A cautionary tale ... does any of this ring a bell?
bh | 10.11.2001 03:33
A cautionary tale ... does any of this ring a bell?
http://cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/11/09/gen.rome.protest/index.html Rome ready for conflicting rallies
At least 150,000 people are expected to take part in two rallies scheduled less than one kilometre apart. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi organised USA Day in Rome's central Piazza del Popolo -- People's Square -- in an effort to unite the nation behind the U.S.-led coalition ... The USA Day rally comes three days after parliament voted overwhelmingly to send 2,700 Italian troops and assorted military equipment to support the campaign against the Taliban.
Berlusconi's conservative Forza Italia party intends to use 500 buses to transport supporters into Rome from around the country and has promised about 30,000 members will attend the rally ... The anti-globalisation activists hope to draw at least 50,000 people to their march ... A police source told Reuters news agency: "There is certainly the chance of some disorder. We are also on high-alert for any type of attack, particularly since we are now part of the war effort."
Britain is the country where war support has been slipping most quickly lately ... Demo outside Northwood Nato base ... Video of Manchestor Demo ... And Photos of Manchestor Demo ... British Nazi Front plan marches in November and Car bomb explodes ion Central Birmingham
Anti-terrorism legislation is the newest expression of 'globalization' with the Canadian and American bills seeming to contain identical provisions, and even dictators talking up similar legislation. The Vancouver IndyMedia site offers the following analysis of Bill C-36, which probably pretty well describes all the other 'anti-terror' bills to be passed, or already signed into law elsewhere.
http://vancouver.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=6551&group=webcast
Some of the more insidious aspects include: Preventative Detention: This gives the police the power to throw anyone in jail they choose, without justification or recourse for the detainee. Say goodbye to peaceful protest and the right to dissent. Say hello to oligarchy. Access to Information: The right of Canadians to examine the activities of their elected officials be curtailed, but even worse, at least before they had to ask permission to monitor our e-mails, telephone calls, private discussions, etc. Now they can do it without permission. Say goodbye to Freedom of Speech. Say hello to Big Brother.
And further analysis is found here->
http://vancouver.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=6694&group=webcast
Today's anti-terrorism legislation is basically a duplication of the anti-terrorism legislation enacted by Hitler in the 30s...Does any of the following ring a bell?
"The national government will preserve and defend the foundations on which the strength of our nation rests...It will therefore decalre merciless war on spiritual, political, and cultural nihilism. Germany must not and will not sink into Communist anarchy..." Adolph Hitler Feb 1st, 1933
"Hitler concentrated his attacks on the 'Marxists lumping them together with the trade unions and the Social Democrats... "The activities of subversive organizations are to be combatted with the most drastic methods. Communist terrorist acts are to be proceeded against with all severity and weapons must be used ruthlessly when neccesary..." Hitler, Feb 4th, 1933.
On Feb 22 Goring issued another order which had far reaching consequences. The Prussian police force was to be reeinforced by enlisting auxiliaries to "combat the growing excesses of the radical left"...Recruitment was limited to the SA and SS...who were virtually given freedom of the streets...Old scores to be settled from the street battles of the previous two or three years were largely directed agaainst the left...The Reichstag mysteriously burst into flames......Goring wasted no time in ordering the arrest of all leftists...Hitler signed a decree "For the protection of the people and State...article 1 suspended the sections of the constitution defending the fundamental rights of citizens...including "violations of the privacy of postal, telegraphic, and telephonic communications and warrants for house searches...are permissable beyond the legal limits otherwise prescribed." They also provided the legal warrant for the device of 'protective custody" and the Gestapo to imprison without trail.....Seeing it as a temporary measure directed agaibnst the left and blind to the long term implications no objections were offered and Hitler insited that when the danger from the left was eliminated things would get back to normal. The threat from the left was taken seriously by average Germans and the reports by police and other agencies confirmed that the drastic measures taken by the government had encountered little criticism, were in fact widely welcomed, and increased Hitler's popularity greatly...Seizing upon the 'evidence' the Nazi propaganda machine achieved new levels of mass suggestion...Hitler said to a giant demonstration in Prussia, "Now hold your heads high again.You are no longer enslaved or in bondage. Now you are free again by God's gracious act." His messianic note was answered by ahymn sung by thousands while the bells rung out from Konisberg Catherdral. Free fires were lighted on the mountains while the brownshirts marched in every city...
From "Hitler and Stalin - parallel lives" by Alan Bullock
http://cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/11/09/gen.rome.protest/index.html Rome ready for conflicting rallies
At least 150,000 people are expected to take part in two rallies scheduled less than one kilometre apart. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi organised USA Day in Rome's central Piazza del Popolo -- People's Square -- in an effort to unite the nation behind the U.S.-led coalition ... The USA Day rally comes three days after parliament voted overwhelmingly to send 2,700 Italian troops and assorted military equipment to support the campaign against the Taliban.
Berlusconi's conservative Forza Italia party intends to use 500 buses to transport supporters into Rome from around the country and has promised about 30,000 members will attend the rally ... The anti-globalisation activists hope to draw at least 50,000 people to their march ... A police source told Reuters news agency: "There is certainly the chance of some disorder. We are also on high-alert for any type of attack, particularly since we are now part of the war effort."
Britain is the country where war support has been slipping most quickly lately ... Demo outside Northwood Nato base ... Video of Manchestor Demo ... And Photos of Manchestor Demo ... British Nazi Front plan marches in November and Car bomb explodes ion Central Birmingham
Anti-terrorism legislation is the newest expression of 'globalization' with the Canadian and American bills seeming to contain identical provisions, and even dictators talking up similar legislation. The Vancouver IndyMedia site offers the following analysis of Bill C-36, which probably pretty well describes all the other 'anti-terror' bills to be passed, or already signed into law elsewhere.
http://vancouver.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=6551&group=webcast
Some of the more insidious aspects include: Preventative Detention: This gives the police the power to throw anyone in jail they choose, without justification or recourse for the detainee. Say goodbye to peaceful protest and the right to dissent. Say hello to oligarchy. Access to Information: The right of Canadians to examine the activities of their elected officials be curtailed, but even worse, at least before they had to ask permission to monitor our e-mails, telephone calls, private discussions, etc. Now they can do it without permission. Say goodbye to Freedom of Speech. Say hello to Big Brother.
And further analysis is found here->
http://vancouver.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=6694&group=webcast
Today's anti-terrorism legislation is basically a duplication of the anti-terrorism legislation enacted by Hitler in the 30s...Does any of the following ring a bell?
"The national government will preserve and defend the foundations on which the strength of our nation rests...It will therefore decalre merciless war on spiritual, political, and cultural nihilism. Germany must not and will not sink into Communist anarchy..." Adolph Hitler Feb 1st, 1933
"Hitler concentrated his attacks on the 'Marxists lumping them together with the trade unions and the Social Democrats... "The activities of subversive organizations are to be combatted with the most drastic methods. Communist terrorist acts are to be proceeded against with all severity and weapons must be used ruthlessly when neccesary..." Hitler, Feb 4th, 1933.
On Feb 22 Goring issued another order which had far reaching consequences. The Prussian police force was to be reeinforced by enlisting auxiliaries to "combat the growing excesses of the radical left"...Recruitment was limited to the SA and SS...who were virtually given freedom of the streets...Old scores to be settled from the street battles of the previous two or three years were largely directed agaainst the left...The Reichstag mysteriously burst into flames......Goring wasted no time in ordering the arrest of all leftists...Hitler signed a decree "For the protection of the people and State...article 1 suspended the sections of the constitution defending the fundamental rights of citizens...including "violations of the privacy of postal, telegraphic, and telephonic communications and warrants for house searches...are permissable beyond the legal limits otherwise prescribed." They also provided the legal warrant for the device of 'protective custody" and the Gestapo to imprison without trail.....Seeing it as a temporary measure directed agaibnst the left and blind to the long term implications no objections were offered and Hitler insited that when the danger from the left was eliminated things would get back to normal. The threat from the left was taken seriously by average Germans and the reports by police and other agencies confirmed that the drastic measures taken by the government had encountered little criticism, were in fact widely welcomed, and increased Hitler's popularity greatly...Seizing upon the 'evidence' the Nazi propaganda machine achieved new levels of mass suggestion...Hitler said to a giant demonstration in Prussia, "Now hold your heads high again.You are no longer enslaved or in bondage. Now you are free again by God's gracious act." His messianic note was answered by ahymn sung by thousands while the bells rung out from Konisberg Catherdral. Free fires were lighted on the mountains while the brownshirts marched in every city...
From "Hitler and Stalin - parallel lives" by Alan Bullock
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