September 2011
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Progressives -- Don't Get Depressed, Fight Back |... →
How can anti-authoritarian critical thinkers rise above their pessimism and really fight for change? September 28, 2011 | ...
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W.Va. judge sets Jan. trial date in #Monsanto suit... →
A Jan. 3 trial date has been set in a class-action lawsuit that alleges dioxin pollution from a former Monsanto Co. plant in Nitro.
The Charleston Gazette (http://bit.ly/r6UHlX) reports visiting Mercer County Circuit Judge Derek Swope on Thursday set the new trial date.
Swope was appointed to the case in August by Supreme Court Chief Justice Margaret Workman after Putnam County Circuit Judge...
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India files biopiracy lawsuit against Monsanto,... →
Representing one of the most agriculturally bio-diverse nations in the world, India has become a primary target for biotechnology companies like Monsanto and Cargill to spread their genetically-modified (GM) crops into new markets. However, a recent France 24 report explains that the Indian government has decided to take an offensive approach against this attempted agricultural takeover by...
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Monsanto lobbying costs top $1.7M for Q2 :... →
In Washington, D.C., the world’s largest seed company spent $1.71 million in the second quarter of 2011 to lobby the federal government, according to a disclosure report filed with the House clerk’s office by Monsanto Co.
The Company lobbied Congress and the U.S. Department of Agriculture over regulations that would affect the distribution of genetically engineered crops like the company’s...
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Busting Monsanto's "better" broccoli: Political... →
by Andy Bellatti.
Many of us are familiar with Monsanto the seed giant, but who knew the company was making a new ready-to-eat packaged broccoli? The new product is called Beneforté, and it quietly launched last October. This vegetable is not genetically modified (i.e. no pesticides were engineered into its genes), but rather a hybrid of commercial broccoli with a variety native to southern...
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8 Reasons Young Americans Don't Fight Back: How... →
The ruling elite has created social institutions that have subdued young Americans and broken their spirit of resistance.
Traditionally, young people have energized democratic movements. So it is a major coup for the ruling elite to have created societal institutions that have subdued young Americans and broken their spirit of resistance to domination.
Young Americans—even more so than older...
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Real Poems: Hat →
gold-horse:
Andrew wears a hat
theory disappears and he becomes expressive, happy. Hard to get at – how a hat - can do that. Like an uncovered head leaks a brain or mind or thought but, covered up, expresses more clearly who we really are. More poems from reality
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As The Drone Flies ... →
The fast developing predator drone technology, officially called unmanned aerial vehicles or UAVs, is becoming so dominant and so beyond any restraining framework of law or ethics, that its use by the U.S. government around the world may invite a horrific blowback.
Inform yerself about UAV’s on the Nader Page
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The p0int: Greek students interrupt state TV news... →
thep0int:
By Agence France-Presse, Updated: 9/25/2011
A group of Greek students on Sunday interrupted the state television news, the government spokesman said, as police used tear gas against another group of protesters near parliament.
“There has been an occupation at the state television…
Worth reading the rest …
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NYPD May Employ Surveillance Drones - CCTVBLOG //... →
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A December 2010 email from the NYPD to the FAA indicating the department’s early stages of investigating the use of drones. Heads up, park cruisers. The police department may soon be operating unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) “as a law enforcement tool” in New York City, giving that agency the capability to monitor activities in city parks, on streets, and in other public areas from...
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“We are watching the beginnings of the defiant self-assertion of a new generation...”
– David Graeber at the Guardian, in the best piece I’ve read yet on Occupy Wall Street (via judyxberman)
This article is fucking great.
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Arctic Forum: Law on the Prevention of Marine... →
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Cher - 4 hours ago - wwf.ru
WWF welcomes the proposal of Premier VV Putin to devote the next forum Arctic environmental issues, but is concerned about gaps in the current version of the law, which would protect the sea from oil spills …
Note. Important to keep track of.
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Арктический форум: Закон о предотвращении загрязнения морей нефтью не...
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Unconditional Basic Income →
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Video: http://dotsub.com/view/26520150-1acc-4fd0-9acd-169d95c9abe1
Duration: 1 hour, 38 minutes and 45 seconds Year: 2008 Country: Germany Language: German with English subtitles License: CC -...
In Berlin, Pirates Win 8.9 Percent of Vote in... →
Hannibal Hanschke/European Pressphoto Agency
Members of the Pirate Party at the state parliament in Berlin on Monday. The party won 8.9 percent in elections in the city-state.
By NICHOLAS KULISH Published: September 19, 2011
BERLIN — With laptops open like shields against the encroaching cameramen, the young men resembled Peter Pan’s Lost Boys more than Captain Hook’s buccaneers when they...
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“…More oriented toward achieving one’s own ‘self-realization’ than achieving...”
– - From Murray Bookchin’s essay Social Anarchism or Lifestyle Anarchism - An Unbridgeable Chasm
Not only did he write in the defense of pedophilia, his entire body of work is utter bullshit, too.
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Ugh!
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Police brutality? #OccupyWallStreet turns ugly -... →
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Police brutality? Occupy Wall Street turns ugly
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Saturday afternoon Operation Occupy Wall Street turned ugly with reports of police brutality and mass arrests. Approximately 60-100 demonstrators were arrested near Union Square in lower...
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US government, shame on you: The world is watching...
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“#OccupyLA flyer @ http://www.twitpic.com/6pqebh
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– Anonymous (via h4x0r3d) #occupyLA links (via anonymissexpress)
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A Very Nerdy Nerd: Update on the message to... →
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sapphrikah:
Okay so a lot of people have put in the time to research, that message that I got from the Occupy Wallstreet facebook about signing your name with a VC if coerced to sign anything apparently no longer has legal standing unless you can PROVE you were coerced, which of course, you…
#occupywallstreet #shoutout PLS RT
#occupywallstreet #shoutout PLS RT
Watchnaturalmentality:
I just witnessed a mass arrest and police brutality. I was detained in a police barricade and threatened with arrest for standing on the sidewalk as a spectator. Not a single member of NYPD could justify their actions to me. It was a peaceful protest before the cops showed up. THEY escalated the protest into violence with their aggression and infringement of basic rights and I...
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Lobby Parliament For Tibet's Independence →
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tibettruth tibettruth Request 2 our friends in the #UK Please Lobby Your MP 4 #Tibet’s Independence-Action Pack Here bit.ly/eLvZJU
Du bist #Anonymous via @The_Pinopank →
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#RefRef Release Info – #Antisec #AnonOps... →
anonymissexpress:
We would like to thank everybody who has put so much time and effort into the #anonymous movement so far. From #opBART – #OperationFreedom – #OperationPayback – The Up and Coming #OccupyWallStreet and #opSyria – We are succeeding!
I would like to also thank everyone who has made #RefRef a possibility. @AAJKR did a great amount of development work for #Anonymous as a...
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Basic Income & Desteni proposal for Universal...
Is BIG big enough? No doubt, the BIG-Project must be applauded. After only 6 months of implementation in Namibia, the Statistics significantly show how Equal Money as applied principle has positive effects in all aspects of social life.
Why do we at Desteni propose a global Equality system and appeal to every human being to re-evaluate itself and the relationships we exist within?
This...
Free Money Day | Sharing Is Common Cents →
On September 15th, at various public locations worldwide, people will hand out their own money to complete strangers (two coins/notes at a time) asking the recipients to pass one of these coins or notes on to someone else.
The Aim?
Raise awareness and start conversations about the benefits of economies based on sharing, as well as offer a liberating experience that gets us thinking more...
LectureLeaks - Liberated Courseware →
Funny, and kewl 4 cross training and gaining!
Transparency and privacy are compatible, says... →
Giving it all up to Big Brother — RT →
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Prepare To Be Assaulted: This Government Is Out of... →
The USA PATRIOT Act, the Military Commissions Act, the TSA, the FDA, the CIA, renditions, assassinations, multiple and continuous wars, torture, bailouts, inflation, false flag events, secrecy, illegal searches, spying on citizens, private property confiscations, and much, much more is now commonplace! It is now considered...
the JoshMeister on Security: How to Preview... →