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Britain's got fascists

antagonised@hotmail.com (The Antagonist) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:03:27 PDT

The results of the UK tranche of the European Elections are in and everyone is left wondering how so many votes got doled out to a party of people who never go anywhere without adorning themselves in the tawdry bunting of the British flag. Brainwashing: It's only subliminal if you don't notice Anything that defies my sense of reason.... Class antagonism of a new world order.

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Crisis and Resistance in the Neoliberal City

antagonised@hotmail.com (The Antagonist) — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:09:53 PDT

A short talk by Professor David Harvey, given in Baltimore on 18th April 2009. Harvey's opening words include the following quote to indicate the significance of where everything is at, how it relates to where we go next, and the potential implications for the future of any actions that are taken now: "How we come out of this crisis is almost certainly going to define the nature...

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Journey well, Lord Patel

antagonised@hotmail.com (The Antagonist) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:20:45 PDT

It is a heavy heart that writes to advise that Lord Patel of the Internets [sic], otherwise known as Edward Teague, passed away earlier today. The news of Lord Patel's passing, a man who was without doubt one of the most prolific and insightful UK bloggers bar none, is too sad for words, particularly since Postman Patel's blog was one of the few British blogs from which some true...

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When fascism comes to town....

antagonised@hotmail.com (The Antagonist) — Fri, 01 May 2009 08:26:35 PDT

It will probably look a little something like this. The expression, "a captive audience", redefined. Welcome to the prison ship. -- Edit: Compare and contrast (via amtte). Anything that defies my sense of reason.... Class antagonism of a new world order.

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Another miscarriage of justice averted by brave jury: Alleged "7/7 helpers" cleared and found Not Guilty

antagonised@hotmail.com (The Antagonist) — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:10:33 PDT

From J7.... "Injustice upon injustice, many others in a similar position || have not been so lucky." -- Lawyer, Imran Khan The second trial of the so-called "7/7 helpers" reached its conclusion today. Waheed Ali, 25, Sadeer Saleem, 28, and Mohammed Shakil, 32, were all cleared of the charges of assisting in 7/7 at Kingston Crown Court. After nearly seven days of deliberation a...

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Rioting Police Physician, Heal Thy Self

antagonised@hotmail.com (The Antagonist) — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 06:00:58 PDT

Smokey mirrors policing It would be eminently possible to pen a big long rant about the entirely staged smashing of a few RBS windows during the G20 protests that occurred in the city, perhaps asking why it might have been that their windows weren't boarded up when just about every other financial-related building was, all in anticipation of a level of violence that, on the part...

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Antagonista TV: Grate Britain Vs Terence McKenna

antagonised@hotmail.com (The Antagonist) — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 08:01:23 PDT

Visionary, ethnobotanist, entheobotanist, writer, linguist, shaman, philosopher, psychonaut and psychedelic explorer Terence McKenna, speaking in Seattle -- at the time of the infamous anti-capitalist inspired Battle of Seattle -- spoke the following words and advised in no uncertain terms, "Culture is not your friend". McKenna was of course talking about corporate culture, the...

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David Harvey Interviewed on New York Public Radio

antagonised@hotmail.com (The Antagonist) — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 07:21:30 PDT

Presented here is a great interview with Professor David Harvey, as aired on New York Public Radio, in which he talks about the state of various aspects of the world including the immense and almost unmentioned consolidation of class power that is occurring in the world of States, banking and finance. It is worth noting that while there are some efforts being made to consolidate...

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No Fifth amendment, "No Comment."

antagonised@hotmail.com (The Antagonist) — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:02:59 PDT

Still think Orwellian, Big Brother style, police state fascism isn't in operation? Open your eyes. You may not have the right to silence, but you certainly have the right to "No comment." Lessons in why from America via Professor James Duane. Anything that defies my sense of reason.... Class antagonism of a new world order.

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If you suspect it, report it

antagonised@hotmail.com (The Antagonist) — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:15:04 PDT

The "It" referred to in the title of this post is, of course, bullsh-it. Recent political power surges have ensured the appointment of Josef Goebbels as minister for news and propaganda from beyond the grave. Residents of prison ship Britain wake to find themselves living simultaneously in the maelstroms of the occupied territories of Iraq, the occupied territories of Afghanistan...

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Antagonista TV: The New American Century, a film by Massimo Mazzucco

antagonised@hotmail.com (The Antagonist) — Mon, 25 May 2009 13:15:50 PDT

"A stunning film. It should be seen as widely as possible, in cinemas, bars, clubs, at meetings and, of course, through the internet. I'm sure the film will continue to be a source of debate and political education for many years. Maybe until the war criminals have been brought to trial." -- Ken LoachA recommendation like that, from one of the best and most admirable film...

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Reason.... administrivia

antagonised@hotmail.com (The Antagonist) — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:49:40 PST

Recent Reason.... blog housekeeping notes, predominantly as a historical note to self, although regular readers of Reason... may also be minorly interested. Thus far a general revamping and rejigging of the sidebars has occurred, including: LHS: Shifted Feelers from right to left hand sidebar (RHS -> LHS) LHS: Added Antagonista Reason'd Tweets with link to Twitter updates....

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Class struggle back on student agenda

antagonised@hotmail.com (The Antagonist) — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 09:28:21 PST

Tying together a few political loose ends from now and various other points in recent history: Amidst the decomposition of the old world, false consciousness -- which still reigns but no longer governs -- has the nerve to take to task a whole generation of young proletarians, who have re-launched the offensive against the society of the spectacle, for not being able to resolve all...

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Steal This Film - Pirate Bay #spectrial Edition (updating)

antagonised@hotmail.com (The Antagonist) — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:12:05 PST

If anyone reading this uses a computing device of any sort, a viewing of Steal This Film Trial Edition is heartily recommended, even if you haven't heard of the current spectacle trial [Twitter: #spectrial] brought by the media industry against some Swedish kids who enjoy technical challenges and travel the Internet under the moniker of The Pirate Bay. More later on the spectrial...

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Banking on family fortunes

antagonised@hotmail.com (The Antagonist) — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:40:50 PST

The Rothschild family appear to be making a gambit for the auto industry (and society, among other things), outlined and authored by Emma Rothschild, ably supported or foisted by Rothschild Inc. Volume 56, Number 3 · February 26, 2009 Can We Transform the Auto-Industrial Society? By Emma Rothschild The distant future, in these frightening times, includes the prospect of a...

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When Hitler becomes Hitlaw

antagonised@hotmail.com (The Antagonist) — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 04:29:31 PST

What will you do when Hitler's law comes to your town? Or aren't you going to wait that long? Smoking Banned In Your Own Home - California Adopts Hitler's Policy In Belmont, Calif. it is now illegal to smoke in your own home and, as John Blackstone reports, the new law has angered one woman who's now on a mission. Smoking Bans and the Third Reich Hitler was a fervent anti...

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Mind your business, Peter Power

antagonised@hotmail.com (The Antagonist) — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 09:04:05 PST

It's been a while since the man who left the Dorset Police under distinctly odd circumstances showed his face on the TV, but when there's a "crisis" of any sort, snow matter what sort of crisis, there's plenty of crisis management money to be made, even in times of general financial woe. What better way to kick-start an ailing business than with yet more free publicity from the...

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Antagonista TV 2K+9: Antagonista ON the TV!

antagonised@hotmail.com (The Antagonist) — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 02:03:20 PST

It's hard to believe it's been almost two months since the last post here on Reason, but how about this for breaking the silence.... If you're not yet familiar with the "micro-blogging" world of madness that is Twitter, Suspect Paki, who first pointed yours truly in its general direction and whose own #Gaza Tweets were featured in the New York Times, explains what it's all about:...

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9/11, 7/7, conspiracy theories, power surges & coups

antagonised@hotmail.com (The Antagonist) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 04:34:52 PST

Three weeks ago: Three posts of a kind, all about the popularly propagated myth that cannabis consumption is responsible for increased levels of psychosis, all published right here on Reason.... just weeks before the 2005 coup d'etat "power surge" changed everything.....The phrase coup d'etat, complete with its deliberate conflation with the term "power surge", carried a link to an...

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European Court of Human Rights DNA retention ruling

antagonised@hotmail.com (The Antagonist) — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:21:06 PST

At last! We've found something that the British government has a track record of managing successfully over an extended period of time, breaching human rights. The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the British government has breached human rights, over a million times, through the retention of DNA belonging to innocent people. The unanimous verdict was delivered by...

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