The Anti-Anti-Violence Manifesto

REVIEW: 'In Defense of Looting' by Vicky Osterweil

"Social peace is just the condition under which patriarchal white supremacist violence is acting most fluidly and most thoroughly and is distributed most invisibly," writes Vicky Osterweil in her provocative tome, In Defense of Looting. "Only when we find such ‘peace' intolerable will we be able to envision what real peace might look like, and what it might take to get there."

Osterweil, a self-described agitator who named a pet after a French tyrant (Robespierre), proceeds to lay out "what it might take"—in case chapter titles such as "All Cops Are Bastards" and "No Such Thing as Nonviolence" were too cryptic. Revolution is "the only way forward," and it won't be a nonviolent affair.

Considering the target reader is already familiar with Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States, the book is at least 200 pages too long. The casual reader, meanwhile, is likely to get bogged down in extended passages about NAFTA, El Salvador, and how "racialized hierarchies were crucial to medieval European notions of nobility and the formation of serf and slave populations." Not to mention the preponderance of descriptive adjectives, as mandated by intersectionality. Abolish capitalism? Nah. Abolish "cisheteropatriarchal white supremacist capitalism."

Osterweil isn't pro-violence, per se. She's anti-anti-violence, and prefers the term "not-nonviolent" to describe the revolution she envisions. At the same time, she doesn't want to alienate any readers. "I want to make clear that this discussion is not meant to denigrate anyone who uses non-violent tactics in their struggles," she explains.

That doesn't mean nonviolence is good or advisable. Far from it. History proves that nonviolence is "actually a collaborationist and misogynist affair." Osterweil trods literary ground that few intellectuals have dared to trod. You don't often see the word "egregious" used to describe "peacekeeping" efforts that don't involve the United Nations. The word "similarly" is utilized in courageous fashion to compare a "struggling business" threatened by riots to "a small white farmer who enslaved only one or two people."

https://freebeacon.com/politics/in-defense-of-looting-book-review/

Board is struggling

Judge Rules Pennsylvania Governor’s Shutdown Orders Unconstitutional

A federal judge on Monday struck down Gov. Tom Wolf’s CCP virus restrictions that required people to stay at home, put limits on gatherings, and ordered “non-life-sustaining” businesses to stay shut down.

U.S. District Judge William Stickman IV sided with plaintiffs that included drive-in movie theaters, hair salons, farmer’s markets, and several GOP officials who sued as individuals. Butler, Greene, Fayette, and Washington counties were also listed as plaintiffs.

Stickman’s judgment stipulates that “the congregate gathering limits imposed by defendants’ mitigation orders violate the right of assembly enshrined in the First Amendment,” the “stay-at-home and business closure components of defendants’ orders violate the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment,” and “the business closure components of Defendants’ orders violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.”

The judge, who was appointed by President Donald Trump, argued that the actions taken by Wolf and Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine, who are both Democrats, “were undertaken with the good intention of addressing a public health emergency,” but that “even in an emergency, the authority of government is not unfettered.”

“The liberties protected by the Constitution are not fair-weather freedoms—in place when times are good but able to be cast aside in times of trouble,” Stickman added. “There is no question that this country has faced, and will face, emergencies of every sort.”

Stickman added that the solution to the crisis “can never be permitted to supersede the commitment to individual liberty that stands as the foundation of the American experiment.”

Furthermore, he said the Constitution “cannot accept the concept of a ‘new normal’ where the basic liberties of the people can be subordinated to open-ended emergency mitigation measures.”

Wolf has lifted a number of restrictions since the lawsuit was filed several months ago, allowing businesses to open again and canceling the statewide stay-at-home order. Pennsylvania also has a gathering limit of more than 25 people for events indoors and 250 for events outside.

Pennsylvania has reported that more than 145,000 people have contracted the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus since the beginning of the pandemic, while more than 7,800 have died.

Wolf’s spokesperson told The Associated Press that his office is reviewing the judge’s decision.

“It’s a complete and total victory for the counties, the businesses and the representatives,” said attorney Thomas W. King III, who represented the plaintiffs, as reported by Triblive. “You can’t order the entire population of Pennsylvania to stay at home.”

https://www.theepochtimes.com/judge-rules-pennsylvania-governors-shutdown-orders-unconstitutional_3499183.html

Merkel Says Wrong to Fixate on Numbers When Asked How Many More Refugees Berlin Will Take

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday refrained from saying how many refugees from the burned down camp of Moria, located on the Greek island of Lesbos, Germany is ready to admit, saying that it is wrong to fixate on numbers and that the issue has to have a pan-European solution.

"I think it is a wrong approach to concentrate on a number. There are 13,000 people on Lesbos who are living in very complicated conditions. Of them, 400 minors have been brought to the mainland … Germany is ready to support the construction of a new refugee centre on Lesbos", Merkel said.

Such a centre could be a starting point toward the strengthening of Europe's migration policy.

"There is no point of talking about a single number, anyone knows that the goals of Europe's migration policy cannot be solved by Germany alone", the chancellor added.

Earlier in the day, she was reported to have criticized her Austrian colleague Sebastian Kurtz for refusing to allow Moria refugees into his country.

Last week, the Moria refugee camp suffered several fires, which may be caused by arson, resulting in thousands of people stranded without shelter. The island has declared a four-month emergency.

https://sputniknews.com/europe/202009141080455554-merkel-says-wrong-to-fixate-on-numbers/

Alexander Downer scales the Rock of Gibraltar

Move over Tony Abbott. Another former federal Liberal politician has lined up a trade advisory job with a foreign government.

Alexander Downer gets a new role.

Alexander Downer gets a new role.Credit:Illustration: John Shakespeare

Step forward Alexander Downer. The former foreign minister, and former high commissioner to Britain, replaced by George Brandis in 2018, is to assist the government of Gibraltar in its free trade negotiations with Australia. The British Overseas Territory has engaged Downer for a three-year gig and thus the former foreign minister has placed himself on the federal government's transparency register, as a consultant.

It has been something of a whirlwind COVID year for Downer. In March we found him in isolation in Carrickalinga – a beachside town (pop. 281) on South Australia's Fleurieu Peninsula, SA's answer to Palm Beach.

At the time we reported he was stuck in SA for the foreseeable future, but in August came news that Downer had shown his adrenaline junkie side when he was knocked unconscious after a nasty accident on a rented e-scooter in Frankfurt. He was visiting the German city with wife Nicky to catch up with friends.

The 68-year-old former diplomat, despite suffering memory loss, rejected the advice of doctors for a three-night hospital stay and discharged himself to recuperate at his hotel.

Other notches on Downer's belt include chair of Britain's Policy Exchange think tank, executive chair of the King's College International School for Government and chair of London's Royal Over-Seas League club.

Downer will add the Gibraltar job to his position as principal at Tenjin Consulting, the London and Melbourne-based firm he runs with daughter Georgina Downer. Geopolitics addicts can get a weekly fix of the pair shooting the breeze on international relations via their weekly Geopod podcast. It's an acquired taste.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/downer-scales-the-rock-of-gibraltar-20200914-p55vkr.html

New Audio Excerpts Released From Trump’s Conversation With Bob Woodward

CNN’s Jamie Gangel reports on additional clips released ahead of journalist Bob Woodward’s book on President Trump.

https://breaking911.com/breaking-new-audio-excerpts-released-from-trumps-conversation-with-bob-woodward/

ASSANGE HEARING DAY FIVE—Court Is Adjourned Until Tuesday After Sound of US TV Report Disrupted Proceedings

Court resumes in the extradition hearing of Julian Assange Monday morning. Consortium News is watching the proceedings and providing live updates throughout the day.

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Court Is Adjourned Until Tuesday After Sound

of US TV Report Disrupted Proceedings

11:02 am EDT: Court was adjourned until Tuesday after it was interrupted by the sound of a U.S. TV report on Assange. A court official explained to the press that the technical issues were still be sorted out but it was hoped they would be resolved by 10 am BST Tuesday.

9:26 am EDT: The court says it is investigating whether the interruption of the proceedings came from witness Eric Lewis’ computer (he is testifying online), or whether the court’s video feed was hacked. Just before lunch the sound of a U.S. TV report on Assange came through the video-link and into the courtroom. If it was a hack there are concerns among the press that the the remote video access could be stopped.

8:30 am EDT: Court has suddenly adjourned as it was interrupted by the sound of an American news report about the Assange case. The lawyers jumped to their feet throwing their arms in the air. Judge Vanessa Baraitser quickly fled the court. No one appears to have an idea how that happened. It was nearing lunch break so court will probably resume in about an hour.

James Lewis QC for the prosecution was cross examining the defense witness, American lawyer Eric Lewis, when the interruption occurred. Prosecutor Lewis has followed the same tactic he’s used on every defense witness, trying to undermine their claims of being an impartial expert.

He laid out that Eric Lewis is being paid for his testimony by the defense, and as he has with the previous defense witnesses, showed that this witness did not include a 36-page affidavit from Asst. U.S. Attorney Gordon Kromberg in his written testimony.

James Lewis then tried to show that because Eric Lewis is not a mental health or medical professional that he had no grounds in his written testimony to say that Assange would not receive adequate health care in prison.

The prosecutor also tried to establish that Assange would receive a fair jury trial because of the conviction of Zacarias Moussaoui in the 9/11 case. But Eric Lewis stood his ground, at times demanding that the prosecutor be fair in his questioning.

He rebutted the Moussaoui example by correcting the prosecutor that Moussaoui was convicted in the D.C. District Court, not in the Eastern District of Virginia where Assange would be sent. “That is a very different jury pool,” witness Lewis said.

https://consortiumnews.com/2020/09/14/assange-hearing-day-five-court-is-adjourned-until-tuesday-after-sound-of-us-tv-report-disrupted-proceedings/

The War on You: How the Pentagon is Militarizing Social Control

Neoliberalism benefits the few and makes life for the many increasingly impossible. Big data and blanket surveillance give state and corporate intelligence confidence that they can pre-empt and manage mass, social reactions to neoliberalism. This article is an excerpt from my new book, The War on You.

TARGET: “EVERYONE”

In 1997, the U.S. Space Command published its Vision for 2020. The Vision says that military force is necessary to “protect” U.S. trade and investment. Colonial forces repelled Native American attacks, Navies enforced sea-based commerce, the Air Force had the advantage of the “high ground.” In modern times, space is an additional domain of warfare. The technologies that we take for granted—cargo tankers, computers, e-commerce, drones, GPS, the internet, jet aircraft, touchscreens, and the satellites that make these things possible—were developed in the military sector with public treasure before their transfer to private, for-profit corporations. This, says the Space Command, will lead to “Full Spectrum Dominance.”

A few years later, Dennis M. Bushnell, the chief scientist at NASA’s Langley Research Center, gave a presentation based on the work of a host of powerful U.S. (and other) institutions, including: the Central Intelligence Agency, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Defense Intelligence Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Joint Forces Command, the National Research Council, and many others.

Entitled Future Strategic Issues/Future Warfare [Circa 2025], the PowerPoint presentation anticipates: a) scenarios created by U.S. forces and agencies and b) scenarios to which they might have to respond. The projection is contingent on the use of hi-technology. According to the report there are/will be six Technological Ages of Humankind: “Hunter/killer groups (sic) [million BC-10K BC]; Agriculture [10K BC-1800 AD]; Industrial [1800-1950]; IT [1950-2020]; Bio/Nano [2020-?]; Virtual.”

In the past, “Hunter/gatherer” groups fought over “hunting grounds” against other “tribal bands” and used “handheld/thrown” weapons. In the agricultural era, “professional armies” also used “handheld/thrown” weapons to fight over “farm lands.” In the industrial era, conscripted armies fought over “natural resources,” using “mechanical and chemical” weapons. In our time, “IT/Bio/Bots” (robots) are used to prevent “societal disruption.” The new enemy is “everyone.” “Everyone.”

Similarly, a British Ministry of Defence projection to the year 2050 states: “Warfare could become ever more personalised with individuals and their families being targeted in novel ways.”

https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/09/11/the-war-on-you-how-the-pentagon-is-militarizing-social-control/

What The $500 Million CNET Media Deal Means For Red Ventures

Media giant ViacomCBS (VIAC) has sold its technology news brand CNET Media Group to Red Ventures for $500 million.

The deal, which also includes the Roadshow, CNET en Espanol, ZDNet, Gamespot, TVGuide, Metacritic, and Chowhound brands, comes after 25 years of owning the news outlet, which was picked up by CBS in 2008 for $1.8 billion.

ViacomCBS has been selling off some of its assets as it looks to move more firmly into the content streaming arena, Billboard reported. The company has also put Simon & Schuster up for sale along with its Manhattan headquarters, the news outlet said.

Red Ventures said that the senior leadership team will stay intact at CNET following the completion of the acquisition, which is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2020.

“Over the last 25 years CNET Media Group has built a dynamic portfolio of brands with well-earned authority on such topics as consumer tech and gaming that play an increasingly important role in people's lives,” Ric Elias, Red Ventures CEO and co-founder, said in a statement. “Red Ventures is eager to invest in CNET Media Group’s growth with more personalized consumer experiences that will reinvigorate CNET Media Group's brands and unlock unprecedented opportunity for all.”

Red Ventures has grown its digital media portfolio to include more than 100 digital brands. The company has over 3,000 employees located in 10 U.S. cities, the U.K., and Brazil. With the acquisition of CNET, Red Ventures said it will mark its foray into the consumer technology and gaming market.

“Every aspect of our lives – from our homes to our jobs, our income, and our well-being is impacted by the technology around us, so the content we consume and the brands we choose are highly personal,” Marc McCollum, president of Red Ventures’ Media & Technology group, said in a statement. “Adding CNET Media Group to our portfolio will further advance our mission to help people make some of the most important decisions of their lives. It will be a win for our teams, for our businesses, and most of all, for visitors and fans of the CNET Media Group’s brands.”

https://www.ibtimes.com/what-500-million-cnet-media-deal-means-red-ventures-3045465

YouTube Censors Video of Trump Coronavirus Adviser For Contradicting W.H.O.

Dr. Scott W. Atlas is a learned and accomplished man. He’s a neuroradiologist, which focuses on the diagnosis and characterization of abnormalities of the central and peripheral nervous system. He’s also been a professor, a commentator and a health care policy advisor.

Atlas now serves as an adviser on the White House Coronavirus Task Force. But that’s not good enough for YouTube.

The doctor sat down in June with the Hoover Institution, the Stanford University-based conservative think tank, where he serves as a senior fellow. But the Google-owned YouTube has decided to censor the video as it “contradicts the World Health Organization or local health authorities’ medical information about COVID-19.”

Says Hoover:

Dr. Scott Atlas is the Robert Wesson Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, an accomplished physician, and a scholar of public health. For several weeks, Dr. Atlas has been making the case in print and in other media that we as a society have overreacted in imposing draconian restrictions on movement, gatherings, schools, sports, and other activities. He is not a COVID-19 denier—he believes the virus is a real threat and should be managed as such. But, as Dr. Atlas argues, there are some age groups and activities that are subject to very low risk. The one-size-fits-all approach we are currently using is overly authoritarian, inefficient, and not based in science. Dr. Atlas’s prescription includes more protection for people in nursing homes, two weeks of strict self-isolation for those with mild symptoms, and most importantly, the opening of all K–12 schools.

While Atlas has different views on the pandemic and subsequent lockdowns, the fact that YouTube can shut him down is disturbing.

“The justification for this move is similar to those given for the many other instances of YouTube censorship of videos about the COVID-19 crisis. The company has taken upon itself the obligation, as it sees it, to prevent the spread of conspiracy theories about the pandemic as well as misinformation that might compromise public health,” The Federalist wrote.

Atlas didn’t deny the seriousness of the disease or the need to act to prevent its spread — he merely questioned the efficacy of broad lockdowns. Atlas pointed out the resulting creation of acute economic distress as well as other unintended consequences that compromised public health such as the decrease in doctor visits or treatments for other potentially fatal conditions as well as the effects of school closings on childhood development as well as upticks of abuse.

By any reasonable standard, the questions he poses as well as the data about the costs of lockdowns that he discussed are not only fair comments but also an important topic of public debate. His conclusions can be questioned. The same is true about his ideas about the wisdom of opening all schools and whether such actions would contribute to another wave of infections. But the idea that any discussion of these issues can be shut down with a single click makes the question of regulating the untrammeled censoring power of a global tech monopoly like Google all the more important.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/09/youtube-censors-video-trump-coronavirus-adviser-contradicting-w-h-o/

Citi CEO Leaves First Female Boss To Face Fed Music For Systems SNAFU

Just days after making history by appointing the first woman to lead a major Wall Street megabank, Citigroup is seeing its shares tumble after WSJ reported that the company is facing a federal reprimand for failing to fix its risk-management systems.

The company's shares tumbled on the news.

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/citi-ceo-leaves-first-female-boss-face-fed-music-systems-snafu

Fun with Dick and Jane

Andrew Gillum comes out as bisexual months after he was found passed out in a hotel room with a gay male escort and meth

'That is something I've never shared publicly before'

Former Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum came out as bisexual during his first national media appearance since being found by police intoxicated and passed out in a room with a reported gay male escort and crystal meth.

Gillum and his wife, R. Jai Gillum, sat down with Tamron Hall for an interview to discuss that incident and the impact it had on his career and their marriage. The Gillums have three children. During the interview, Andrew Gillum disclosed his sexuality for the first time.

"To be very honest with you, when you didn't ask the question, you put it out there is whether or not I identify as gay," Gillum said. "And the answer is I don't identify as gay, but I do identify as bisexual, and that is something that I have never shared publicly before."

Gillum did not specify his intent for going to that hotel room in Miami Beach in March. After the incident became public, Gillum said he had been in town for a wedding and ended up having too much to drink. Politico reported that friends said Gillum was supposed to officiate the wedding, but didn't show up. Travis Dyson, the escort, said he he was unaware of any wedding.

Gillum withdrew from public life and entered rehab after the situation.

"I understand very well what people assume about that," Gillum said during the interview.

GIllum rejected the idea that his sexuality was a cause of his unfaithfulness.

"Bisexuality in and of itself doesn't lead to unfaithfulness," Gillum said. "There are men who are in marriages with women who just because they're married to a woman doesn't mean they're not attracted to other women, and at any point can slip up, make a mistake, do something, and that is what it is. The same thing in bisexual relationships.You can be attracted to both, you got a bigger terrain out there that you have to contend with, but you can still choose to be physically with one person."

R. Jai Gillum told Hall that she knew Gillum was bisexual when they got married.

"So many people just don't understand bisexuality," she said. "Bisexuality is just something different. I just believe that love and sexuality exist on a spectrum. All I care about is what's between us and what agreement we make."

Gillum, the former mayor of Tallahassee, Florida, narrowly lost the governor's race to Republican Ron DeSantis in 2018.

https://www.theblaze.com/news/andrew-gillum-bisexual-male-escort-meth

Remarks by Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey A. Rosen on the Settlement of Clean Air Act Claims against Daimler AG and Mercedes-Benz USA LLC

https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/remarks-deputy-attorney-general-jeffrey-rosen-settlement-clean-air-act-claims-against

Set the alarm?

For what?

What rule of six? Youngsters ignore Boris Johnson's new Covid restrictions on the FIRST DAY as they gather in large groups to soak up the sun in parks and beaches across Britain

The rule of six was set up to try and halt the rising cases of coronavirus currently infecting the UK

Experts fear unless drastic action is taken another national lockdown could be the only way to halt spread

But Downing Street said police would not be handing out fines for the first few days of the new regulations

One man said he would decide what was safe for him and his family before mocking the government, adding 'It isn't as if I need them to tell me once again what to do. They keep changing their minds anyway.'

The coronavirus 'Rule of Six' descended into farce today as Britons ignored the new restrictions and Downing Street said police would not fine lawbreakers.

From this morning, Britons were banned from gathering in groups of more than six under new government guidelines to curb Covid infection rates - the first widespread tightening of lockdown since March.

But No 10 sparked confusion this afternoon by suggesting that police would not immediately start imposing fines today on those who break the rules the first time.

People around the country appear to be flouting the new rules already, with pictures from Bath, Somerset this afternoon showing a group of 14 gathering in a river.

A group of 10 also gathered at the Pontefract racecourse in West Yorkshire to enjoy the hot weather, while an anti-mask protest in Nottingham attracted a large crowd.

Samantha Jones, 42, from Grimsby, who lost her job as a shop worker because of the Covid lockdown earlier this year, slammed the new rules and vowed to break them.

She said: 'If the government think I'm going to obey the Rule of Six then they can think again. I'm standing here with four adults and three children and the restrictions come into force today so technically I guess I'm breaking the rules.

'But I've got five children, three of who live with me, and I've got two grandkids. There is no way that I'm going to stop my kids seeing their grandparents or stop my elder daughter from bringing my grandchildren round. It's complete nonsense.

'My sister has eight children and because in England - unlike Wales or Scotland - children count as part of your bubble of six people, she won't be able to have anyone round. That doesn't seem fair at all.

'So If people can still mix in pubs, restaurants and at work and school then I'm going to carry on seeing members of my family even if it means breaking this Rule of Six. Realistically the police aren't going to stop everyone are they?

'And there is absolutely no way that I'm going to snoop on anyone doing the same!'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8731185/What-rule-six-Young-Britons-ignoring-Boris-Johnsons-new-Covid-restrictions.html

US Constitution Eviscerated by Psyops, False Flags

"No one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. Power is not a means; it is an end."–George Orwell

John Whitehead lists the rights guaranteed under the US Constitution which have been vitiated using psyops and false flags as excuse. However it's worth remembering that government isn't the problem.

Good government would be a blessing. The problem is that government (and all social institutions) has been completely subverted by the satanist central banking cartel using Cabalist Jews and Freemasons.

What the past 20 years have proven is that the U.S. government poses a greater threat to our individual and collective freedoms and national security than any terrorist, foreign threat or pandemic…

Although the Bill of Rightsthe first ten amendments to the Constitutionwas adopted as a means of protecting the people against government tyranny, in America today, the government does whatever it wants, freedom be damned.

"We the people" have been terrorized, traumatized, and tricked into a semi-permanent state of compliance by a government that cares nothing for our lives or our liberties…

Here is what it means to live under the Constitution, post-9/11, and in the midst of a COVID-19 pandemic.

The First Amendment is supposed to protect the freedom to speak your mind, assemble, and protest nonviolently without being bridled by the government. It also protects the freedom of the media, as well as the right to worship and pray without interference. In other words, Americans should not be silenced by the government. To the founders, all of America was a free speech zone.

Despite the clear protections found in the First Amendment, the freedoms described therein are under constant assault. Increasingly, Americans are being arrested and charged with bogus "contempt of cop" charges such as "disrupting the peace" or "resisting arrest" for daring to film police officers engaged in harassment or abusive practices. Journalists are being prosecuted for reporting on whistleblowers.

States are passing legislation to muzzle reporting on cruel and abusive corporate practices. Religious ministries are being fined for attempting to feed and house the homeless. Protesters are being tear-gassed, beaten, arrested, and forced into "free speech zones." And under the guise of "government speech," the courts have reasoned that the government can discriminate freely against any First Amendment activity that takes place within a government forum.

The Second Amendment was intended to guarantee "the right of the people to keep and bear arms." Essentially, this amendment was intended to give the citizenry the means to resist tyrannical government. Yet while gun ownership has been recognized by the U.S. Supreme Court as an individual citizen right, Americans remain powerless to defend themselves against SWAT team raids and government agents armed to the teeth with military weapons better suited to the battlefield. As such, this amendment has been rendered null and void.

The Third Amendment reinforces the principle that civilian-elected officials are superior to the military by prohibiting the military from entering any citizen's home without "the consent of the owner." With the police increasingly training like the military, acting like the military, and posing as military forcescomplete with heavily armed SWAT teams, military weapons, assault vehicles, etc.it is clear that we now have what the founders feared most–a standing army on American soil.

https://www.henrymakow.com/2020/09/whitehead-constitution-eviscerated-by-psy-ops.html