Tom Atlee: Rebecca Solnit on Mad, Passionate Love — and Violence — Occupy Heads into the Spring

Dear friends, Rebecca Solnit has written a great article on Occupy, relationships, differences, violence, and a lot more.  A potent, passionate framing for our times, worth a full, reflective read.  Note that the original is full of juicy links. Coheartedly, Tom ======== Mad, Passionate Love — and Violence: Occupy Heads into the Spring by Rebecca …

Event: 2-4 Jul Philadelphia Occupy National Congress

(Headline is flawed, this is not an OWS endorsed event) OWS PR working group statement on the 99% Declaration: The 99% Declaration and its call for a “national general assembly” in Philadelphia in July is not affiliated with or endorsed by Occupy Wall Street, and the organizers’ plans blatantly contradict OWS’ stated principles. “Occupy Wall …

Review: DOPE, Inc. Britain’s Opium War Against the World (and Lydon LaRouche’s War Against Henry Kissinger)

Editors, Executive Intelligence Review 4.0 out of 5 stars Beyond Six on Detail, Loses Credibility on Mistakes,February 20, 2012 I have never been one to seek out conspiracy books. Reading in 98 categories, it was not until the combination of 9/11 and the multiple legalized crime bubbles that exploded in 2008-2010 that I finally realized …

John Pilger: The War on Democracy Comes Home

Recommended by Paul Craig Roberts, Institute for Political Economy John Pilger describes the reality hidden behind the cloak of anglo-american “democracy.” Phi Beta Iota:  This describes the crime against humanity, the atrocity, of cleansing the population of the islands now known as Diego Garcia.  If We the People do not hold our government accountable, then …

Marcus Aurelius: SOF, Syria, and Pandora’s Box

SmallWarsJournal.com, February 17, 2012 This Week at War: The Toughest Op By Robert Haddick In my Foreign Policy column, I discuss whether Admiral William McRaven’s request for greater operational freedom for Special Operations Command will extend to an unconventional warfare campaign in Syria. This week, the New York Times reported on a draft proposal circulating …