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Erase Border, Moms 4 Peace & Miami Model’s Police State

May 5, 2016 Eleanor Goldfield, www.occupy.com ,
By Eleanor Goldfield of Occupy - This week, a wall is a wall until it's – the sky? Ana Teresa Fernandez shows us how we might view things differently, simply through the application of color. Next up, I'm not one to celebrate a corporatized holiday but this mother's day, leave the chocolates behind and stand up for peace. And finally, ever wonder where the idea for our militarized police came from? Trial, error and a determined piece of low life scum. But first, poetry Can.

The Absurdity Of Being A Citizen In The US Police State

April 29, 2016 John W. Whitehead, www.rutherford.org ,
By John W. Whitehead for The Rutherford Institute - In the American police state, the price to be paid for speaking truth to power (also increasingly viewed as an act of treason) is surveillance, censorship, jail and ultimately death. However, where many Americans go wrong is in assuming that you have to be doing something illegal or challenging the government’s authority in order to be flagged as a suspicious character, labeled an enemy of the state and locked up like a dangerous criminal.

US Law Enforcement Preparing For Rioting On National Scale

April 25, 2016 Claire Bernish, www.theantimedia.org , ,
By Claire Bernish for Anti Media - (ANTIMEDIA) Fascism doesn’t often sweep in overnight and take over some hapless nation’s government; rather, it gradually seeps into the cultural fabric — as is quietly taking place all around the globe, evidenced by an upsurge in sales of riot equipment that has gone largely unnoticed. A new report from analysts with industry research group, Sandler Research, forecasts the Global Riot Control System Market for the next four years — but beyond a burgeoning market to parallel the expanding global police state, it appears world governments are also keenly aware of civilian discontent.

Israeli Human Rights Defender Ezra Nawi Arrested

January 19, 2016 Anonymous Israel Activists, www.icahdusa.org , , , ,
By Anonymous Israel Activists for ICAHD-USA - We would like to alert you to an ominous development in Israel. Having denied Palestinians under Occupation their rights to any form of political protest, the Israeli government is now in the process of doing the same to Israeli citizens who support the Palestinian cause. Last week the Israeli police arrested Ezra Nawi, our friend and prominent dissident, who has been indispensable in the struggle for the survival of Palestinian communities in the South Hebron Hills.

Black Girls And The Police State Menace

November 10, 2015 Sikivu Hutchinson, www.thefeministwire.com ,
By Sikivu Hutchinson for The Feminist Wire - Whenever there’s a black girl on a school campus wielding a dangerous weapon like a cell phone, white macho can always be counted on to come to civilization’s rescue with the full force of fascist violence. These days, unarmed black children rank higher than mass murderers with semi-automatic weapons as public enemy number one on American school campuses. Shortly after the videotaped assault of a cell phone wielding sixteen year-old Spring Valley High School student in Richland, South Carolina by a white male school resource officer went viral, a New York Times letter writer naively asked—“Why are children not treated like children when they do silly things?”

Children In The American Police State

October 22, 2015 John W. Whitehead, www.informationclearinghouse.info
By John W. Whitehead for Information Clearing House - “Fear isn’t so difficult to understand. After all, weren’t we all frightened as children? Nothing has changed since Little Red Riding Hood faced the big bad wolf. What frightens us today is exactly the same sort of thing that frightened us yesterday. It’s just a different wolf.” ― Alfred Hitchcock. October 13, 2015 "Information Clearing House" - In an age dominated with news of school shootings, school lockdowns, police shootings of unarmed citizens (including children), SWAT team raids gone awry (leaving children devastated and damaged), reports of school resource officers tasering and shackling unruly students, and public schools undergoing lockdowns and active drills, I find myself wrestling with the question: how do you prepare a child for life in the American police state?

People Of Pleasanton, CA Oppose Urban Shield In Their Community

September 11, 2015 The Independent, www.independentnews.com , ,
By The Independent News - Several speakers at last week's Pleasanton City Council meeting raised objections to the city hosting Urban Shield, a regional preparedness training program for law enforcement, fire and emergency medical services. The event will be held at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton over a four-day period starting Friday, September 11. Those speaking described Urban Shield as a pro-war, $1 million trade show and training exercise funded by the federal government. It is expected that anti-war protestors will be on hand. According to its website, the overarching goals of Urban Shield include striving for the capability to present a multi-layered training exercise to enhance the skills and abilities of regional first responders, as well as those responsible for coordinating and managing large scale events.

The Making Of The American Police State

July 30, 2015 Christian Parenti, www.informationclearinghouse.info , , , ,
By Christian Parenti in Information Clearinghouse - How did we get here? The numbers are chilling: 2.2 million people behind bars, another 4.7 million on parole or probation. Even small-town cops are armed like soldiers, with a thoroughly militarized southern border. The common leftist explanation for this is “the prison-industrial complex,” suggesting that the buildup is largely privatized and has been driven by parasitic corporate lobbying. But the facts don’t support an economistic explanation. Private prisons only control 8 percent of prison beds. Nor do for-profit corporations use much prison labor. Nor even are guards’ unions, though strong in a few important states, driving the buildup. The vast majority of the American police state remains firmly within the public sector.
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