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In reply to the discussion: STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Tuesday, 7 January 2014 [View all]Demeter
(85,373 posts)13. An Open Letter to The Occupy Wall Street Movement: You Were Right All Along
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/01/03/1266850/-An-Open-Letter-to-The-Occupy-Wall-Street-Movement-You-Were-Right-All-Along?detail=email
There is a vast total-information-awareness surveillance network made up of global corporations and subservient (captured) governments engaging in the systematic infiltration and suppression of social justice activist groups. Their main method of control is the implementation of divide-and-conquer strategies. When it comes to activists, their approach is to apply these strategies to what they have defined as four distinct groups: Radicals, who see the system as corrupt are marginalized and discredited with character assassination techniques. Realists, who can be convinced that real change is not possible. Idealists, who can be convinced (through propaganda) that they have the facts wrong. And Opportunists, who are in it for themselves and therefore can be easily co-opted.
These suppression strategies, revealed on Stratfor documents from the WikiLeaks Global Intelligence Files" ("as a result of Jeremy Hammonds December 2011 hack" , were reported in a MintPress News article written by Steve Horn: "How To Win The Media War Against Grassroots Activists: Stratfors Strategies"
When one takes the time to dig into many of the leaked documents as well as additional material becoming available as the result of Freedom of Information Act requests, one can't help but to marvel at the level of depravity exhibited by these global corporate spy networks in their single-minded quest for profit and power.
And that is why the non-hierarchical organizational approach the Occupy Wall Street movement embraced from the beginning was the right one all along. As the movement reemerges with more strength and power than ever this year, the non-hierarchical leadership approach will be its biggest strength...
MUST READ
There is a vast total-information-awareness surveillance network made up of global corporations and subservient (captured) governments engaging in the systematic infiltration and suppression of social justice activist groups. Their main method of control is the implementation of divide-and-conquer strategies. When it comes to activists, their approach is to apply these strategies to what they have defined as four distinct groups: Radicals, who see the system as corrupt are marginalized and discredited with character assassination techniques. Realists, who can be convinced that real change is not possible. Idealists, who can be convinced (through propaganda) that they have the facts wrong. And Opportunists, who are in it for themselves and therefore can be easily co-opted.
These suppression strategies, revealed on Stratfor documents from the WikiLeaks Global Intelligence Files" ("as a result of Jeremy Hammonds December 2011 hack" , were reported in a MintPress News article written by Steve Horn: "How To Win The Media War Against Grassroots Activists: Stratfors Strategies"
When one takes the time to dig into many of the leaked documents as well as additional material becoming available as the result of Freedom of Information Act requests, one can't help but to marvel at the level of depravity exhibited by these global corporate spy networks in their single-minded quest for profit and power.
And that is why the non-hierarchical organizational approach the Occupy Wall Street movement embraced from the beginning was the right one all along. As the movement reemerges with more strength and power than ever this year, the non-hierarchical leadership approach will be its biggest strength...
MUST READ
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Demeter
Jan 2014
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