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Dave Zirin: When COINTELPRO comes calling
FINALLY, AT long last, I have something in common with Muhammad Ali. No, I'm not the heavyweight champion of the world, and I haven't been named spokesperson for Raid bug spray. Like "the Greatest"--not to mention far too many others--I have been a target of state police surveillance for activities--in my case, being against the death penalty--that were legal, nonviolent and, so we assumed, constitutionally protected.
COLUMN: DAVE ZIRIN [1]
http://socialistworker.org/
When COINTELPRO comes calling
http://socialistworker.org/2008/07/21/cointelpro-comes-calling
"Homeland Security" picked on the wrong group of activists, because we will not be silenced.
July 21, 2008
SolarFest Renewable Energy Fair
SolarFest Renewable Energy Fair ~
Meridian Park School ~
175th and Meridian Ave N
Shoreline WA ~
July 19, 2008 ~ 10AM – 8PM
The Speaker Schedule is available here:
http://www.shorelinesolar.org/fair5/speakers.php
The list of Exhibitors is available here:
http://www.shorelinesolar.org/fair5/exhibitors.php
Check out our Sponsors here:
http://www.shorelinesolar.org/fair5/sponsors.php
Interested in volunteering at the Shoreline SolarFest?
volunteer@shorelinesolar.org
Special Offerings at the Fair
Kitchen Compost Pail and Biobag give-a-way.
For Residents of Shoreline Only:
What Will It Take to Defeat the War?
On June 28-29, an “Open National Antiwar Conference” was held in Cleveland, called by a newly minted National Assembly to End the Iraq War and Occupation. Over objections from the conference organizers, centrally Socialist Action, the assembly voted to change the name to include reference to the war on Afghanistan, and to emphasize the connection with U.S. backing for the Zionist occupation of Palestine. (The sponsors of the confab were so right-wing that they feared losing “unity” with Democratic Party supporters of Israel and the Afghanistan war!) What did not change at all was the popular-front character of the new outfit, tying it to the bourgeois parties despite the fig leaf of electoral “independence.” Making this utterly clear, it was decided not to call a national antiwar mobilization prior to the November elections explicitly in order to court those forces who wish to aid the Democrats (and therefore want to avoid making problems for the presumptive Democratic nominee, Barack Obama). Here is the leaflet issued by the Internationalist Group at the conference.
What Will It Take to Defeat the War?
Not Another Popular-Front “Peace
Movement,”
Mobilize the Working Class to Fight for
Power!
Break with All the Capitalist Parties – For a Revolutionary
Workers Party!
For Workers Strikes Against the War
Defeat U.S. Imperialism – Defend the Iraqi and Afghan Peoples
The following leaflet was issued by the
Internationalist Group
at the antiwar conference called by the National Assembly to End the
Update on Daniel McGowan
On Monday, July 14, Daniel appeared in federal court in the Western District of Wisconsin (Madison) before Judge Barbara Crabb and was found in civil contempt for his refusal to answer questions before a grand jury.
On Monday, July 14, Daniel appeared in federal court in the Western District of Wisconsin (Madison) before Judge Barbara Crabb and was found in civil contempt for his refusal to answer questions before a grand jury.
Economic Depression Survival Guide
This story is an email I recieved that actually seems helpful in the event of an economic depression.
Sorry, I don't usually post emails, but thought I would make an exception for this:
Economic Depression - Survival Guide
INNOCENT AMERICANS ARE DENIED REAL HC RIGHTS WITH THEIR FEDERAL APPEALS !
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE $LOWLY FINDING OUT HOW EA$Y IT I$ FOR MIDDLE CLA$$ AND WORKING POOR AMERICAN$ TO FALL VICTIM TO OUR U$ MONETARY JUDICIAL $Y$TEM.
INNOCENT AMERICANS ARE DENIED REAL HC RIGHTS WITH THEIR FEDERAL APPEALS !
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE $LOWLY FINDING OUT HOW EA$Y IT I$ FOR MIDDLE CLA$$ AND WORKING POOR AMERICAN$ TO FALL VICTIM TO OUR U$ MONETARY JUDICIAL $Y$TEM.
****WHEN THE US INNOCENT WERE ABANDONED BY THE GUILTY ****
The prison experts have reported that there are 100,000 innocent Americans currently being falsely imprisoned along with the 2,300,000 total US prison population nationwide.
Direct Action for Direct Democracy: Shut Down the Republication National Convention
POG adopts Sector 1 and will blockade 7th and Wall Streets
Monday, September 1, will be a day of civil disobedience and direct action to shut down the opening of the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Minneapolis-Saint Paul. Pittsburgh Organizing Group (POG) will join these actions in opposition to a two-party system incapable of meeting basic human needs that is bankrupting and decimating our communities through a culture of war and fear.
Copyright Office Gives Webcasters the Shaft
Deep in the bowels of a 250-page Copyright "Office report
on a weird, esoteric law, Ars Technica uncovered a tasty little nugget
about how Verizon and AT&T might be eligible for some sweet local
TV licensing deals for their respective FiOs and U-Verse digital
television services. Webcasters, meanwhile, should not be eligible for
Publisher:
WiredWho Would Be So Low as to Attack a Man's Wife?
(Call it a character portrait.)
As the presidential race deteriorates into a mudslide, there is an early sense of desperation among conservatives. With so many disaffected factions (Seniors here, Evangelicals there, Fiscals scattered everywhere), the GOP doesn’t exactly have a consensus candidate. In the meantime, the battling Democrats have congealed much faster and with less rancor than anyone anticipated.
"COINTELPRO operations manuals" now posted
Organized stalking and electronic harassment is the common name of the current-day COINTELPRO crimes. One OS/EH target has compiled "operations manuals" describing the perpetrator organization.
For people who are curious about the crime syndrome called "organized stalking and electronic harassment" (which is current-day COINTELPRO, actually), I have posted two spoofed "operations manuals" describing the crime accurately, with my best estimation of what the actual manuals would look like if we could obtain them.
Enjoy:
http://www.raven1.net/tjopsmanual.htm
http://www.raven1.net/tjemanual.htm
For a printable version:
http://www.raven1.net/tjopsmanual.doc
http://www.raven1.net/tjemanual.doc
