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NOW SHOWING IN THE THEATRE …

DEAD SILENCE IN THE BRAIN
The CIA Assassination of John Lennon

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Assassinated Reuters Cameraman Uncovered Evidence of Mass US Casualties in Iraq

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Bush and the Nazis: New Documents

Expanded Patriot Act Reach Would Hit the Net, Too

The Crime of Conscription

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Listen to Angela Keaton of Liberated Space interview my friend Adam Gorightly, author of Shadow over St. Susana (a book about the Manson murders) and a new biography of Kerry Thornley HERE.

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Happy Thanksgiving!

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Most entertaining website I’ve seen lately: Bizarre Record Album Covers. The above is a sample.

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More on the FTAA cop riot in Miami: Libertythink is reporting that, in addition to broken bones, “there were also lost eyes from rubber bullets, and of the 273 that were arrested, 5 were raped in jail by cops.” Also, now that Amnesty International is seeking an investigation of the Miami Police (see this), Libertythink is asking whether or not this is a case of Problem-Reaction-Solution. That is, with the fascists out of control, will the socialists now be brought in to “save” us?

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Embedded Journalist Beats Up Protester

Over the past week, many ugly images of police brutality at the FTAA protests in Miami have emerged.

For instance, this video (Quicktime 4.1 M) of an unprovoked police charge and violence against peaceful protesters.

And this, a series of photographs showing a woman being shot in the back with rubber bullets while dispersing.

None of this is new, of course. We saw similar outrages a few years ago in Seattle, and in Chicago in 1968.

But here is something new: "embedded" reporters strutting around in police uniforms physically assaulting protesters.

Read this excerpt from the article "The Miami Model":

As Timoney was talking with his men, one of the guys on the bikes approached us with a notepad. "Can I have your names?" he asked.

I thought he was a police officer preparing a report. He had on a Miami police polo shirt, just like Timoney's. He had a Miami police bike helmet, just like Timoney's. He had a bike, just like Timoney's. In fact there was only one small detail that separated him from Timoney-a small badge around his neck identifying him as a reporter with the Miami Herald. He was embedded with Chief Timoney.

That reporter was one of dozens who were embedded with the Miami forces (it's hard to call them police), deployed to protect the FTAA ministerial meetings from thousands of unarmed protesters. In another incident, we saw a Miami Herald photographer who had somehow gotten pushed onto the "protesters side" of a standoff with the police. He was behind a line of young kids who had locked arms to try and prevent the police from advancing and attacking the crowds outside of the Inter-Continental Hotel. He was shouting at the kids to move so he could get back to the safe side. The protesters ignored him and continued with their blockade.

The photographer grew angrier and angrier before he began hitting one of the young kids on the line. He punched him in the back of the head before other journalists grabbed him and calmed him down…

So it's come to this. Until last week in Miami, the abuse of the public by mainstream journalists went no further than mental abuse. They lied, they misinformed, distorted the facts, left out facts, played down important stories, played up trivial stories, and in general contributed to the dumbing down and debasement of our society.

But now, what started out as mental abuse has become physical. That is the way with abuse. It escalates.

If we needed further proof that the mainstream media is our enemy, we have it now. Just keep this image in mind: A journalist in a cop uniform beating up a peaceful protester.

It gives added meaning to Mark Twain's comment about the freedom of the press: "There are laws to protect the freedom of the press's speech, but none that are worth anything to protect the people from the press."

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This is what a police state looks like. Welcome to the New America …

Following are a few links related to the recent cop riot in Miami. The last is a series of photographs, from which the above is taken, showing the police firing on a peaceful protester while dispersing.

News From USWA: Steelworkers Calls for Congressional Investigation into Police-State Assaults in Miami

Miami reporter unclear why she was arrested at FTAA protest

Pictures of FTAA protestor being shot while dispersing

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A Vietnam Vet writes: An Open Letter to GIs in Iraq

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Rumsfield's Nuclear Weapons Could Trigger World War III

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The latest JFK links:

Nixon:  Warren Commission Report a "Hoax"

Ex-Secret Service Agent:  It Was a Conspiracy / Secret Service Was Ordered to Destroy Evidence

Some Relevant Facts About the JFK Assassination

Louisiana experts say Oswald was part of conspiracy

Did Oswald meet Ruby at Key West airport?

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UK’s Version of the Patriot Act: Blair plans law to make it a criminal offense to criticize the government

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The Strange Death of a Woman Who Accused Bush of Rape

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40 Years Later and We’re Still Stupid

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Video Clips of Police Brutality at Miami FTAA Protests

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George W. Bush Loves Michael Jackson

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General Franks: Martial Law Will Replace Constitution After Next Terror Attack.

United Nations: Biological, chemical attack ‘a matter of time.’

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In two days it will be 40 years since the above photo was taken. I was 11 years old and, according to the clock on the Texas Schoolbook Depository, it was 11:38—less than 24 hours since the death of President Kennedy. The world felt different that morning. All this is described in Dealey Plaza and the Dream.