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Tommaso Campanella - Wikipedia
"Campanella's aim was to establish a society based on the community of goods and wives ... he foresaw the advent of the Age of the Spirit in the year 1600. Betrayed by two of his fellow conspirators, he was captured and incarcerated. Feigning insanity, he
utopia  italy  wikipedia  monopoly_on_violence 
january 2008 by fakeisthenewreal
The Indypendent » Good Riddance: NYPD Assistant Chief Bruce Smolka Retires Abruptly Amidst Video-Fueled Scandals
bike  nyc  monopoly_on_violence 
december 2007 by fakeisthenewreal
AlterNet: Anti-authoritarian Cities
funny how i didn't grasp this at all when i read the orig. article in Science
urban  history  monopoly_on_violence  archeology 
october 2007 by fakeisthenewreal
BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Burma march 'largest in 20 years'
Hopeful steps. Rooting for another color revolution, fearing a crackdown.
burma  politics  monopoly_on_violence 
september 2007 by fakeisthenewreal
Protests over terror arrest of German academic | Special reports | Guardian Unlimited
"prosecutors arrested Mr Holm on 8/1 under the anti-terrorism law, citing repeated use of words such as "gentrification" & "inequality" in his papers." Similar terms have been used by an urban activist organisation accused of arson
germany  planning  europe  monopoly_on_violence 
august 2007 by fakeisthenewreal
Transition in Spain: From Franco to Democracy - Google Book Search
Supporters of Ferdinand VII cheered 'Long live the chains!' when he was restored to the throne in 1814 (with wrists crossed, according to Milos Forman). (cf in The Phantom of Liberty)
spain  monopoly_on_violence  book  google  rumor  too_good_to_be_true 
july 2007 by fakeisthenewreal
The Thoreau Problem | Rebecca Solnit | Orion magazine
Thoreau picking huckleberries after getting out of jail, the connections between city and country, landscape and politics and why "a passion for justice and pleasure in small things are not incompatible"
writing  politics  landscape  viauntitledprojects  monopoly_on_violence  environment 
may 2007 by fakeisthenewreal
Opium Made Easy (Harper's, April 1, 1997)
Grow poppies for fun and paranoia
food  law  monopoly_on_violence  horticulture 
may 2007 by fakeisthenewreal
13StEvict
yeah, those are treads. You didn't mention the gas-soaked barricades.
monopoly_on_violence  nyc  anarchy  history  via:kio 
may 2007 by fakeisthenewreal
Solidarnosc, two versions of protest as the practice of everyday life
govTV blares on empty streets - thx k!
awesome  poland  activism  monopoly_on_violence  pasta  via:kio 
april 2007 by fakeisthenewreal
Massacre fallout: Charges for essay | Chicago Tribune
[over-reactions] 18-yo straight-A student is arrested for writing a disturbing essay in a creative writing class. Racist VT blowback: he's Chinese-American
racism  news  illinois  goddamn_fucking_christ  monopoly_on_violence 
april 2007 by fakeisthenewreal
The Village Voice: Runnin' Scared
Kenneth Jackson is part of the 5BBC lawsuit against the new NYPD parade rules!
bike  nyc  monopoly_on_violence  law  news 
march 2007 by fakeisthenewreal
Abolish the death penalty | Chicago Tribune
Surprised, glad to see the Trib come out with this.
prison  monopoly_on_violence  chicago  news  awesome 
march 2007 by fakeisthenewreal
I-Witness Video Blog: NYPD Video Spying Techniques
'antiterrorism' vids of people riding bikes. Aerial infrared of critical mass is beautiful
monopoly_on_violence  nyc  bike  video  the_sadness 
february 2007 by fakeisthenewreal
NYT: Geography and the Machinery of Death
Should be 'geology and the machinery of death.' A death penalty case that hinges on a 1/12 portion of mineral rights.
geography  geology  crime  monopoly_on_violence 
february 2007 by fakeisthenewreal
SPATIAL INFORMATION DESIGN LAB
"The SIDL is a think- and action-tank at Columbia University specializing in the visual display of spatial information about contemporary cities and events." Million dollar blocks, Archit & Justice. (great webdesign: red Helvetica)
nyc  mapping  grad.school  architecture  monopoly_on_violence 
october 2006 by fakeisthenewreal
The Andijan Uprising, Akramiya and Akram Yuldashev - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
"69 minutes of video taken by 2 cameramen in Andijan on 5/13/05 ... the complete version of the film." "Uzbek govt lost control of the city...protestors took the main govt building & held a large rally in front. Govt broke the demo, deaths in 100s"
uzbekistan  asia  video  activism  monopoly_on_violence  social_control 
june 2006 by fakeisthenewreal
CIA - The World Factbook -- Field Listing - Disputes - international
social networking, nation-state style. via idlewords // inexplicably doesn't mention that China claims Taiwan & vice versa.
archive  monopoly_on_violence  world  war  fictional_states  viaidlewords 
march 2006 by fakeisthenewreal
F91W-1 - Classic - Timepiece - Products - CASIO
NYT: for "at least half a dozen men ... the "relevant data" considered by [Guantanamo's] annual review boards included the possession ... of a Casio model F-91W watch."
time  end_of_rome  monopoly_on_violence  terrorism  usa  hidden_patterns  cuba 
march 2006 by fakeisthenewreal
Chicago Tribune | Signs of discontent in the city
"If you read the history of Fred Hampton, you won't see anything that bad," Ald. Haithcock said. "All he said is he was going to defend himself against policemen, and evidently he didn't because they murdered him."
chicago  irony  monopoly_on_violence  the_everyday  racism  humor 
march 2006 by fakeisthenewreal
After Judge's Ruling, Fewer Are Arrested in Mass Bike Ride - New York Times
"On Friday night, in the first ride since the ruling, three people were arrested, far fewer than the 20 to 40 arrested at the many of the rides in the last year."
bike  monopoly_on_violence  nyc  activism  news 
february 2006 by fakeisthenewreal
The Invisible Institute
"Chicago-based co. dedicated to collaborative social justice projects. Our tools include human rights documentation, photography, graphic design, and innovative use of IT." (great name)
chicago  technology  activism  politics  monopoly_on_violence  org  institute 
february 2006 by fakeisthenewreal
The View From The Ground » Kicking the Pigeon #1: April 13, 2003
Part 1 of 17 in series on rotten cops in the CHA. Highly rec'd. "The impunity of 'a few bad apples' can create conditions of life on the ground ... that resemble those in the most repressive police states."
chicago  monopoly_on_violence  racism  crime  politics  police 
february 2006 by fakeisthenewreal
Texas v. White - Wikipedia
Salmon P Chase: "There was no place for reconsideration, or revocation [of the union between Texas and the other States], except through revolution, or through consent of the States."
history  texas  politics  wikipedia  usa  monopoly_on_violence 
february 2006 by fakeisthenewreal
Surveillance Prompts a Suit: Police v. Police - New York Times
"The officers' union is suing the city, charging that the police procedures at their demonstrations — many of them routinely used at war protests, antipoverty marches & mass bike rides — were so heavy-handed & intimidating that their 1st Amendment
activism  news  nyc  irony  politics  monopoly_on_violence  social_control 
february 2006 by fakeisthenewreal
CCTV Sabotag, London, United Kingdom 1998
anyone actually done this?
art  graffiti  uk  london  monopoly_on_violence 
january 2006 by fakeisthenewreal
The New York Review of Books: The Mirage of Empire
"Kaplan reports a National Guardsman in Afghanistan describing his tour of duty: "You get to see places tourists never do. We're like tourists with guns.""
politics  end_of_rome  monopoly_on_violence 
january 2006 by fakeisthenewreal
Gangs and the 1919 Race Riot
chicago  politics  history  monopoly_on_violence 
december 2005 by fakeisthenewreal
This is Baader-Meinhof
It was about scraping the bucolic soil and exposing the fascist, Nazi-tainted bedrock that the modern West German state was propped upon.
germany  history  politics  terrorism  monopoly_on_violence 
november 2005 by fakeisthenewreal
Top 100 Cities with the Largest Percentage of Males (pop. 2000+)
prison & military towns
prison  politics  race  social_control  monopoly_on_violence 
november 2005 by fakeisthenewreal
3quarksdaily: Monday Musing: Posthumously Arrested for Assaulting Myself
edward sampson follies
fake  identity  monopoly_on_violence 
november 2005 by fakeisthenewreal
Weber's Thesis - Wikipedia
"a state is a human community that (successfully) claims the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force within a given territory"
monopoly_on_violence  politics  history  wikipedia 
october 2005 by fakeisthenewreal
BikeBlog: Inside 520 Kingsland Ave.
bikeswestole.com
nyc  bike  greenpoint  monopoly_on_violence 
october 2005 by fakeisthenewreal
CNN.com - 20 fined for using letters W and Q - Oct 25, 2005
Time for a Kurdish version of A Void that avoids W & Q
turkey  alphabet  monopoly_on_violence  social_control 
october 2005 by fakeisthenewreal
jameswagner.com: Smolka photo found!
Assistant Chf Bruce Smolka of the NYPD is a major-league asshole.
nyc  bike  monopoly_on_violence 
october 2005 by fakeisthenewreal
Critical Mass Martyrs 9-30-05 - a photoset on Flickr
short photoset of the arrest, incarceration, ... of a few law-abiding Critical Mass riders, plus one innocent personal trainer who happened to be passing by!
nyc  bike  monopoly_on_violence  social_control 
october 2005 by fakeisthenewreal
TIME'S UP! :: Photo Gallery :: View a Photo
we've got uh-oh!
nyc  bike  monopoly_on_violence 
october 2005 by fakeisthenewreal
BBC NEWS | World | Africa | Dumped in Zimbabwe's poor villages
zimbabwe  politics  squatters  monopoly_on_violence  social_control 
august 2005 by fakeisthenewreal
BBC NEWS | Europe | Italy probes 'parallel police'
italian anti-terrorist group employs cops, has website, is illegal?
italy  police  politics  terrorism  monopoly_on_violence 
july 2005 by fakeisthenewreal

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