Tag Archives: Protests & Civil Unrest

Another Checkpoint USA Video

Citizen continues to challenge suspicionless Homeland Security checkpoints. Read all about him at CheckpointUSA.org.

“Who will govern the governors? There is only one force in the nation that can be depended upon to keep the government pure and the governors honest, and that is the people themselves. They alone, if well informed, are capable of preventing the corruption of power, and of restoring the nation to its rightful course if it should go astray. They alone are the safest depository of the ultimate powers of government” – Thomas Jefferson

The Greek Riots – bigger & deeper than we’re led to believe

Greek violence spreads as riot police battle protesters across Europe Riots sparked by the death of a Greek schoolboy who was shot by police spread across Europe last night. (from mailonsunday.co.uk)

Greek violence spreads across Europe Suspected anarchist protests which have dogged Greece for the last week spread outside the country today, with mobs causing violent scenes in Italy, Spain, Russia, Denmark and Turkey. Greek diplomatic missions were vandalised in the attacks, while police, local authority and media representatives were also targeted in what appeared a co-ordinated escalation. The upsurge took place as protests continued in Greece following the killing last Saturday of Alexandros Grigoropoulos. (from independent.ie)

Me: Hmmmm. Which is more likely: Big media is minimizing the deeper unrest and discontent behind the riots, or that kid whom the cops killed was REALLY REALLY popular?

Week of Greek rioting taps into wider discontent (from news.yahoo.com)

Me: Duh!!!!! One week into the riots, and only now do we hear that maybe, just maybe it’s about more than one young man’s death.

The Greek police officer in this AP photo was ultimately unhurt:

I like the analysis at theIrishBulletin.blogspot.com: Torching banks? Clashes near Parliament? Attacking diplomatic vehicles? Yesterday, I heard that ten banks had been attacked, and it seems strange that all of this is happening solely over last Saturday’s shooting. Indeed, it is a perfect pretext for the Greek authorities and the media – not to mention their counterparts over here – who fear that their cosy relationship with the international clique of banking criminals may result in them hanging from shiny lamp-posts from Washington to Dublin to Sydney.

Citizen Challenges Suspicionless Homeland Security Checkpoints

“Who will govern the governors? There is only one force in the nation that can be depended upon to keep the government pure and the governors honest, and that is the people themselves. They alone, if well informed, are capable of preventing the corruption of power, and of restoring the nation to its rightful course if it should go astray. They alone are the safest depository of the ultimate powers of government” – Thomas Jefferson

“Papers, please.” The guy seems to have won the battle of wills. Check out this video:

See checkpointusa.org for more.

SEE ALSO: Another account for illegal detention at aclu.org

Silencing Dissenters

“After taking the photo above, of a conflict between law enforcement and RNC protesters, Associated Press photographer Matt Rourke was himself tackled and bloodied by police. He was arrested and held for 10 hours, then released without being charged. . . .

Steps 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 in the 10 steps to fascism, as detailed in Naomi Wolf’s excellent book, The End of America were in full effect in St. Paul: 5) Surveil ordinary citizens, 6) Infiltrate citizens’ groups, 7) Arbitrarily detain and release citizens, 8) Target key individuals and 9) Restrict the press.”

(more from dailypaul.com)

Global War on Political Dissent Progressing in Europe

London:

“London police have announced a ban on anti-war campaigners hoping to protest against President George Bush’s visit to Downing Street this Sunday. The Whitehall ban has been immediately condemned as a ‘totalitarian act’ by the playwright Harold Pinter, while Stop the War organisers are urging people to defy it and to demonstrate nearby in Parliament Square.” Read more from thefirstpost.co.uk.

France:

“Not content with simply limiting itself to blocking despicable child sex abuse, a move three major ISPs in the US also agreed to today, the French government feels it necessary to go a radical step further and decide for its citizens whether or not they can view content it considers inappropriately racist and or linked to terrorism.

In fact, worse still is that any site is now game for a French blockade, as Sarkozy’s government is inviting people to send in huge long lists of sites which offend their delicate sensibilities. The French government, which will purportedly be able to receive complaints from Internet users in real time, will be able to add sites to a so called ‘black list’, which it will then force national ISPs to block.” Read more from theinquirer.net.

-Among my five prediction for 2008, was “the threat of child predators will be leveraged as an excuse to regulate the internet, or internet access.” Fascism is being carried to us with (arguably) good intentions and great slogans. I wonder if skaskiw.com might be considered linked to terrorism, since I advocate something other than obliteration of Islamic nations and peoples, since I sometimes say “Palestinian” without saying “terrorist,” since I refuse to hate or fear anybody, since I believe in liberty, in the Constitution.

The Global War on Political Dissent

Great slogans leading us to fascism. Senate Bill 1959, the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act, criminalizes very loosely defined behaviors.

“. . . the use, planned use, OR threatened use of force OR violence by a group OR individual to promote the group OR individual’s political, religious, OR social beliefs . . .” How about non-violent force? Chanting at a non-violent peace protest? Blogging? Why does the bill pay particular attention to Universities? Why does it fail to qualify the term “radical ideas?” All our most cherished beliefs were once radical. Welcome to the U.S.S.A.

Read full Text of Bill.

Point-by-Point discussion.

“All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.”
George Orwell

The Global War on Political Dissent

I have many friends who are cops. I trust them and respect them for the dangers they face. This is different. I don’t generally see the police as the enemy, but I’m deeply troubled by the increased militancy toward peace protests. I can imagine even my friends getting so focussed on their jobs, they lose sight of what they’re defending.

1) Canadian police caught red handed infiltrating stone-throwing provocateurs into a peaceful protest. This is a great video.

2) Austrailian police remove their name tags to avoid liability, resort to draconian tactics to quash protests.

3) Protest organizers arrested in D.C. Judge for yourself.

4) A new law, quietly passed for Bush by the Democrats, turns the internet and phone system into a permanent spying architecture.

5) A University of Florida student was tasered after asking John Kerry three questions: Why did he concede the 2004 election so quickly when there was evidence of wide-spread voter fraud? Why don’t they impeach Bush to stop a war with Iran? Was he a member of the secretive Skull and Bones Society, along with President Bush? He was rude and a little obnoxious, and demanded to know why he was being arrested after the questions. The media coverage I’ve seen doesn’t repeat his questions. One CNN report said he wouldn’t let go of the mic, which isn’t true. At least two networks have been reporting other tasering incidents, which probably falls under #23 in the 25 rules for disinformation.