Posts tagged state
“In the real world, the fate of human beings is decided every day not by the courts, but out of court, in the streets, in the workplace, by whoever has the wealth and power. The redistribution of that wealth and power is necessary if the Bill of Rights, if any rights, are to have meaning”
—Howard Zinn
LOL!
It’s a very police state Thanksgiving!
This violence was necessary because Occupy Oakland had the nerve to order port-O-potties for their free Thanksgiving meal. Can’t be having that, now can we?
The roots of the UC-Davis pepper-spraying - Salon.com
The genius of this approach is how insidious its effects are: because the rights continue to be offered on paper, the citizenry continues to believe it is free. They believe that they are free to do everything they choose to do, because they have been “persuaded” — through fear and intimidation — to passively accept the status quo. As Rosa Luxemburg so perfectly put it: “Those who do not move, do not notice their chains.”…
…For the first time in a long time, the use of force and other forms of state intimidation are not achieving their intended outcome of deterring meaningful (i.e., unsanctioned and unwanted) citizen activism, but are, instead, spurring it even more.
(Source: anodynesandantigens)
http://www.salon.com/2011/11/20/the_roots_of_the_uc_davis_pepper_spraying/singleton/
Playing guitar in a sea of mud—where Occupy Oakland used to be. Or I should say, where the tents used to be. There were plenty of Occupiers around the plaza, but it remained to be seen who would stay and face the mayor’s promise of arrest.
