police state

School’s Out: Escaping the Cycle of Compulsory Public Education and Unlearning Authoritarianism

Reflecting on Revolution

What makes a successful revolution? Has there ever been one? Looking at Egypt’s current situation, two and a half years after the fall of Mubarak, what have we learned about the revolutionary process, about its failures and successes? How does this relate to the global imperial system, and how can people within the imperial powers play a part in these foreign revolutions?

Is America a Free Country?
“America does not have a functioning democracy – Jimmy Carter on NSA
by Justin Raimondo
ANTIWAR.COM

Egypt: From Revolution to Counter-Revolution

There are people who are still hoping that some Congressional committee or some brave Senator or some court case will somehow put an end to the total surveillance madness that has been carefully built into the very source code of the software and operating systems and internet services which billions around the world continue to use. This not only overlooks the fact that the entire program was overseen from its very inception by these same legislators and courts.

“Fomenting social tyranny in order to get “thinkers” to comply with the narrative of the moment becomes a simple task”

“The recent NSA scandal only scratches the surface of a massive surveillance apparatus.”

The gulf that exists between the Obama of the campaign trail and Obama’s actions since taking office has been glaringly obvious since the very beginning of his presidency, from his promise to close Guantanamo to his promise not to employ lobbyists to his promise to increase governmental transparency; there have been no shortage of examples of Obama’s duplicity.