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A letter to real power: a letter to us
A letter to real power: a letter to us When I heard that Culture Declares Emergency was organizing a series of ‘Letters to Power’, I thought to myself: “Rupert, you should probably write one”. You see, I have spent much of my life attempting to talk to, persuade, even beg those with power – our elected leaders, […]
Canada’s Trans Mountain Pipeline Inches Forward, But Opposition Intensifies
Canada’s Trans Mountain Pipeline Inches Forward, But Opposition Intensifies Late one night this past April, four people on off-road vehicles drove into a small, Indigenous village near the town of Blue River in British Columbia, Canada. It was dark and the vehicles drove through deep snow, smashing through wooden signs and barriers that guarded the […]
Coastal GasLink Gets Green Light to Start Pipeline Work Near Unist’ot’en Healing Centre
Coastal GasLink Gets Green Light to Start Pipeline Work Near Unist’ot’en Healing Centre BC approves impact studies and calls for consultation with Wet’suwet’en as work proceeds in contested area. The province’s Environmental Assessment Office has granted Coastal GasLink permission to begin pipeline construction near the Unist’ot’en Healing Centre, the scene of a standoff and arrests in February. […]
Europeans Are Waking Up to Government Covid Tyranny. Why Are We Still Asleep?
Europeans Are Waking Up to Government Covid Tyranny. Why Are We Still Asleep? Tens of thousands of Germans marched through Berlin on Saturday, proclaiming a “Day of Freedom” and demanding an end to government-mandated face masks and “social distancing.” The UK and Netherlands also saw large protests against their governments’ tyrannical actions in response to […]
German Fake News – People Demanding Freedom
German Fake News – People Demanding Freedom The Berlin Protest was indeed far greater than the German press tried to claim. But even more so, they called these people NAZIs and fringe right-wing conspiracy nuts. You will see this was not a right-wing demonstration nor was it brandishing Nazi symbols. The German people are shouting: […]
Europe Exploding into Civil Unrest – The Start of Revolutionary Cycle – 2020
Europe Exploding into Civil Unrest – The Start of Revolutionary Cycle – 2020 Politicians are about to be confronted with the harsh reality of their insane lockdowns in Europe. Germany now realizes there is building massive civil unrest and there is no doubt that this New Green World Order is out to end the car industry which […]
A Summer of Protest, Unemployment & Presidential Politics – Welcome to 1932
A Summer of Protest, Unemployment & Presidential Politics – Welcome to 1932 In 1932, as in 2020, the nation experienced an explosion of civil unrest on the eve of a presidential election, writes James N. Gregory. The Bonus Army stages a demonstration at the empty Capitol on July 2, 1932.(Underwood and Underwood, photographers; Library of […]
What Law Did We Break?
WHAT LAW DID WE BREAK? How the NYPD Weaponized a Curfew Against Protesters and Residents HUSAN BLUE, his family, and his neighbors were having a cookout on the patio outside their apartment in Crown Heights. It was a warm summer night in Brooklyn. Little kids were running around and playing. People were talking and celebrating. Blue’s […]
Starry Starry Night An Ode To Idealist – We Are doomed
Starry Starry Night An Ode To Idealist – We Are doomed The images of protest and violence that fill viewing screens across the globe underline the fact we are not on the way to nirvana, a state of idyllic peace and happiness. In my younger days, I was a full-blown idealist full of optimistic thoughts […]
David Stockman on Fiscal Disaster, Social Unrest, and the Presidential Election
David Stockman on Fiscal Disaster, Social Unrest, and the Presidential Election International Man: Recently, massive riots have broken out in many cities across the US. Despite the unrest—and the economic damage from the shutdowns—the stock market continues to rally. It seems that markets don’t reflect earnings, economic prosperity, or growth. What is going on here? […]
Tragedies of Our Time: Pandemic, Planning, and Racial Politics
TRAGEDIES OF OUR TIME: PANDEMIC, PLANNING, AND RACIAL POLITICS An old adage says that tragedies often come in threes. Certainly, the first half of 2020 has seen a version of this. First, the coronavirus that has infected millions of people and killed hundreds of thousands. Second, the response by most governments to the virus by […]
Defunding Police – Is This the Right Choice or the Next Step in Revolution?
Defunding Police – Is This the Right Choice or the Next Step in Revolution? All of the protests making this a racist issue have distorted the real problem which remains immunity created by the Supreme Court. We must look at these protests in their historical context for calling them simply racist rather than abuse of […]
Insanity? Markets continue disconnect from economy and society
Insanity? Markets continue disconnect from economy and society It’s hard to ignore the protests on the streets of the world’s cities of late. Those protests are coming from a populace who knows that the system they live under long ago stopped benefiting them. While the focus has been the senseless killing by police of an […]
Will We See A New Covid-19 Spike Soon?
Will We See A New Covid-19 Spike Soon? Chris estimates we’ll know within the next 3-5 weeks State lockdowns lifting across the US. businesses and public spaces opening back up. Mass protests bringing thousands together in close quarters. Will we see a resurgence in covid-19 infections as a result? Unknown at this moment, but we […]
