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First Love The Whole World. Then Love Yourself For Loving What You Love. Then You Will Have Found More Completion Than Exists In A Thousand Confessions, Eucharists, Or Calls To Prayer.
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Propagandhi - Veganarchist Band; Earlier stuff is punk, Later stuff is decidedly metal; self-described as "progressive thrash"; indie/DIY/self-label (G7 Welcoming Committee)
Anti Flag - Milder Veganarchist band, pop-punk, indie/DIY/self-label (A/F Records)
Rise Against - Veganarchist band; Inspired by Anti-Flag; Like A/F except more metal.
Leftover Crack, Choking Victim, Crack Rock Steady 7, Star Fucking Hipsters - Contrastablishment bands; Started the Crack Rock Steady genre; indie label (Fat Wreck Chords/Alternative Tentacles); common member is Stza Crack, he's prominent in the music scene in NYC.
NOFX - Liberal band; indie/DIY/self-label (Fat Wreck Chords)
Dead Kennedys, LARD, Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine - Contrastablishment punk/hardcore bands; Jello Biafra is the frontman.
Chumbawamba - Anarchist Folk Revival band; indie, beautiful music.
Green Day - Liberal band; mainstream, mildly political when it wants to be.
Books
A People's History of the United States - Howard Zinn
Confessions of an Economic Hitman - John Perkins
Propagandhi - Veganarchist Band; Earlier stuff is punk, Later stuff is decidedly metal; self-described as "progressive thrash"; indie/DIY/self-label (G7 Welcoming Committee)
Anti Flag - Milder Veganarchist band, pop-punk, indie/DIY/self-label (A/F Records)
Rise Against - Veganarchist band; Inspired by Anti-Flag; Like A/F except more metal.
Against Me - Veganarchist band; lots of beautiful acoustic-ness.
Leftover Crack, Choking Victim, Crack Rock Steady 7, Star Fucking Hipsters - Contrastablishment bands; Started the Crack Rock Steady genre; indie label (Fat Wreck Chords/Alternative Tentacles); common member is Stza Crack, he's prominent in the music scene in NYC.
NOFX - Liberal band; indie/DIY/self-label (Fat Wreck Chords)
Dead Kennedys, LARD, Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine - Contrastablishment punk/hardcore bands; Jello Biafra is the frontman.
Chumbawamba - Anarchist Folk Revival band; indie, beautiful music.
Between the Buried and Me - Vegan Metal Band. It's really amazing stuff, check them out.
Green Day - Liberal band; mainstream, mildly political when it wants to be.
Books
A People's History of the United States - Howard Zinn
Confessions of an Economic Hitman - John Perkins
History Lessons - Dana Lindaman, Kyle Ward
The Prince - Niccolo Machiavelli
1491 - Charles C. Mann
Day of Empire - Amy Chua
The Prince - Niccolo Machiavelli
1491 - Charles C. Mann
Day of Empire - Amy Chua
Guns, Germs, and Steel - Jared Diamond
Collapse - Jared Diamond
Introductory Movies
Religulous, Bill Maher
Capitalism: A Love Story, Michael Moore
Documentaries
Zeitgiest Series (Watch the first with a truckload of salt. Second one is better. Most comprehensive film of all of these)
Loose Change (9/11 Conspiracy theory; watch with extra skepticism and salt, though an open mind, for best results)
Why We Fight (Serious, even-handed analysis of the military-industrial and political-commercial complexes)
No End In Sight (Study of the Second Amero-Iraq War)
Life and Debt (Documentary about globalism's affect on Jamaica and other 'developing' nations)
The UN Series (not about the United Nations; but three films focusing on the Bush years and why they weren't swell)
The Yes Men (Documentary of anti-globalist pranksters; hilarious, light-hearted)
Collapse - Jared Diamond
Introductory Movies
Religulous, Bill Maher
Capitalism: A Love Story, Michael Moore
Documentaries
Zeitgiest Series (Watch the first with a truckload of salt. Second one is better. Most comprehensive film of all of these)
Loose Change (9/11 Conspiracy theory; watch with extra skepticism and salt, though an open mind, for best results)
Why We Fight (Serious, even-handed analysis of the military-industrial and political-commercial complexes)
No End In Sight (Study of the Second Amero-Iraq War)
Life and Debt (Documentary about globalism's affect on Jamaica and other 'developing' nations)
The UN Series (not about the United Nations; but three films focusing on the Bush years and why they weren't swell)
The Yes Men (Documentary of anti-globalist pranksters; hilarious, light-hearted)
Links, Et Cetera
Visit Discover Reality
UER: Urban Exploration Resource.
UER: Urban Exploration Resource.
Veganarchic Resources
Alternative Media
Alternative Society, Progressive Organization
The Truth Tends To Lie - Or, How I Learned To Start Worrying And Think For Myself!
The Truth Tends To Lie.
This refers to the idea that what is often portrayed to be truth, in fact is not, and what is paraded as fact, is indeed either subjective or utter fiction.
In a larger sense, most of the major lies told in our societies that directly affect every person, are sanctioned by society. This is because Societies are merely systems, only tools created by Humanity, and although at first it would seem that it is only a group of people at it's heart, in practice they are so massive they indeed take on lives of their own, in a very real sense.
It is important to note there is more than one system. Governments do not control their populace on their own. Their Religions and Sanctioned Information Channels do that. They do not create profit on their own. Their Banks, Industries, and Militaries do that. They do not quash dissent on their own. Their Educational System does that.
They are not controlled by any group of individuals, though many do often manipulate the system to their benefit (And others' inevitable detriment). They are so omnipresent that they are able to override the individual, and all competition, which includes individualism and free thought, to sustain itself.
And the irony of all this is that we are the cause, we are the root of all this behavior. By blindly following our predictable patterns, we sustain this web of systems, as it is inherently based around our psychology, being created by ourselves. Only through knowledge of this evil, can we terminate this seemingly monumental set of historical processes. Because, again, this multi-system's greatest strength, is it's greatest weakness. They only exists as long as we continue to deny their existence, and as long as we continue to perpetuate the cycle.
Knowledge is Potential. Action is Power.
This Blog will use that as it's motto. I'll post essays here, maybe some other relevant things will be posted here as well. To be clear, the focus of this Blog is the discussion of Social, Economic, Scientific, Logical, and Political issues. Weighty stuff. I'll try and add in some relevant levity and humor along the way, to stave off boredom and/or hopelessness.
Here's to a fun ride down the slip-and-slide that is our culture.
Founded October 22, 2008.
This refers to the idea that what is often portrayed to be truth, in fact is not, and what is paraded as fact, is indeed either subjective or utter fiction.
In a larger sense, most of the major lies told in our societies that directly affect every person, are sanctioned by society. This is because Societies are merely systems, only tools created by Humanity, and although at first it would seem that it is only a group of people at it's heart, in practice they are so massive they indeed take on lives of their own, in a very real sense.
It is important to note there is more than one system. Governments do not control their populace on their own. Their Religions and Sanctioned Information Channels do that. They do not create profit on their own. Their Banks, Industries, and Militaries do that. They do not quash dissent on their own. Their Educational System does that.
They are not controlled by any group of individuals, though many do often manipulate the system to their benefit (And others' inevitable detriment). They are so omnipresent that they are able to override the individual, and all competition, which includes individualism and free thought, to sustain itself.
And the irony of all this is that we are the cause, we are the root of all this behavior. By blindly following our predictable patterns, we sustain this web of systems, as it is inherently based around our psychology, being created by ourselves. Only through knowledge of this evil, can we terminate this seemingly monumental set of historical processes. Because, again, this multi-system's greatest strength, is it's greatest weakness. They only exists as long as we continue to deny their existence, and as long as we continue to perpetuate the cycle.
Knowledge is Potential. Action is Power.
This Blog will use that as it's motto. I'll post essays here, maybe some other relevant things will be posted here as well. To be clear, the focus of this Blog is the discussion of Social, Economic, Scientific, Logical, and Political issues. Weighty stuff. I'll try and add in some relevant levity and humor along the way, to stave off boredom and/or hopelessness.
Here's to a fun ride down the slip-and-slide that is our culture.
Founded October 22, 2008.
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