It's political dog & pony show season everyone.
That means a couple of things:
1. it will become more obvious than usual that only certain speech is really free.
2. the US police state will be in full force defending the state and smashing dissent in riot gear.
Check out new video updates from people on the ground in the breathingplanet network who are covering the protests:
Submedia
http://stimulator.tv
Mobile Broadcast News
some footage shot today by Jim Finn:
RPI - where I currently teach as adjunct arts faculty - has oficially banned the Iraqi artist, Wafaa Bilal's exhibition after its opening on Wed. (Mar. 5, 2008) night. It seems like a pretty stupid move, but in a sense is not surprising given the funding and support that RPI receives from the military, and its pivotal role in the military-industrial complex. It has sparked a bit of an outrage. If you want to write to the president to voice your opinion, go ahead.... president@rpi.edu
There is a crazy bill out there in the world of politics that has been introduced. This is some big-brother shit called the Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007. i highly recommend checking it out. As another blogger puts it: "
It begins, “AN ACT - To prevent homegrown terrorism, and for other purposes.”
Posted in Analysis | News | fascism | freespeech | law | policestate | politics Submitted by breathingplanet on Tue, 2007-12-11 05:20.
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