Potent News Update – Occupy Nova Scotia [video included]
Amir Alwani
Potent News
October 20, 2011
My experience, on the ground, is that this is one of the most leaderfull “leaderless” movements I’ve ever seen. Also noteworthy, one of these guys just came from Tahrir Square and the other from Wall Street.
Activist Post‘s description of the video is spot-on:
Contributor Amir Alwani was back at Occupy Nova Scotia to document some of the speakers and protesters. He made some interesting discoveries. In the first segment, a protester voices his concern over the structure of the General Assembly within the overall movement. He illustrates the irony that people have taken to the streets as the 99% fed up with the rule by the 1%, yet many congregate in choir fashion around one speaker, often chanting the message of the “leader.” He is quick to point out that this does not invalidate the entire movement, but it is something we certainly should be mindful of as activists.In the second segment a man comments about a tent labeled “media centre” that, according to him, was behaving in a secretive way. Amir heads over to the tent and listens to two representatives, James Green and Miles Howe, speak about their mission. James has arrived from the Occupy Wall Street media team, and Miles has experience in “revolutionary squares,” including Tahrir Square in Egypt. This combination should cause some healthy skepticism of their views, as both locations have been focal points for political operatives.
In fact, they are creating a “media co-op” at Occupy Nova Scotia where citizen journalists are encouraged to submit their videos and printed material. However, there is a strange choice of language as they discuss how important it is that their group be the only one to disseminate the information to the world, stressing the need to “shape the message.” This is the exact top-down approach that corporate media uses. It seems oddly out of place to those who are protesting against the power that the few have over the many. Again, we urge activists to be mindful of giving away our power to any centralized source.
The following is an excerpt from an interview with Webster Griffin Tarpley on PressTV (Oct. 12):
“Press TV: This thing about silencing John Lewis, if we have a member of the Congress there being silenced, then what does show in terms of what is going to happen to the protesters out on the streets? How would the one percent want to use any tactics to silence? What kind of tactics would they use to silence the Americans and the protesters out on the streets?
Tarpley: With what they are using. They are using a bunch of anarchists and this Adbusters comes from the Situationist International. Situationist International was cooked up by NATO and the CIA back in the 1950s and 60s to overthrow General [Charles] de Gaulle of France who was the target at that time.
This whole apparatus of the General Assembly, the facilitators, the consensus, the voting, the human microphone; the leaderless group is a brainwashing technique; the human microphone is a brainwashing technique.”
http://edition.presstv.ir/detail/204427.html
http://tarpley.net/2011/10/12/unchain-the-mass-strike/
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Oct. 18 http://blip.tv/play/AYLZjk0C.html
Oct. 16 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq-CYRKt5mU
Oct. 12 http://edition.presstv.ir/detail/204427.html
Oct. 10 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMVEVmxMsEg
Oct. 7 http://tarpley.net/2011/10/07/occupy-wall-street-who-wants-to-hijack-the-movement/
Oct. 5 http://tarpley.net/2011/10/06/occupy-wall-street-needs-a-fighting-program-to-save-the-nation-not-endless-groupthink/
Sept. 20 http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=21110
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UPDATE from June 6, 2013: I have to admit that after having met Miles Howe a couple times and having spoken to a couple people who’ve known him for years, I am now admittedly less suspicious of Miles Howe. That said, the other guy, James Green, definitely made a reputation for himself at this event and in the end, there seemed to be consensus among the community that James Green was definitely a shady character. For one thing, James had gone out of his way to tell mainstream media that if they wanted to interview members of the Occupy NS movement they had to come to the square to do it. He told this to mainstream media on behalf of everyone in the movement while consulting few, if any, people in the movement. At the beginning of this whole thing he referred to himself as the “media liaison” for the group and when I was present at a couple of the meetings that happened prior to the actual initial event, it was clear that James was trying to dominate and steer the debate into a discussion about administrative matters such as food, toilets, tents, blankets, etc. People swallowed this shit up as they disregarded the fact that nobody there seemed to prioritize coming to a consensus about why we were actually there and what our demands were. To call this movement synthetic is an understatement, in my opinion.
Occupy NS – Jesse Keane Sheds Light On Harper’s Crimes, TSA Molestation And The American Soviet State
Amir Alwani
Potent News
October 17, 2011
Here’s a protestor at Halifax`s Occupy Nova Scotia. I am very glad that somebody mentioned the sexual molestation…
I am sorry about the video quality… I was trying to conserve as much battery power as possible but now I know that’s not worth it. Sorry about the cut in the middle too – the camera, for some reason, automatically turns off after 3 minutes when in “compact mode” (I didn’t know that). I don’t think too much was lost, though. The next video will be more professional.
FDA Trilateral Cooperation Charter – the end of health freedom as we know it
Ethan A. Huff
Natural News
October 17, 2011
(NaturalNews) As horrific as the recent US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) New Dietary Ingredient (NDI) guidelines are for health freedom (http://www.naturalnews.com/033482_F…), they are not necessarily the worst threat currently on the regulatory horizon. Far off the radar of most in the natural health community is the quietly-developing North American Trilateral Cooperation Charter (TCC), which threatens to merge the dietary supplement regulation guidelines of the US, Mexico, and Canada into a single, highly-restrictive regulatory paradigm.
The “Food & Nutrition” section of Health Canada’s “International Activities” website explains that TCC, which was officially signed by representatives from seven food, drug, health, and trade agencies of the three North American countries, is designed to “improve product safety” and “promote public health.” This is done by “facilitat[ing] the communication, collaboration, leveraging of resources, and the exchange of information on issues of mutual interest among the three countries” (http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/intact…).
US Policy Toward Iran One-Way Ticket to War
Land Destroyer
October 15, 2011
Policy Wonk Plays Dumb Over Role in Iranian Escalation.
by Tony Cartalucci
Editor’s Note: For those not familiar with the “Which Path to Persia?” report, more information can be found here, and part II here.
October 15, 2011 – Kenneth Pollack helped literally co-author the blueprints for America’s current policy toward Iran. Titled, “Which Path to Persia?” and published in 2009 for the Fortune 500-funded Brookings Institution, much of what was covered in the report had already gone operational before it hit the press. This included training, arming, and supporting terrorists within Iran, sanctions, US-funded uprisings, and covert attempts to provoke Iran into war.
While pundits in the media and politicians behind their podiums talk about “extending hands,” “carrots and sticks,” and other trite, and ultimately contrived policies the US is supposedly pursuing in regards to Iran, there is in reality only Brookings’ plan – and it leads only to war.
Robert-Arthur: Menard coming to Halifax – Oct. 17
Don’t Miss: Freeman-on-the-Land
Robert-Arthur: Menard
Author, Comedian, Speaker
Creator of ‘Bursting Bubbles of Government Deception’ and ‘The Magnificent Deception’.
Empowermentality
A Freeman Vision For Canada
What is Empowermentality?
Our present form of government is hundreds of years old, and no longer serving the people, but the bankers and lawyers at our expense. The government and courts have been hijacked by profit driven corporations. Is there a better way? Join Freeman-on-the-Land Robert-Arthur: Menard as he shares his vision for a better Canada, one governed through direct democracy, without a need for corruptible politicians, and unelected judges. Let’s change the way we govern ourselves, fire Harper and his N.W.O. puppet masters, and find peace and abundance for our children! Come join the Lawful Peaceful Freeman Revolution!
What: A Comedic High Energy Presentation on Law, Freedom, Direct Democracy and establishing a People’s Congress.
When: Monday October 17th
Where: Buffalo Club, 2 Wentworth Street, Dartmouth NS.
Time: 7:30 PM – 10:30PM
Other: Bring your love of justice, thirst for knowledge, and any food or drinks you would like to share. There will be a Q&A period after the presentation.
Occupy Nova Scotia Oct 15th
Occupy Nova Scotia
EVENT HAPPENING TODAY – October 15, 2011
Location:
Grande Parade Square, in front of Town Hall, Halifax.
Schedule:
| 11.00am | Setup + Snacks |
| 12.00pm | Speeches (5 minutes each) |
| 2.00pm | Arts+Crafts, sign making |
| 3.00pm | Teach-ins |
| 4.00pm | Talk time, meet new people |
| 5.00pm | Working groups (find a way to help out the cause) |
| 6.00pm | Supper |
| 7.00pm | General Assembly at Grand Parade Square |
