The Horror House
At the end of the road there is a Horror HouseIt's past the Mosquito SwampIf you cross the old bridge over the river.Past the hills where the bones are buriedThe boards are grayAnd the decour is out of...
View ArticleTwo Counteroffensives of the 1%! Middle Class, will you join us?
Some habits are hard to break(above photo, Oakland CA, October 2011)"If we are going to talk about personal responsibility let's talk about the personal responsibilities of the speculators. Or the SEC....
View ArticlePolitical Perspectives for Broadening the Occupy SLC Movement
(sharing this here, perhaps some of the ideas might be helpful for people elsewhere?)(Some political and organizational observations and suggestions for Occupy SLC by a participant.)What has been...
View ArticleWe took the park. Now what?
(photo, salt lake tribune)Read about the eviction law firm that dresses up as homeless people for Halloween! Go here for a good Guardian UK article about the movement, and the police repression and...
View ArticleOccupation in Danger! Undemocratic meetings! An unaccountable Website! And...
Thoughts on the Movement by a Participant No 3: Nov 2, 2011( Available as a PDF here).Distrust the rich and powerful, control your own leaders, rely only on your own organized strength!(this newsletter...
View ArticleNew Blogs
This blog has been interesting and good to have for the past several years.But it is too convoluted. Theres political things, geological things, river things, ghost town things, personal things... it's...
View ArticleTo Empower The 99%
A perspectives document on Occupy SLC by Christian WrightPT I: A POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE ON OCCUPY SLCWhere is Occupy SLC today? What do we have to work with? What could we do with ourselves?Occupy SLC...
View ArticleLessons and Repression
* “If a homeless man dies in Pioneer Park and there aren’t hippies around to blame… does SLCPD made a sound?”~ Bob AagardIf you haven't seen on the news, last weekend the Police kicked approximately...
View ArticleEugene Victor Debs on "Sound" Tactics
"Sound Socialist Tactics", by Eugene Debs, was written in Feb 1912 and was part of the Socialist Party USA's discussion period before their convention that year. It is well worth reading today. You can...
View ArticleThe Tyranny of Structurelessness by Jo Freeman
I am republishing this wonderful article today from this site. Anyone who has been frustrated by recent experiences with consensus should read it!The earliest version of this article was given as a...
View ArticleNew Party to Organize?
Just heard about this thing, called the Justice Party, here.WASHINGTON, Dec. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Monday, December 12, 2011 at 2:00 PM, a diverse group of courageous citizens will...
View ArticleGlobal Warming and Positive Feedback Loops, in a nutshell
My comment on a yahoo news article announcing Russian scientists have discovered hundreds of plumes of methane gas, some 1,000 meters in diameter, bubbling to the surface of the Arctic Ocean....
View ArticlePermanent War or Peace Through Sustainability
When the average American finds himself without food for three meals in a row, the ensuing chaos (riots, etc.) will make the United States a rather inhospitable place to be. Martial Law will...
View ArticleChris Hedges on The Cancer in Occupy
Cause:Effect:(Not a really surprising ending...)“If their real target actually was the cops and not the Occupy movement, the Black Bloc would make their actions completely separate from Occupy, instead...
View ArticleMy Refutation of a "Refutation" of the Hedges article
The Hedges Article denouncing the black block.The Gato Article denouncing Hedges.I'm with Hedges. See the points I have previously made. And now, for the speedy demolition of Gato's emotionally changed...
View ArticleSummer
Sometimes a certain picture says a whole lot of things at once a lot more efficiently than words.You might notice some kind of snow covered expensive houses. People spend a lot of money to look at that...
View ArticleThe Problem With Atlanta...
... is that it doesn't really want to be a city. It hasn't in decades and it has no sign of changing this attitude. For purely logistical and geographical reasons not of its own choosing, the status of...
View ArticleAgainst the Tea Party and the Scapegoating of Welfare Cheats
In response to some rather ignorant and hateful remarks posted on a page of mine...I understand there is a great lack of intelligent political organizations and ideas where you live. But if you really...
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