What’s Next for #Occupy?

October 12, 2011
Occupy Wall Street demonstrators march to Foyle Square

I desperately want to be optimistic. Like, "Fuck. Yes. This is a mass awakening. People are waking up from the 'American Dream' (no, not the storybook version that you probably know word-for-word, but George Carlin's version)."

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My Country Went to War on Terror and All I Got Was this Lousy Police State

September 30, 2011
You are eight times more likely to be killed by a police officer than by a terrorist attack

In fact, there are so few actual terrorist threats that the FBI has to manufacture its own terror plots, and then take credit for saving the day.

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Who Killed Troy Davis?

September 22, 2011
troy-davis-suit

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has previously said: "People who are well represented at trial do not get the death penalty." Well there you have it. If you don't want to be sentenced to death, stop being poor and black.

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Obama Was on TV Tonight

September 8, 2011
Obama presidential address, september 8, 2011

Apparently the President was on TV tonight delivering some big address. Wanna see how many fucks I give?

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Ownership & the Use of Force

September 3, 2011
barbed-wire

This follows from the left-Anarchist position that "ownership" is wrong per se because it implies absolute control, which implies (and justifies) hierarchy/power imbalances. Since the consequences are undesirable, one ought also oppose the concepts of "ownership" and "property" which are inseparable.

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Salary is a Scam!

August 29, 2011
salary

Can anyone explain to me how the majority of entry- and mid-level white-collar workers were hoodwinked in to accepting "salary" compensation, rather than hourly compensation?

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Can Workers Homestead Their Jobs?

August 29, 2011
Diego Rivera mural

They claim is that the workers have helped shape and define the job, its responsibilities and reward, etc., and as a result they have a legitimate claim to it.You can certainly interpret this argument as a form of homesteading and at a glance it is compelling. Is it valid though?

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