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Pacifism as Pathology

A World of Make Believe

"With the advent of social media and the reign of the Internet, controlling consciousness is now child’s play."

FLASHBACK: If He Can’t Lie, It’s Not His Revolution: Chris Hedges vs. Emma Goldman

"Reading this passage, it’s striking how little has changed. It isn’t difficult to imagine, say, Rebecca Solnit – "philosophic" anarchist and Obama campaigner – being feted at the White House in reward for her work bashing radicals, while at the same time "criminal" anarchists like Marie Mason and Oso Blanco rot in prison."

LISTEN: Stokely Carmichael At Free Huey Rally (April 18, 1968)

Listen to Stokely Carmichael at the Free Huey Rally on April 18, 1968.

WATCH: “What Better Way to Enslave a Man Than to Give Him the Vote and Call Him Free”

Watch this 1968 interview.

The Strategy of Malcolm X

In a contemporaneous interview, the Muslim leader elaborated “I don’t go for any organization — be it civil-rights or any other kind — that has to compromise with the power structure and has to rely on certain elements within the power structure for their financing, which puts them in a position to be influenced and controlled all over again by the power structure itself.”

The Bloody Legacy of American Exceptionalism

"NGOs provide the optic through which the abuser will allow the victim to perceive their world and once absorbed into this flawed prism the victim’s own cognitive dissonance will ensure they do not attempt a jail break."

Mammon’s Mania

"In a culture of imbeciles — assaulted by advertising, and fed on fantasies – the pursuit of authentic life, liberty and happiness faces the formidable obstacles of complacency and wishful thinking."

Pathways to Spectacle | Consumerism as “Activism”

"The cult of consumerism, through which 350, Avaaz and Purpose adherents identify with their brand, is similar to religion, in that becoming a follower is an act of faith."

FARC-EP : The Politically Illiterate

"Undoubtedly, Etienne La Boétie was right in his discourse on voluntary servitude, but surely global hegemony has developed various modern mechanisms to introject and naturalize this odious and slavish political illiteracy, that makes the poor favor the rich, the oppressed admire the oppressor..."

The DeKlein of Logic. The Art of Conflation

The NPIC, as the third pillar of contemporary imperialism, which Klein has submerged herself in, ensures current power structures are not only kept intact, but strengthened and insulated.