Populist Party Newsletter 10-26-06

Progressive Civil Disobedience by Joel S. Hirschhorn We tend to think of exercising power through the application of force or by strong overt action.  Another, perhaps more Eastern, way of seeing power is through withholding something or through denial.  For effective patriotic behavior today we must deny the corrupt political and economic system of what it wants from us - our participation.  Through denial we can remove credibility and legitimacy and open opportunities for fundamental change that no exercise of traditional raw power can achieve.  Populist power is the goal. Read More... The Illusion of a Two-Party System by Ben Tanosborn For at least two generations we have been living the entrenched lie that ours is a two-party political system where the choice is one of substance, not of vestments. In a very simplistic way voters view the Republican Party as representing conservative ideas and values, while they see the Democratic Party as the advocate of liberal and progressive causes. In both cases we have it wrong: totally, completely and unequivocally wrong. Read More... Organized--Unorganized by Stephen Neitzke We the sovereign people are powerful beyond imagining, if we're organized for anything. Not just casually organized for anti-war protests, flash mobs, NGOs that prop up the failed status quo, and the corrupt political parties, but formally organized into cross-country citizen action groups for every proactive anything, as well as for remedies outside the box of mega-corrupt representative govt. Read More... Pax Romana by Steve Osborn I grew up in a nation that had been born of the dream of freedom from foreign rule, from arbitrary despotism. It was a nation that penned the Declaration of Independence stating that all men had been created equal, with the right to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It declared that these men had the right to rebel and form their own nation. That government was derived from the just consent of the governed, not arbitrary rule. Read More... Poisoning US Troops: Anthrax, Lies and Vaccines by Heather Wokusch The US Defense Department quietly announced on Monday that mandatory anthrax vaccinations would resume for military personnel and civilians deploying to 28 countries across the globe and even for some based in the US. Read More...