Fascist America / Shut down the DNC & RNC!

Welcome to America, where protesters are “terrorists” and indiscriminate violence by cops against citizens is keeping the peace.  Shit is double-plus un-good, if you ask me.

This country was founded on the principle that WE THE PEOPLE have the right to protest or OVERTHROW a government that violates our rights – all these fake “patriots” need to go read the declaration of independence.  It’s a state state of affairs when politicians and police treat protesters as criminals and terrorists and spend millions of dollars on weapons to attack and control the public. Fascism is alive and well in America, justified in the name of “security”. And we all know what Benjamin Franklin said about people who trade freedom for security.

Get one of the two major candidates to denounce the use of indiscriminate military-scale police brutality by the government against the people and maybe i’d consider voting for them. maybe. otherwise it’s just the same old puppet show.

“we still ain’t free, we’re living on a slave ship
and every four years they let us “vote” who holds the whip…”
- from Home, off The Weapon of the Future

As far as I’m concerned, all this is just more reason to get out in the streets – at the conventions and in our local communities both. But when you do get out, be smart and be aware of what’s waiting for you and wear protective padding under your clothes. I typically wear steel-toe boots, soccer shinguards, a hockey players girdle that shields my kidneys (a favorite target for police nightsticks) and a catchers chest pad to protect my ribs, as well as a gas mask and a solid helmet (not one of those cheap bicycle helmets that shatters on the first impact), and a thick leather jacket. All the padding goes under my clothes so it’s not too obvious and I don’t get singled out by the police.

That might seem excessive, but I’ve seen a lot of friends get badly brutalized and come home from legal nonviolent peaceful protests with broken bones and worse. And I don’t have healthcare and can’t afford to miss work so I don’t take chances. In seattle in ’99 at the WTO protest (for instance) I was in the front line of one of the blockades, nose to nose with the police, and when they started swinging on us (totally unprovoked) the people on both sides of me came away with broken ribs but thanks to the fact that I’d prepared for the worst ahead of time I just had a sore chest and no broken bones. And for all you liberals, keep in mind that the president at the time was named “Clinton.” The government’s assault on freedom didn’t start with Bush and it won’t end with Bush.

I think it says something pretty profound about the state of “democracy” in america when people have to wear more padding then professional athletes in order to exercise their fundamental right to free speech, but if we don’t want to lose the few rights we do have left, we’ve got to stay in the streets. Voting for a democrat won’t make a damn bit of difference, the cops at the DNC are every bit as brutal as the ones at the RNC.

Here’s the websites for the “troublemakers” who’re organizing the protests to defend your rights and freedoms. If you give a damn about the future of this country and can make it out, I suggest you take some time to prepare yourself and then join them.

http://dncdisruption08.org/

http://www.recreate68.com/

http://protestrnc2008.org/

Posted: July 11th, 2008 under culture war, politrix, video.
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