tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69235910919352052072024-02-19T08:46:04.642-08:00bottle, fuel, rag“Intelligent discontent is the mainspring of civilization. Progress is born of agitation. It is agitation or stagnation.” - Eugene DebsThe Matchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12653547648909230863noreply@blogger.comBlogger164125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6923591091935205207.post-21837406726073912762015-01-08T21:09:00.003-08:002015-01-08T21:09:40.741-08:00Freedom can cause discomfort. Deal with it.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUSBq_c6FkBbMP0BRJc6sFAmwdch60jI89XOHCQ9QwC0tXRpkgIiqYrCxGbRyGnskCZWOryCD-JJiIshWeUukRWMsa5BpiFzR-GowZxMzbS63JviEnif_fnCob9YjWY0kI5mCX9P16vEUq/s1600/IMG_1581.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUSBq_c6FkBbMP0BRJc6sFAmwdch60jI89XOHCQ9QwC0tXRpkgIiqYrCxGbRyGnskCZWOryCD-JJiIshWeUukRWMsa5BpiFzR-GowZxMzbS63JviEnif_fnCob9YjWY0kI5mCX9P16vEUq/s320/IMG_1581.JPG" /></a>The Matchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12653547648909230863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6923591091935205207.post-114829995644793702015-01-08T21:04:00.001-08:002015-01-08T21:04:19.830-08:00Your god means nothing to me.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWEnoqTBoIgkob0AjKXDLvH-iMjUdH3d39oyYVbHFoTVZvPhh1MzJC5bbsXIJ26hwQgG-womFr43D-aMoHe-y3B-5ORGlFJA98R-j6hMGU75ZlO73k6WBhsWF_wPmps8NEOLyBgqDi6uVB/s1600/IMG_1579.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWEnoqTBoIgkob0AjKXDLvH-iMjUdH3d39oyYVbHFoTVZvPhh1MzJC5bbsXIJ26hwQgG-womFr43D-aMoHe-y3B-5ORGlFJA98R-j6hMGU75ZlO73k6WBhsWF_wPmps8NEOLyBgqDi6uVB/s320/IMG_1579.JPG" /></a>The Matchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12653547648909230863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6923591091935205207.post-86801119858670490672014-03-06T14:25:00.001-08:002014-03-06T14:26:53.633-08:00$15.00 Now!<a href="http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2014/03/06/last-nights-minimum-wage-town-hall-where-do-we-go-from-here">Here in the home town there is a move afoot to raise our minimum wage to $15.00 per hour. It really seems to have caught the old guard off guard.</a>
<b>Gang of Four: To Hell With Poverty</b>
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Good god our media sucks rancid bags of rat dick.
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If you are one of these people, please, from the bottom of my heart... Go fuck yourself, you miserable, selfish hypocrite.The Matchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12653547648909230863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6923591091935205207.post-1222325942147007922012-10-24T16:19:00.000-07:002012-10-24T16:19:45.567-07:00Angry music hour<b>Lowkey and immortal technique - voices of the voiceless</b>
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<span style="background-color: red; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This is madness.</span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> This is madness.</span><br style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> This is madness.</span></span></span></h6>The Matchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12653547648909230863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6923591091935205207.post-32956988948124916342011-11-14T14:13:00.000-08:002011-11-14T14:14:11.106-08:00The angry music hour presents...I heard this cut from Scottish Artist Finley Quaye for the first time today, and the bass run has stayed with me, moving me, rolling on, and on, and on... It also takes away some of the frustrations I feel about the shortcomings of the movement, the stumbles, the naivete... Hope you enjoy it too<br />
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<b>Finley Quaye</b><br />
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I don't know where the above picture was taken, but it doesn't matter - In Oakland, that is how they came to clear Oscar Grant Plaza. In Seattle, that is how they came when we protested Jamie Dimon at The Sheraton. In Paris, that is how they came to clear the plaza at La Grande Arche de la Defense.<br />
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The cops are the rioters - they are the instigators. The state is the source of violence. Everytime...The Matchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12653547648909230863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6923591091935205207.post-62186420299634979032011-11-09T09:18:00.000-08:002011-11-09T09:18:58.073-08:00Boots Riley Statement on the Oakland General StrikeIn the wake of Oakland's successful general strike, there is of course some internal struggle over tactics and the role of the small handful of windowbreakers at the march. Now I think it is safe to say that the vast majority of people in the movement view reckless adventurism as pointless and damaging. Pointless actions like random petty destruction are a distraction, and do nothing to advance the cause. Hoever, if those who are willing to take more radical action are shut out, then you have nothing but the same toothless, pointless, ineffective rallies we have suffered through for decades. I'll let Boots take it away:<br />
<blockquote>The truth is that while almost everyone I know in Occupy Oakland (including myself) thinks that breaking windows is tactically the wrong thing to do and very stupid, many people do not agree with non-violent philosophy. If you kicked those folks out then you would have a body of folks that wouldn't have been radical enough to even call for a General Strike. Occupy Oakland, on the whole, has a radical analysis that leads us to campaigns that others wouldn't and which also capture people's imagination. For instance, as I've said before, Gandhi was vocally against strikes because physically stopping someone from what they want to do is violent. Occupy Oakland has called for a diversity of tactics- which is different than our New York comrades, however I don't think that is supposed to mean that you use every tactic every time. We are so large here precisely because our actions have teeth. If the police blockaded at the port- we would have had 2 choices. The first would have been to let them stop us from getting there- with them thereby calling a victory against OO. The second choice was for us to quietly push through them with the shields we had in the front of the march and using our power in numbers to get through. That would, technically, not fall into non-violent philosophy. I think it is the fact that police knew that we had tens of thousands and we would push through there if necessary, that caused them to stay away. Also, everyone here seems to be inspired by Arab Spring, Greek movements, and other similar movements in Europe. None of those were non-violent in nature. The Egyptian folks burned down a police station, for instance. Everyone I know thinks that tactics like that here would cause the movement to be crushed, so those tactics are not on the table- I'm just pointing out that people are saying that this is emulating a movement which was pretty violent. But, I think the discussion is about tactics, not about adopting non-violent philosophy. On November 2nd, a large group of people with many contradictions successfully shut down the city in the biggest action with an overt class analysis in 60 years. People all over the world, all over the country, all over Oakland- are excited by this. If you are threatening to leave because, in the midst of this mass action some people broke windows and we are all trying to figure out how to work together, then you're missing the point and you'll be missing out on history. Don't let the media frame the discussion. The average everyday person was empowered by what happened on November 2nd. Every movement has contradictions, we aren't told about them so we think this movement should be different- there was violence during the Civil Rights movement. The pastor that had MLK's job before him at Ebeneezer Baptist Church had just made all of his congregation buy shotguns. The NAACP had an ARMED chapter in North Carolina. You can wait 50 more years for your perfect movement, or you can realize that it's here.</blockquote><br />
And that, as Carol Burnett used to say, is the truth.The Matchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12653547648909230863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6923591091935205207.post-12692281011385291972011-11-02T08:52:00.000-07:002011-11-02T08:52:54.935-07:00GENERAL STRIKE!!!Will the folks in Oakland pull it off? It looks that they might - if they do, this will be one of the most historically significant days in our lifetime. Here's Boots Riley of The Coup on the events that led to the call for a general strike:<br />
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And here's Boots throwin' down with The Coup.<br />
We Are The Ones<br />
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Oakland, show us how it's done!! You are inspiring a whole movement!!The Matchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12653547648909230863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6923591091935205207.post-83386346445246159322011-10-26T23:13:00.000-07:002011-10-26T23:13:56.668-07:00The angry music hour presents...One of my favorite songs... great video too<br />
DEAD PREZ : RADIO FREQ<br />
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<b><i>We are all Scott Olsen</i></b><br />
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Be safe, Oakland...<br />
<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fuck You!</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">D.O.A.</span></span><br />
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<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/m38EdJeM6dU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>The Matchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12653547648909230863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6923591091935205207.post-14253997524243391772011-10-26T00:27:00.000-07:002011-10-26T02:12:00.417-07:00POLICE RIOT IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUio7uN7IVUEw81tpds08YXBk8j9exBUtBQfsFcZn398phwShKYzv4587l0aVCy-eAx6Xg1DD_1TSu_OKeiWTHFKvH4dPO_AVA4cb5uRt8-AlZAQEKnrNpB4n0lkLQQIo0_CdZ-UeZL4bG/s1600/292031_2491087846161_1521702997_32660520_106251693_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUio7uN7IVUEw81tpds08YXBk8j9exBUtBQfsFcZn398phwShKYzv4587l0aVCy-eAx6Xg1DD_1TSu_OKeiWTHFKvH4dPO_AVA4cb5uRt8-AlZAQEKnrNpB4n0lkLQQIo0_CdZ-UeZL4bG/s320/292031_2491087846161_1521702997_32660520_106251693_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>What is happening, right now, in Oakland, is a POLICE RIOT. The POLICE have attacked innocent citizens without provocation. In a "liberal" city, with a "liberal" mayor, In a state governed by ex Linda Ronstadt boy toy Jerry Brown, The POLICE are rioting with the support and blessing of the "liberal" cognoscenti. On orders from them. While just a few short miles to the west, Pres. Obama wines and dines the 1% at $7500.00 a plate, the goon squads of the "liberal" elite shoot rubber bullets, concussion grenades, bean bags and tear gas at the rest of us. <br />
Ask yourself this question: Why didn't the police every use any of these violent tactics against Teabaggers who showed up with guns to protest Barack Obama? Remember, teabaggers SHOWED UP WITH GUNS. They FLAUNTED their guns. They mumbled constantly in a threatening tones about the 2nd amendment, while their CANDIDATES ominously spoke of "2ND AMENDMENT SOLUTIONS"<br />
No, they only do this when WE peacefully hold sit ins. Not when conservatives show up with guns. It's almost as if the police in all of these various cities are <i>hoping</i> to provoke the demonstrators into responding in kind. (SNARK)<br />
I'm actually amazed they haven't.<br />
I would have no problem if they did.<br />
Of course, we won't, because WE always take the high road. Through out history, violence has always BEGUN WITH THE STATE. People have never risen up in violence WITHOUT PROVOCATION. Ever. The state has always pushed the people to respond to ESCALATING BRUTALITY.<br />
Now, ask yourself this: How long till the next "Kent State"? How long till they are "cutting us down"? Hmmm? Months? Weeks? Hours?<br />
What is happening in the various Occupy camps across the world cannot and will not be tolerated by the elite. When people begin discussing what holds them back, en mass, together, The status quo will always lose. THEY KNOW THIS. Direct Democracy is an anathema to their system. It cannot be TOLERATED. That is why the OAKLAND POLICE FORCE is rioting like the Contras on crack tonight. That is why the people of Oakland are being given the same treatment that the CIA offered to the people of Nicaragua and El Salvador. Keep up the struggle, heroes of Oakland. You are not alone.<br />
In Solidarity<br />
The Match<br />
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<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/GI7-m919ynU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>The Matchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12653547648909230863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6923591091935205207.post-49592206887976600372011-10-25T10:23:00.000-07:002011-10-25T10:23:11.295-07:00The Dirty Fucking Hippies are Still Right...One of the right's most juvenile criticisms of the OWS movement is that it's just a re-hash of the old hippy movement. Of course, that is not the case, and only the most intellectually vapid would parrot this drivel. But... what if that were the sum total of OWS? What if OWS consisted of nothing but old, grey haired hippies, once again taking to the streets to promote their agenda? Why would that be a problem? After all,<br />
The Dirty Fucking Hippies Were Right!!<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/iKEZoY-TMG4" width="560"></iframe>The Matchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12653547648909230863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6923591091935205207.post-36172973518625327092011-10-24T22:47:00.001-07:002011-10-24T22:47:45.744-07:00The angry music hour presents...Mama weer all crazee now<br />
Slade<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0gPulu85q04" width="420"></iframe>The Matchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12653547648909230863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6923591091935205207.post-34381017455320693182011-10-22T21:46:00.000-07:002011-10-22T21:46:31.365-07:00Today at Occupy Seattle...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhamxM9e93ViO6QlnqRpaxFay_dacIoUmtlEnMDM05xfnmJSUrURdRUwZunrPfsrpPohp1y3TCW9TIKYYp27nS634KEmzUkmoXnfrdjRQmZUVKbdiEqs-bl91cSj9-7BfuSYW2rmqB6adNp/s1600/DSCF3343.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhamxM9e93ViO6QlnqRpaxFay_dacIoUmtlEnMDM05xfnmJSUrURdRUwZunrPfsrpPohp1y3TCW9TIKYYp27nS634KEmzUkmoXnfrdjRQmZUVKbdiEqs-bl91cSj9-7BfuSYW2rmqB6adNp/s320/DSCF3343.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Today, at Occupy Seattle, I watched as a man gave an hour long crash course in Credit Default Swaps, Derivatives, And other toxic economic scams and how they led to the collapse of the economy. I counted 76 people taking this impromptu course in economics. Think about that for a second - about 80 Americans, standing on a street corner discussing economics instead of sitting at home watching TV. That is a monumental shift. That is change you can believe in.The Matchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12653547648909230863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6923591091935205207.post-78935882011396956022011-10-21T18:55:00.000-07:002011-10-21T18:55:50.448-07:00The angry music hour presents...I've seen alot of video lately of cops attacking protesters - NYC, Athens, Chicago, Melbourne... and this song always comes to mind. Somewhat Ironically, this song is written about the notoriously violent Los Angeles cops, (I think) which is really the one city where occupiers have been welcomed in the USA. <br />
Anyway, here's<br />
<b>Police Truck</b><br />
<b>The Dead Kennedys</b><br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/bI_hozYGZ9k" width="420"></iframe>The Matchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12653547648909230863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6923591091935205207.post-40782786572326110272011-10-21T09:03:00.000-07:002011-10-21T09:03:54.407-07:00BofA tries to fuck us - againFrom <a href="http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/bank-america-trying-stick-taxpayers-7"><span style="font-size: large;">crooksandliars</span></a>, BofA is trying to dump $74 trillion in derivatives into FDIC insured accounts. Think about that for a second... $74,000,000,000,000.00 in fraud, dumped into FDIC accounts so that the corporate controlled government will "insure" the loss.<br />
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<blockquote>Bank of America Corp. (BAC), hit by a credit downgrade last month, has moved derivatives from its Merrill Lynch unit <strong>to a subsidiary flush with insured deposits</strong>, according to people with direct knowledge of the situation…<br />
Bank of America’s holding company — the parent of both the retail bank and the Merrill Lynch securities unit — held almost $75 trillion of derivatives at the end of June, according to data compiled by the OCC. <strong>About $53 trillion, or 71 percent, were within Bank of America NA, according to the data, which represent the notional values of the trades.</strong></blockquote>The Matchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12653547648909230863noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6923591091935205207.post-91737101350443628182011-10-19T19:56:00.000-07:002011-10-19T19:56:17.087-07:00The 99% Declaration<a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ciframe%20width=%22420%22%20height=%22315%22%20src=%22http://www.youtube.com/embed/o0GfTeyBexw%22%20frameborder=%220%22%20allowfullscreen%3E%3C/iframe%3E"><span style="font-size: large;">This is a call for a new constitutional assembly</span></a> to take place July 4, 2012 in Philadelphia. Read it. Share it. This is what is needed to address the myriad of problems confronting us - mass engagement from OUTSIDE the system. The system is truly and utterly broken. It must be changed from without or it will not change.The Matchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12653547648909230863noreply@blogger.com0