Crackdown on Domestic Dissent, Part 4
December 11, 2011 1 Comment
Whether you support their methods or not, Occupy Wall Street is doing a pretty good job highlighting how limited the right to political assembly is in the United States.
Crackdown on Domestic Dissent, Part 3
December 10, 2011 1 Comment
Domestic soldiers are sent in to clear out a citizen assembly and the lead sentence in this article calls it a “peaceful end.”
HuffPost: Occupy Boston: Police Evict Protesters; 46 Arrested
Boston: We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Freedom
December 8, 2011 Leave a comment
Boston authorities join in the effort to improve our doublespeak interpretation skills.
Thrill to the convoluted logic of Judge Francis McIntyre…
Authorities are “obligated by law to preserve Dewey Square as a space open to the public,” McIntyre added.
It makes perfect sense. The public has to clear out so that the public can be there.
Thrill to the gentle threats of Mayor Menino…
“We’re asking them to leave according to their own will and volition,” Menino told CNN affiliate WCVB. “After that we’ll make decisions about how we’ll clear off the site in the future.”
That is, we’re asking them to leave of their own will because otherwise, you know, it’d be unfortunate if some “decision” such as pepper-spraying or police batons might have to be made. What are you, some sort of wise guy?
Way to be the cradle of liberty, Massachusetts.
CNN: Midnight deadline set for Occupy Boston protesters to clear out
San Francisco will Defend your Right to Assemble (Elsewhere)
December 7, 2011 Leave a comment
It’s telling that the fair-and-balanced critique that the Chronicle finds is in the shape of an equity analyst.
“They probably should have done this months ago,” Schmidt said. “Frankly, I think the (Occupiers) haven’t really found a coherent vision that’s cohesive.”
That’s right. We’ll fight for your right to protest in this country, so long as it’s all captured in a proper slogan.
San Francisco Chronicle: S.F. police raid Occupy camp, arrest 70
And how Orwellian is that “Park Closed for Renovation” sign?
Scrapitalism
December 5, 2011 Leave a comment
One of the major motivations for Occupy Wall Street is, of course, how difficult it is for most of us to be represented in the media. That’s one reason why I blog for an audience of one. A more productive outlet might be freewayblogging.
Tales of the Freewayblogger: Scrapitalism.
Crackdown on Domestic Dissent, Part 2
December 4, 2011 1 Comment
Remind me why it’s only wrong when foreign police crack down on citizen protestors?
Occupy Oregon Re-Occupies, Police Violently Evict Then Occupiers Re-Take Park | The Dissenter.
Crackdown on Domestic Dissent, Part 1
December 4, 2011 1 Comment
What is it called when the state uses its police to crack down on the opposition? I can’t quite remember the term…
L.A. Police Infiltrates Citizen Protests
December 2, 2011 Leave a comment
Has there ever been a time period when the U.S. government didn’t infiltrate citizen rallies on a regular basis? At least this time we learned about it quicker.
