Alexander Higgins, who has been keeping us abreast with developments relating to the Wall Street protests says it’s Game On, as union leadership is now getting heavily involved in Occupy WallArticle source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SHTFplan/~3/7FeRuxQyD3o/one-million-protesters-to-occupy-wall-street_09302011

From Heroes to Pigs The Metamorphosis of the NYPD By DAVE LINDORFF; September 30-October 2, 2011 – Counterpunch Weekend Editionhttp://www.counterpunch.org/2011/09/30/the-metamorphosis-of-… Probably the biggest accomplishment of the Occupy Wall Street movement to date has not been the light these courageous and indomitable young activists have shined on the gangsters of Wall Street, as important as that [...]

Canada’s Conservative government promotes militarism, monarchy, and reaction By Graham Beverly; 30 September 2011 – WSWShttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/sep2011/cana-s30.shtml “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet” – Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet In a carefully arranged ceremony at a naval dock in Halifax, Conservative Defence Minister Peter MacKay [...]

Mace in the Face Is the US a Police State? By JOHN GRANT; September 29, 2011 – Counterpunchhttp://www.counterpunch.org/2011/09/29/is-the-us-a-police-st… [Note: See also Growing anger over police attack on Wall Street protesters.] Honorable people like to debate whether the United States of America is a “police state,” but when it comes to shutting down the expression of [...]

Israeli West Bank Annexation Bill – by Stephen Lendman Palestinians petitioned the UN for sovereign recognition and full UN membership. Four extremist MKs responded, calling for West Bank settlements annexed. A previous article explained, accessed through the following link: http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2011/09/calls-to-annex-west-ba… MK Deputy Speaker Danny Danon wants more. On September 27, the JTA Global News Service [...]

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Toronto demonstration opposes municipal cuts By Carl Bronski; 29 September 2011 – WSWShttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/sep2011/toro-s29.shtml About two thousand people rallied outside Toronto City Hall Monday evening, protesting against a $29 million package of cuts to municipal services recommended by the city’s millionaire, right-wing mayor, Rob Ford, and his Executive Council. As the protest unfolded, city councilors inside [...]

Imploding Bubble Economies – by Stephen Lendman Economic meltdown comes in stages. Recognition takes longer. Tout TV pundits stay in denial longest, calling crisis conditions a normal correction. Reality suggests otherwise with US unemployment approaching 23%, home foreclosures multiplying, and poverty levels double or more official distorted numbers that artificially hold them down. Longtime market [...]

Amid the recent cancellation of a virtual fence on the southern Arizona-Mexico border that cost taxpayers an estimated $1 billion dollars and would have curbedArticle source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SHTFplan/~3/r3NetJPbFbs/new-homeland-security-fence-to-prevent-illegal-crossings-on-canadian-border_09292011

Longshore Union Protests ‘Police Brutality’ as President Surrenders By Evan Rohar; September 26, 2011 – Labor Noteshttp://labornotes.org/2011/09/longshore-union-protests-polic… An attempt by a big grain exporter to operate a new state-of-the art facility without longshore union labor has met stiff resistance from the rank and file in the Pacific Northwest. Police have responded by breaking up protests [...]

Rallying for respect and against the silencing of Toronto By Elizabeth Littlejohn; September 29, 2011 – rabble.cahttp://rabble.ca/news/2011/09/rallying-respect-against-silen… ‘Regular Programming in Dufferin Grove Park will be canceled during the day time hours on Saturday, September 10, 2011 due to an anticipated, large, unpermitted event.’ (sic) – Sign posted on a tree in the park by Toronto [...]

Missing Women’s Commission Flounders Groups looking elsewhere for answers to murder, disappearance of Aboriginal women By Angela Sterritt; September 26, 2011 – Vancouver Media Co-ophttp://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/story/missing-womens-commissio… Vancouver — Just weeks before the BC Missing Women Commission of Inquiry is set to begin, concerns and questions continue to be raised by the groups representing Aboriginal, women’s and [...]

Longshore Union Protests ‘Police Brutality’ as President Surrenders By Evan Rohar; September 26, 2011 – Labor Noteshttp://labornotes.org/2011/09/longshore-union-protests-polic… An attempt by a big grain exporter to operate a new state-of-the art facility without longshore union labor has met stiff resistance from the rank and file in the Pacific Northwest. Police have responded by breaking up protests [...]

Police rough up anti-Cheney protesters By David P. Ball; September 28, 2011 – rabble.cahttp://rabble.ca/news/2011/09/police-rough-anti-cheney-prote… As former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney spoke in Vancouver on Monday night — his first visit to Canada since leaving power — several hundred people demanded his arrest on charges of war crimes and torture, blocking both entrances to the [...]

Ahmad Qatamesh: Israeli Prisoner of Conscience – by Stephen Lendman On April 21, 2011 at 2:00AM, Israeli soldiers arrested Qatamesh at his brother’s Ramallah home. An hour earlier, his wife (Suha), daughter (Hanin), and two female relatives were held hostage to force his surrender. At gunpoint, they forced Hanin to call him. When connected, a [...]

We often look to Wall Street and wonder how those hedge fund managers, financial institution leaders and even traders can go about their business without regard to the average person on the ground, whose assetsArticle source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SHTFplan/~3/Zizm9-YoIkE/the-savings-of-millions-of-people-are-going-to-vanish-in-less-than-12-months_09282011

Williams Lake girl accuses RCMP of assault Mounties claim teen assaulted police officer September 27, 2011 – CBC Newshttp://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2011/09… [Note: To read a statement from Jamie Haller, the victim's Mother, CLICK HERE. To view a video about this incident, click on the original article link above.] The B.C. Civil Liberties Association is calling for an [...]

Calls to Annex West Bank Settlements – by Stephen Lendman Since 1967, Israel established 121 settlements, recognized by the Interior Ministry as “communities.” Another 100 unauthorized outposts were built. In addition, 12 annexed Jerusalem neighborhoods are considered settlements under international law. Moreover, settler enclaves exist in Palestinian East Jerusalem areas. They include: • the Old [...]

A Thought Police for the Internet Age The Dangerous Cult of the Guardian By JONATHAN COOK; September 28, 2011 – Counterpunchhttp://www.counterpunch.org/2011/09/28/the-dangerous-cult-of… There could be no better proof of the revolution – care of the internet – occurring in the accessibility of information and informed commentary than the reaction of our mainstream, corporate media. For the [...]

Obstructing Palestinian Statehood Begins – by Stephen Lendman On September 23 in New York, a State Department “Special Briefing” was held. An unnamed “Senior Administration Official” commented on the Quartet’s Palestinian statehood proposal, saying: “As the Palestinians develop(ed) their own ideas of what was necessary in terms of (petitioning the UN), we were intensively engaged [...]

Filming the Inspiring Life of Eddy Zheng, a Bay Area Community Leader Facing Deportation –An interview with Ben Wang By Angola 3 News (First published at Alternet) Ben Wang is the Director/Producer of the upcoming documentary film Breathin’: The Eddy Zheng Story. The film’s website explains that “after serving over 20 years behind bars for [...]

Despite NYPD Efforts, Wall Street Stays Occupied By Joe Macaré; September 27, 2011 – Znethttp://www.zcommunications.org/despite-nypd-efforts-wall-str… Source: In These Times The occupation of Zuccotti Park (a.k.a. Liberty Plaza Park) in Lower Manhattan, New York City, continues today, after a Saturday marked by a crackdown from the New York Police Department. It is estimated that around 80 [...]

The latest news out of Europe is that the EU will have plenty of funds to bail out Greece. Never mind that a global stock market panic led to a near 1000 point drop inArticle source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SHTFplan/~3/48XXu0eth18/stansberry-heres-what-will-happen-next_09272011

Quartet Anti-Palestinian Statehood Proposal – by Stephen Lendman Quartet representatives UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, UN Middle East envoy Tony Blair, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, and EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy High Representative Catherine Aston explained its elements. On September 21, an initial statement “expressed its strong support for [...]

When There’s Nothing Left to Lose Saving the Rich, Losing the Economy By PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS; September 26, 2011 – Counterpunchhttp://www.counterpunch.org/2011/09/26/saving-the-rich-losin… Economic policy in the United States and Europe has failed, and people are suffering. Economic policy failed for three reasons: (1) policymakers focused on enabling off-shoring corporations to move middle class jobs, and the [...]