Bit Part in a Bad Movie

Photo

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:00:06 -0800

Photo

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:36:52 -0800

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 11:29:24 -0800

Photo

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 10:01:05 -0700

Photo

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 02:35:17 -0700

War is the Health of the State

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 22:22:04 -0700

War is the Health of the State:

The State
“War is the Health of the State”
by Randolph Bourne (1918)

To most Americans of the classes which consider themselves significant the war [World War I] brought a sense of the sanctity of the State which, if they had had time to think about it, would have seemed a sudden and surprising alteration in their habits of thought. In times of peace, we usually ignore the State in favour of partisan political controversies, or personal struggles for office, or the pursuit of party policies. It is the Government rather than the State with which the politically minded are concerned. The State is reduced to a shadowy emblem which comes to consciousness only on occasions of patriotic holiday.

…

In this great herd machinery, dissent is like sand in the bearings. The State ideal is primarily a sort of blind animal push toward military unity. Any difference with that unity turns the whole vast impulse toward crushing it. Dissent is speedily outlawed, and the Government, backed by the significant classes and those who in every locality, however small, identify themselves with them, proceeds against the outlaws, regardless of their value to the other institutions of the nation, or to the effect their persecution may have on public opinion. The herd becomes divided into the hunters and the hunted, and war enterprise becomes not only a technical game but a sport as well.

In case you forgot, here’s the official story of what...

Sun, 11 Sep 2011 16:52:36 -0700

In case you forgot, here’s the official story of what happened on September 11, 2001.

cosmicspread: (x-ray delta one)

Sat, 10 Sep 2011 02:01:14 -0700

cosmicspread:

(x-ray delta one)

elvoret: Jökullón (by jaari)

Sun, 14 Aug 2011 08:01:05 -0700

elvoret:

Jökullón (by jaari)

Since when is food illegal?

Fri, 12 Aug 2011 22:47:49 -0700

Since when is food illegal?:

August 3, 2011 - Los Angeles, California - Public Health Officials today descended once again on a buying club, that specializes in raw foods. Club organizer, James Stewart was arrested at his home, the locks to his personal residence were changed, his papers, money and computer seized. At the same time, farmer Sharon Palmer and Weston A. Price Foundation volunteer chapter leader Victoria Bloch Coulter were arrested. All three were charged with Section 182A-Conspiracy to Commit a Crime. Bond for James Stewart was set at $123,000. Bail for Bloch is recommended at $60,000. Bail for Palmer is recommended at $121,000.

How to Smash The State

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 08:01:05 -0700

The sentiment is widespread – the slogan has been tirelessly repeated, but almost nothing has been said about what actually can be done to “smash the State”. Here are a few practical suggestions:

…

Actively resist the State’s domination over you in whatever ways you are able. But don’t feel guilty when you find there are too many injustices for you to fight them all. The State should feel guilty, not you. Do what you can.

…

So live every day as though it is your last. Save time out to look at the trees and stars; to consider what you are doing; to reaffirm your committment to the world of ideas, to propaganda, to non-violence – to Anarchism!

The world will be little changed for what you do. Your work will be misunderstood and grossly misrepresented. You will be detested.

Photo

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:02:05 -0700

"What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction..."

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 08:01:06 -0700

““What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy?””

- Mohandas Gandhi

The Casey Anthony Verdict: Jurors Did the Right Thing

Sat, 09 Jul 2011 17:55:35 -0700

The Casey Anthony Verdict: Jurors Did the Right Thing

Patriotism is a Mental Disorder

Thu, 26 May 2011 11:59:06 -0700

Patriotism is a Mental Disorder

Photo

Mon, 23 May 2011 21:13:37 -0700

Zeitgeist - Moving Forward

Tue, 17 May 2011 22:09:42 -0700

Zeitgeist - Moving Forward

Photo

Sun, 24 Apr 2011 21:03:48 -0700

Photo

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 01:28:24 -0700

Photo

Sat, 09 Apr 2011 23:29:24 -0700