Revolution

Older Generation's last chance for redemption We want a revolution. I been hearing you all say this shit all my life. I am attempting to unite our gangs yea you read it right our gangs so they stop killing each other. Yea our gangs they are our blood our kids our nephews our gangs. We need to redirect them. They are a part of us. How the hell can you turn your back on them and leave them out there to be picked off by this system that has been killing us for hundreds of years. You are so full of fear. How many ... Read Full Story

The name John Hus is not well known to many modern day non-Reformed Protestants but perhaps we can think of Hus as the proto-type Martin Luther.  Indeed, much of the situation was the same with Hus as it would be with Luther except the catalyst for Hus seemed to be the turmoil being caused by men who were competing to claim the office of Pope.  Hus, the master of Charles University in Prague Czechoslovakia  at first attempted to remain neutral in the fight but as time went on it was looking more & more like the entire papal system & perhaps Roman Catholicism itself ... Read Full Story

Looks like we missed a great evening on Saturday. When Lee and I were out walking early Sunday we noticed the posters for Boredom is Counter Revolutionary which took place the night before. Obviously it was aimed at a crowd considerably younger than we are—several bands with edgy names were listed as talent--but I loved the name. When I got home I did some roaming on the net and came up with the information that the evening was the launch of the tenth issue of an avant garde arts magazine , Four Minutes to Midnight . The new issue, the website says, “explores the ... Read Full Story

This is a continuation of my review of Peter Gelderloos' 2007 book, How Nonviolence Protects the State (see Part 1 and Part 2 ). I have chosen to devote considerable space to a critical review of this work not because it represents a formidable challenge to nonviolence in itself, but because it appears to collect under one title many of the grievances and frustrations of militant activists toward those who advocate nonviolent tactics. To the extent that Gelderloos captures these concerns and articulates their rationale, this review aims to clarify misunderstandings, and show a way forward that avoids the pitfalls Gelderloos mistakenly ascribes to ... Read Full Story

With green blankets covering the buildings and cranes looming darkly overhead, Britain's commercial building boom doesn't seem to be much affected by the economic slump. As other industries cut back, the commercial building industry is not doing so, which is resulting in a noticeable shortage of workers to meet the demands of British construction companies.by TalPotishman With green blankets covering the buildings and cranes looming darkly overhead, Britain's commercial building boo [...] Read Full Story

Here I continue my review of Barbara Epstein's book Political Protest & Cultural Revolution (see part 1 and part 2 ) with consideration of one final issue that faced the organizations Epstein examines in the book: the consensus process. The consensus process was used in the three movements she chronicles, the Clamshell and Abalone Alliances and the Livermore Action Group (LAG), with varying degrees of success. By now, consensus has become a fairly divisive issue in radical movements. As Epstein shows, it can be abused; there are inequalities of power that naturally arise in this, like any other, process; and it requires an enormous ... Read Full Story

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