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<title><![CDATA[One Billion Rising]]></title>
<link>http://chaicounselors.wordpress.com/2013/02/12/one-billion-rising/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ecwalton</dc:creator>
<guid>http://chaicounselors.wordpress.com/2013/02/12/one-billion-rising/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ONE IN THREE WOMEN ON THE PLANET WILL BE RAPED OR BEATEN IN HER LIFETIME.* ONE BILLION WOMEN VIOLATE]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>ONE IN THREE WOMEN ON THE PLANET WILL BE RAPED OR BEATEN IN HER LIFETIME.*</strong></p>
<p><strong>ONE BILLION WOMEN VIOLATED IS AN ATROCITY</strong></p>
<p><strong>ONE BILLION WOMEN DANCING IS A REVOLUTION</strong></p>
<p>On <a href="http://www.vday.org/">V-Day</a>’s 15th Anniversary, 14 February 2013, V-Day is inviting ONE BILLION women and those who love them to WALK OUT, DANCE, RISE UP, and DEMAND an end to this violence. ONE BILLION RISING will move the<a href="http://chaicounselors.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/one-bil-art.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-848" alt="one bil art" src="http://chaicounselors.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/one-bil-art.jpg?w=240&#038;h=180" width="240" height="180" /></a> earth, activating women and men across every country. V-Day wants the world to see our collective strength, our numbers, our solidarity across borders.</p>
<p>What does ONE BILLION look like? On 14 February 2013, it will look like a REVOLUTION.</p>
<p><strong><a href="www.onebillionrising.org">ONE BILLION RISING</a> IS:</strong></p>
<p>A global strike<br />
An invitation to dance<br />
A call to men and women to refuse to participate in the status quo until rape and rape culture ends<br />
An act of solidarity, demonstrating to women the commonality of their struggles and their power in numbers<br />
A refusal to accept violence against women and girls as a given<br />
A new time and a new way of being</p>
<h2><a href="http://onebillionrising.org/page/s/join">SIGN UP TODAY</a></h2>
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<title><![CDATA[GLOBAL EDUCATION STRIKE ]]></title>
<link>http://metaretriever2.wordpress.com/2012/09/24/global-education-strike/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:51:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>metaretriever2</dc:creator>
<guid>http://metaretriever2.wordpress.com/2012/09/24/global-education-strike/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[source: http://es.scribd.com/doc/105762184/GLOBAL-EDUCATION-STRIKE-Huelga-Global-de-Educacion GLOBAL]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>source: <a href="http://es.scribd.com/doc/105762184/GLOBAL-EDUCATION-STRIKE-Huelga-Global-de-Educacion">http://es.scribd.com/doc/105762184/GLOBAL-EDUCATION-STRIKE-Huelga-Global-de-Educacion</a></p>
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<h1>GLOBAL EDUCATION STRIKE, Huelga Global de Educación</h1>
<div>International Joint StatementAround the world over the past decade students, pupils, teachers, parents and employees have been protesting against the increasing commercialization and privatization of public education, and fighting for free and emancipatory education.<br />
Many of us use the International Student Movement as a self-managed platform initiated to exchange information, to network and to co-ordinate protests at both the international and the global levels. Since the ISM platform was initiated in November 2008 various global days and weeks of action were coordinated.<br />
We strive for structures based on direct participation and non-hierarchical organization through collective discussion and action. Anyone who identifies with the struggle against the privatization of public education, and for free and emancipatory education can join and participate on as well as shape the platform!<br />
The following aims unite us worldwide:<br />
What are we struggling against?<br />
The effects of the current economic system on people and education systems:<br />
→ tuition fees or any form of fees which exclude people from accessing and equally participating in education<br />
→ student debt<br />
→ public education aligned to serve the (labour) market;<br />
► The so called Bologna-Process (as with its counterparts around the world) is aimed at implementing education systems that primarily train people in skills serving the labour market. It promotes the reduction of costs for training a person, shortens the length of time spent studying, and produces underqualified workforces.</p>
<p>→ turning education into a commodity as part of the commodification of all aspects of life<br />
→ the significant and increasing influence of business interests on basic budgets for public education<br />
→ the significant and increasing budget cuts on public education worldwide<br />
→ the privatisation of public funds through the subsidisation of private educational institutions<br />
→ the commodification and exploitation of labor within educational institutions<br />
We stand against discrimination and exclusion within any educational institution based on:<br />
→ socio-economic background, for instance by charging fees so that people with less money can&#8217;t participate equally<br />
→ nationality<br />
→ performance and academic record<br />
→ political ideologies and activities<br />
→ gender<br />
→ sexual orientation<br />
→ religion<br />
→ ethnic background<br />
→ skin colour<br />
We stand against the prioritisation of research towards commercially valuable patents rather than open knowledge freely available to all<br />
→ Public educational institutions are increasingly forced to compete for private sponsorships to do (basic) research; at the same time private funds tend to be invested into research promising to be profitable, leading to a decline in funding for areas of research which may be important but not deemed economically lucrative. Educational institutions and participants are evaluated on the basis of economic profitability and often compete to receive additional public funding based on this criteria.<br />
We stand against the prioritisation of income-generating research grants ahead of education and basic research<br />
Activities for the army within educational institutions:<br />
→ no research specifically for military purposes<br />
→ no recruiting and advertising activities for the army<br />
What are we struggling for?<br />
CONTENT:<br />
→ free and emancipatory education as a human right. Education should primarily work for the emancipation of the individual, which means: being enabled to critically reflect and understand the power structures and environment surrounding him-/herself. Education must not only enable the emancipation of the individual but society as a whole<br />
→ education as a public good serving public interests<br />
→ academic freedom and choice: freedom to pursue any educational discipline<br />
ACCESS:<br />
→ free from monetary mechanisms of payment by participants and any kind of discrimination and exclusion and therefore freely accessible to all individuals<br />
→ sufficient funding for all public educational</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Once upon a V-Day]]></title>
<link>http://stagemommusings.com/2012/06/18/once-upon-a-v-day/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 06:46:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Lynn Trimble</dc:creator>
<guid>http://stagemommusings.com/2012/06/18/once-upon-a-v-day/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a rather odd request to make of one&#8217;s teenage daughter, I suppose. Honey&#8211;coul]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a rather odd request to make of one&#8217;s teenage daughter, I suppose. Honey&#8211;coul]]></content:encoded>
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<title><![CDATA[NORAD and US Northern Command to conduct simulated nuclear attack]]></title>
<link>http://golden-rule.org/2012/04/26/norad-and-us-northern-command-to-conduct-simulated-nuclear-attack/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>The Golden Rule</dc:creator>
<guid>http://golden-rule.org/2012/04/26/norad-and-us-northern-command-to-conduct-simulated-nuclear-attack/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Via Northcom.mil &nbsp; NORAD and USNORTHCOM Conduct ARDENT SENTRY 2012 April 24, 2012 PETERSON AIR]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Stand up on May 1, 2012 and Occupy MayDay! This is everyone's cause, so join us! ]]></title>
<link>http://www.newworldorange.net/2012/02/08/stand-up-on-may-1-2012-and-occupy-mayday-this-is/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Alexandra Taylor</dc:creator>
<guid>http://www.newworldorange.net/2012/02/08/stand-up-on-may-1-2012-and-occupy-mayday-this-is/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[May 1st, 2012: May Day is historically international workers day, and I haven&#8217;t posted about t]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>May 1st, 2012</strong>: May Day is historically international workers day, and I haven&#8217;t posted about this yet, but there&#8217;s a call to action for a global day of protest/strike, similar to what the world saw on October 15, 2011 in 2600 cities around the world.</p>
<p><img align="middle" alt="GLOBAL DAY OF ACTION: GLOBAL STRIKE!" src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lz32ha7S421qlv92m.jpg" /></p>
<p>Take to the streets in solidarity for the right to unionize, to empower unions in countries where unions are repressed and where union busting runs rampant, and to empower people, and perhaps most importantly: to show the powers that be that there are more of us than there are of them. If protesting on the streets isn&#8217;t your thing, do your part by boycotting shopping for a day, trading on the stock markets, or calling in sick to work or staying in from school and letting other people know why you&#8217;re doing it. Think of those last two actions as an invisible global picket line &#8211; no one crosses the picket during strikes out of solidarity! Stand with your brothers and sisters around the world! Stand with us as we peacefully rise up in protest for:</p>
<p><strong>FOR ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND LABOUR RIGHTS</strong></p>
<p><strong>FOR PEACE WITH JUSTICE</strong></p>
<p><strong>FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES AND AN END TO THE POLICE STATE</strong></p>
<p><strong>FOR HOUSING, EDUCATION, AND HEALTH CARE AS HUMAN RIGHTS</strong></p>
<p><strong>FOR WOMEN&#8217;S RIGHTS AND GENDER EQUITY</strong></p>
<p><strong>FOR TRUE DEMOCRACY DOMESTICALLY AND IN SOLIDARITY OF THE DEMOCRATIC STRUGGLES INTERNATIONALLY</strong></p>
<p><strong>TO BE A VOICE IN THE GLOBAL MOVEMENT AGAINST SHAM DEMOCRACIES AND </strong><strong>CORPORATOCRACIES</strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.occupymay1st.org/2012/01/28/flyer-lb-" title="Occupy MayDay pdf poster" target="_blank">Click here for a link to PDF form of the flyer. Print it out and put it up wherever you can around your town or city or  campus or workplace. Spread the message! </a></strong></p>
<p>For more information: </p>
<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/337068492974144/" target="_blank"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/337068492974144/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/events/337068492974144/</a></a></p>
<p><strong>Reblog this, retweet it, post it on Facebook. Just get the message out there! </strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Delivering Death In 30 Minutes Or Less]]></title>
<link>http://eatitorwearit.wordpress.com/2011/11/17/delivering-death-in-30-minutes-or-less/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:38:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Killian Bundy</dc:creator>
<guid>http://eatitorwearit.wordpress.com/2011/11/17/delivering-death-in-30-minutes-or-less/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Unlike the disastrous HTV-2 program, it looks like DoD got this one right. US tests hypersonic weapo]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Unlike the disastrous <a href="http://eatitorwearit.wordpress.com/2011/08/11/two-up-two-down/" target="_blank">HTV-2</a> program, it looks like DoD got this one right.</p>
<span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text/html' width='640' height='390' src='http://www.youtube.com/embed/0M6NBkTaJ7c?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0'></iframe></span>
<p><a href="http://daily.bhaskar.com/article/WOR-SCR-us-tests-hypersonic-weapon-which-can-hit-any-target-on-earth-in-30-mins-2579121.html" target="_blank">US tests hypersonic weapon which can hit any target on earth in 30 mins</a></p>
<blockquote><p>The US military successfully conducted the first test flight of the Advanced Hypersonic Weapon (AHW) concept.  </p>
<p>In a statement issued by the US Department of Defence, the AHW is a first-of-its-kind glide vehicle, designed to fly long range within the earth’s atmosphere at hypersonic speed. </p>
<p>The hypersonic flying missile travels five times the speed of sound and is rumoured to gain up to mach 20 speeds. More impressively, it can strike a target in any location on Earth in just 30 minutes.</p></blockquote>
<p>See also:<br />
<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2063117/Pentagon-tests-hypersonic-weapon-travels-5-times-speed-sound.html?ito=feeds-newsxml" target="_blank">U.S. Army tests hypersonic weapon that travels five times the speed of sound&#8230; and can hit ANY target on earth in 30mins</a><br />
<a href="http://www.smh.com.au/world/america-tests-new-hypersonic-missile-20111119-1nofy.html" target="_blank">America tests new hypersonic missile</a><br />
<a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13639_3-57327407-42/hypersonic-bomb-one-hour-delivery/" target="_blank">Hypersonic bomb: One-hour delivery?</a><br />
<a href="http://www.vancouversun.com/news/missile+hits+target+miles+away+times+speed+sound/5734927/story.html" target="_blank">U.S. missile hits its target 2,300 miles away at 5 times the speed of sound</a><br />
<a href="http://dvice.com/archives/2011/11/hypersonic-weap.php" target="_blank">Hypersonic weapon flies 2,400 miles at Mach 8 without crashing</a><br />
<a href="http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=246205" target="_blank">US army test flies advanced hypersonic weapon</a><br />
<a href="http://blog.al.com/huntsville-times-business/2011/11/space_and_missile_defense_comm.html" target="_blank">Space and Missile Defense Command tests hypersonic glider for possible use as conventional weapon</a><br />
<a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/11/18/142518959/army-successfully-tests-hypersonic-missile" target="_blank">Army Successfully Tests Hypersonic Missile</a><br />
<a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/11/19/hypersonic-weapon-tested-by-us-army-115875-23572339/" target="_blank">Hypersonic weapon tested by US Army</a><br />
<a href="http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/17/when-you-absolutely-have-to-get-there-fast-and-bomb-something/" target="_blank">When you absolutely have to get there fast (and bomb something)</a><br />
<a href="http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2011/11/18/matt-gurney-even-when-broke-america-can-find-cool-ways-to-kill-you/" target="_blank">Matt Gurney: Even when broke, America can find cool ways to kill you</a><br />
<a href="http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/ahw.htm" target="_blank">Advanced Hypersonic Weapon (AHW)</a></p>
<p>The problem with a lot of high value targets (HVTs) is the time gap between pinpointing their location and the ability to bring ordinance to bear. Hypersonic, kinetic kill vehicles would narrow that gap considerably, minimizing the chances that the target could move and escape before it can be hit.</p>
<p>/fewer lost opportunities, more dead evil doers </p>
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<title><![CDATA[The world wide uprising began 2011? ]]></title>
<link>http://protest2011.wordpress.com/2011/11/03/hello-world/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:37:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>protest2011</dc:creator>
<guid>http://protest2011.wordpress.com/2011/11/03/hello-world/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Why do I ask myself this question? Since the beginning of this year the peoples voice has been heard]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:left;">Why do I ask myself this question? Since the beginning of this year the peoples voice has been heard. In different regions of the world there have been uprisings against their traditional systems! All of them have two things in common:</p>
<ul style="text-align:left;">
<li>The people had enough and they wanted and want a change in their political and economical system.</li>
<li>Since the birth of the internet their hasn&#8217;t been the moment of a worldwide movement! This years movements &#8220;arab spring&#8221; &#8220;occupywallstreet&#8221; and many others have shown that we are at the edge of the possibility of a pan global movement.</li>
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<div style="text-align:left;">These two momentums shouldn&#8217;t be left unheard and forgotten. It is clearly for us all that if we leave this possibility untouched we won&#8217;t be able to use this moment! Our financial system is the cancer and the reason for our world wide situation.</div>
<blockquote>
<div>Why is it like that?</div>
</blockquote>
<div style="text-align:left;">Of course answering this question would take a lot more than two sentences and perhaps only a well written research paper wouldn&#8217;t do it too. So I will start with my opinion. I have the feeling that we are heading towards an insoluble problem since decades of unfortunate political work.</div>
<div style="text-align:left;">Perhaps 500 years ago in the springs of global trading no one would have imagined that it will come to a moment, where every single being on the world would be affected, when you go and buy corn in the supermarket. Ok one single person wouldn&#8217;t affect the global market but perhaps 100 000 000 persons. What is the influence of such a single small act? For example you change the price of that product in the Guatemalan national market. An unknown person to you will starve and perhaps die, because it can&#8217;t afford her or his own traditional food anymore.</div>
<div style="text-align:left;">The reason why I am telling you this, is that there are things we can&#8217;t control anymore as a single consumer, or as global leader. We are global players too and not only the 1%  also the 99% are responsible! This is one of the reasons why we need to make a global movement.</div>
<div style="text-align:left;">It is unemployment, famine, war and so on where we all are responsible for. It is time that we change our system! We have to start thinking in a global way as citizens of this planet. We are not bound to Nations! We need to redefine our global system again.</div>
<div style="text-align:left;">So what happens if there is a global strike for remodeling the U.N or our banking system? We need more democracy in a global scale!</div>
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<div style="text-align:left;">LETS CALL OUT FOR A GLOBAL STRIKE!</div>
<div style="text-align:left;">&#8212;&#8212;-</div>
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<title><![CDATA[Global Strike - 15th - 17th April 2011 - Peaceful Non-Compliance]]></title>
<link>http://coto2.wordpress.com/2011/04/14/global-strike-15th-17th-april-2011-peaceful-non-compliance/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jerseyg</dc:creator>
<guid>http://coto2.wordpress.com/2011/04/14/global-strike-15th-17th-april-2011-peaceful-non-compliance/</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[THE CALLING :: Watch if you live on Earth]]></title>
<link>http://spacekimono.wordpress.com/2011/02/28/the-calling-watch-if-you-live-on-earth/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 09:08:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sofia DeSpaceKimono</dc:creator>
<guid>http://spacekimono.wordpress.com/2011/02/28/the-calling-watch-if-you-live-on-earth/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[THE CROW HOUSE WORLD GATHERING FOR TRUTH Transcript for the Calling by Max Igan The Calling The main]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1 style="text-align:center;"><a title="The Crow House-Max Igan" href="http://thecrowhouse.com/home.html">THE CROW HOUSE</a></h1>
<h2 style="text-align:center;"><a title="World Gathering for Truth" href="http://www.worldgathering.net/" target="_blank">WORLD GATHERING FOR TRUTH</a></h2>
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<h3 style="text-align:center;">Transcript for the Calling by Max Igan</h3>
<h3 style="text-align:left;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">The Calling</span></h3>
<h3 style="text-align:left;">The main goal of this production is to provide information to people, much of which is quite well hidden. It is our sincere hope that everyone views this material will be inspired to question things; and to search out the truth for themselves.  The arguments and conclusions contained within this work are the accumulated result of over 25 years of investigation and personal research. Many of the arguments presented here are not new, however in order to see the larger picture, it is necessary that the many smaller pieces of the puzzle first be put into order. The information contained herein is as important to mankind as it is urgent, however in an almost unfathomable act of irresponsibility, it is still for the most part, being ignored by Governments, Academics, and media all over the world. This film is designed to make it clear to the viewer that there is more to the workings this world, than how it appears on the surface, and that this fact can readily be proven. It is the opinion of the makers of this film that the people of the world very much need to understand the true nature of the problems faced by the human family in order to find real and meaningful solutions to them, and that these problems do seriously need to be addressed in order to secure a peaceful and prosperous future. We do not ask or expect anyone to believe what is presented within the chapters of this film, without first investigating all the evidence for themselves, and we very much urge you to do so. Remember, the truth is always out there somewhere, and sometimes, right in front of our eyes, if we would only choose to notice.</h3>
<h3>Over the last several decades, the human consciousness has been saturated with a huge intertwining web of conspiracy theories, which are often too overwhelming for the average human to understand and may in fact provide people with more questions than answers.<br />
And if someone is to suddenly see the bigger picture of what is really going on, and seriously tries to alert others, then the public has been carefully trained to view them as a crackpot or label them as another “conspiracy theorist.”<br />
It has been very cleverly orchestrated so that no one ever discovers the whole truth about anything and if anyone ever does figure it out, they are ridiculed and silenced. Now however, due to the growth of the internet, it has become a lot harder to silence people and to keep information contained.<br />
So what if a global conspiracy does indeed exist? And people are kept blind to it because they have been carefully taught to associate the word theory with the word conspiracy, so that they never take the time to see that which is right before their eyes. And what if this conspiracy also deeply affects our future, our education system, our media, our government, our monetary system, and our beautiful planet? If such a conspiracy does indeed exist the most certainly it would affect everyone on a personal level, so would it not be imperative for you to become aware of such information, both for your own well being, and that of your children.<br />
It’s quite understandable that due to the overwhelming nature of this topic, many people do not even want to begin to look into such things. But if one does take the time to look and steps back a little further, a definite picture comes clearly into view and what is found is a situation that could be easily rectified if people would simply take the time to become aware.<br />
Whether you decide to take the time to listen to so called conspiracy theories or not, there are some things that should be clearly understood by all. And these are not conspiracy theories by any stretch of the imagination, they are well documented, quite traceable and very provable facts. And these facts are as follows. There is one ruling bloodline that exists on this earth. This ruling bloodline is very old. It is the same Bloodline that has always ruled the earth ever since the days of ancient Egypt and it is very pervasive.   For example, many people think that anyone can get to be President of the United States, but the reality is, that a large number of Presidents are in fact related, and their lineage can be traced back to European Monarchy and in particular to the line of William of Orange. This elite Bloodline can actually be traced back a good deal further than that and even back as far as the royalty of ancient Egypt and it is this very same bloodline that has ruled the earth ever since and to which the british Monarchy and many other world leaders can ultimately be traced. The families of this line are steeped in ancient traditions and symbolism and they do not attempt to hide these connections. Just a look at the Royal Coat of Arms, the Royal Regalia and the Coronation Throne clearly demonstrates these connections. In fact the signs and symbols are always right there in plain view for discerning eyes to clearly see. One only needs take the time to look.<br />
Any real investigation shows us that the entire financial system by which the world is run today is actually operated by the Crown. And Contrary to popular belief, the “Crown” does not refer to the Royal family or to the british monarchy. The Crown actually refers to the Inner city of London which is in fact a privately owned corporation that functions as a completely separate sovereign state, outside the Jurisdiction of England. Most people are completely unaware that when they swear allegiance to the crown, they are actually swearing allegiance to this private Corporate Empire. The inner city of London also has two sister city states of Vatican City and Washington’s District of Columbia, both of which are also separate sovereign states within their host countries.  Each of the 3 city states has its own flag, its own laws, its own news services, and its own police forces and each pays no taxes to the host country in which it is located. These three cities form a private, covert empire that operates the entire western world that is known as the Empire of the 3 cities. The inner city of London, is the centre for monetary control. The Vatican, is the centre for spiritual control. Washington DC, is the centre for military control.<br />
It is the individuals who control this private corporate empire who call all the shots and pull all the strings. These people control all governments, and all mainstream media via the stranglehold they have over the world monetary system, and more and more people are becoming aware of the reality of this, all the time.<br />
The beginnings of this private empire can be traced back to a secret meeting that took place in 1773, between Mayer Amschel Rothschild and the heads of 12 other very powerful families including such dynasties as the Warburgs, the Schiffs and the Oppenheimers. Following this meeting Rothschild employed the services of a man by the name of Adam Weishaupt in the creation of a society known today as the Bavarian Illuminati which was itself officially founded three years later in 1776. Many people think that the Illuminati is a myth but in actual fact this society is still in operation to this day, and has since become the most powerful organization in the world. The surviving members of this order are the individuals who also indirectly own and operate the world bank. It is the world bank who covertly dictates global oil prices, and whose shareholders also control the global federal reserve banking system.<br />
Each western Government actually has the legal right to coin its own money and control its value but they do not. They borrow money from this privately run central banking system. Through the magic of fractional reserve banking these central banks are able to create money from thin air via the creation of money as debt and then profit on it by charging interest on the loans. Most people are duped into believing that their taxes pay for infrastructure such as roads and schools and without taxes, the country would fall apart, but this is completely untrue for the money is in fact borrowed from a private bank and then you are taxes in order to pay off the interest on the loans. No matter how you choose to look at things, one thing must be very clearly understood and that is that every person in the western world who has a job, is forced every year, to give away approximately 3 months worth of wages in taxes and that money goes directly into the pockets of the private individuals who own and run the federal reserve banking system.<br />
It’s one big privately run scam.</h3>
<h3><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Money And Power</span><br />
There is indeed a Global Conspiracy going on, and the way it has been carried out and concealed, is through control of the global money system, and hence control of all other subsequent systems of importance down the food chain, such as governments and media.<br />
It’s important to understand that control of the global money system, has been achieved thru control of the global central banking system, and that this system is a privately run enterprise. It is a private business, that runs for a profit, and it is owned and operated by wealthy private banking dynasties such as the Rothschild’s, the Morgan’s, and the Rockefellers.<br />
And please also clearly understand.<br />
* When you control the Money Supply, you control the Government.<br />
* When you control the Government, you control the people.<br />
* When you control the Money Supply and the flow of Information, you control the Government, you control the people, and you control everything they know, and everything they believe to be true.<br />
* When you do it globally, you control all.<br />
It’s that simple.<br />
During World War 2, every country, on both sides of the conflict, was financed by the very same Private Bankers who lent out every dollar these countries used to finance their war effort, at interest. In the ensuing years, the ordinary people from both sides saw great hardships and suffering and during the fighting there were heavy casualties among all the peoples involved. World War 2 cost over 50 million lives, and when it was over each country that had participated was left with a huge debt to the banks, and it was always the people who paid the price through increased taxes, longer hours and poorer working conditions. And qi bono, who benefited?<br />
Well, JD Rockefeller stayed home, and he made profits in excess of $200 million from it.<br />
For international bankers, there is nothing more profitable than war, and so when it is taken into account that these same International Bankers now control all the major media, have ties to all the major oil cartels and arms dealers, finance all the main political party’s, and control the currency of all western nations is it any wonder the world stays in a constant state of conflict and war?<br />
In the months following World War 2, a number of prominent members of Hitler’s core Nazi infrastructure were smuggled out of Germany and into America, in a documented joint operation, conducted with the Vatican, known as &#8220;operation paperclip.&#8221; Operation Paperclip saw as many as eighty Nazi war criminals, that held key position in Hitler’s empire, and had detailed knowledge of the Nazi war machine, taken to America. These people included figures such as Klaus Barbie, along with numerous Nazi scientists who were all removed to the United States, supposedly to assist the Government with spying operations against Russia, and for assistance in the US Rocket and space programs. Many of these men were given advisory positions on boards dealing with domestic and international security, and it is one such advisory panel that gave birth to the National Security Council. The NSC then, in turn, spawned the Council on Foreign Relations and its muscle the C.I.A. and very soon after the formation of these three organizations, came the creation of the United Nations. Touted as the supposed solver of world conflict, the UN was put there to maintain the safety and security of the people and to ensure that nothing as heinous as World War 2 could ever happen again. And the world has seen nothing but a continuous stream of war ever since.<br />
In fact, since the formation of the NSC, the CFR, the C.I.A. and subsequently the UN in 1947, the Earth has seen 258 conflicts, in fact more wars, than in its entire recorded history prior to that point.<br />
Just why is that?<br />
Each time one of these wars has erupted &#8211; usually in an area that never saw any real conflict before &#8211; it’s happened in a way that has invited western intervention, and each time we have been told by the media that this intervention is to ensure peace. Time and time again they say it &#8211; To make peace, we use war. Peace comes from War. War brings Peace. War is Peace. It’s Doublespeak. If you want peace with another nation, you don’t go to war with them; you go to peace with them. You work at gaining understanding for each other, and you help each other, you don’t kill each others children and both borrow money from the same bank at interest in order to do it.<br />
And noticeably, none of the areas where such military intervention has occurred, ever become truly peaceful again, each one just stays in a state of guarded tension, looked over by “peacekeepers”, and continues to function in a state of human suffering, and as another endless source of income for the international bankers.<br />
In 1947, as soon as the C.I.A. was formed, the organization began to spread its tentacles world wide, finding footholds and taking root in almost all countries on earth. From there, and working closely with its Israeli counterpart the MOSSAD, the C.I.A, has managed to undermine nations from within by using false flag operations, propaganda, and terrorism. Please understand that these organizations were created on the recommendations of top level Nazi’s, and they were founded, and operate, on Nazi principles. The C.I.A. has since become the number one trafficker of drugs and human cargo in the world. The C.I.A. are not the good guys, they are anything but. They are a criminal Cabal, disguised as an intelligence agency, that is based on Nazi principles, has unlimited resources, both financially and militarily, and they are answerable to no-one. The C.I.A. and MOSSAD function as virtually the one organization, and either they or their agents, have been responsible for virtually all terrorist bombings the world has seen in the last 60 years. Their prime mandate is to undermine world security and pave the way for the introduction of a global government, controlled by a global monetary system. A global monetary system that is wholly owned, and operated, by private bankers.<br />
At the end of World War 2, the Reich didn’t lose or surrender, Germany did. The Reich simply went underground, and disappeared. The truth is that the Reich was controlled and financed by European Bankers, right from the start, and at the end of the war they simply moved it to America and let it continue to function, but hidden in the shadows. And unbeknownst to the American people, or to Congress, or to the people of the world, it has continued to operate from behind the scenes, and over the last 60 years, it has infiltrated itself into all important levels of government, and industry, and the media, and has gradually spread itself out, across the entire globe.</h3>
<h3><span style="text-decoration:underline;">A World Of War</span><br />
The current world situation has been carefully planned, and it is a plan that has been long in the making. This whole economic and political climate has been brought about by design.   In the late 1970’s a plan was put forth by the C.I.A. to train Islamic fighters in the Afghan war against Russia, in a new form of radical Islamic thinking. The concept was to teach the Mujahadeen that the Russians were not just attacking their country, they were attacking their faith. During that period large numbers of mercenary fighters came to Afghanistan to help in the struggle and large training camps were set up and run by the C.I.A to accommodate them.<br />
The man who was selected to lead the mercenaries by the C.I.A. was one Osama Bin Laden, who was given the code name, Tim Osman, which was used on trips made to Washington to lobby for funds. The trip to Washington was made by Bin Laden on at least 2 occasions.<br />
During this period, the C.I.A. taught this new form of radical Islamic thinking, and provided terrorist training, to hundreds of thousands of Islamic fighters, being careful to also keep a comprehensive database on all the people they had trained. The Arabic name for this terrorist database was al Qaeda.<br />
Concerned over this new form of Radical Islamism, and the sheer volume of fighters the C.I.A. was turning out, then Pakistani Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto wrote to the director of the C.I.A and cautioned him openly, saying in her letter. “You are creating a Frankenstein” but her warnings went unheeded. They were not heeded, because a radical network of extremists was exactly what the C.I.A had wished to create, right from the beginning. For without such a radical network of terrorists, the long planned war on terror, would never have been possible.<br />
In 2000, the Project For the New American Century released a document, entitled Rebuilding Americas Defences. Outlined in that document was a plan for full spectrum dominance of the Globe, Air, Land, Sea, Space, The internet, Everything.<br />
In that document it said, and I quote.<br />
“The process of transformation, even if it brings about revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event &#8211; like a New Pearl Harbor.”<br />
One year after George W Bush gained office, in the most contested election in US history, and many prominent members of pnac, were given positions in his administration, America experienced its New Pearl Harbor, and the entire pnac plan was put into effect.<br />
Coincidence?<br />
When the events of September the 11th unfolded, the troops were already there waiting to go into Afghanistan and the patriot act, and homeland security legislation, had already long been drawn up. They were already there, just waiting for the right event in order to introduce them. So when 9 11 happened, qui bono. Who Benefited? Afghanistan? Iraq? Did any Arab country? No. But, the Bush administration was given an open check book with which to take control of the Afghani poppy fields, the Iraqi oil fields, and the oil rich and natural gas rich Caspian basin. And all protest to the invasions of the two countries, was squashed before it started.<br />
Then the 7/7 bombings in London occurred, and again, who benefited? Islamism? Hardly, but support for the war in Iraq knew no bounds. The Blair government secured a massive increase in police and military funding, and was also able to install thousands of domestic surveillance cameras throughout England.<br />
Then, amid massive war protests in Australia, we saw the Bali Bombing, and yet again, who benefited? A Muslim cleric who suddenly found himself wanted by the C.I.A and the center of world attention? No. But, all anti-war protests in Australia suddenly dissipated. The Australian Prime minister John Howard received a huge boost in popularity. The Australian Police got to establish themselves as the local Police of the entire Australasian region, and both the Australian, and the Indonesian military, secured massive increases in funding. So who really benefited?<br />
The real facts, and as can be clearly seen by examining the evidence in all three cases, are that each one of these so-called terrorist attacks, was a false flag operation, designed to remove more rights from the people of western countries, and to further consolidate the hold the International Banking elite has over our world. The information on all of these cases exists; it’s out there in the public domain. Please, do the research, because the media is just not telling you.<br />
A large portion of al Qaeda funding comes from the Pakistani ISI, and it still does. Yet the ISI is an openly admitted, and funded wing of the CIA. The CIA created hundreds of thousands of extremists, and trained them in radical Islamic thinking, and kept a database on them all. All these extremists still receive funding from the CIA channeled to them via the ISI, and don’t even realize who they are funded by. Osama Bin Laden has been a C.I.A. asset right from the start and when US decided to go after Bin Laden, they used the name of the CIA database as the name for the terrorist “organization.”<br />
The War on Terror is fake. It’s a setup. There is no global network of terrorists waiting around every corner waiting to blow everyone up. It’s a myth. All the bombings are carefully orchestrated to follow a noticeable pattern, and you are never given the true facts, or an objective look at the evidence, in any one of them. And think about it. A few years ago, no one had ever heard of al Qaeda, yet now, almost every mishap in the world is blamed on them. Yet no one can seem to find any of them. Occasionally, some CIA asset we’ve never seen before comes on the screen and says a few condemning words, and we are supposed to take that as confirmation. Can you see how easy it is for them to pull this scam off, simply by controlling the media?<br />
And while people have been distracted, and living in fear of terrorism, international law enforcement borders have been slowly eroded away. For example, to clean up after the recent tornados in America, Canadian Soldiers were used. Australian and Indonesian Police now routinely train together. Now remember here, that Indonesian police have a reputation for being among the most brutal in the world, yet here we have Indonesian and Australian police officers, swapping ideas and methods.<br />
Many people have been trained to think that to talk about this stuff, is to be anti-American, but nothing could be further from the truth, The perpetrators of all of this are based mainly in England &#38; Europe; they are just using the military might of America to carry out their plans because they have usurped the American Government. America President George W Bush all but subverted the entire US constitution, and he robbed the country blind. However, it must be understood that this is not America itself doing this. The people who are doing this have set themselves up globally.<br />
Remember the words of JFK.</h3>
<h3><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Fluoride</span><br />
One of the two main tools used to keep you in a state of confusion without you knowing it, is the fluoride in your toothpastes and water supplies, and there are also many other chemicals that are added to processed foods to decrease your awareness and prevent your longevity. I implore you all to buy non fluoride dental products and drink only water that you know is fresh.<br />
It is true that Calcium Fluoride is an organically occurring compound and harmless in small doses, but the Sodium Fluoride that is used in dental products and water supplies is a toxic waste, it is a byproduct of aluminum production and it does not prevent tooth decay, it inhibits brain function and promotes docility in the subject. Very Notably, fluoride was first used by the Russians in mind control experiments conducted of prisoners in the Gulags and later by the nazis in the death camps. It was well noted by both groups that prisoners who drank fluoridated water were much more docile and easier to control than other prisoners. Fluoride compounds are also the active ingredients in most anti depressant drugs such as Prozac, clearly demonstrating its ability to reduce aggression and motivation in people.  It has absolutely no biological or health benefits at all, and it does nothing whatsoever to protect teeth. In fact, it causes dental fluorosis, yellowing of the teeth and pitting of the enamel. If you seriously think fluoride actually does have some health benefits the next time you are out shopping I challenge you to pick up a packet of any brand of rat poison you care to name and look at what it contains. Quite often you will find there is only one ingredient. Sodium Fluoride.<br />
And it has also been very well noted that a person under the influence of such a chemical is always completely oblivious to the fact. The ability of fluoride to do this is not some internet myth as many would claim and have you believe. It is the absolute truth. Yet even now, and despite the clear results shown in the latest fluoride studies, as more people begin to awaken and question the situation the world is in, the more governments are seeking to combat this awakening by undertaking the increased fluoridation of their water supplies, touting dental health as the reason, when nothing could be further from the truth.</h3>
<h3><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Television</span><br />
The second, and perhaps the most important tool that is used to keep people in check and prevent them from ever becoming truly aware is Television.<br />
Television is the greatest, and most all pervasive, hypnotist and propaganda tool, ever conceived. TV teaches people what to think, but not How to think, and TV has given modern humans an utterly false perception of society, of the world, and of each other. Through TV, the power elite have succeeded in creating a distracted, misinformed, divided and class-driven society, suffering historical amnesia and completely oblivious to the true reality of their surroundings. And all of these people view themselves as truly informed, and are very quick to berate and ridicule anyone who offers them an alternate perspective. Subsequently, through the ideas put into their heads by TV, and through a TV-driven obsession with the collecting of meaningless trinkets, fashions and possessions that the TV tells them defines who they are as people, the power elite have also managed to rob most of the common man of their wealth, their lands, their skills, their education and their history.<br />
But most importantly, it has robbed people of their ability to think critically and objectively. And that is exactly what Television was designed to do and exactly why it was invented.<br />
Every television set is also specifically designed to emit alpha waves. These can be clearly seen as a series of horizontal lines that run across the screen from top to bottom at regular intervals when using a camera to film an operating TV set, but they cannot be detected by the naked eye. These regular lines are not simply a normal part of the functioning of your picture tube. They are there for a particular reason and they travel across the screen at a predetermined and very specific pace.<br />
How often have you seen someone sit at a TV and say “I don’t like this program” and yet sit there and watch it anyway? How often have you done it yourself? It is because these horizontal lines are there to generate hypnotic alpha waves. Alpha waves place you into a trance-like state as you are told what to think by scripted news readers and told what to buy, what to wear, and where to go, and always kept otherwise distracted by sport, meaningless celebrity gossip, and a barrage of sex, and entertainment, nowadays ever more frequently punctuated by messages of fear, and warnings of imminent terror. These alpha waves produced by your TV set affect your electrical field even if you are not watching it. The TV merely has to be on.<br />
They become addictive as your body becomes used to the energy field and many people would simply feel unable to cope without the daily fix of their favorite TV show. Then this hypnotic state carries on throughout the day, as people work robot-like, at their given tasks, usually discussing whatever the television taught them with their co workers.<br />
Often people think they are discussing their own thoughts, but when the conversation is really analyzed, it’s usually not. It’s about what show they watched last night, or sport, or something they learned from discovery channel, their feelings towards the opposite sex, or perhaps something like the war on terror, and whether they realize it or not, what they are talking about &#8211; and 98% of what they think they know about anything &#8211; has been taught to them by the Television or by print media that is wholly owned and controlled by the very same 6 people who own all the TV stations. That’s right. 6 people!<br />
60 years ago the media in the western world was run by 86 small corporations who all competed to deliver the best and most informative news. Today it is run as a well oiled, very streamlined, and tightly controlled machine by just 6, who now control all major western mainstream television and print media, and with the current rate of corporate growth, that number is set to soon drop to 3.<br />
This has set an extremely dangerous precedent as it means all televised and mainstream print media is now controlled by very, very few people. For a better and more informed perspective, obtain your news online from one of the many immerging independent websites &#8211; and go to many sites from differing countries and sources, to compare the same story from a variety of perspectives. You have been told that the internet is an unreliable source of information and it is true that there are many bogus websites but there is also a lot of very reliable information from very reliable sources, if you look in the right places.<br />
And remember, that the ones who are telling you that the thousands of independent websites who have opposing views to the mainstream shouldn’t be trusted, number only 6, it is just that it is those 6 who control all the major media, so those 6, are able to control most of what information gets to the general public, and how such information is presented. It must also be duly considered that all of these 6 media corporations have extremely close ties to major financial institutions, and arms manufacturers.<br />
Such a conflict of interests immediately poses huge questions regarding the objectivity, and reliability of any information presented by these organizations. And if that were not bad enough, each one of these six corporations gets their news from one of only 2 sources, Reuters or the associated press. These two organizations serve as an international news pool and channel all information down to the networks. Only Reuters actually owns the associated press and Reuters itself is wholly owned by the Rothschilds.<br />
This is why there is never any negative press about world bank or the international banking cartels reported to the people by the mainstream media. It is why the majority of the people have no idea about codex alimentarius or the real effects of fluoride and simply do not know how the world and its corrupt money system is really run.</h3>
<h3><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Codex Alimentarius</span><br />
Mankind is facing a massive threat but it is not the threat of Global warming or the threat of terrorism. It comes in the form of an insidious set of food standards known as Codex Alimentarius. This legislation brings with it the control of all food and effectively criminalizes nutrition.<br />
This is the most pressing plan of the elite, and it is a plan that is already well underway.  Indeed many of these standards have already been adopted throughout the world.<br />
Through codex, the elite have managed to either phase out or take control of all vitamins and nutrient companies. They have introduced deadly toxins into peoples diets and purposely created nutrient deficient foods through the control and genetic manipulation of world seed stocks and they have already reclassified many nutrients as toxins. As one example of this, on February 2009 under Codex guidelines, the government of Thailand passed legislation forbidding the cultivation of a number of useful and medicinal herbs including Turmeric, Chili and Ginger by reclassifying these plants as hazardous substances.<br />
The global implementation of codex alimentarius becomes effective between December 2009 and February 2010.<br />
This will effectively condemn select sections of the global population to death, thru the forced consumption of toxic and nutrient deficient foods. Depopulation is high on the globalist agenda. It is happening right now, right before your eyes.<br />
They are doing it in the middle east and Africa with wars and starvation and in western countries with food toxins, water toxins, and aerial spraying.<br />
The underground seed vaults being constructed around the world, are not to protect the worlds seeds stocks from any coming catastrophe, they are to protect the genetically pure and wholesome seed stock of the elite, in order to provide them with clean nutrient rich food for years to come, and to keep the supply out of the hands of the people, who will be fed nutrient devoid, genetically modified foods designed to kill them &#8211; but slowly so the people don’t notice it being done.<br />
If the people allow Codex Alimentarius to be implemented world wide it is expected that in the first three years, 3 Billion people will die from preventable diseases and malnutrition alone.<br />
Please understand that this a plan to depopulate at least 80% of the world &#8211; and that most likely includes you. And no, this is not a joke and it is not some wild conspiracy theory. It is the absolute truth. And this matter seriously needs to be addressed. All the information regarding this is available in the public domain though of course you’re not hearing it reported by the mainstream media due to the simple fact that the money cartels who are implementing the plan own the mainstream media.<br />
There are an enormous amount of people who have been trying to warn you about this, but the people are kept distracted by any and every means conceivable to distract them.<br />
Distracted by taxes, by sex, by crime, media propaganda, by sport, body image, fashion, meaningless celebrity gossip, by war, the threat of terrorism, global warming, by TV, TV and more TV.<br />
Bringing this information to the public is the most important and challenging task humanity has ever been faced with. This time what is at stake is our global survival and it is a situation that we cannot allow to be ignored.</h3>
<h3><span style="text-decoration:underline;">We are One</span><br />
The subject matter that has been presented to you in this film may at first seem overwhelming and is very likely difficult to come to terms with. It is important to understand that the information has not been presented in order to instill fear but rather to raise awareness of what is truly happening in our world. It is not the time to despair at this information but rather it is an opportunity for new hope, but should we fail to act on this information, then the world that we are allowing to be created for our children to live in may well be a world that will not be worth living in.<br />
The reality is that this world does not have to be this way at all, it does not have to be heading in the direction it is heading, people do not have to live in a never ending sea of self generating debt. Wars do not have to be fought, and children, do not have to starve.<br />
This has been unfolding for many many years, but people are kept distracted by design, so for the most part, they haven’t yet noticed. Whatever your perception of this reality is, you need to understand, that a clear and present situation exists on this planet. It is happening right now, and it requires your urgent attention.<br />
Can you see how this has been done? Can you see the reality that we have been collectively taught, as whole societies, to ignore everything around us, and to focus our attentions on the collecting as much money as possible from either working for, or profiting from, another human being and to then use it to buy as many baubles and trinkets as we can in order to gain more status in our society and we have been convinced by Television that such pursuits are actually the meaning of life.<br />
The ruling elite understand this and they know that if you can control the emotions and the beliefs of enough of the population, you can control the entire species and quite literally create whatever reality you desire, and they have used our energy to create the world we now inhabit. The key to addressing this situation is to understand your own potential and to understand the true nature of energy.<br />
This is truly how it works.<br />
The situation we are now facing has occurred simply because most people are unaware of the facts for the only information most people receive is what they are told by their newspapers or by television and you can rest assured that the mainstream media will never inform people as to the real facts surrounding any of these issues or make people aware that a matter may even be up for debate.  So we very much recommend that you distribute this information to as many people as you are able because the time for talk really is over. What is truly needed at this time is for the good people of the world to act and to act now. Indeed, it is up to all of us to spread the truth. And you need not be afraid or feel alone in doing so because a new awareness is growing among the people. This awakening is far more powerful than any system on earth and more and more are waking up every day. Those who are awakening, are spreading the word, as we all should do as often and as loudly as we can, because the masses who are still unaware of the truth really must be woken up to what is occurring, as it is potentially the most important issue humanity has ever faced.<br />
Ignore corrupt legislation such as the introduction of Codex Alimentarius. Go out of your way to grow organic gardens and encourage others to do the same. Understand that it is our birthright to have healthy food, fresh water and clean air and this birthright must be protected at all cost. Such legislation infringes upon this birthright. Therefore is void. It is no law and it is entitled to no obedience.<br />
Its very important for people to realize that it is we who are sovereign. The only power the government actually has over us is the power we ourselves grant to them. Understand the power of yourself and the power of your community. It is the power of a unified population that the elite most fear because such a population cannot be so easily controlled. They know this and they know that were the people of the world ever to unite, the entire system of control would come crashing down like a house of cards.<br />
It is important that your mind be clear in order to address these issues. I implore you to avoid toxic substances such as heavily processed foods diet soft drinks, aspartame, artificial sweeteners, and fluoride, and to drink only water that you know is fresh.<br />
And Turn your TV off and leave it off, after even a month of no TV, you will be surprised at how much better and how much healthier you feel.<br />
And get back in touch with nature.<br />
We have now reached a turning point in history. The veil of secrecy that has always surrounded the system by which this world is run is now at last being lifted and now is the time for the people of the world to look after each other, and not the system. It really is that simple.  It’s time for each of us to realize our true potential as human beings. It’s time to forget the imaginary restraints and limitations that have been placed before us by institutionalized teachings and to look at the whole spectrum.  Realize the divisions that supposedly exist between us are an illusion. Look behind it to the real world, for It matters not who you are, what country you are in or where you are from, it makes no difference whether you are black or white or christian, or muslim, or jew, it makes no difference at all what your beliefs are, because we are all people, and we are all one! The reality is that this situation is a global one, and it affects each of us equally.<br />
It is seriously time for people to understand the truth of this and to approach the world and each other in a state of love rather than a state of fear. It’s time for you to tap into the source and realize your own potential and it’s time for us all to collectively stand together and address the root cause of the problem.<br />
The key is in love and unity among all mankind. Through conscious co creation we can very easily build a better world because the ones we have been waiting for, are ourselves.<br />
Do not wait for your governments or your media to address these issues for you, the one who must address them is you. Come to the realization that you are not merely pawns of the game of life; you are the mover of the pieces. So stop following and start leading. Embrace your true power, and unite as one human family. Feel the connection you have to all people, and to all life. Set aside your differences, and centre yourself in a state of love and forgiveness. This is the greatest power and the greatest tool that we have. There truly are no limits to what we can create and it is up to each of us to change this world for the better.  What is occurring at this moment in history is an evolution in human consciousness, so seize the opportunity, because the evolution is now.<br />
Do not accept any RF ID tracking cards from a criminal government. Do not accept your water being poisoned with fluoride.<br />
Its time to wake up.</h3>
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<title><![CDATA[Global Strike July 2011]]></title>
<link>http://leaksource.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/global-strike-july-2011/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 17:37:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>lesleyblood</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[GLOBAL  STRIKE! 2011 There IS a way we can collectively fight back against environmentally destructi]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">GLOBAL  STRIKE! 2011</span></strong></span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="color:#000000;">There IS a way we can collectively fight back against environmentally destructive multinational corporations. A coordinated global general strike and boycott, combined with personal preparedness, in sufficient numbers, can cause a great deal of economic disruption. The best tactic? Non-participation. A multi pronged strategy will be most effective:</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#000000;">1. BOYCOTT: All corporate products, beginning with Coke, McDonalds, ADM, and Monsanto. Reduce to eliminate your consumption of gasoline. You can start this now. Lawsuits: The more of their resources are devoted to circular legal action, which is expensive, the more is taken out of their budget without producing anything. File lawsuits of every kind (class action, environmental damage, labor rights).</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>2. STRIKE: The first week of July 2011. Take your vacation time, sick leave, organize your union to strike at this time. Spend time with family at home! The main thing is: DON’T BUY ANYTHING FOR ONE WEEK. Continue as long as possible, buy the gasoline you will need for a week at least. Where legally possible if you rent, organize a rent strike in your building/community.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>3. PREPARE: Learn what wild foods are available to you, identify them, and eat them. Start a garden, organize within your community to become as food self sufficient as possible. Store durable food a little at a time so you have a large supply by July. Plan many crops that will begin to bear by the first week of July.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>A permanent boycott will cause price disruption and stock deflation. A coordinated strike will cause specific timed disruption of currency movement (ie it’s not coming out of your pocket, and you are not causing any more to be moved or produced), and preparedness to become independent permanently from key industries (industrial agriculture).</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>The only way to level the playing field with ‘the powers that be’ is to take their money and make it valueless. Complete abundance causes a market economy to crash! When you have everything you need, what do you need money for? THEY HAVE AS MUCH POWER AS WE BELIEVE IN THEIR MONEY.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Together we can take one more step to bringing the machine to it’s knees! Grow your own food! Stop giving them money!</strong></span><strong></strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Huge Strike Begins in South Africa‏]]></title>
<link>http://jeeroburkhan.wordpress.com/2010/08/23/huge-strike-begins-in-south-africa%e2%80%8f/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tariq Jeeroburkhan</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[This probably would have been more effective if it had been launched immediately before or during th]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This probably would have been more effective if it had been launched immediately before or during the World Cup when the eyes of the world were on South Africa<br />
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- tj<br />
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<a href="http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2010/08/2010818125254251434.html" target="_blank">http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2010/08/2010818125254251434.html</a><br />
August 19, 2010 &#8211; More than one million South African state workers have gone on strike to press for an increase in pay, a move that threatens to paralyse Africa&#8217;s biggest economy. </p>
<p>Schools were closed early on Wednesday as teachers left for meetings to discuss the walkout, while workers dressed in red T-shirts gathered outside hospitals and government offices. <br />
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&#8220;The strike is indefinite. It will go on until there has been an improvement, until the government delivers on our demands,&#8221; Fikile Majola, the general secretary of the National Education Health and Allied Workers Union, said</p>
<p>&#8220;The response has been very good especially in the schools.&#8221;<br />
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Those on strike included police, healthcare workers, teachers and customs officials. Essential services are expected to be maintained through skeleton staffing.<br />
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&#8220;We have nothing to lose but the chains that bind us,&#8221; Norman Mampane, the national spokesman for the Popcru police and prison guards&#8217; union, one of the groups in the labour coalition representing about 1.3 million state workers, said.</p>
<p>No marches were planned for Wednesday because the strike was announced so late the night before.<br />
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<strong>Offer rejected</strong><br />
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The strike was declared after four days of consultation in which the state&#8217;s offer was to increase the monthly housing allowance to 700 rand from a previous offer of 630 rand.</p>
<p>However, it had refused to increase its wage rise offer of seven per cent.<br />
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A mid-range civil servant already makes about 40 per cent more in wages and benefits than the average South African worker, who takes home 6,383 rand ($880) a month.</p>
<p>Dumisani Nkwanba, the spokesman for the ministry of public service and administration, told Al Jazeera: &#8220;The government has been very sincere … The question here is the issue of affordability on the part of the state.</p>
<p>&#8220;The offer the government has put on the table … we feel is a fair and reasonable offer. We cannot move beyond what we have done now.&#8221;</p>
<p>Al Jazeera&#8217;s Haru Mutasa, reporting from Soweto, Johannesburg, said the unions do not believe the government when it says that it has no money.<br />
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&#8220;They say they see politicians living lavish lifestyles, they question why there was money for the football World Cup [staged in South Africa] and say they are tired of corruption allegations in government departments and that they will not put up with it anymore,&#8221; she reported.<br />
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&#8220;They are saying that they are not going back to work until their demands are met and that they don&#8217;t care how long the strike drags on.<br />
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&#8220;It&#8217;s going to have a big impact. Schools are shut down … we&#8217;ve heard people have barricaded hospitals. If this strike drags on a lot of people will become the casualties of the strike action.&#8221;</p>
<p>Anlysts expect a deal to be reached in the coming days, but economists fear that whatever deal is agreed will increase state spending as the government tries to bring its deficit down from 6.7 per cent of gross domestic product.</p>
<p>&#8220;Additional pressure on public sector finances and the subsequent need to increase the taxes will have consequential downstream impact on both business and consumers,&#8221; the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry said in a statement.</p>
<p>The last big public sector strike in South Africa took place in 2007 when a four-week strike by 600,000 state workers cost the economy several million lost man-days, discouraged investors and angered the public.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Global Strike:  Imagine The Power of A Global Strike--Global NonCompliance Day Is On July 15th!!]]></title>
<link>http://wireofinformation.wordpress.com/2010/07/12/global-strike-imagine-the-power-of-a-global-strike-global-noncompliance-day/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>alex hroz</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Global NonCompliance Day Is On July 15th.  If you&#8217;ve had enough of The System, then stay home]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size:13.3333px;">Global NonCompliance Day Is On July 15th.  If you&#8217;ve had enough of The System, then stay home on July 15th.  It&#8217;s Time To Make A Stand Against The Corporations That Are Destroying OUR EARTH.</span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[As Missions are Added, Stratcom Commander Keeps Focus on Deterrence]]></title>
<link>http://missiledefense.wordpress.com/2010/03/30/as-missions-are-added-stratcom-commander-keeps-focus-on-deterrence/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>missiledefense</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Strategic Command, Commander General Kevin P. Chilton Head of Strategic Command, General Kevin Chilt]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_1751" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 212px"><a href="http://missiledefense.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/chilton.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1751  " title="Chilton" src="http://missiledefense.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/chilton.jpg?w=202&#038;h=252" alt="" width="202" height="252" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Strategic Command, Commander General Kevin P. Chilton</p></div>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://www.missiledefenseadvocacy.org/news.aspx?news_id=2302" target="_blank">Head of Strategic Command, General Kevin Chilton said last week</a> that &#8220;we continue to strengthen and sharpen our focus on deterrence while at the same time preserving our freedom of action in space and cyberspace…&#8221;  While, noting his focus on deterrence, he also stated that protecting and improving defense department networks have become &#8220;interdependent imperatives &#8212; with new and expanded cyber capabilities.&#8221;  Chilton also went into his command&#8217;s duties with regard to missile defense.  Stating his team were a part of the negotiations with Russia to sign the START treaty.</p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;We continue to strengthen and sharpen our focus on deterrence while at the same time preserving our freedom of action in space and cyberspace,&#8221; Gen. Kevin P. Chilton, head of Strategic Command (Stratcom), said in last week&#8217;s appearance before the Senate Armed Services Committee.</p>
<p><!--more-->Increasingly, however, Stratcom has been assigned heavy and varied responsibilities. It began with strategic deterrence, nuclear weapons and their delivery systems. In 2002 came space operations, including global command and control (those communication and early-warning satellites in space) and missile defense. Cyber operations recently were added, followed by combating weapons of mass destruction, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR aircraft), and finally information operations (IO).</p>
<p>Chilton has the right background for such a multifaceted job.</p>
<p>He&#8217;s an Air Force Academy graduate, an engineer (master of science from Columbia University), test pilot (F-15), NASA astronaut (three space trips) and manager (operations for the international space station program).</p>
<p>In 2007, when he was appointed Stratcom commander, he said at an Air Force Association symposium that he had &#8220;multiple missions, more than I could get my small mind around.&#8221; He said he had to prioritize &#8212; and he did.</p>
<p>He looked at missile defense, ISRs, WMDs and IO and put them lower on the list. &#8220;What struck me right away is, we had no forces assigned to conduct operations in those areas,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>In short, Stratcom&#8217;s job was to advise: how to bring together missile-defense concepts of operations; with ISR, how best to use those high-demand/low numbers of aircraft; with WMD, help synchronize planning by the regional combatant commanders; and with IO, to &#8220;work in support of just about everybody around the world,&#8221; Chilton said.</p>
<p>Then, he listed his top priorities. &#8220;There are three areas where we [Stratcom] actually have forces assigned . . . where I have three-star general officers who run our command and control centers and promulgate orders daily to the folks that work&#8221; for each of the generals.</p>
<p>Chilton concluded by delineating those three focus areas: &#8220;cyberspace, space and global strike in the form of certain nuclear deterrence.&#8221;</p>
<p>Last week, in defending Stratcom&#8217;s growing budget, Chilton kept his focus on those areas. As a former astronaut, he spoke extensively about the need for space awareness and a next-generation space-based surveillance system to prevent collisions between satellites, manned spacecraft and debris.</p>
<p>In addition, he said, &#8220;I don&#8217;t think we can imagine military operations today without the advantages we have obtained from missile warning in space, global communications, GPS . . . navigation and tracking.&#8221;</p>
<p>A new Cyber Command is in the works, awaiting confirmation of its nominated commander, Lt. Gen. Keith B. Alexander, currently the director of the National Security Agency. The new subcommand of Stratcom will combine offensive and defensive military cyber operations. Individual services &#8212; the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines &#8212; have created their own cyber commands, which Chilton will coordinate.</p>
<p>Because so much depends on Defense Department information networks, Chilton said protecting and improving them have become &#8220;interdependent imperatives &#8212; with new and expanded cyber capabilities.&#8221; But he reminded senators that Stratcom&#8217;s responsibility is to &#8220;operate and defend military networks only,&#8221; not other government or civilian systems, which &#8220;fall under the responsibility of the Department of Homeland Security.&#8221;</p>
<p>In the nuclear area, Chilton said his people had input in the 2011 Nuclear Posture Review, which has yet to be released. They also provided support for the arms-control negotiators whose work resulted in the announcement last week of the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START). Chilton told the panel that his command will help design the strategy and plans that implement new limits in that agreement.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, he said, Stratcom carries on some old business. Last June, it held Global Thunder 2009, what Chilton told senators was &#8220;the most extensive nuclear command, control and communications field exercise in over a decade.&#8221; It involved strategic submarines, aircraft sorties including B-52s, an intercontinental ballistic missile test launch, and continuous airborne command and control.</p>
<p>In August, Air Force Global Strike Command became operational, showing new Air Force attention to its nuclear responsibilities in the wake of the September 2007 fiasco: B-52s took off from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota with pilots and others unaware that they were carrying an armed air-launched cruise missile across the United States to Louisiana.</p>
<p>Chilton has also become a student of deterrence.</p>
<p>&#8220;Since the end of the Cold War, the serious study of deterrence theory and strategy has been inadequate,&#8221; he said. An entire generation of policymakers, academics and military professionals skipped studying the evolution of deterrence. The preliminary work on the nuclear posture review and START &#8220;revealed this shortage of human capital,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>To fill the gap, Stratcom last summer held its first annual Deterrence Symposium. Chilton gave the senators an interesting thought to ponder: &#8220;Throughout the 65-year history of nuclear weapons, no nuclear power has been conquered or even put at risk of conquest, nor has the world witnessed the globe-consuming conflicts of earlier history.&#8221;</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a thought others in government ought to ponder as they watch Iran and North Korea seek to develop nuclear capability.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Max Igan: <em>The Calling</em>]]></title>
<link>http://coto2.wordpress.com/2010/01/08/max-igan-the-calling/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 04:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
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