(Source: gandhishield, via enlighteningnews)
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January 29, 2012
January 25, 2012
After journalist arrests at Occupy Wall Street, US drops 27 spots on global press freedom index. Now ranked 47th in the world.
List of countries ahead of US on the Reporters Without Borders global press freedom index:
Finland, Norway, Estonia, Netherlands, Austria, Iceland, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Cape Verde, Canada, Denmark, Sweden, New Zealand, Czech Republic, Ireland, Cyprus, Jamaica, Germany, Costa Rica, Belgium, Namibia, Japan, Surinam, Poland, Mali, OECS, Slovakia, United Kingdom, Niger, Australia, Lithuania, Uruguay, Portugal, Tanzania, Papua New Guinea, Slovenia, El Salvador, France, Spain, Hungary, Ghana, South Africa, Botswana, South Korea, Comoros, Taiwan…
Then the United States of America at #47.
Source: Reporters Without Borders global press freedom index, released today.
The U.S. falls on the Global Press Freedom Index thanks in part to Occupy. Fascinating.
(via stfuconservatives)
January 25, 2012
What. The. Fuck.
“We do not accept that ours will ever be a nation of ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots’: we must always be a nation of ‘haves’ and ‘soon-to-haves.’”
Republican governor MITCH “I really said that” DANIELS, in delivering the GOP response to the State of the Union Tuesday night.
Continuing the Republican theme of “I deny that this nation has poor people, impoverished people, and what other civilized societies might otherwise term ‘the underclass.’”
(via inothernews)
The blatant re-framing of the poor as “soon-to-haves” is disgusting.
“Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat, but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.”
-John Steinbeck
…and the poor see themselves as temporarily embarrassed millionaires because there is an aggressive campaign to make the poor see themselves that way. This campaign is evidenced by the above Mitch Daniels quote. Yuck.
SOON TO HAVES? When is “soon”?
(Source: thepeoplesrecord)
January 13, 2012
Socialism for big business,
capitalism for the poor.
A state and corporate partnership
of endless debt and war.
(Source: enlighteningnews)
January 7, 2012
Occupy Online: New York City Council Passes Resolution Opposing Corporate Personhood
The New York City Council symbolically passed a resolution Wednesday opposing “corporate personhood.” Resolution 1172 formally expressed disapproval of the landmark US Supreme Court decision in Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission, which declared that corporations have the same…
(via enlighteningnews)
December 31, 2011
The Game Is Rigged: Isn't "lack of detail" something Occupy critics like to throw around a lot?
Thank you! Perfectly on point with my previous post. Nice analogy.
You don’t take your car in because it’s making a funny noise, and hand the mechanic an orderly list of bolts to remove and belts to tighten and computer variables to check. The man who wants to be in a position to enact the reforms required should come to the table with a list of credible actions based on responsible research, and not expect it to be handed over by the constituents.
This is important to keep in mind when people ask why Occupy itself doesn’t have a detailed how-to for fixing all the problems. That’s not their job, and they are angry because the people who have that job are dropping the ball.
(via enlighteningnews)
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