‘In Prague, the archives of the Gestapo were thrown into the streets.’ ibid. French newsreel
‘The first Soviet tank that entered Free Prague carried the number 23. It was the same tank, now a monument, that was surrounded by other Russian tanks in August 1968.’ ibid. commentator
Dubcek goes to Moscow and finds another Brezhnev who threatens with military invasion and ‘normalization’. ibid.
‘What are you doing in Prague? And you call yourself a communist.’ ibid. demonstrator to man in tank
‘Student demonstration May 68 quickly repressed the Mexican way. Two hundred dead, and the game opened in a pacified capital.’ ibid. commentator
The singing, the yelling, the dressing up in red. The Opposition ***** fan, ESPN 2014
It’s very difficult to get a player to talk politics. They don’t talk. They’re afraid. They’re scared. We were the black sheep. We were dissidents. ibid. Carlos Caszely, Chile national team 1969-1985
The team represented a great generation of Chilean soccer players. ibid. Julio Salviat, journalist
Behind the scenes, the US funded propaganda campaigns and starved aid to Chile in an effort to undercut Allende’s leftist agenda. ibid. caption
By eliminating Peru, the team set up a two game playoff versus the Soviet Union for a spot in the World Cup. But Chile was crumbling. ibid.
The lust for power killed those dreams. ibid. journalist
On the way to training I saw dead bodies. ibid. dissident player
I was arrested. The accusation was that I was a dangerous activist. I was brought to the National Stadium. I never imagined that a place such as this could be made into a concentration camp. ibid.
The Soviet Union sent a letter to FIFA protesting its upcoming game versus Chile on moral grounds. ibid. caption
Russia isn’t coming … You’ll still have to take the field tomorrow and score a goal … It was a FIFA stipulation. ibid. dissident player
From September to November 1973 an estimated 40,000 people were imprisoned at Chile’s National Stadium. ibid.
Sunday March 17th London: These people believe world politics are in a mess … All want to bring about a radical social and political change … They claim to be a world-wide rebellion of youth. World in Action: The Demonstration, ITV 1968
‘I shan’t be at all surprised it there’s violence today.’ ibid. radical member of Manchester delegation
A thousand London policeman will be on crowd control duty. ibid.
‘All demonstrations do some good.’ ibid. bus inspector
3.45 at St Paul’s. Canon Collins leads a different kind of protest against the [Vietnam] war. ibid.
Both the European Parliament and the US House have both passed bills targeting Russian Propaganda websites. The Corbett Report, The Abnormalization of Dissent, James Corbett online 2016
It’s people like me … I’m suddenly learning I’m a Putin puppet. ibid.
‘Fake news can have real-world consequences … Lives are at risk.’ ibid. Hillary Clinton
Once the government starts getting in and regulating what is true news and what is fake news and how do we regulate those sites and how do we clamp down, how do we censure people … is that really what you want? ibid.
‘Such distinctions do not lend themselves to argument. They are proffered to us as axiomatic truths, empirical facts which no normal person would ever dream of contradicting. ibid. C J Hopkins, Counterpunch online
He [Chomsky] is famous for two reasons: one of them is his political activism – he is a very vociferous critic of American and British foreign policy … he has a huge following because of his prolific output in politics. The Corbett Report: Meet Noam Chomsky, Academic Gatekeeper, James Corbett online October 2013, Steven Pinker with LondonReal online
Obama worse than Bush … Drones are terror weapons … Under Bush people were tortured, new policy is just kill … Banksters got Obama elected … MIC survives on nanny-state welfare … manufacturing consent … ibid.
Why Chomsky seems so reticent to get into certain critiques … The Federal Reserve … His views on the JFK assassination … Chomsky’s famous statements and pronoucements on 9/11 … ibid.
‘For over 12 years the Grass Roots organisation of peace activists known as Code Pink have shaken up the Washington establishment with countless anti-war demonstrations in front of DC’s top politicians and policy makers.’ Cody Snell, cited Abby Martin, Breaking the Set: Cuba I II III, RT 25-27.02.15
‘150 members of the group … their reasons for coming here [Cuba] are as diverse as the activists themselves.’ ibid.
Eugene Debbs, the famous Socialist candidate during World War I, was sentenced to ten years imprison for his opposition under the Sedition Act. Abby Martin, The Empire Files with Chris Hedges: War, Propaganda and the Enemy Within, Youtube 2015
The Sedition Act, the Espionage Act, and more importantly, the Committee for Public Information. ibid. Hedges
After the war the dreaded Hun becomes the dreaded Red. ibid.
Allende was overthrown in 1973 and Pinochet was put in power to protect the copper industry from being nationalised. And these elites were given tremendous resources … 1954: Arbenz who wanted to challenge United Fruits … Arbenz becomes a communist in the eyes of the press … It’s a different kind of empire. ibid.
Half of the population in El Salvador at the time was landless … people living in tremendous deprivation. ibid.
The pressure that Empire will put on those few reporters who attempt to go out and actually report is fierce and can even involve loss of life. ibid.
You may have heard of the Earth Liberation Front: the Attorney General himself says it’s a domestic terrorist organisation; the FBI says it is one of the most dangerous groups in the country. The ELF has claimed responsibility for more than two-dozen acts of eco-terrorism. If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front, news, 2011
This thing is complex … no-one got hurt. ibid. Daniel
I protested constantly … I wrote hundreds of protest letters. ibid.
There is this new kind of protest … people would call it sabotage or monkeywrenching. ibid.
In the months after the Ranger Station fires there was a split within the environmental movement. ibid.
Six of Daniel’s co-defendants have appeared in court to accept plea-deals; in exchange for reduced sentences they’ve agreed to testify in the government’s case against the remaining defendants. ibid.
In 1999 tens of thousands of people converged on Seattle to protest the WTO and its effect on the environment and labour … The police responded with force to clear the streets. ibid.
The lights are out all over Egypt. The Square, opening scene, 2013
Egypt was living without dignity. Injustice existed everywhere. Before the revolution I lived from one job to the next. I started working when I was eight years old. ibid. Ahmed
They forced us to live for 30 years under emergency law. ibid.
We will go down and demand our fundamental human rights. ibid. protester
We have taken Tahrir Square! … The entire nation erupted at once. ibid.
When Mubarak stepped down the armed forces took over the country’s affairs. They swore to God to meet the people’s demands. So the people went home. And nothing happened. ibid.
So we went back to the Square. ibid.
They arrest people and take them to the museum. ibid.
The battle is in the images; the battle is in the stories. ibid.
The Muslim Brotherhood started shouting, ‘Islamic rule! Islamic rule!’ … The Brotherhood began to use the Square to negotiate with the Army. They’re not calling for the people’s demands but for their political demands. ibid.
They were firing live bullets at us … People were falling one by one. ibid.
Even the doctors are dying. ibid.
We’re stuck between a rock and a hard place. ibid.