Occupy APEC – Makana gets my occupy standout vote

November 15 2011 by rowan wolf in CULTURAL POLITICAL ISSUES, EDITORS NOTES, IDEOLOGICAL COMBAT, Rowan Wolf - Editor in Chief |No Comments

By Rowan Wolf If you watch DemocracyNow! or read ThinkProgress then you have likely seen the story of Makana speaking out at the APEC meeting. Makana, a Hawaiian musician (and activist) who had been tapped to do a background music dinner gig for the heads of state present at the APEC meeting (President Obama included). [...]

The Police State Makes Its Move: Retaining one’s humanity in the face of tyranny

November 15 2011 by rowan wolf in IDEOLOGICAL COMBAT, IMPERIALISM, INEQUALITY, Phil Rockstroh |1 Comment

By Phil Rockstroh For days now, we have endured demonstrably false propaganda that the fallen soldiers of U.S. wars sacrificed their lives for “our freedoms.” Yet, as that noxious nonsense still lingers in the air, militarized police have invaded OWS sites in numerous cities, including Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan, and, in the boilerplate description [...]

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