Taxation without representation is still with us

Change Washington’s Priorities? Here’s How! Armando Gutierrez, Ph.D. The Occupy America movement taps into a fundamental American grievance: the irrelevancy of most Americans to the political process. Policies are enacted that affect each of us in profound ways and we have no say. Our tax dollars are scattered hither and yon, often with zero accountability, [...]

Boomerang! Is the Pentagon Field-Testing ‘Son of Stuxnet’?

by Tom Burghardt Antifascist Calling… When the cybersecurity firm Symantec announced they had discovered a sophisticated Trojan which shared many of the characteristics of the Stuxnet virus, I wondered: was the Pentagon and/or their Israeli partners in crime field-testing insidious new spyware? Share on Facebook

Occupy Wall Street: Populist Financiers Supporting Protesters Is Part of the Problem, Not the Solution

BY  FINIAN CUNNINGHAM “…[O]ur leaders have pursued solutions that are not solving our problems, instead they propose policies that accomplish little … With democracy in crisis a true grassroots movement pointing out the flaws in our system is the first step in the right direction. Count me among those supporting and cheering on the Occupy [...]

Occupy Rome clashes underscore a difficult dilemma

SPECIAL REPORT— By Gaither Stewart, European Correspondent The “Black Blocs” represent a challenge to the system and the larger Occupy movement itself.  And although the corporate media are already painting the violence as “reprehensible” and “unacceptable”, and many Occupy groups committed to nonviolent protest seek to distance themselves from those who choose to express their [...]

Amid Calls for ‘Less Democracy,’ German Security Agencies Caught Planting Spyware on Private Computers

by Tom Burghardt Antifascist Calling… Revelations by the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) that German secret state agencies are installing spyware on personal computers capable of transforming a PC’s webcam and microphone into a listening device, sparked outrage across the political spectrum. Share on Facebook

From Me Culture to We Culture: There IS An Alternative

By Kristine Mattis  Cynicism and Incoherence I came of age in the 1980s which was, at the time, considered the epitome of pop culture, selfishness, competition, and corporate domination. The “greed is good” line from the movie “Wall Street” – meant as irony by the writer/director – became a motto for America. Indeed, the unbridled [...]

Dead Men Tell No Tales: The CIA, 9/11 and the Awlaki Assassination

by Tom Burghardt Antifascist Calling… On September 30, the CIA and Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) assets under the Agency’s control, assassinated the alleged “external operations” chief of the Afghan-Arab database of disposable Western intelligence assets, also known as Al-Qaeda, Anwar al-Awlaki, and a second American citizen, Samir Khan, the 25-year-old editor of Inspire magazine, [...]

Occupy Main Street and stay clear of Democrats and their many appendages

October 6, 2011 by legitgov By Michael Rectenwald  The movement must utterly reject all ties to the Democratic Party, including its boosters, apologists, ginger groups and union surrogates. These can be spotted by their suggestions and deflections. Do they call on the removal of greed and a character change of individuals, or do they reject [...]

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