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Don't worry about the economy, we don't need it

antagonised@hotmail.com (The Antagonist) — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:47:22 PST

"The writer, when he is also an artist, is someone who admits what others don't dare reveal." -- Elia Kazan Don't worry about the economy, we don't need it. A statement that is at once bold, brave and easily dismissed as foolish, but it's a sentence that encapsulates as succinctly as possible something that desperately needs saying. "Give me control of a nation's money and I care not who makes her laws." -- Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744 -1812) Godfather of the Rothschild Banking...

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Bombing the moon for (Nobel) Peace (Prizes)

antagonised@hotmail.com (The Antagonist) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:50:30 PDT

Not content with bombing to death human beings in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and anywhere else on earth with resources that take their fancy, the United Mistakes of America (ignore for a moment how mythical al Qaeda suicide bombers follow them around everywhere) via those lovely folk at NAZA have taken to bombing the Clangers and the moon, complete with 1960s video technology holed up in a PortaCabin as documentary proof; all in a vain bid to save, among other things, a collapsed economy of...

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Happy 6th Birthday to Reason....

antagonised@hotmail.com (The Antagonist) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:08:51 PDT

Anything that defies my sense of reason is, quite incredibly, six years old today. While postings on the blog have been light of late, for many of the same reasons as outlined in The Sounds of Silence and the Persistence of Time (itself published some two years ago) your humble host has been playing in one or two other places: Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/antagonise Follow on Tumblr: http://antagonise.tumblr.com/ If you're new to Reason...., or if you just want a recap of...

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A picture is worth a thousand words

antagonised@hotmail.com (The Antagonist) — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:56:03 PDT

Via jtf and Dr Sito. Edit: Thanks to S in the comments for the link to additional inspirational, revolutionary art from the class antagonism archives of agitprop. -- Anything that defies my sense of reason.... Class antagonism of a new world order.

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John Pilger - Obama and Empire

antagonised@hotmail.com (The Antagonist) — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 06:19:36 PDT

Or why Obama cannot legitimately be described as any sort of 'socialist'. Author, journalist, film maker John Pilger speaks at Socialism 2009 www.socialistworker.org; www.haymarketbooks.org. Filmed by Paul Hubbard at the Womens Building in San Francisco 7-4-09. Anything that defies my sense of reason.... Class antagonism of a new world order.

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Jean Charles de Menezes - gone, but never forgotten

antagonised@hotmail.com (The Antagonist) — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:22:15 PDT

There follows a copy of a missive issued by Justice4Jean, the Jean Charles de Menezes' family campaign for justice after the extra judicial execution of an innocent man at Stockwell underground station. The police have murdered others since and, as with the killing of Jean, have done so with impunity. * Please circulate widely * Dear all, The Justice4Jean Campaign has launched an online petition today, on the 4th anniversary of Jean's death, calling on Transport for London and London Mayor...

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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 of the next crisis down the road, unless we decide to say, 'To hell with capitalist crises, to hell with...

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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 insight could be gleaned about the stories in, and behind, the news. Postie's place in the annals of British...

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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 jury of seven men and five women cleared the 3 accused of helping to plan the events of 7th July 2005.The not...

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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 of the human beings labelled as 'protesters' and 'anarchists', never materialised. But what's the point? You can...

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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 type which seeks to hold hostage and keep from you sounds, shapes, patterns, colours and images that would otherwise...

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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 working class power, these efforts would appear to be somewhat less concerted and considerably less well organised...

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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 and the occupied territories of Palestine, all without the hassle of having to sell their homes in challenging...

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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 directors in history, should be sufficient to pique people's interest. "In the White House, they weren't thinking of 9/11...

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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. Anyone wanting more regular updates than currently appear on Reason.... are directed here. For example: Blair War...

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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 the questions at the origin of both their revolt and the crisis in which all the appointed powers are floundering....

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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 in which half the charges were dropped within the first two days. Keep an eye out for appearances by Sebastian...

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