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| De-centralize the State! |
[11 Nov 2009|04:19am] |
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No one can be expected to see it all. No one can be expected to see how far we’ve come in such a short amount of time, but one can be expected to see the direction we are going in. Wealthy white male privilege is being challenged. We’ve been challenging it for years, decades, centuries… and one should expect we will continue to challenge it. Now, what does this mean?
Grab your remote control and switch on your television. Most likely the news shows you see will be about wealthy white male rule. If not, then about wealthy white rule. If not, then about wealthy rule. Or maybe they’ll avoid the topic altogether, which just tells you something about the nature of the channel you’re watching. We’re challenging each and every property of that description — wealth, race, and sex — and replacing it with the idea that neither of those deserve the kind of privilege afforded it by our society today. This is a thoroughly dangerous idea, for the group of individuals which fit that description have been in the driver’s seat of our civilization for as long as any of us can remember. They’ve responded violently in order to suppress any dissent. High-power water hoses and white hoods come to mind. But those actions have only backfired. It has only served to whittle away at their legitimacy in the public mind. So they have to pretend that they’re not in control. That’s how they maintain it now.
But we’re smarter than that. They try to drug us with soma; plant seeds of escapism in our minds. It’s tantamount to a burglar waving a chew toy to distract a guard dog whose hair is standing up on his back and whose teeth and gums are showing. We’re not going to let their entertainment distract us. We’re not going to let them convince us they’re not still in charge. It’s not hard to see that they are.
So, the challenge now is to detect their chew toys, and to re-focus our eyes on the burglar in the house. What is he doing now? Waging wars for oil, natural gas pipelines and poppies? You bet. Cheering the fastest drop in “labor costs” since 1948? You bet. The veins of the poor are still open and the rich are still sucking every ounce of blood they can from them. They pit the poor against the poor for the benefit of the rich through concepts like terrorism. What did they call the Cuban or Brazilian peasants who revolted against enslavement and sugar monoculture? Terrorists or communists, I suppose. Then they commenced to hunt them down and decapitate them, or cut pregnant women’s bellies open, or skewer their children on their bayonets only to return to the wealthy white male/s who had ordered it with bags of severed ears as proof that they did what they were told. They followed the orders. No doubt that soldier had a hard time making ends meet himself.
Enough. We need to take our eyes off the things that are keeping us distracted and finally recognize the truly radical nature of the doctrine that all humans are created equal and that political legitimacy is truly dependent upon the consent of the governed. And manufactured consent is no consent at all.
To see the arch of history is to see a continual progression toward the de-centralization of illegitimate power. Whatever takes us even further in this direction should be seen as a positive development. As a writer for the upcoming political documentary Dear America: From Patriotism to Participation, I see the arch of history like never before. Illegitimate authority has taken some hard hits to the face thus far. What we have is a woozy opponent. We shouldn’t let his erratic dancing in the ring fool us into thinking he’s still the all-powerful opponent he was when we began this fight. And we must snap out of the hypnosis he has put us in and realize that we are — this generation is — still locked in a fight with this entity. Our tag team partners (the generations before us) threw punches that were hard and true. A few more blows, and he could be on the mat, down for the count, forever.
The National Initiative for Democracy represents the hardest, most accurate and true punch we can possibly throw at this point. A law-making populace — rather than a vulnerable group of his law-making buddies — neutralizes what flimsy power of his remains.
That is why I beg that you see things in the larger perspective, see the National Initiative as it relates to the rest of history, overcome the mentality that benefits them most, and contribute to the making of an explanatory documentary about the National Initiative for Democracy. Whether or not we pass it into law or not doesn’t matter so much. This documentary seeks to explain to people the arch of history — that we are still battling this illegitimate authority — and that’s something that could overflow into all other areas of life, and possibly spur the greatest mass movement in the history of humanity; the final overthrow of wealthy white male privilege.
We’re going to do this fucking thing. I want to hit him so hard, but I need you. Please, help us in this effort. Go to our website and there you can read more about this documentary and contribute. Freedom is defined as “participation in power”. So, ask yourself, are you free? Wake up, slave. Escape.
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[11 Nov 2009|01:20am] |
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This made me so sad and angry I cried. Two women built a cob cottage and were ordered by "authorities" to tear it down because they didn't have a permit and it didn't meet the local building codes. That was pretty sad, but not surprising. The part that made me cry was at the end, when the women agreed that they made a mistake. "We broke the law. We should have got a permit." I was also confused about why the local community was "outraged" that they were living in a mud hut without plumbing. Why would anyone care?
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| Help fund viable MTR alternatives in Appalachia with 1.25 minutes of your time! |
[10 Nov 2009|06:43pm] |
http://brighterplanet.com/project_fund_projects/48
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i just voted three times for this awesome project which will help move Appalachia away from MTR mining and towards a sustainable, locally-owned, decentralized model [by utilizing timber industry byproducts.]
the project will entail "feedstock feasibility studies and Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification to ensure sustainable forestry."
please vote today! signing up for brighterplanet.com only takes about 75 seconds. they are in second place and the prize is a $5000 grant!
other suggestions on how to win this thing:
- blog about it!
- send the link and description out to list serves
- make it a point of process at any meetings which might relate
- send a LTE [letter to the editor] in your local paper
- etc etc!!
xoxo and THANKS!
as follows is the full project description:
( click to read more about the project! )
The current voting period ends on SUNDAY the 15th of November, so please don't put this off!
Also, you do not have to be a U.S citizen to vote.
Thanks, and please do repost... :)
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| Vic Chesnutt - Skitter On Take-Off 2009 |
[10 Nov 2009|08:41am] |
Vic Chesnutt is a pretty remarkable musician. His distinctive voice and folk guitar styling is par none, and he is often accompanied by the most notable of artists no matter what the genre. Chesnutt recently released just such an album called At The Cut which featured Guy Picciotto (Fugazi) and members of Godspeed You! Black Emperor. While that record may have garnered him a bit of press, he slipped in a sleeper for the die-hard folk fans. Yes, he also released Skitter To Take-Off.
Produced by Jonathan Richman and Tommy Larkin, Skitter To Take-Off is Chesnutt as his most soul-bearing. You can hear it in his voice on high points “Feast In The Time Of Plague”, “Rips In The Fabric” and “Society Sue”. The only accompaniment here is Richman (guitar, harmonium) and Larkin (drums), and their presence, too, is scarce. These somewhat minimal tunes were recorded as such, with no overdubs – yet the power behind them remains. If you thought Chesnutt was good with full accompaniment, just wait ’til you hear him on his own. It takes a true musician to captivate the listener in such an instance, and on Skitter On Take-Off Chesnutt more than succeeds at that.
http://rapidshare.com/files/304839904/vic_nutt.rar
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| Natural Antidepressants |
[10 Nov 2009|01:23am] |
Hey I was wondering if anyone has used any herbal or supplement types of antidepressants?
Please let me know everything you think about it, what it's like or similar to?
I am a fan of lavender and tryptophan, but I'm trying to figure out if I should bother with kava kava, st john's wort, skullcap, "herbal ecstasy", etc. I've tried damiana and homeopathic mood pills without good results. I am not discounting anything that is a one-time sort of thing as opposed to a daily pill. In fact, I don't take anything daily.
1. what does it do for you,
2. how does it feel,
3. are there any side effects,
4. and would you recommend it?
5. etc.
Thanks!
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| i wanna explode |
[09 Nov 2009|08:17pm] |
i've been getting an internal itch, lately. i can't determine what precisely it is or what its connected to, but it's a feeling like i want to burst. it's an undefinable mixture of massive excitement, anxiety, optimism, and a suspicion that you might be crazy. i feel like i can leap out of my own throat. i want to shake people around me, hug them, and drag them across a room by their hands. it's one of the best and worst sensations i have ever had and i have no idea where to put it or who to share it with.
i am getting tired of trying to save money. as a result, i don't save as much money. i still go out and i still have fun. but not too much fun. not that shameful fun that triggered a month long stint of Magic: The Gathering as a substitution for alcohol.
i try to deprive myself of things every so often as part of a 'control' exercise. like most of us (i think) i am very much focused and hooked on sensations. ive written before about how i think that allowing your senses to take over is a bad, bad, thing meant for everyone who has ever been wonderful - but i am not very good at taking my own advice.
i have decided to stop buying meat from restaurants unless i know a little about it. namely where it kind of came from and how it was treated. not because i care about animals (they is dumb as hell) or because i care about my health (i is dumb as hell) but because it is something that yields an overall positive response and helps me pretend that i've "figured it out, mom."
i will be healthier and less things will be treated poorly and cruelly profited off of. but more importantly, i'll prove some relatively asinine and meaningless junk to convince myself that i am one of those people who has ever been wonderful.
i have been taking improv classes. i have always hated improv. i like it now. not a whole lot, but enough. i am going to keep doing it because i have an ego problem and things to prove to everyone that i don't know.
i wanna explode. and i want all dogs to breathe correctly and to stay out of the goddamn kitchen.
i have six hundred and something friends on the internet. i have probably six or something in real life. i love 90% of the people i know in some way or another and still manage to kind of tolerate the other 10%. out of the six-hundred and something friends i have on the internet, there are lke, four people who write with any sort of regularity. my friend ryan, tommy rehbein (somewhat regularly) and this dude from north carolina who skateboards.
i like him but i dont think i've ever met him. he is an honest dude though.
where are all the things you people are making? why don't you show them to me? why don't you show them to someone?
nobody shows anybody anything. i don't think it's right. i am not parading myself around so much as asking a simple question. is there something wrong with me and that's why i'm doing this all the time?
this comes from halloween night where i came across a number of people who told me that they like things that i write, then proceeded to tell me about things they write. then they proceeded to never share those things. probably because they were drunk, but also because they are shy. like me. and like everyone else who is great and horrible and awful and nice and stupid.
just show someone that there is someone in there. show us the twelve year old driver of that runaway buick, barreling towards the hot dog stand in front of the grocery store.
i would write poetry, too, if i wasn't so worried about how people look at me. they make me feel like i'm gonna explode.
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[09 Nov 2009|06:59pm] |
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Looking for contacts in Phoenix and Flagstaff. Thanks!
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| Voided words about voidness. III |
[09 Nov 2009|11:38pm] |
I. On the un-way.
There are many spiritual teachings and ethical systems which offer many ways of perfection. But the deepest truth is that, there is no needing to go anywhere to find oneself. The man, who is loaded like a camel with all sorts of “spiritual knowledge”, only bears a heavy, strange load through the desert and nothing more. In this sense, there is no the straight and narrow. During long sea voyages, the ship's bottom is overgrown with algae, seashells, various marine animals and the speed of the ship slows down. The ship has to be cleaned from all the alien vegetation and living creatures, sometimes it has to do on the run. The same is with the human. Everyone, who is born, is gifted with a perception of positive voidness. That voidness is a true center of human heart. But the wrong upbringing and wrong way of life force human to forget this gift. And so, ultimately, a human forgets himself. It is only necessary to purify him from all the superficial, excess, and needless.
On cognition.
Since olden times the philosophers have been racking their brains over the question - whether a person is able to cognize things as they are, or all our knowledge about the world are illusive to some extent?
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| the Darkfall story |
[08 Nov 2009|07:33pm] |
So, it was about two in the morning and I was reading this horror novel (review):
Imagine my surprise when I turned the page and found this:
Kind of creeped me out. And further on there was this:
What?
It was only sort of explained in the note I found:
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| ca329 - Viya - Greetings From The Land of Toys! |
[08 Nov 2009|08:33pm] |
Artist: Viya
Title: Greetings From The Land of Toys!
#ca329
Date: 2009-11-08
Keywords: folk; fusion; experimental; rock; other
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Viya, the live performance band which frequently takes to the stage in clubs across Taksim / Istanbul and a lot of festivals in Turkey. Viya means 'body surfing' in the Laz language. Formed in june 2008 with Zeynep Türkmen on Violin; Özgür Çakır on Guitar and Sound effects; Barış Demirel on Bass Guitars, melodicas, vocals; Aydın Türkoğlu on Drums. The group is best known for its keenness for improvisation and utilizations with folk, jazz, rock sounds.
Contact:
http://wwww.myspace.com/viyaband
DL:
http://www.archive.org/details/ca329_v
http://www.clinicalarchives.spyw.com
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| new situation for me... |
[06 Nov 2009|07:42pm] |
What kind of effect does LSD have when taken with anti-depressants?
Thanks for any help!
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| capitalism and statistics - analysis help??? |
[06 Nov 2009|07:49pm] |
so unemployment in the US is now 'officially' 10% which means its actually significantly worse than that.
so here's my question....according to this article http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8346936.stm 10% unemployed = 15.7 million. that means the work force they're basing the % off of is 157 million people. the population of the US is 307 million.
who the fuck are the other 150 million people? obviously a large amount are children who cant work but does anyone know what the % of children are? also, how does the US determine who makes up the work force VS who makes up the population?
obviously it's all BS, i'm just wondering what the bs is based off of to help prove it's bs-ness to me
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| Anti-Confederacy Pamphlet |
[06 Nov 2009|10:06am] |
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I've been working on a pamphlet to address the myths spouted off by pro-confederate revisionists. I was wondering if anyone had any resources that they would recommend, or if there are any existing pamphlets or zines that address this issue?
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| Anarchists vs. Nazis at the Arizona Capitol? The "Phoenix Class War Council" Talks the Talk |
[06 Nov 2009|02:13am] |
Anarchists vs. Nazis at the Arizona Capitol? The "Phoenix Class War Council" Talks the Talk
Submitted by worker on Thu, 2009-11-05 00:06.
From Phoenix New Times - By Stephen Lemons
[via anarchistnews.org]
There's one group talking a big game about confronting the neo-Nazi scum at the state Capitol this Saturday: the anarchists, the traditional foes of goosesteppers going all the way back to the Spanish Civil War, and then some. They're often badmouthed in many activist circles here in town for being unruly and pigheaded, but I will give them points for at least demonstrating against Holocaust-denier David Irving when he spoke at a Phoenix diner back in July. The anarchists were the only ones there. And for ruining Irving's day at least, I'd label the demonstration a success.
They don't command large numbers, and I suspect that organizing them is a little like herding felines. But they are generally intelligent, and pro-immigrant to the point of being for open-borders. Plus they have no moral quandaries with confronting blackshirts in the streets.
Their class-based political theories are a bit nutty, though. In a recent post to the Phoenix Class War Council's blog, which describes itself as a "fanatical, revolutionary anarchist group," the writer invites the local libertarian community to join the anarchists on November 7 in protesting the Nazis. Um, sorry, but the Ron Paulites and teabaggers are a little too close to the swastika-lickers for comfort sometimes, "states rights" being the battle cry of neo-Confederates, and all that. Paul himself had no problem accepting a campaign contribution from Ron Black, proprietor of the white supremacist messageboard Stormfront.org. He even appeared in a photo op with Black and Black's son.
The rest of the post is pretty gratifying, however, even if it sounds like a schnauzer with a doberman complex.
"If
Americans can be counted on for anything," reads the post, "it's for
hating Nazis, and images of brownshirted fascists in full historical
reenactment regalia (or, alternately, dressing like SWAT team wannabes)
spouting their anti-immigrant nonsense will highlight the extreme
nature of what passes for the mainstream discussion in Arizona, and to
show that there is strong resistance to it. The NSM's traveling circus
affords us the opportunity to twist their spectacle to our ends."
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poster also reminds readers that, "militancy does not necessarily have
to manifest itself in the obvious ways," and advises folks to "think
imaginatively" in dealing with the Hitler-worshippers, and "treat
the event as a stage." Ultimately, the blog's scribe hopes for "a
variety of creative and interesting tactics...employed by as broad a
collection of people as possible."
Crikey, he almost makes it
sound like fun. And well it should be. The National Socialist Movement
is a joke, populated by outright brigands, liars and cowards. Rather
than bricks and bats, the anarchists need a little sketch comedy, some
Dave Chappelle, or even Three Stooges to make their point with the
dunderheads swathed in black.
Kudos, too, for drawing upon
Quentin Tarantino for inspiration, and declaring themselves the
"Inglourious Basterds Bloc," though I'm hoping they're not a bloc of
one. I dig their slogan,"Doin' It Like Grandpa Did in France of
'44!" Now all we need is Brad Pitt in a white tux trying to speak
Italian with a Tennessee accent, and the Basterds are sure to prevail
in humor over their Doc Marten-shod foes.
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| I really need some advice/help on this |
[05 Nov 2009|11:15am] |
Everyone,
Currently, theres a friend and comrade of mine who has, to use the layman's term, "gone nuts". Rather then re-type the whole story again here, Im pasting under the cut a Facebook message I sent to one of my comrades so-called friends.
Essentially, Im truly at a loss at what to do in this situation (despite my rhetoric in the message). Has anyone experenced this before with a friend? How did you handle it?
Thanks everyone. I appreciate it.
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| I recently became an anarchist. |
[05 Nov 2009|05:45pm] |
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So I have read some of the major thinkers and some of the lesser ones. Read into the Spanish Revolution, all the essentials. The major problem I have is I don't know anyone who shares my views. For all I know there is no organized anarchist presence in my city. Although I have seen some crimethic stickers posted near my campus. If there is a crimethic organization in my city should I join it? Are they a good organization? I have been to their website and they seem ok.
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