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Welcome to the revolution. Our elites have exposed their hand. They have nothing to offer. They can destroy but they cannot build. They can repress but they cannot lead. They can steal but they cannot share. They can talk but they cannot speak.  - 2011/11/15

The rapid and terrifying acceleration of global warming, which is disfiguring the ecosystem at a swifter pace than even the gloomiest scientific studies predicted a few years ago, has been confronted by the power elite with two kinds of self-delusion. There are those, many of whom hold elected office, who dismiss the science and empirical evidence as false. There are others who accept the science surrounding global warming but insist that the human species can adapt. Our only salvation-the rapid dismantling of the fossil fuel industry-is ignored by both groups. And we will be led, unless we build popular resistance movements and carry out sustained acts of civil disobedience, toward collective self-annihilation by dimwitted pied pipers and fools.

We no longer have freedom; there is only the appearance of freedom. We are consumed by an endless and vague war on terror in which the perfidiousness of our enemy, whose number, location and nature are never clearly defined, justifies the shredding of constitutional rights, torture, kidnapping, detentions without charges or trials and an occult-like battle against an absolute evil. And if you think the state intends to limit itself to the persecution of Muslims, especially once there is an increase in domestic unrest and instability, you know little about human history.

Poor urban neighborhoods have already learned what is only dimly being understood by the rest of us-in the eyes of the state we are increasingly no longer citizens with constitutional rights but enemy combatants.  - 2011/07/10

As the trial began, the judge refused to let DeChristopher's defense team inform the jury that the auction was later overturned and declared illegal. The judge also refused to let the defense team inform the jury that DeChristopher had raised the money for the initial payment and offered it to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which then refused to accept it.

Between Occupy Wall Street, in New York, and the other cities it's spread to, as well as the October 2011 movement that just began here in D.C, something seems to be happening in this country. Earlier at Freedom Plaza Chris Hedges, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and author, tells us what this could lead to.

In response to "The Cancer in Occupy," by Chris Hedges.

In this interview on Canadian television Chris Hedges basically states that American democracy is dead and that only 'a revolution of the people' can restore the USA to democratic values. Since this is extremely unlikely, America will further degenerate, and end up as a semi-fascist corporate state, probably culminating in a right-wing backlash in the form of Nazi-like purges against Muslims, immigrants and other minority groups. And, of course, there will be more endless wars on defenceless nations to boost the arms industry and divert attention from the internal rot. Maybe the Americans should learn from the Egyptians rather than vice versa!

The Whole F**king Thing's Coming DownLYRICS BY PUNK PATRIOThttp://punkpatriot.blogspot.com/MUSICAL PERFORMANCE BY THE FRANK FACTORhttp://TheFrankFactor.comUsed with permission - creative commons attrib. remixhttp://october2011.org/ Hedge funds, derivatives, tea pot domewall street gambling, using your homecongress isn't gonna do a single fucking thingbecause their campaign contributions all come attached with stringsThe Democratic Party is a failing institutionwhat we need now is a real revolution But the whole fucking thing is coming downYeah the whole fucking thing is coming down The United States is a global empireCorporations, well they're fucking vampiressucking wealth from the poorcommitting wage theftHey, who will work for you when we've starved to death? But the whole fucking thing is coming downYeah the whole fucking thing is coming down I've got me full time J.O.B.but that doesn't mean I can afford to eatI've got student loans, but no degreeso I'm gonna die working at this J.O.B.No health insurance, we're all temporary hiresso if we get sick we'll just hurry up and die But the whole fucking thing is coming downYeah the whole fucking thing is coming down wages so low we can't afford the rentso we have to rely on the governmentbut the rich man doesn't want to pay his taxesso the social programs, they''re the first to get the axewe don't complain, we don't bitchthe only thing we've got left to eat is the rich But the whole fucking thing is coming downYeah the whole fucking thing is coming down Used with permission. Creative Commons attribution.Category:News & PoliticsTags:obama corporations criminals revolution reform freedom democrats republicans tea partyLicense:Standard YouTube License

The unrest in the Middle East, the convulsions in Ivory Coast, the hunger sweeping across failed states such as Somalia, the freak weather patterns and the systematic unraveling of the American empire do not signal a lurch toward freedom and democracy but the catastrophic breakdown of globalization. The world as we know it is coming to an end. And what will follow will not be pleasant or easy.