MEDIA ROOTS — Many of us notice our society’s shift away from the use of anonymous cash and toward the use of databeast-tracked digital money. But many are unaware that there are steps already being taken to outlaw cash in favour of debit/credit cards and digital transactions. In Louisiana, House Bill 195 of the 2011 Regular Session (Act 389) was … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS – Felipe Messina: On Thursday, November 17, 2011, I spoke with Russia Today TV (RT) about the violent mass arrests by militarised platoons of local police, as they waged a coordinated national campaign to crush the Occupy Movement. Images of bloodied protesters flashed on the screen, as OWS 99-percenters chanted, “Show me what a police state looks like! This … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS— Recently, economic journalist Doug Henwood was interviewed on Pacifica Radio’s “Against the Grain” to dispel various myths he and his interviewer tied to the Occupy Wall Street Movement. One of which was about the Federal Reserve being the source of all evil. The Federal Reserve System is the private U.S. central bank which controls our monetary policy. And … Read More
November 8, 2011 MEDIA ROOTS- As the pro-democracy ‘Arab Spring’ movement spread across North Africa and beyond, Euroamerican imperialists sent a stern message by responding with draconian violence. In Libya, US-NATO forces perpetrated crimes against humanity under the pretext of combating alleged crimes against humanity. President Obama gloated as NATO advanced in Libya, then cheered the brutal assassination of Gaddafi, … Read More
MEDIA ROOTS— As people in the U.S. and abroad endeavour to exercise their rights and civil liberties, such as the right to freedom of speech and peaceful assembly, the state and its police forces continue finding methods to repress such civic activity. An important component of social control and repression of dissent has been the curtailment of telecommunications. Earlier this … Read More
