Bulletin N° 907
Subject:
The Trials and Tribulations of “Law Enforcement” under Late Capitalism and
Birth Pangs of the New Society.
Grenoble, May 31, 2020
Dear
Colleagues and Friends of CEIMSA,
Below
please find links to several exposés of what is going down in the United States
today. As you will see, the Genie is out of the bottle and the “Forces of
Order”, along with mercenary provocateurs, have been called out in American cities to promote "The New Order.” (Shades of the famous Reichstag Fire, Berlin, February 27,
1933.)
Sincerely,
Francis
Feeley
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Professeur honoraire de l'Université
Grenoble-Alpes
Ancien Directeur de
Researches
Université de Paris-Nanterre
Director of The Center for the Advanced Study
of American Institutions and Social Movements
(CEIMSA-in-Exile)
The University of California-San Diego
http://www.ceimsa.org
1)
From: Mark Crispin Miller
Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2020
Subject: [MCM] There's somethin' happenin'
here, / And what it is, is all too clear (or should be)
As US cities coast to coast
lock down all over again, spectacularly violent protesters
having brought on busts and beatings by police,
and mayors announcing curfews in
LA, Chicago, Denver,
Atlanta, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Columbus, Portland,
Rochester, Miami, Salt
Lake City and Milwaukee—and as I sit here in Greenwich Village,
listening to helicopters droning overhead,
and police cars shrilling up and down Broadway
—I'm moved to send,
again, the link to the video "Battlefield America," about what
went
down in Minneapolis (also under curfew),
and a link to a second video, on the very similar
protests that rocked Baltimore two years
ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmW7z5ewYME&feature=youtu.be
https://news.unclesamsmisguidedchildren.com/friends-of-democracy-funded-planned-baltimore-riots/
Things look bleak indeed
tonight; but they will be much worse, and for a longer time,
if we don't face the truth, ASAP, about
what's happening here—much as it happened
in Teheran in 1953, Santiago in 1973
(on 9/11), and Kiev in 2014. We need to know that
history—and that that past is prologue.
MCM
2)
“Wall Street Is
Profiting From Police Brutality”
https://therealnews.com/stories/wall-street-is-profiting-from-police-brutality
with Kat from Irate Productions
3)
RT NEWSLETTER (May 30,
2020)
https://subscribe.rt.com/preview/8Gioit
4)
Democracy Now! (May 30,
2020)
https://www.democracynow.org/2020/5/29/minneapolis
5)
" ‘It's A Setup’: Mysterious Brick Piles Appear Throughout Major Protest Cities
”
by Tyler Durden
Mysterious
pallets of bricks have been filmed throughout major riot hotspots across the
country, in what appears to be more evidence that organized groups are using
the George Floyd protests to incite chaos and terrorism throughout the US.
6)
“Inside America's Cash-Hungry
Plainclothes Police Units”
with Laura Shark
7)
RT NEWSLETTER (May 31, 2020)
https://subscribe.rt.com/preview/jYcVaQ
8)
From: Mark Crispin Miller
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2020
Subject: [MCM] 15-man wrecking crew
reportedly went down 2nd Ave. in NYC, "smashing stuff" AFTER the
peaceful protestors had gone
From
Lou Miller (my son):
Check
out this picture [attached]. Rumor has it there were about 15 guys going down
2nd Ave smashing stuff,
long after the peaceful protesters had left.
I
walked down Second Ave. on my way home right after we spoke, and it was already
done. Cops were mostly barricaded in on 5th street between 1st and
2nd, which is where the precinct house is located. They were there in
force, I assume to defend their headquarters: i.e., doing nothing.
9)
A radical take on our
collective situation:
“Jimmy Dore on Bernie Sanders, his disappointment with the CARES Act, and more”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxIjbulIYDs
10)
From: Mark Crispin Miller
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2020
Subject: [MCM] Gates bought up
"our free press" some time ago
A germane article from back in 2013.
The Gray Lady is one of many venerable outlets "kept" by Father Teresa.
MCM
Behind the scenes with the Gates
Foundation’s ‘strategic media partners’
BY TOM PAULSON ON 14
FEBRUARY 2013
I wasn’t actually allowed behind the scenes at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s
recent meeting in Seattle entitled “Strategic Media Partnerships.”
The Gates Foundation funds a lot of media – more than $25 million in media grants for 2012 (but still less than 1% of the budget).
I’m media but I wasn’t invited. I asked if I could come and
report on it, but was told the meeting was off the record. Those attending
included representatives from the New York Times, NPR, the Guardian, NBC, Seattle
Times and a number of other news organizations, non-profit groups and
foundations. Not all were grant recipients, or partners. Some just came to
consult.
Spoiler alert: Nothing sinister happened.
But there’s still a story here.
The public doesn’t see much coverage of the media’s
collaboration with the Gates Foundation. Yet it’s substantial, influential and,
despite the media’s distaste for reporting on itself, I feel compelled. So
here’s my news analysis….
I should note that because I have no editor or talent for
personal restraint, I intend to expand my analysis to the broader issue of the
Gates Foundation’s multiple ‘messaging’ avenues for influencing the public
narrative. Media and messaging.
More personal disclosure: I think it’s a good thing the Gates
Foundation has decided to shore up the crumbling media business. Somebody has
to pay for journalism and chances are you, yeah you, don’t pay your fair share.
The full-page ads for women’s underwear, tires and the latest gizmos just don’t
cut it anymore. NPR’s new global health beat is
partially paid for by Gates. The Guardian’s Global Development page
is as well.
11)
From:
Mike Baillie - Avaaz [mailto:avaaz@avaaz.org]
Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2020
Subject: "mama"
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