbM or the red shirts^[1]^[2]^[3] is a shack-dwellers’ movement in South Africa which is well known for its campaigning for public housing.^[4]^[5] The movement grew out of a road blockade^[6] organized from the Kennedy Road shack settlement in the city of Durban in early 2005^[7]^[8] and now also operates in the cities ofPietermaritzburg^[9] and in Cape Town.^[10]^[11]^[12] It is the largest shack dweller’s organization in South Africa^[13]^[14]^[15] and campaigns to improve the living conditions of poor people^[16] and to democratize society from below.^[17] The movement refusesparty politics, boycotts elections^[18]^[19] and has a history of conflict with both the African National Congress and the Democratic Alliance.^[20] Its key demand is that the social value of urban land should take priority over its commercial value^[21] and it campaigns for the public expropriation of large privately owned landholdings.^[22] The key organising strategy is to try “to recreate Commons” from below by trying to create a series of linked communes.^[23] According to The Times, the movement “has shaken the political landscape of South Africa.”^[24] According to Professor Peter Vale, Abahlali baseMjondolo is “along with theTreatment Action Campaign the most effective grouping in South African civil society.”^[25] However the movement has faced considerable repression.^[26]

Report: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's repeated requests for a lawyer were ignored | Glenn Greenwald

Sat, 11 May 2013 10:48:26 -0400

Report: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's repeated requests for a lawyer were ignored | Glenn Greenwald:

A possible interpretation of this is that these requests (which the police obviously ignored as they were going “full Jack Bauer”) motivated the police to torture this sad fucker… and then to cover it up. I imagine though that it would be very tough to bust up the thin blue line here. However they might tell all- the public will just love them for it after all right? So it could come out, and if a judge does the right thing (his version of right, not mine: complying with the law to the letter), you could see this kid out on the street, getting his book deal.

But judges don’t do that kind of stuff in America, do they? Maybe it is the prevalence of guns- I think they fear a right winger plugging them in the head on their way to the steakhouse. So they create fictions.

The larger point is, why can’t the police just properly arrest a guy? We have, in high profile cases now, police operating in an essentially lawless fashion.

You can’t tell me the LAPD didn’t execute Doehner. But while obviously unethical, there can be little doubt the man deserved his fate. Did they create him? Yes. Equally as much, did he have to be destroyed? Yes. The truth is repressive systems can take your soul away, forever.

What do these new repressive measures mean psychologically for these men in uniform who implement them? Guys whose lives revolve around codes of conduct. They’ll rarely accept that the government was simply wrong. In WW2, GIs blamed the generals, but I guess that hasn’t caught on.

Ahhh fuck it. It’s a weekend.

Video

Fri, 10 May 2013 15:33:49 -0400

dreamdefenders: On April 22, 16-year-old Kiera Wilmot was...

Fri, 10 May 2013 14:49:06 -0400

dreamdefenders:

On April 22, 16-year-old Kiera Wilmot was arrested at her Polk County high school for conducting a science experiment. The teen, who has no criminal history and maintained good grades, suddenly found herself trapped in Florida’s insidious school to prison pipeline; which has continually funneled mostly youth of color out of Florida’s schools and into the criminal justice system.

According to a report by Florida’s Department of Juvenile Justice, over 57% of the state’s 96,515 youth incarcerated in 2012 were Black and Brown. In Kiera’s home of Polk County, Sheriff Grady Judd has presided over a system in which youth have continually been cycled through county jails in which severe abuses have been alleged including the use of pepper spray and the holding of juveniles in cages.

During the 2013 Florida Legislative Session, Dream Defenders worked with allies in the Florida Campaign for Juvenile Justice to reform Florida’s broken juvenile justice system. Despite repeated community visits to the state capital, briefings and press conferences by advocates and sponsoring legislators, the 2013 Legislative session closed with no action on critical bills such as SB 1374/HB 1039 which would have reformed Florida’s Zero Tolerance law at play in this case.

While Kiera navigates the legal ramifications of her unjust case Polk County Superintendent John Stewart has made the decision to place Kiera in an “alternative school” as he considers expulsion proceedings. Dream Defenders find these actions by Superintendent Stewart reprehensible. Dream Defenders demands that Stewart drop all expulsion proceedings against Kiera Wilmot and allow her to return to her enrollment at Bartow High School.

Dream Defenders calls upon all local, state and national allies to TAKE ACTION to ensure Kiera does not become another casualty of the school to prison pipeline.

WHAT YOU CAN DO:

Sign the petition to get Kiera back in school

Spread these images by tweeting them, reblogging them and posting them on instagram.

Contact Polk County Superintendent John Stewart by calling: (863) 534-0521

Sample Script:

Superintendent Stewart,

My name is _____________ and I am calling to express my concern about the expulsion proceedings against Kiera Wilmot. Florida has been among the national leaders in furthering a school to prison pipeline; with zero tolerance policies being used to lock up, expel and divert youth from their right to an education. Ms. Wilmot’s case is another example of the state and your office criminalizing and derailing the future of a girl of color. Your handling of her case has been irresponsible and reprehensible. Ms. Wilmot’s actions and intent simply do not warrant expulsion or placement in alternative schooling. I am calling on you to immediately drop all expulsion proceedings against Kiera Wilmot and allow her to return to her regular enrollment at Bartow High School.

In order to make an impact in this case we will need the support of thousands.

Please share this message with family and friends. Let’s ensure there is

#JusticeForKiera

The Soul of Man Under . . .Anarchism?

Fri, 10 May 2013 14:46:33 -0400

The Soul of Man Under . . .Anarchism?:

Oscar Wilde’s anarchism is examined here. Be sure to read his fantastic essay, “The Soul of Man Under Socialism.”

blackproverbs: sheishurr: angryblackgirlsunited: Black Girl...

Thu, 09 May 2013 22:03:32 -0400

blackproverbs:

sheishurr:

angryblackgirlsunited:

Black Girl In Suburbia (documentary trailer)

Black Girl In Suburbia is a feature documentary that looks into the experiences of Black girls growing up in predominately white communities. This is a different look into suburbia from the perspective of women of color. This film explores through professional and personal interviews the conflict and issues Black girls have relating to both white and Black communities.

Black Girl In Suburbia intends to spark an open dialogue about race, identity, and perspective among all people, in hopes that these discussions will allow us to reconsider perceptions of ourselves, others and the communities in which we live and share.

Release date 2014
http://www.blackgirlinsuburbia.com

Your support is appreciated!

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Black-…

I need this so bad… SUPPORT!

Last week someone asked me if I thought Black kids that grew up in White homes would have identity issues and I answered maybe and gave a cynical answer as to how they might feel about their Blackness. Anyhow, this is another side of the coin that I think is important to share and help support. So watch and support? Kthanksbye.

http://samuel-warde.com/2013/05/police-chief-reacts/

Thu, 09 May 2013 21:55:50 -0400

http://samuel-warde.com/2013/05/police-chief-reacts/

So, I’ve figured out why the guy shot up the theater. Nolan ripped off Moore’s joker...

Thu, 09 May 2013 18:49:08 -0400

So, I’ve figured out why the guy shot up the theater. Nolan ripped off Moore’s joker from The Killing Joke- without including the characters critical backstory (society broke him and drove him insane). In the story, Batman himself acknowledges that society has failed- but still seeks to protect human life. The Joker drugs him and throws him in to a demented amusement park ride designed to traumatize and poison his mind with a narrative of despair- but Batman successfully fights off the drugging, and saves the day.

Unfortunately in Nolan’s new conceptions, society becomes an essentially passive Other, as in Hitchock- society is unaware, essentially innocent of any problems. Rather than complicit, as in Moore.

So being too in to Nolan’s movie + hating society = shooting up that fucking theater! He couldn’t be the Batman- because he felt alienated from society- so he felt he had to embody the Joker, and go do ultra-violent Joker stuff.

Alan Moore’s potent anarchist psychomagic was corrupted- and unfortunately the viewing experience was for that guy was something the Joker would have intended for him.

So basically, this is all Christopher Nolan’s fault.

QED

POST-SWAG POETICS: Drawing Blood: Being a Poor Person in America

Sat, 04 May 2013 10:07:32 -0400

POST-SWAG POETICS: Drawing Blood: Being a Poor Person in America:

michaelmlekoday:

Drawing Blood: Being a Poor Person in America

Last night, I met my classmate’s significant other, let’s call him L, at a Ghostface concert. Waiting for the opening act to finish, four of us (my classmate, L, and another friend of mine—all grad students) sat in a booth and did the…

WASHINGTON: Troops forcibly move hunger strikers at Guantánamo...

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 07:22:01 -0400

WASHINGTON: Troops forcibly move hunger strikers at Guantánamo into cells

(via Sex Pistol John Lydon: ‘People celebrating...

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 07:08:46 -0400

(via Sex Pistol John Lydon: ‘People celebrating Thatcher’s death are loathsome’ | News | NME.COM)

Summary: Ethics: An Essay on the Understanding of Evil by Alain Badiou

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 06:07:44 -0400

Summary: Ethics: An Essay on the Understanding of Evil by Alain Badiou
(Verso, 2001)
ethics, good, evil
Monday, August 25, 2003 20:37 GMT

The End of Individuality ? [interview with Slavoj Zizek]

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 21:26:55 -0400

The End of Individuality ? [interview with Slavoj Zizek]