is m

ostly

a b

ook

abou

t eco

nom

ics t

hat

trace

s how

the

abso

lutis

t lai

ssez

-fai

re

ideo

logi

es o

f Milt

on F

riedm

an a

nd

the

Chi

cago

Sch

ool h

ave

perv

aded

the

high

est e

chel

ons o

f US

gove

rnm

ent a

nd

busi

ness

and

thei

r app

licat

ion

has b

een

refin

ed o

ver a

num

ber o

f situ

atio

ns o

ver

the

last

thre

e de

cade

s.

The

prem

ise

that

Kle

in u

ses i

s tha

t m

ultip

le a

pplic

atio

ns o

f ‘sh

ock

tact

ics/

ther

apy’

thro

ugh

tortu

re (u

pon

an

indi

vidu

al’s

min

d an

d bo

dy) a

nd th

e de

stru

ctio

n of

war

(upo

n th

e co

llect

ive

body

of t

he

mas

ses a

nd th

e in

fras

truct

ure

they

requ

ire to

su

rviv

e) re

duce

th

e po

pula

tion’

s ab

ility

to

resi

st th

e im

plem

enta

tion

of th

e ec

onom

ists

’ dr

eam

triu

mvi

rate

of p

rivat

isat

ion,

de

regu

latio

n, a

nd c

utba

cks t

o pu

blic

sp

endi

ng. S

he st

arts

with

the

exam

ple

of th

e Pi

noch

et c

oup

in C

hile

whe

re

brut

al v

iole

nce

and

tortu

re e

nact

ed u

pon

the

peop

le a

llow

ed th

e di

ctat

or a

nd

his C

hica

go S

choo

l tra

ined

-cro

nies

to

impl

emen

t fre

e m

arke

t pol

icie

s.

The

idea

is th

at o

ver t

he d

ecad

es, t

hese

ec

onom

ic id

eolo

gues

star

ted

to re

alis

e th

at th

eir u

npop

ular

pol

icie

s cou

ld

only

be

impl

emen

ted

on th

e ba

ck o

f a

cris

is th

at w

ould

rend

er a

pop

ulat

ion

inca

paci

tate

d, o

r put

them

into

shoc

k, if

yo

u w

ill. K

lein

look

s at t

he e

xam

ple

of

Rus

sia

in th

e ea

rly 9

0’s,

whe

re o

ver t

he

corp

se o

f com

mun

ism

a b

attle

was

wag

ed

over

whe

ther

to g

radu

ally

intro

duce

a

mor

e so

cial

dem

ocra

tic-s

tyle

cap

italis

m

or to

go

the

who

le w

ay w

ith fr

ee-m

arke

t ex

trem

ism

. Wha

t end

ed u

p ha

ppen

ing

was

term

ed ‘e

cono

mic

shoc

k th

erap

y’,

whe

re a

n in

cred

ibly

fast

pro

cess

of

priv

atiz

atio

n, a

long

with

mas

sive

layo

ffs,

dere

gula

tion

and

cutb

acks

to c

ruci

al

soci

al se

rvic

es le

ft m

ost o

f the

pop

ulat

ion

deci

mat

ed w

hile

cre

atin

g a

tiny

elite

of

the

supe

r ric

h.

Wha

t rea

lly b

roug

ht th

e bo

ok to

geth

er

and

up to

dat

e fo

r me,

wer

e th

e ch

apte

rs

on Ir

aq (a

nd ‘t

he w

ar o

n te

rror

’ in

gene

ral)

and

New

Orle

ans.

In b

oth

of th

ese,

Kle

in m

anag

es to

pro

duce

an

ecdo

tes a

nd in

form

atio

n I’

d ne

ver

read

bef

ore

desp

ite h

ow m

uch

has b

een

writ

ten

on th

ese

topi

cs. T

o su

mm

aris

e si

mpl

istic

ally

, she

look

s at h

ow th

ese

two

very

diff

eren

t cris

es a

nd th

e de

cim

ated

po

pula

tions

they

cre

ated

wer

e ca

pita

lised

(h

ah!)

upo

n, tu

rnin

g bo

th re

gion

s int

o te

stin

g-la

bs fo

r fre

e-m

arke

t exp

erim

ents

an

d C

hica

go S

choo

l ide

olog

y.

‘Sho

ck D

octri

ne’ i

s inc

redi

bly

wel

l re

sear

ched

and

eas

y to

read

– so

met

hing

I t

hink

is q

uite

an

acco

mpl

ishm

ent

cons

ider

ing

its ra

ther

com

plic

ated

pr

emis

e (w

hich

I ha

ven’

t giv

en fu

ll ju

stic

e to

her

e). I

t is n

ot a

n in

acce

ssib

le

piec

e of

aca

dem

ic w

ank.

Apa

rt fr

om

the

exam

ples

I’ve

alre

ady

men

tione

d th

ere’

s als

o in

dep

th c

ase-

stud

ies f

rom

Th

atch

erite

Brit

ain,

pos

t-apa

rthei

d So

uth

Afr

ica,

cap

italis

t com

mun

ism

in C

hina

, po

st-ts

uman

i Sri

Lank

a an

d m

ore.

Whi

le

all t

his i

s exc

eptio

nally

info

rmat

ive,

it’

s als

o he

lla-s

cary

with

one

faili

ng

of th

e bo

ok b

eing

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atte

mpt

s to

find

how

this

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emen

tatio

n of

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t-w

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capi

talis

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e re

sist

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g lik

e an

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e m

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y co

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he m

utin

y co

llect

ive.

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y is

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e ba

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e st

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th

e di

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t h

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he

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w.

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k is

sues

at

ww

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ra.o

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g so

on.

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araguay

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dred

s of c

ampe

sino

s and

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ts

dem

onst

rate

d in

fron

t of t

he P

rose

cuto

r O

ffice

bui

ldin

g to

dem

and

refo

rms i

n ju

dici

al p

ower

and

agr

aria

n st

ruct

ure.

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leas

t 14

polic

e an

d 50

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ere

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red

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r cla

shes

bro

ke o

ut w

hen

polic

e tri

ed to

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vent

pro

test

ers f

rom

en

terin

g th

e bu

ildin

g.

It is

par

t of a

n on

goin

g st

rugg

le

in P

arag

uay

agai

nst t

he g

row

th o

f ge

netic

ally

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ified

soy

mon

ocul

ture

s in

the

coun

trysi

de. A

wav

e of

par

amili

tary

vi

olen

ce h

as b

een

unle

ashe

d up

on th

ose

stru

gglin

g ag

ains

t the

exp

ansi

on o

f GM

so

y, w

ith m

urde

rs o

f pea

sant

lead

ers,

unla

wfu

l arr

ests

and

det

entio

ns.

See:

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ww.

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iais

land

.or

g/en

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rmer

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at

e

on t

he

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rat

ion 8

T

error R

aid

s

Cro

wn

pros

ecut

ors h

ave

re-in

stat

ed a

ll ch

arge

s aga

inst

18

peop

le a

rres

ted

in th

e ra

ids o

f Oct

ober

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h, 2

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desp

ite th

ese

char

ges h

avin

g be

en d

ism

isse

d ou

trigh

t by

a ju

dge

durin

g a

rece

nt m

onth

long

de

posi

tions

hea

ring.

The

cha

rges

had

be

en d

ism

isse

d ou

trigh

t due

to a

lack

of

evid

ence

.

The

pros

ecut

ion

has a

lso

adde

d ch

arge

s fo

r 5 o

f the

18

with

par

ticip

atio

n in

a

crim

inal

gan

g. T

his s

eem

s a d

espe

rate

atte

mpt

by

the

gove

rnm

ent t

o sa

ve fa

ce

afte

r the

Sol

icito

r-Gen

eral

had

foun

d in

suffi

cien

t evi

denc

e to

pro

ceed

with

th

e te

rror

ism

rela

ted

char

ges t

hat w

ere

orig

inal

ly b

roug

ht a

gain

st th

e ar

rest

ed.

Nort

he

rn T

errit

ory

Polic

e ha

ve b

een

give

n ne

w p

ower

s to

ente

r “pr

escr

ibed

are

as”

with

out w

arra

nt,

man

y po

lice

have

bee

n br

ough

t int

o to

wn

who

hav

e no

exp

erie

nce

deal

ing

with

lo

cal c

omm

uniti

es.

Hea

vy-h

ande

d be

havi

our b

y In

terv

entio

n po

lice

was

resp

onsi

ble

for t

he d

eath

of a

yo

ung

man

in A

rnhe

m L

and

last

wee

k.

NT

Just

ice

Min

iste

r Chr

is B

urns

and

the

Aus

tralia

n Po

lice

Fede

ratio

n ha

ve a

lso

rece

ntly

crit

icis

ed In

terv

entio

n po

lice

for

cultu

rally

inse

nsiti

ve b

ehav

iour

.

Loca

l res

iden

ts, a

long

with

the

Inte

rven

tion

Rol

lbac

k A

ctio

n G

roup

, st

aged

a p

rote

st o

utsi

de th

e Alic

e Sp

rings

po

lice

stat

ion

on M

onda

y O

ctob

er 1

3 at

9a

m, b

efor

e th

e de

liver

y of

an

offic

ial

com

plai

nt to

the

polic

e .

Br

ie

f N

ew

sB

attle

In S

eatt

le (2

008)

(Film

) Dire

cted

by

Stua

rt To

wns

end

Upo

n th

e br

ink

of th

e ne

w

mill

enni

um,

Seat

tle b

ecam

e a

nest

of

thor

ns a

s pe

ople

turn

ed

out i

n th

eir

thou

sand

s to

prot

est a

gain

st

the

atro

citie

s co

mm

itted

by

the

WTO

. Des

pite

the

atte

mpt

s of

Seat

tle P

olic

e D

epar

tmen

t to

keep

the

rich

in p

ositi

ons o

f pow

er b

y ho

sing

, te

ar g

assi

ng a

nd sh

ootin

g pr

otes

ters

with

ru

bber

bul

lets

, the

WTO

was

succ

essf

ully

sh

ut d

own

and

didn

’t re

conv

ene

until

20

01 in

Doh

a, Q

uata

r.

Alm

ost t

en y

ears

late

r, as

I w

atch

Stu

art

Tow

nsen

d’s B

attle

In S

eattl

e, I

feel

the

wei

ght o

f som

ethi

ng d

iffer

ent o

n m

y sh

ould

ers.

Its n

ot ju

st th

e ro

man

ticiz

ed

tale

of J

ay v

alia

ntly

lead

ing

the

prot

este

rs o

ff to

“no

n-vi

olen

t” b

attle

by

“con

sens

us”

or th

at h

is b

roth

er w

as sh

ot

by c

ops a

t a fo

rest

dem

o w

hich

fuel

s his

de

sire

for a

bet

ter w

orld

. Its

not

eve

n th

e co

p pl

ayed

by

Woo

dy H

arre

lson

, w

ho a

polo

gise

s to

Jay

afte

r bea

ting

the

crap

out

of h

im d

urin

g a

mom

ent o

f ‘m

y w

ife lo

st o

ur u

nbor

n ch

ild b

ecau

se

she

was

bea

ten

by a

cop

and

its a

ll yo

ur

faul

t you

smel

ly h

ippi

e’ ra

ge, n

or th

e he

art w

renc

hing

stor

y of

Sea

ttle

May

or

Paul

Sch

ell t

orn

betw

een

his p

rom

ise

to a

llow

bot

h th

e pr

otes

ts a

nd th

e W

TO

to g

o ah

ead

unha

mpe

red.

The

wei

ght

on m

y fa

ce to

day

is so

met

hing

mor

e

than

just

hol

ding

witn

ess t

o an

othe

r im

porta

nt h

isto

rical

peo

ples

eve

nt b

eing

lo

st to

the

syst

em o

f cor

pora

te p

rofit

. It

was

som

ethi

ng I

was

thin

king

whi

lst

wat

chin

g th

e cl

osin

g sc

enes

whi

ch m

ight

be

the

only

par

t of t

he fi

lm a

ctua

lly w

orth

w

atch

ing.

“G

over

nmen

ts w

ould

nev

er

agai

n be

cau

ght o

ff gu

ard”

“Tw

o m

ile

excl

usio

n zo

nes w

ould

bec

ome

norm

al a

t in

tern

atio

nal m

eetin

gs su

ch a

s WTO

and

G

8 su

mm

its, f

urth

er re

stric

ting

peop

les

right

to d

isse

nt”

I don

’t th

ink

we

have

le

arne

d as

muc

h fr

om th

is e

vent

as t

he

polic

e ha

ve.

Ther

e ar

e so

me

anar

chis

ts p

ortra

yed

in

the

film

too

but a

fter r

eadi

ng th

is re

view

I d

on’t

expe

ct

you’

ll be

ru

shin

g of

f to

the

mov

ies

to

wat

ch

it an

y tim

e so

on. I

sugg

est u

sing

sock

pu

ppet

s to

mak

e yo

ur o

wn

Bat

tle in

Se

attle

at h

ome.

If y

ou m

ust s

ee th

is

mov

ie w

atch

it in

a ro

om w

ith 2

0 ot

her

anar

chis

ts a

nd tu

rn it

into

a d

rinki

ng

gam

e.M

ambu

tu

Shoc

k D

octr

ine:

The

Ris

e of

Dis

aste

r C

apita

lism

(200

7) (B

ook)

By

Nao

mi K

lein

Whi

le N

aom

i Kle

in’s

mos

t rec

ent b

ook

is tw

o ye

ars o

ld, r

eadi

ng it

just

rece

ntly

–

in th

is ti

me

of e

cono

mic

cris

is –

was

so

mew

hat e

ye o

peni

ng. ‘

Shoc

k D

octri

ne’

Re

vie

ws

that

th

ey a

re “

at t

he

fore

fron

t of

th

e fig

ht

agai

nst

ter

rori

sm a

nd

orga

nis

ed c

rim

e”

(ie e

thn

ical

ly p

rofil

ing

Mu

slim

s, n

on-w

hit

e im

mig

ran

ts, e

thn

ic y

outh

s/”g

angs

”,

and

thos

e re

sist

ing

ever

yday

life

un

der

capi

talis

m).

Furt

her

, $4.

8 m

illio

n o

f th

is

budg

et w

ill b

e sp

ent

on s

peci

alis

t eq

uip

men

t in

clu

din

g “s

tate

-of-

the-

art

cove

rt

liste

nin

g de

vice

s to

impr

ove

inte

llige

nce

gat

her

ing

duri

ng

un

derc

over

ope

rati

ons”

. Th

is r

ecor

d bu

dget

is m

ost

likel

y ti

ed d

irec

tly

wit

h t

hei

r “p

erfo

rman

ce”

wit

h t

he

Bar

won

/Ben

brik

a 13

cas

e.

It s

hou

ld b

e m

enti

oned

th

at t

he

polic

e h

ave

rely

upo

n “

open

-sou

rce”

mon

itor

ing

wh

en it

com

es t

o pr

otes

t -

this

has

lead

th

em t

o co

ndu

ct r

aids

, or

issu

e co

urt

or

ders

to

requ

isit

ion

wh

ole

phot

ogra

phic

arc

hiv

es fr

om b

oth

sym

path

etic

an

d u

nsy

mpa

thet

ic s

ourc

es, o

n t

he

inte

rnet

an

d m

ain

stre

am m

edia

, in

ord

er t

o fu

rth

er

thei

r in

form

atio

n g

ath

erin

g an

d le

ad-u

ps t

o ar

rest

s. T

hes

e re

perc

uss

ion

s h

ave

spu

rred

on

dis

cuss

ion

of i

ssu

es t

hat

affe

ct o

ur

com

mu

nit

ies,

by

forc

ing

us

to

addr

ess

on t

he

one

han

d th

e sa

fety

an

d se

curi

ty (a

nd

not

par

anoi

d se

curi

ty) o

f ou

r fr

ien

ds a

nd

love

d-on

es w

hen

it c

omes

to

resi

stan

ce (a

rres

tabl

e or

not

); an

d th

e ot

her

, req

uir

ing

us

to p

lace

act

ive

enga

gem

ent

in c

omm

un

ity

outr

each

at

the

fore

fron

t of

ou

r re

sist

ance

, rat

her

th

an r

emai

nin

g in

ou

r pe

rson

al e

ncl

aves

. It

nee

ds t

o be

abo

ut

ensu

rin

g th

at t

he

“pro

test

or”

is n

ot d

emon

ised

an

d sc

apeg

oate

d,

and

that

th

e is

sues

th

at p

eopl

e ta

ke a

ctio

n a

bou

t ar

e w

idel

y kn

own

.

All

in a

ll th

ough

, per

hap

s th

e w

hol

e sp

y fia

sco

is s

impl

y an

indi

cato

r th

at w

e’re

do

ing

som

eth

ing

righ

t… a

nd

that

’s c

aptu

red

the

curi

osit

y of

th

e st

ate.

Th

ese

inci

den

ts h

ave

the

pow

er t

o so

w s

usp

icio

n, t

o so

w m

istr

ust

, bu

t it

is im

port

ant

not

to

mak

e a

wit

ch-h

un

t ou

t of

th

is. W

e h

ave

to s

tay

focu

sed,

to

rem

ind

ours

elve

s w

hy

we

are

resi

stin

g. A

s A

LV s

aid

in t

hei

r in

terv

iew

, “n

o sp

y or

infil

trat

or o

r in

form

er is

goi

ng

to s

top

us

from

doi

ng

that

”.

Do

you

like

the

Mut

iny

zine?

We

do

too!

We

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han

ds f

ull m

akin

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e zin

e ev

ery

mon

th a

nd w

e w

ould

like

you

r hel

p w

ith d

istrib

utio

n - w

e ca

n’t p

ossib

ly c

over

all t

he p

lace

s th

e zin

e sh

ould

go

by o

urse

lves

.

Is th

ere

som

ewhe

re y

ou k

now

of t

hat w

ould

be

a go

od p

lace

to p

ut

som

e zin

es e

ach

mon

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at p

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ude

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ries,

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e ha

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elpi

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rad

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t lite

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e ev

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r cho

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ftdrin

k.)

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ec

eO

n 2

1st o

f Oct

ober

, Gre

ece e

nter

ed a

stat

e of

a g

ener

al s

trike

, w

hich

was

fol

low

ed

by a

24

hour

stri

ke o

f al

l sh

op w

orke

rs

on th

e fol

low

ing

day.

The

indu

stria

l act

ion

whi

ch s

aw a

ll th

e pu

blic

sec

tor i

nclu

ding

tra

nspo

rt cl

osed

, an

d a

larg

e pa

rt of

the

pr

ivat

e se

ctor

in s

tand

still

. The

se a

ctio

ns

have

bee

n in

res

pons

e to

the

neo

liber

al

mea

sure

s of t

he g

over

nmen

t and

espe

cial

ly

it’s

pens

ion

and

soci

al s

ecur

ity r

efor

ms.

Thes

e ha

ve b

roug

ht c

onde

mna

tion

from

w

orki

ng p

eopl

e in

the

coun

try s

ince

thei

r in

trodu

ctio

n la

st sp

ring.

Dur

ing

the c

entra

l pr

otes

t mar

ch o

f the

trad

e un

ions

, stri

kers

an

d st

uden

ts

atta

cked

ba

nks

and

one

book

shop

tha

t w

as o

pera

ting

on s

cab-

labo

ur, f

orci

ng th

em to

clo

se.

US

AO

n th

e m

orni

ng a

fter e

lect

ion

day,

a sp

oof

new

spap

er r

esem

blin

g th

e U

SA T

oday

an

d de

cryi

ng c

apita

lism

wer

e re

leas

ed

all

over

the

Uni

ted

Stat

es.

In e

-mai

ls

to n

ews

outle

ts,

an a

narc

hist

gro

up s

aid

it di

strib

uted

30,

000

copi

es i

n at

lea

st

10 c

ities

. Th

e sp

oof

pape

r’s l

ead

stor

y an

noun

ced

that

“20

08 m

arks

the

56t

h co

nsec

utiv

e vi

ctor

y in

the

pre

side

ntia

l el

ectio

ns

for

capi

talis

m,

whi

ch

has

succ

essf

ully

w

eath

ered

cr

ises

ra

ngin

g fr

om

the

abol

ition

of

sl

aver

y to

th

e G

reat

Dep

ress

ion

and

the

Sum

mer

of

Love

ove

r th

e co

urse

of

its 2

19-y

ear

adm

inis

tratio

n.”

Japan -

No N

ike

Park!

On

the

13th

Oct

ober

, hun

dred

s of

peo

ple

mar

ched

ar

ound

M

iyas

hita

Pa

rk

and

dem

ande

d th

at t

he p

ark

stay

in

publ

ic

hand

s. M

iyas

hita

Pub

lic P

ark

is l

ocat

ed

near

Shi

buya

, whi

ch is

one

of t

he b

usie

st

train

sta

tions

in

cent

ral

Toky

o. I

t ha

s lo

ng b

een

a po

pula

r ve

nue

for

activ

ists

or

gani

sing

ra

llies

as

w

ell

as

bein

g a

firm

pill

ow f

or a

ppro

x. 4

00 h

omel

ess

peop

le ev

ery

nigh

t. N

IKE

JAPA

N re

cent

ly

purc

hase

d th

e na

min

g rig

hts

for

the

park

fr

om S

hibu

ya C

ity C

ounc

il fo

r 150

mill

ion

yen.

NIK

E w

ill a

lso

be sp

endi

ng a

furth

er

450

mill

ion

yen

clea

ring

out t

he h

omel

ess

to b

uild

a s

kate

par

k an

d tre

ndy

cafe

th

is p

lan

wou

ld u

nque

stio

nabl

y de

priv

e gr

oups

and

indi

vidu

als o

f a sp

ace

for t

heir

free

dom

of e

xpre

ssio

n, a

nd fo

r the

ir da

ily

lives

. The

soo

n to

be

nam

ed N

IKE

Park

w

ill.

The

cam

paig

n co

ntin

ues

to t

alk

to

NIK

E as

wel

l as

city

cou

ncill

ors

and

it is

sai

d th

at N

IKE

are

nerv

ous

abou

t th

e pr

otes

ts/re

puta

tion.

The

Coa

litio

n to

Pro

tect

Miy

ashi

ta P

ark

from

Bec

omin

g N

ike

Park

Em

ail:

miy

ashi

ta@

riseu

p.ne

t

Ana

rchy

Bre

win

g in t

he S

treet

s

New

slin

eue

sday

vo

ting

boot

hs th

roug

h-ut

the

coun

try, c

ardb

oard

ba

llot b

oxes

” w

ere

set

p so

that

the

child

ren

of

oter

s cou

ld a

lso

regi

ster

he

ir vi

ews.

To m

ake

this

vi

cs le

sson

in th

e im

por-

nce

of v

otin

g co

mpl

ete,

he

pap

er “

vote

s” w

ere

rom

ptly

dis

card

ed a

t the

nd

of t

he d

ay. R

ead

mor

e A2

Ove

r th

e w

eeke

nd

2 di

ffere

nt e

xecu

tives

om

ban

ks a

cros

s the

ou

ntry

wer

e he

ld u

p at

un

poin

t. Th

ough

pol

ice

elie

ve th

e in

cide

nts t

o be

nr

elat

ed, a

ll 12

of t

he a

s-ai

lant

s dem

ande

d ex

actly

23

00, a

n am

ount

roug

hly

quiv

alen

t to

divi

ding

70

0 bi

llion

by

the

num

-er

of p

eopl

e cu

rren

tly

ving

in th

e U

S.

Rea

d m

ore A

3

noth

er v

ictim

f t

he fi

nanc

ial c

risis

, un

tingt

on L

ife S

cien

ces,

as d

ecla

red

bank

rupt

cy.

Cap

italis

m W

ins a

t the

Pol

ls

THE

WO

RLD

TO

MO

RR

OW

AM

ER

ICA

IN U

NR

ES

Tel

ectio

n co

vera

ge

spec

ial e

ditio

n

Cap

italis

m o

n th

e br

iC

ivil

unre

st in

crea

ses a

cros

s US:

read

mor

e A6

Palm

Isla

nd m

an L

ex W

otto

n w

as se

nten

ced

to si

x ye

ars j

ail a

fter b

eing

foun

d gu

ilty

of ‘r

iotin

g w

ith d

estru

ctio

n’ b

y an

all-

whi

te ju

ry in

a Q

ueen

slan

d co

urt.

In 2

004,

Mul

rinji

Doo

mad

gee,

a 3

6-ye

ar-o

ld A

borig

inal

man

, was

arr

este

d fo

r pu

blic

nui

sanc

e by

Sen

ior S

erge

ant C

hris

Hur

ley.

With

in a

n ho

ur M

ulrin

ji w

as

dead

in a

cel

l in

the

Palm

Isla

nd p

olic

e st

atio

n w

ith fo

ur b

roke

n rib

s, a

rupt

ured

sp

leen

and

a li

ver a

lmos

t tor

n in

two.

Ano

ther

pris

oner

, Pat

rick

Bra

mw

ell,

told

a

publ

ic m

eetin

g on

the

isla

nd th

at h

e ha

d se

en H

urle

y be

atin

g M

ulrin

ji.

A w

eek

afte

r Mul

rinji

was

kill

ed, i

slan

d re

side

nts h

eard

that

an

auto

psy

had

foun

d th

at h

is d

eath

was

the

resu

lt of

an

acci

dent

al fa

ll. T

hey

reac

ted

by b

urni

ng d

own

the

polic

e st

atio

n, c

ourt

hous

e an

d po

lice

resi

denc

es.

The

crim

es a

gain

st p

rope

rty th

at w

ere

carr

ied

out i

n pr

otes

t at M

ulrin

ji’s

deat

h w

ere

puni

shed

far m

ore

seve

rely

than

the

viol

ence

that

kill

ed h

im. T

he

inve

stig

atio

n in

to M

ulrin

ji’s d

eath

was

car

ried

out b

y D

etec

tive

Serg

eant

Dar

ren

Rob

inso

n, a

col

leag

ue a

nd g

ood

frie

nd o

f Hur

ley’

s, w

ho h

ad p

revi

ousl

y ca

rrie

d ou

t in

suffi

cien

t ‘in

vest

igat

ions

’ afte

r Hur

ley

had

inju

red

an A

borig

inal

wom

an. I

n th

e ca

se o

f Doo

mad

gee,

Hur

ley

was

foun

d no

t gui

lty o

f man

slau

ghte

r by

an a

ll-w

hite

ju

ry. H

e w

as su

spen

ded

on fu

ll pa

y w

hile

he

was

aw

aitin

g tri

al, h

ad h

is le

gal b

ills

paid

for b

y th

e Q

ueen

slan

d Po

lice

Uni

on, a

nd h

as si

nce

rece

ived

a p

rom

otio

n to

th

e G

old

Coa

st a

nd $

100

000

com

pens

atio

n fo

r pro

perty

he

alle

gedl

y lo

st w

hen

his h

ouse

was

bur

nt d

own.

Ear

ly in

the

wee

k th

at L

ex w

as se

nten

ced,

the

polic

e w

hose

neg

ligen

ce sp

arke

d th

e rio

t all

rece

ived

bra

very

aw

ards

.

Lex

was

giv

en a

non

-par

ole

perio

d of

two

year

s – ta

king

into

acc

ount

tim

e se

rved

, he

will

be

elig

ible

for p

arol

e by

July

201

0. A

ccor

ding

to A

BC

New

s, Le

x’s f

amily

hav

e sa

id

that

they

will

not

be

appe

alin

g hi

s sen

tenc

e, b

ecau

se th

ey w

ere

relie

ved

that

he

didn

’t re

ceiv

e th

e ha

rshe

r sen

tenc

e th

at m

any

had

expe

cted

. The

pro

secu

tion

has a

sked

that

Lex

be

sent

to ja

il fo

r ten

yea

rs, a

nd th

e of

fenc

e ca

rry

a m

axim

um li

fe se

nten

ce. H

owev

er, t

he

Atto

rney

-Gen

eral

has

ann

ounc

ed th

at th

e pr

osec

utio

n w

ill n

ot a

ppea

l the

sent

ence

.

Solid

arity

act

ions

wer

e he

ld a

roun

d th

e w

orld

on

the

day

of th

e se

nten

cing

and

the

wee

k be

fore

. In

Sydn

ey, a

spea

ker f

rom

the

Mar

itim

e U

nion

of A

ustra

lia a

nnou

nced

that

the

Sydn

ey w

ater

fron

t ha

d sh

ut d

own

for a

min

ute’

s sile

nce

in so

lidar

ity. A

num

ber o

f lo

cal A

borig

inal

act

ivis

ts sp

oke

abou

t the

sign

ifi ca

nce

of L

ex’s

tria

l an

d th

e on

goin

g st

rugg

le fo

r jus

tice

for A

borig

inal

peo

ple.

It is

impo

rtant

to re

mem

ber t

hat C

hris

Hur

ley

was

the

fi rst

cop

who

has

eve

r fac

ed tr

ial

over

an

Abo

rigin

al d

eath

in c

usto

dy, e

ven

thou

gh o

ver 2

00 A

borig

inal

peo

ple

have

di

ed (o

r bee

n ki

lled)

in c

usto

dy si

nce

the

1990

s. It

was

the

actio

ns o

f the

Pal

m Is

land

co

mm

unity

, who

show

ed th

ey w

ould

not

acc

ept t

he in

just

ice

of a

typi

cal c

over

-up

that

fo

rced

this

smal

l ste

p to

be

take

n to

war

ds a

ctua

lly p

unis

hing

pol

ice

who

kill

.

by P

rinc

ess

Mob

Lex’s in Pris’n, Hurley’s Gone Fishin’

inte

rpre

tati

on”.

Th

e ac

tion

s of

SIG

in t

he

Bar

won

/Ben

brik

a 13

cas

e, w

hic

h w

ere

akin

to

the

wor

k of

an

age

nt

prov

ocat

eur,

sig

nifi

es t

hat

th

eir

oper

atio

nal

men

talit

y is

on

e of

pu

shin

g th

e ta

rget

ed g

rou

p a

bit

furt

her

alo

ng

the

path

of e

xtre

mis

m in

or

der

to g

et “

con

cret

e ev

iden

ce”.

It is

qu

ite

com

mon

for

the

stat

e to

see

ter

rori

sm a

s sy

non

ymou

s w

ith

pol

itic

al

diss

ent.

Th

e S

IG, i

ts p

rede

cess

ors

Spe

cial

Bra

nch

an

d O

pera

tion

In

telli

gen

ce

Un

it, a

s w

ell a

s an

y “i

nte

llige

nce

” or

gan

isat

ion

th

e w

orld

ove

r h

as a

lway

s h

ad

a pe

nch

ant

to s

py o

n a

nd

mal

icio

usl

y in

terf

ere

in t

he

Left

(loo

k u

p FB

I’s

CO

INTE

LPR

O, o

r ev

en ju

st d

o a

sear

ch o

n “

spy

acti

vist

”). H

owev

er, “

the

infil

trat

ion

of

th

e an

imal

libe

rati

on g

rou

p in

ord

er t

o pr

even

t th

em fr

om r

elea

sin

g h

alf a

doz

en

chic

ken

s fr

om a

bat

tery

hen

farm

see

m t

o m

e to

be

quit

e di

spro

port

ion

ate,

” Ju

lian

B

urn

side

QC

tol

d IP

S N

ews.

Th

is s

eem

s es

peci

ally

tru

e w

hen

ALV

en

gage

s in

O

pen

Res

cue.

Ope

n R

escu

e in

volv

es fr

eein

g ill

-tre

ated

an

imal

s co

nsp

icu

ousl

y an

d in

form

ing

the

polic

e af

terw

ards

. In

th

eir

inte

rvie

w w

ith

Mut

iny

ALV

sta

ted:

“W

e h

ide

nei

ther

ou

r fa

ces

nor

th

e fa

ct t

hat

we

hav

e be

en in

to p

rope

rtie

s to

exp

ose

[legi

slat

ive]

bre

ach

es…

an

d to

res

cue

sick

an

d dy

ing

anim

als

that

hav

e ill

egal

ly

been

den

ied

vet

care

.” T

hat

rai

ses

the

ques

tion

: Wh

y w

ould

pol

ice

infil

trat

e an

or

gan

isat

ion

th

at is

ope

nly

pu

blis

hin

g th

eir

resc

ues

(in

clu

din

g th

e on

e w

ith

wh

ich

S

eth

a S

ann

was

a p

art

of),

and

prov

idin

g lin

ks t

o vi

deo

foot

age

of t

he

acti

on?

No

char

ges

hav

e be

en la

id s

o fa

r, s

o it

is s

till

un

clea

r w

hy

the

acti

viti

es o

f su

ch g

rou

pin

gs

wou

ld b

e u

nde

r th

e sc

ruti

ny

(an

d re

sou

rces

) of

th

e po

lice,

esp

ecia

lly in

su

ch a

rou

nd

abou

t w

ay o

f gat

her

ing

seem

ingl

y in

noc

uou

s in

form

atio

n. D

ale

Mill

s, in

his

ass

essm

ent

for

Gre

en L

eft W

eekl

y of

th

e A

PEC

exc

lude

d lis

t as

sem

bled

by

the

polic

e, m

ade

the

astu

te

obse

rvat

ion

th

at “

perh

aps

in a

n a

ttem

pt

by p

olic

e an

alys

ts t

o ke

ep t

hem

selv

es in

a

job,

som

e of

th

e re

port

s u

se in

telli

gen

ce

jarg

on a

nd

cloa

k-an

d-da

gger

mel

odra

ma”

. Th

e A

ge b

acks

up

this

sen

tim

ent

by s

tati

ng

that

inte

llige

nce

rep

orts

wer

e “s

omet

imes

m

anip

ula

ted

by s

enio

r po

lice

figu

res

to

exag

gera

te t

he

thre

at t

hey

pos

ed”.

Th

is is

al

so q

uit

e co

mm

on in

oth

er p

arts

of t

his

in

dust

ry -

pol

ice

ofte

n li

e an

d ex

agge

rate

th

eir

Sta

tem

ent

of A

rres

ts (d

ocu

men

tati

on o

n w

hy

one

had

bee

n c

har

ged

wit

h a

n o

ffen

se),

to

incr

ease

th

e po

ssib

ility

of a

con

vict

ion

.

The

sam

e is

tru

e in

th

e ex

agge

rati

on o

f in

telli

gen

ce r

epor

ts -

th

ey h

ope

to a

void

be

ing

scru

tin

ised

as

a w

aste

of m

oney

. In

mon

etar

y te

rms,

th

e da

nge

r of

th

ese

stat

e ap

para

tuse

s is

th

at t

hey

are

res

ourc

e h

eavy

, an

d re

quir

e ev

er-b

allo

onin

g ex

pen

ditu

res.

Th

e H

ilton

bom

bin

g in

197

8 w

as a

llege

d to

hav

e be

en o

rgan

ised

by

AS

IO in

an

att

empt

to

both

incr

ease

th

eir

budg

et a

nd

just

ify w

hy

they

nee

ded

to

exis

t. N

ot m

uch

has

ch

ange

d si

nce

wit

h t

he

Vic

tori

an P

olic

e bu

dget

for

2008

-200

9 at

a r

ecor

d $1

.75

billi

on. O

ver

a th

ird

of it

($65

7 m

illio

n) w

ill b

e sp

ent

to e

nsu

re

“Set

ha S

ann”

hel

ping

resc

ue c

hick

ens

from

a b

atte

ry fa

rm. W

ho sa

ys c

ops

neve

r do

anyt

hing

goo

d?

On

Oct

ober

16,

The

Age

pu

blis

hed

a s

erie

s of

inve

stig

ativ

e re

port

s on

th

e st

ate

surv

eilla

nce

of M

elbo

urn

e ac

tivi

st a

nd

com

mu

nit

y gr

oups

, wit

h t

he

late

st in

cide

nt

occu

rrin

g fo

r th

e la

st t

wo

year

s. I

t w

as r

evea

led

that

un

der

the

guid

ance

of

Vic

tori

a Po

lice’

s in

telli

gen

ce d

ivis

ion

, Sec

uri

ty I

nte

llige

nce

Gro

up,

a m

an h

ad

“in

filtr

ated

” ob

viou

sly

open

col

lect

ives

an

d or

gan

isat

ion

s. T

his

was

cou

pled

w

ith

an

art

icle

on

a c

orpo

rate

hir

ed u

nde

rcov

er c

ondu

ctin

g su

rvei

llan

ce o

n

envi

ron

men

tal g

rou

ps. N

ot o

nly

do

thes

e ra

ise

ques

tion

s of

civ

il lib

erti

es, b

ut

they

al

so b

eg t

he

ques

tion

of t

he

fun

ctio

ns

and

his

tori

cal r

oles

of t

he

orga

nis

atio

ns/

un

its

that

mon

itor

“in

tern

al s

ecu

rity

” an

d su

bver

sive

s.

The

polic

e u

nde

rcov

er w

as k

now

n t

o ac

tivi

sts

as “

Set

ha

San

n”.

Wit

h t

he

skill

of

wal

kin

g in

to a

roo

m a

nd

sayi

ng

‘Hi’,

Set

ha

had

“in

filtr

ated

” in

to s

ever

al le

fty

grou

ps in

Mel

bou

rne,

incl

udi

ng

a co

llect

ive

orga

nsi

ng

to p

rote

st t

he

(can

celle

d)

Ade

laid

e ar

ms

fair

, en

thu

sias

tica

lly m

anoe

uvr

ing

him

self

into

th

e ro

le o

f tak

ing

min

ute

s. A

s fa

r as

An

imal

Lib

erat

ion

Vic

tori

a (A

LV) w

as c

once

rned

, th

is “

vega

n”

007

had

dro

pped

his

spy

cre

d in

his

spr

itze

r -

“he

had

not

don

e h

is r

esea

rch

ve

ry w

ell,

and

had

abs

olu

tely

no

thou

ghts

, ide

as o

r op

inio

ns

abou

t an

y of

th

e is

sues

ALV

rep

rese

nts

”. A

LV a

lso

alle

ge A

LV t

hat

on

e of

th

eir

prev

iou

s “m

embe

rs,”

“N

icky

Jan

sen

,” w

as S

eth

a’s

imm

edia

te p

rede

cess

or. I

t is

bel

ieve

d th

at s

he

was

al

so c

onn

ecte

d w

ith

SIG

as

she

had

bee

n in

volv

ed in

th

e ex

act

sam

e gr

oups

as

Set

ha,

was

see

n in

to a

pol

ice

hel

icop

ter,

an

d di

sapp

eare

d fr

om t

he

grou

ps o

nce

qu

esti

ons

wer

e be

ing

aske

d. N

icky

als

o at

ten

ded

a po

st-G

20 d

ebri

efin

g se

ssio

n

in S

ydn

ey.

The

Age

als

o re

port

ed t

hat

a fo

rmer

pol

ice

un

derc

over

, kn

own

as

“Mem

et”,

was

em

ploy

ed b

y a

min

ing

com

pan

y in

ord

er t

o ke

ep t

abs

on p

rote

stor

s op

posi

ng

it.

This

str

ongl

y po

ints

to

the

impl

icit

rel

atio

nsh

ip b

etw

een

th

e st

ate

and

capi

tal.

It is

not

as

if sp

yin

g ca

n b

e fo

un

d in

th

e cl

assi

fieds

; som

ehow

not

on

ly d

id

the

min

ing

com

pan

y h

ear

abou

t M

emet

’s e

xper

tise

, bu

t th

ey a

lso

lear

nt

that

his

u

nde

rcov

er p

rofil

e w

as s

till

inta

ct a

nd

un

know

n t

o th

e ta

rget

ed a

nti

-ura

niu

m

com

mu

nit

y gr

oups

. Th

e co

mpa

ny,

form

erly

Nor

th L

td a

nd

now

tak

en o

ver

by R

io

Tin

to, h

ad a

lso

enga

ged

two

oth

er c

orpo

rate

spy

ing

com

pan

ies

- on

e of

wh

ich

was

al

so h

eade

d by

an

oth

er fo

rmer

pol

ice

un

derc

over

.

In lo

okin

g a

bit

clos

er in

to a

not

her

cas

e th

at S

IG w

as in

volv

ed in

, per

hap

s it

mig

ht

give

ligh

t as

to

how

th

ey fu

nct

ion

. It

has

bee

n r

evea

led

that

SIG

was

inst

rum

enta

l in

th

e ar

rest

s of

th

e B

arw

on/B

enbr

ika

13 (w

hos

e ca

se h

as b

een

labe

lled

as

Au

stra

lia’s

big

gest

ter

rori

sm t

rial

so

far)

. On

e of

th

eir

un

derc

over

s kn

own

as

SIO

39

, ope

rati

ng

un

der

the

nam

e “A

kmet

Son

mez

”, h

ad d

emon

stra

ted

a h

ome-

mad

e bo

mb

(acq

uir

ed t

hro

ugh

pol

ice

oper

atio

n c

olle

gues

) by

expl

odin

g it

in t

he

mid

dle

of t

he

bush

. It

was

th

e on

ly b

omb

and

wea

pon

(as

far

as w

as r

epor

ted)

th

at

the

“ter

rori

st”

orga

nis

atio

n e

ver

had

. The

Aus

tral

ian

is n

otab

ly in

deci

sive

on

th

eir

char

ges,

sta

tin

g th

at “

in m

ost

case

s [t

he

subm

itte

d su

rvei

llan

ce w

as] o

pen

to

Surv

eilla

nce

& s

pies

:Un

derc

over

pol

ice

in M

elbo

urne

Dum

pste

redT

win

(Rec

laim

the

Nig

ht (R

TN) i

s a

“wom

en’s

ann

ual g

loba

l mar

ch t

o pr

otes

t m

en’s

sex

ual

viol

ence

.” It

is h

eld

in a

num

ber

of c

itie

s in

Aus

tral

ia o

n th

e la

st F

riad

y of

Oct

ober

. Th

is r

epor

t co

mes

fro

m S

ydne

y)

I ha

ve t

o ad

mit

to

bein

g di

sapp

oint

ed b

y la

st F

rida

y’s

Recl

aim

the

N

ight

ral

ly (

31st

Oct

ober

). T

he c

ombi

nati

on o

f he

avy

traf

fic h

oldi

ng

up t

he t

ruck

and

sou

nd s

yste

m f

or t

he s

peec

hes

at T

own

Hal

l, a

nd t

he

thre

at o

f ra

in k

eepi

ng p

eopl

e aw

ay g

ot t

he e

veni

ng o

ff t

o a

shak

y st

art,

and

it w

as a

ll do

wn

hill

from

the

re.

Recl

aim

is n

ot a

n au

tono

mou

s m

arch

, w

hich

sur

pris

ed m

e, b

ut I

thin

k I

coul

d ha

ve d

ealt

wit

h th

at w

ere

it n

ot f

or t

he f

act

that

it e

nded

up

bein

g co

mpl

etel

y de

fere

ntia

l to

men

. Fa

r fr

om w

omen

sur

ging

ont

o th

e st

reet

s at

nig

ht

to r

ecla

im t

hem

(ev

en t

houg

h ar

guab

ly it

’s n

ot t

he s

tree

ts w

e ne

ed t

o Re

clai

m,

it’s

w

omen

’s h

ouse

s an

d w

orkp

lace

s, w

here

mos

t vi

olen

ce a

gain

st w

omen

occ

urs)

, w

e w

aite

d po

litel

y fo

r th

e po

lice

to c

lose

Geo

rge

St a

nd c

ordo

n th

e m

arch

. Th

is w

ish

for

polic

e to

‘pr

otec

t’ w

omen

in b

oth

the

publ

ic a

nd p

riva

te d

omai

n is

a s

tron

g se

ntim

ent,

or

at le

ast

it s

eem

s to

be

wha

t pe

ople

cal

l for

, ra

ther

tha

n ca

lling

on

com

mun

itie

s to

res

pond

to

sexu

al a

nd p

hysi

cal v

iole

nce

agai

nst

wom

en.

The

rally

end

ed u

p at

Hyd

e Pa

rk a

nd w

e se

ttle

d do

wn

on t

he g

rass

to

liste

n to

the

sp

eech

es.

Ther

e w

ere

two

that

rea

lly s

tood

out

for

me.

The

firs

t w

as a

fan

tast

ic

talk

by

Barb

ara

Shaw

who

cam

e do

wn

to S

ydne

y to

tal

k ab

out

the

Inte

rven

tion

/In

vasi

on in

the

NT.

As

one

of t

he d

eman

ds f

or t

his

year

’s R

TN w

as t

o en

d th

e In

terv

enti

on,

and

to im

plem

ent

the

‘Lit

tle

Child

ren

are

Sacr

ed’

repo

rt,

her

talk

was

ab

out

thos

e de

man

ds.

Just

to

coun

ter

that

pow

erfu

l and

app

ropr

iate

spe

ech

how

ever

, th

e sp

eake

r fr

om

the

NSW

Rap

e Cr

ises

Cen

tre,

who

one

wou

ld h

ave

expe

cted

to

talk

abo

ut t

he fi

rst

dem

and

of

the

rally

, w

hich

was

to

supp

ort

wom

en’s

sol

utio

ns t

o vi

olen

ce a

gain

st

wom

en,

inst

ead

quot

ed a

spe

ech

by K

evin

Rud

d!!!

! So

now

we’

re e

xpec

ted

to r

ely

on p

olic

e an

d po

litic

ians

for

pat

erna

listi

c pr

otec

tion

? I w

ould

hav

e th

ough

t so

meo

ne

from

a w

omen

’s s

ervi

ce p

rovi

der

wou

ld b

e fu

lly a

war

e of

the

dan

gers

of

rely

ing

on

polit

icia

ns f

or f

undi

ng s

aid

serv

ices

.

The

littl

e si

ngin

g gr

oup

chos

en t

o pe

rfor

m a

fter

the

spe

eche

s se

emed

to

be a

n ar

gum

ent

agai

nst

auto

nom

ous

orga

nisi

ng –

jus

t be

caus

e th

ey’r

e w

omen

do

esn’

t m

ean

they

hav

e fe

min

ist

polit

ics.

The

ir n

umbe

r ab

out

the

girl

no

t be

ing

good

eno

ugh

for

the

boy

real

ly s

aid

it a

ll.

That

sai

d ho

wev

er,

I sti

ll be

lieve

tha

t it

’s im

port

ant

for

ralli

es li

ke

RTN

to

cont

inue

to

be o

rgan

ised

, an

d it

was

gre

at t

o kn

ow t

hat

this

yea

r’s

rally

was

the

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tary

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ic o

f int

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tion

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per

form

ers

and

inte

rwea

ves

stir

ring

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l life

tal

es o

f the

ir h

ome

life

and

soci

al b

ackg

roun

d.

mea

n a

corr

espo

ndin

g le

ap in

the

amou

nt

of e

nerg

y, th

us p

roba

bly

foss

il fu

els,

use

d in

pro

duct

ion.

Our

Hop

e, O

ur S

elve

s.W

e sh

ould

be

care

ful

abou

t pr

edic

ting

apoc

alyp

ses.

We

shou

ld s

tay

away

from

th

e id

ea th

at fe

ar c

an b

uild

a re

volu

tiona

ry

mov

emen

t. Th

at

said

w

e on

ly

have

to

loo

k ac

ross

the

glo

be t

o se

e m

any

plac

es w

here

life

is

eith

er u

nliv

eabl

e or

un

bear

able

alre

ady.

Yet

it

is n

ot m

iser

y th

at w

ill a

bolis

h ca

pita

lism

, it

is h

ope

desp

ite m

iser

y th

at is

the

core

mom

ent o

f ou

r fre

edom

.O

ur s

trugg

le i

s ov

er h

ow m

uch

we

can

sepa

rate

our

selv

es f

rom

bei

ng r

educ

ed

to o

ur la

bour

pow

er.

I do

n’t

belie

ve t

hat

this

can

rea

lly b

e ac

hiev

ed i

ndiv

idua

lly:

each

ind

ivid

ual

‘esc

ape’

fro

m c

apita

lism

re

sts

on a

wor

ld o

f co

llect

ive

stru

ggle

. Th

e ch

alle

nge

is h

ow t

o tra

nsfo

rm o

ur

rela

tions

with

eac

h ot

her

so w

e ar

e no

lo

nger

su

bord

inat

e to

ca

pita

lism

bu

t ra

ther

, dev

elop

a p

oliti

cs fr

om b

elow

that

en

able

s th

e m

ultit

ude

to li

ve fo

r its

elf .

I do

not b

elie

ve s

uch

a po

litic

s ca

n ar

ise

sim

ply

from

th

e gr

owth

of

id

eolo

gica

l gr

oups

, how

ever

spa

rklin

g th

eir i

deol

ogy.

R

athe

r it i

s a

ques

tion

of tr

ying

to in

stal

l, or

pe

rhap

s he

lp g

row

, pol

itics

from

exi

stin

g co

nflic

ts in

soc

iety

and

sol

idar

ities

with

in

the

clas

s.

Whi

lst

‘Lef

t’ po

litic

s in

its

or

gani

sed

form

is

in d

isar

ray,

pra

ctic

es

of c

oope

ratio

n an

d re

belli

on r

emai

n pa

rt of

our

dai

ly l

ives

and

cou

ntle

ss p

eopl

e ex

pres

s va

ryin

g le

vels

of

cr

itiqu

es

of

capi

talis

t soc

iety

. W

e sh

ould

not

try

to ta

il th

e in

terv

entio

n of

th

e st

ate

in th

e ho

pe o

f mak

ing

capi

talis

m

nice

r, no

r can

we

only

sit

on th

e si

de li

nes

prea

chin

g ‘R

evol

utio

n’. P

erha

ps th

ere

is a

w

ay o

f stru

gglin

g to

day

that

acc

umul

ates

re

latio

ns

of

solid

arity

an

d op

ens

up

the

poss

ibili

ty

of

actu

ally

cr

eatin

g co

mm

unis

m.

This

cou

ld i

nvol

ve r

efus

al:

refu

se to

exc

ept j

ob c

uts,

or e

vict

ions

, or

pric

e ris

es. I

t cou

ld a

lso

invo

lve

crea

tion,

th

e de

velo

pmen

t of

pop

ular

ass

embl

ies

as th

e pl

ace

of g

ener

atin

g ou

r con

stitu

ent

pow

er.

And

per

haps

(an

d I

pose

thi

s po

int e

spec

ially

as

a po

int o

f deb

ate)

we

coul

d ac

tual

ly c

reat

e de

man

ds to

figh

t for

in

a w

ay t

hat

esca

pes

the

elec

toria

lism

an

d st

atis

m o

f re

form

ism

: de

man

ds f

or

a ge

nera

l so

cial

inc

ome,

or

a re

duce

d w

orki

ng w

eek

with

no

redu

ctio

n in

pay

, fu

ndin

g fo

r com

mun

ity w

orks

hops

, etc

. Is

it p

ossi

ble

to p

ose

conc

rete

dem

ands

an

d fig

ht f

or t

hem

in

way

s th

at e

xpan

d so

cial

ant

agon

ism

, tha

t inc

reas

e le

vels

of

inte

rnal

cla

ss s

olid

arity

and

inte

nsify

our

fe

elin

g an

d re

alis

atio

n of

our

sep

arat

ion

for

capi

talis

t so

ciet

y?

Suc

h de

man

ds

run

the

risk

of b

ecom

ing

part

of a

soc

ial

dem

ocra

tic o

r lib

eral

atte

mpt

to c

onst

ruct

a

“mor

e ju

st s

ocie

ty,”

whe

n ta

lk o

f a “m

ore

just

soc

iety

” ar

e of

ten

scam

s to

mak

e us

try

to fi

x a

syst

em w

e ne

ed to

abo

lish.

W

here

to

star

t? W

hat

are

we

alre

ady

doin

g, w

hat

links

of

solid

arity

and

sel

f ac

tivity

how

ever

lim

ited

alre

ady

oper

ate?

W

hat

are

poss

ible

way

s of

dee

peni

ng

them

, of

int

ensi

fyin

g an

tago

nism

? Th

e ve

ry fi

rst s

tep

seem

s si

mpl

e, to

agr

ee to

as

sem

ble,

to

agre

e to

mee

t, pe

rhap

s to

m

eet i

n ne

w w

ays.

We

mig

ht n

eed

to la

y do

wn

the

ideo

logi

cal a

rmou

r, ta

ke u

p th

e un

certa

inty

of

criti

cal

thou

ght,

lay

dow

n th

e pr

ojec

ts o

f bu

ildin

g th

e or

gani

satio

n,

take

up

exte

ndin

g th

e se

lf-or

gani

satio

n of

th

e cl

ass.

Fro

m h

ere

we

can

expe

rimen

t in

way

s of

real

ly a

mpl

ifyin

g au

tono

my.

we

wer

e ev

er re

ally

ask

ed) t

o w

ork

long

er

and

mor

e in

tens

ely

then

we

wou

ld b

e of

fere

d in

crea

sed

leve

ls o

f con

sum

ptio

n.

(And

let’s

not

forg

et th

at th

is h

igh

leve

l of

cons

umpt

ion

was

stil

l a

very

alie

natin

g m

ode

of li

fe.)

This

wor

ked

thro

ugh

cred

it:

we

wer

e ab

le t

o bo

rrow

to

have

acc

ess

to m

ore

mon

ey t

han

our

wag

es.

In p

ast

perio

ds o

f cap

italis

m, t

o ge

t mor

e m

oney

w

e ha

d to

stru

ggle

for

incr

ease

d w

ages

, w

hich

was

ofte

n do

ne t

hrou

gh c

olle

ctiv

e ac

tion.

With

eas

y cr

edit

we

coul

d ga

in

mor

e m

oney

as

indi

vidu

als:

and

our

deb

t co

mpe

lled

us b

ack

to w

ork.

Thro

ugh

our

supe

rann

uatio

n an

d ou

r in

vest

men

ts

mor

e an

d m

ore

of

us

depe

nded

eith

er p

artly

or

tota

lly o

n th

e he

alth

of t

he fi

nanc

ial m

arke

ts. T

his

also

w

orks

to fu

rther

bin

d us

to c

apita

l. W

hen

stoc

ks c

olla

psed

, thi

s m

eant

that

not

onl

y C

EO

s w

ill h

ave

lost

thei

r ric

hes,

but

that

m

illio

ns o

f w

orke

rs f

ace

mas

sive

cut

s in

th

eir i

ncom

es a

nd re

tirem

ent s

avin

gs.

We

can

also

spe

cula

te a

bout

the

fut

ure.

C

apita

lism

will

use

this

cris

is to

reco

nstru

ct

itsel

f. W

e ca

n be

qui

te s

ure

that

cap

italis

m

will

try

to d

rive

dow

n th

e va

lue

of la

bour

-po

wer

and

/or

incr

ease

the

inte

nsity

and

ra

te o

f wor

k, th

roug

h a

rang

e of

pos

sibl

e st

rugg

les:

mas

s un

empl

oym

ent,

long

er

hour

s, s

horte

r hou

rs.

We

can

also

spe

cula

te t

hat

the

cris

is in

ca

pita

lism

an

d ca

pita

l’s

reac

tion

may

in

crea

se th

e hi

erar

chy

and

confl

ict w

ithin

th

e pr

olet

aria

t. D

ivis

ions

and

hie

rarc

hies

of

di

ffere

nce

(rac

e,

gend

er,

etc)

ar

e a

fund

amen

tal

part

of

how

ca

pita

lism

w

orks

. Cap

italis

t ide

olog

ies

of ra

cism

will

m

ost l

ikel

y be

dep

loye

d an

d al

so th

ere

is

alw

ays

the

chan

ce th

at in

har

d an

d di

fficu

lt tim

es, t

he c

lass

will

col

laps

e in

to it

self

in

vorte

xes

of v

iole

nce

and

iden

tity.

Po

litic

al E

rror

s.Th

ere

seem

to b

e tw

o er

rors

that

the

Left

mig

ht m

ake.

The

firs

t ste

ms

from

a fa

ilure

to u

nder

stan

d th

e na

ture

of n

eolib

eral

ism

. It

has b

een

com

mon

to ty

pify

neo

liber

alis

m

as t

he t

rium

ph o

f th

e ‘M

arke

t’ ov

er t

he

‘Sta

te’.

The

failu

re o

f neo

liber

alis

m a

s th

e he

gem

onic

ideo

logy

of c

apita

lism

and

the

retu

rn o

f som

e ki

nd o

f sta

te in

terv

entio

n –

is th

en s

een

as a

vic

tory

. It i

s m

ista

kenl

y se

en a

s if

it w

ill m

ean

the

tam

ing

of

capi

talis

m’s

exc

ess

and

the

rebi

rth o

f th

e gr

eat

refo

rmis

t pr

ojec

ts o

f th

e 20

th

cent

ury.

C

apita

lism

is n

ot t

he m

arke

t. C

apita

lism

is

a s

yste

m b

uilt

on t

he e

xplo

itatio

n an

d co

mm

odifi

catio

n of

hum

an c

reat

ivity

, and

th

e en

tire

soci

al o

rder

tha

t is

nec

essa

ry

to s

usta

in t

his.

Bot

h th

e st

ate

and

the

mar

ket,

that

is t

he ‘p

oliti

cal’

orga

nisa

tion

of s

ocie

ty a

nd ‘e

cono

mic

’ org

anis

atio

n of

so

ciet

y, a

re j

ust

elem

ents

of

capi

talis

m.

Key

nesi

anis

m (

an e

cono

mic

the

ory

that

ca

lls o

n th

e st

ate

to s

timul

ate

econ

omic

gr

owth

thro

ugh

taxt

aion

and

pro

gram

s of

so

cial

spe

ndin

g) o

r neo

liber

alis

m a

re ju

st

diffe

rent

way

s th

at t

he e

ssen

tially

sam

e sy

stem

ope

rate

s.S

econ

dly

sinc

e ec

onom

ic c

risis

will

mos

t lik

ely

see

a dr

op in

con

sum

ptio

n th

ere

is

a m

isan

thro

pic

gree

n ho

pe t

hat

this

will

be

goo

d ne

ws

for

the

earth

. Th

is f

ails

to

und

erst

and

that

a s

impl

e dr

op i

n th

e vo

lum

e of

con

sum

ptio

n do

es n

ot m

ean

that

cap

ital’s

effe

ct o

n th

e gl

obe

will

be

less

ened

. Cap

italis

m is

not

abo

ut s

impl

y se

lling

larg

e am

ount

s of

thin

gs. I

t is

abou

t re

alis

ing

surp

lus-

valu

e.

If le

ss

actu

al

com

mod

ities

are

bei

ng so

ld ca

pita

lism

may

at

tem

pt to

incr

ease

the

amou

nt o

f sur

plus

va

lue

embo

died

in e

ach

com

mod

ity: e

ither

by

driv

ing

dow

n th

e co

st o

f lab

our

or b

y in

crea

sing

pr

oduc

tivity

or

bo

th.

Eith

er

may

incr

ease

the

amou

nt o

f pol

lutio

n an

d ec

olog

ical

dam

age

caus

ed.

A d

rive

to

chea

p la

bour

and

low

-cos

t pr

oduc

tion

in

the

Glo

bal S

outh

is o

ften

asso

ciat

ed w

ith

chea

per a

nd m

ore

pollu

ting

tech

nolo

gies

, w

hils

t a

mov

e to

hig

her

prod

uctiv

ity c

an

As

I w

rite,

gl

obal

ca

pita

lism

ap

pear

s to

be

eith

er,

on t

he v

erge

of,

or w

ell

with

in,

a m

ajor

cr

isis

. R

evol

utio

nary

an

ticap

italis

ts s

houl

d no

t use

this

mom

ent

to c

eleb

rate

the

suffe

ring

of o

ur e

nem

ies.

C

omfo

rtabl

e na

rrat

ives

that

mec

hani

cally

be

lieve

that

eco

nom

ic c

risis

lead

s to

the

end

of c

apita

lism

mus

t be

dis

mis

sed.

S

ober

ingl

y, w

e sh

ould

rem

embe

r tha

t the

m

ajor

eco

nom

ic c

risis

of t

he 2

0th

Cen

tury

re

sulte

d in

fasc

ism

, war

and

the

deat

hs o

f m

illio

ns; a

nd th

at w

ithou

t the

dev

elop

men

t of

col

lect

ive

stru

ggle

(s),

cris

is p

rovi

des

capi

talis

m

with

an

op

portu

nity

to

re

stru

ctur

e an

d co

unte

r-at

tack

. Ind

eed

as

40,0

00 p

eopl

e st

arve

to

deat

h ev

eryd

ay

whe

n ca

pita

lism

is

func

tioni

ng ‘

wel

l’, i

t’s

hard

to fe

el jo

y w

hen

it fu

nctio

ns ‘b

adly

’.

Ala

in

Bad

iou

writ

es

how

th

e cu

rren

t fin

ical

cris

is i

s lik

e w

atch

ing

a di

sast

er

mov

ie: “

Not

hing

is m

issi

ng, t

he s

pect

acle

of

m

ount

ing

disa

ster

, th

e fe

elin

g of

be

ing

susp

ende

d fro

m

enor

mou

s pu

ppet

-stri

ngs.

..But

hop

e ab

ides

. In

the

fo

regr

ound

, wild

-eye

d an

d fo

cuss

ed, l

ike

in a

dis

aste

r m

ovie

, w

e se

e th

e sm

all

gang

of t

he p

ower

ful –

Sar

kozy

, Pau

lson

, M

erke

l, B

row

n,

Tric

het

and

othe

rs

– try

ing

to e

xtin

guis

h th

e m

onet

ary

flam

es,

stuf

fing

tens

of

billi

ons

into

the

cen

tral

Hol

e.” I

f the

cris

is im

mob

ilise

s us

, we

then

ca

ll on

sav

iour

s: th

e go

od p

oliti

cian

s an

d fin

anci

al m

anag

ers.

But

can

we

act

for

ours

elve

s? W

hat

is c

ruci

al f

or B

adio

u is

th

e de

velo

pmen

t of

idea

s an

d co

llect

ive

actio

ns “e

very

thin

g w

e ne

ed to

turn

aw

ay

from

the

film

of t

he c

risis

and

rise

up.

” O

ne d

ifficu

lty in

res

pond

ing

to t

he c

risis

is

the

fetis

hise

d na

ture

of s

ocia

l rel

atio

ns

in c

apita

list

soci

ety.

As

Mar

x ar

gues

, in

a

soci

ety

whe

re t

he c

apita

list

mod

e of

pr

oduc

tion

prev

ails

, hum

an c

reat

ivity

is o

n

the

who

le tr

ansf

orm

ed in

to c

omm

oditi

es.

Par

t of t

he n

atur

e of

the

com

mod

ity is

that

th

is c

reat

ivity

app

ears

est

rang

ed fr

om u

s,

and

embo

died

in

the

thin

g w

e cr

eate

d.

Ther

efor

e,

whi

lst

glob

al

capi

talis

m

is

prod

uced

by

the

activ

ities

of

billi

ons

of

peop

le, i

t is

expe

rienc

ed a

s if

our p

rodu

cts

are

activ

e an

d w

e ar

e th

eir o

bjec

ts. T

his

of

cour

se r

each

es a

biz

arre

ape

x in

mon

ey

and

then

in

fin

anci

al

mar

kets

. M

oney

ta

kes

on a

life

of i

ts o

wn.

In c

onte

mpo

rary

gl

obal

cap

italis

m m

oney

app

ears

to

be

a su

pern

atur

al

forc

e di

rect

ing

hum

an

soci

ety a

nd p

assi

ons h

ere

and

ther

e du

e to

co

nfus

ing

and

unco

ntro

llabl

e w

him

s. A

nd

of c

ours

e in

a s

trang

e w

ay th

is is

true

. In

capi

talis

m it

is th

e ab

stra

ct a

nd fe

tishi

sed

form

s of

val

ue t

hat

poss

es a

genc

y an

d w

e ar

e th

eir

disp

osed

cre

ator

s: e

xcep

t w

hen

peop

le r

ebel

aga

inst

this

situ

atio

n;

som

ethi

ng th

ey d

o al

l the

tim

e.

The

Effe

cts

of th

e C

risis

.W

hat w

ill b

e th

e ef

fect

s of

the

cris

is?

In th

e ab

senc

e of

any

cha

lleng

es t

o ca

pita

lism

fro

m b

elow

, pro

babl

y ho

rrifi

c. T

he m

ajor

ity

of u

s (th

e m

ultit

ude,

the

pro

leta

riat,

etc)

ar

e al

read

y re

duce

d to

a s

ituat

ion

whe

re

the

only

thin

g w

e ha

ve to

‘sel

l’ in

capi

talis

m

is o

ur l

abou

r: ou

r cr

eativ

e ab

ility

. A

nd

I am

not

just

tal

king

abo

ut t

he w

ork

we

do fo

r pay

, but

als

o al

l the

unw

aged

wor

k w

e do

. As

our

lives

hav

e be

en r

educ

ed

into

wor

king

for

cap

italis

m,

a cr

isis

in

capi

talis

m i

s fo

r us

a t

raum

a. A

lread

y w

e ar

e se

eing

res

trict

ed s

tate

spe

ndin

g,

job

loss

es a

nd t

ight

er c

redi

t: in

crea

sing

po

verty

, aus

terit

y an

d di

fficu

lties

.W

hat

mak

es

this

pa

rticu

lar

cris

is

so

diffi

cult

for

us i

s th

e sp

ecifi

c cr

isis

in

finan

ce c

apita

l. P

art

of t

he ‘

deal

’ th

at

capi

tal

prev

ious

ly

offe

red

wor

kers

in

A

ustra

lia w

as th

at if

we

‘agr

eed’

(not

that