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Tag Archives: oakland
Through the Looking Glass; Chief Beck’s PR War Machine
“Copaganda: An Introduction” When I read media by or about the LAPD, I often feel a little like Lewis Carroll’s “Alice,” who ― after reading the nonsense poem “Jabberwocky” in Through the Looking Glass ― remarked: “Somehow it seems … Continue reading
Posted in ACAB/FTP, California, culture industry, Liberalism, Los Angeles, Media, Uncategorized, War on the Poor, white supremacy
Tagged acab, Charlie Beck, Chief Beck, copaganda, cops lie, deadcops, ftp, george orwell, lapd, Lies, misattribution, misquote, oakland, pigs, propaganda, social media, tweet, twitter
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On Bill “Fucking” Bratton
(ed. Originally published January 23, 2013 – here!) I watched the marathon, 9+ hour Oakland City Council meeting last night – attended by hundreds of well-informed, passionate Oaklanders who stridently covered every single potential concern (and statistical reality) about Bill … Continue reading
Posted in ACAB/FTP, Archival, BRLP, Liberalism, occupy, Prisons, War on the Poor, white supremacy
Tagged "cops count", acab, Antonio Villaraigosa, Bill "Fucking" Bratton, Bill Bratton, Black Riders Liberation Party, BRLP, broken windows, carceral state, Charles Murray, CIA, city council, consultancy, fallacy, ftp, George Kelling, Heritage Foundation, James Wilson, jean quan, Kroll, lapd, Loic Wacquant, Manhattan Institute, meeting, neoliberalism, NYPD, Oak Mtg, oakland, occupy, opd, post hoc ergo propter hoc, public, racism, Ray Kelly, Robert Wasserman, stop and frisk, theory, think tanks, white supremacy, William Bratton
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Building Something Better Than A Building
BUILDING SOMETHING BETTER THAN A BUILDING OLAASM’s Experience at Occupy Oakland’s “Move In Day” (ed. Originally published on … Continue reading
Posted in ACAB/FTP, Action, Archival, occupy
Tagged acab, all cops are bastards, Cancer of Occupy, ftp, fuck the police, jean quan, kaiser center, move in day, oakland, occupy, ola, oo, opd, ows, police, YMCA
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Making Topiaries Out of Hedges
MAKING TOPIARIES OUT OF HEDGES; #TRIMHEDGES (ed. Originally published Feb. 9, 2012 – here!) Fascifists like Tina Dupuy from Crooks & Liars (and others immersed in the careerist, “liberal establishment”) have been falling over themselves to denounce, defame, and perhaps worst … Continue reading
Posted in ACAB/FTP, Archival, Chris Hedges, Liberalism, occupy
Tagged black bloc, Chris Hedges, fascifism, Greece, hypocrisy, jean quan, move in day, nonviolence, oak street, oakland, occupy, ola, OLAASM, oo, opd, pacifism, violence
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What is Hegemony? And the Risks of Dissent
WHAT IS HEGEMONY? AND THE RISKS OF DISSENT (ed. Originally published Feb. 8, 2012 – here!) Today we revisit the basic issue at hand in every post on this site: dissent within the movement. What are the risks of dissent … Continue reading
Posted in Archival, Liberalism, occupy
Tagged dissent, feminism, hegemony, intersectionality, liberal, liberalism, los angeles, media, oakland, occupy, occupy los angeles, occupyla, ola, oo, ows, the lost tribe, white supremacy
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Statement of the General Assembly of OLA, Feb. 1, 2012
Statement of the General Assembly of Occupy Los Angeles, Feb. 1, 2012: (ed. Originally published Feb. 2, 2012 – in response to Mayor Quan asking other “Occupy” assemblies to denounce Oakland – here!) “Occupy Los Angeles has always stood in unwavering … Continue reading
Posted in ACAB/FTP, Archival, occupy
Tagged acab, ftp, jean quan, kaiser center, mayor jean quan, move in day, oak street, oakland, occupy, occupy los angeles, occupy oakland, ola, oo, opd, ows
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We Will Get What We Take
WE WILL GET WHAT WE TAKE (ed. Originally published as the tear gas started to clear in Oakland, Jan. 29, 2012 – here!) When are these kids gonna realize that they can’t solve the world’s problems? That everything is just … Continue reading
Posted in ACAB/FTP, Archival, occupy
Tagged acab, ftp, j28, kaiser center, move in day, oak street, oakland, oakland commune, pigs, solidarity, YMCA
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Anti Social Media 