E. Ukraine Rebels Merge to Form the United Army of Novorossiya

Aaron Nelson | The Anti-Media

On Wednesday (September 17, 2014), Fyodor Berezin, the leader of the People’s Republic of Donetsk, announced the merging of the People’s Republic of Lugansk and Donetsk militia, forming the ‘United Army of Novorossiya‘. In the video below, the new Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Military Forces of Novorossiya recommends beginning the next stage of the war, no longer on the defensive but on the offensive, with plans to take back Kiev.

The announcement came just two days after a video surfaced from Donetsk which appeared to prove the ceasefire with Kiev had been broken. In this video which we embedded below, several civilian bodies lay bloody and lifeless. This is a scene becoming all too familiar to anyone paying attention to world events. You have been warned, the scene is extremely graphic.

This week also marked the beginning of a huge military drill in Ukraine involving 1,300 troops from 15 countries, including Ukraine, the United States, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Canada, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, and Spain. There will even be NATO observers participating in Exercise Rapid Trident 2014.

For more information about the situation in Ukraine, please read our article covering the ceasefire agreement with Kiev.

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Shhhh… The Crime Rate in Chicago Took a Nose-Dive. Here’s Why

Aaron Nelson (The Anti-Media)

In 2012, Chicago was the murder capital of America. That December, the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit struck down the ban Illinois had in place on concealed carry. This year was the first time the new concealed carry program was implemented in the state.

Guess what? In the first quarter of 2014, the homicide rate in Chicago dropped to the lowest we have seen in 56 years. Auto theft rates have dropped by 26% and burglaries are down by 20%.

Well, what do you know? Now that people can defend themselves in public, Chicago’s notorious crime rate has suddenly plummeted. It’s not rocket science. For some reason I doubt the cops are responsible for the sudden turnaround.

If I were you, I would worry about the militarization of the police, Piers.

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Miami Mayor Wants Bodycams On All Cops

Written by Justin King | The Anti-Media

The Mayor of Miami-Dade is calling for cameras to be worn by hundreds of officers while they are on duty. Mayor Carlos Giménez is calling for the cameras in the wake of the massive civil unrest caused by the shooting of an unarmed teen in Ferguson, Missouri.

Giménez included the funds to purchase 500 of the cameras in this year’s proposed budget. That would be enough to issue cameras to roughly half of the department’s patrol officers. It is expected that the program would be expanded next year to include all officers. Giménez sees the cameras as a common sense approach to combat police brutality and provide accountability. 

He said:

Rapper Talib Kweli Calls Out Corporate Media Coverage of Ferguson on Live TV

Nick Bernabe | The Anti-Media

Rapper Talib Kweli takes CNN reporter Don Lemon to task over the lopsided and superficial coverage that CNN is doing on the Ferguson civil unrest. 

The town of Ferguson, MO has become a national media sensation following the shooting death of 18 year old Michael Brown, the subsequent civil disobedience and massive militarized police reaction.

Here’s the clip:

The corporate media’s notoriously pro-government slant is coming under increased scrutiny following the incredible citizen journalism coverage showing the unadulterated situation on the ground in Ferguson, often at odds with TV reporting, as Kweli points out.

Kweli makes another extremely valid point about how much of the escalations that are happening in Ferguson have been a direct result of overly militarized police presence and reactions.

A point we made here on The Anti-Media when the Mike Brown shooting first surfaced was that the corporate media quickly shifted the focus of media attention away from the slaying of teenager Mike Brown, and instead focused it’s attention on the few people who began looting. Here’s an excerpt from our article titled “The Media Conveniently Focuses on Ferguson Looting Instead of Rampant Police State“:

In the predictable manner in which the corporate media operates, the news cycle has been shifted away from the tragedy of the killing of 18 year old Michael Brown, and switched to the few who lost their cool and began looting and rioting. While the riots are newsworthy, the main focus of the news coverage should be on the death of this unarmed young man, and the overall rise of documented police brutality that is permeating in all corners of America. More Americans have been killed in the last decade by the police than the total number of US soldiers killed in the entire Iraq war, but they won’t talk about that on TV.

It’s easy to figure out why the corporate media has a tough time talking about police militarization; they were complicit in turning America into a battle field. While the government began arming local police with an unimaginable amount of weapons of war, the TV media turned a blind eye to this fact. Most people don’t even know that their local town has MRAP (mine resistant ambush protected military) vehicles, and that is partly due to the mind-numbing reporting seen on TV about Justin Bieber and Kim Kardashian.

You can visit our Ferguson article archive here.

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10 George Orwell Quotes that Predicted Life in 2014 America

Written by Justin King | The Anti-Media

George Orwell ranks among the most profound social critics of the modern era. Some of his quotations, more than a half a century old, show the depth of understanding an enlightened mind can have about the future.

1)  “In our age there is no such thing as ‘keeping out of politics.’ All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.”

Though many in the modern age have the will to bury their head in the sand when it comes to political matters, nobody can only concern themselves with the proverbial pebble in their shoe. If one is successful in avoiding politics, at some point the effects of the political decisions they abstained from participating in will reach their front door. More often than not, by that time the person has already lost whatever whisper of a voice the government has allowed them.

The World is Waking Up to the Dangers of the Militarized Police State

Written by Nick Bernabe | The Anti-Media

What we are seeing now is a reversal from just a year or so ago when the corporate media glorified the very same tactics being used against the residents of Watertown following the Boston marathon bombing.

I’m sure you remember the pitiful act; video shown by the corporate outlets even depicted residents cheering paramilitary police in armored vehicles in a sort of Orwellian orgy of praise to the state.

While the media glorified the militarized police reaction in Watertown and Boston, many residents told a much more sobering account of the situation.

Ferguson Riots Move the US One Step Closer to Insurrection

Justin King | The Anti-Media

Many question the moral authority of the rioting in Ferguson that was triggered by yet another killing of an unarmed teen. The rioting is a symptom of a larger nationwide trend of resistance to the encroaching police state, and specifically the ability of law enforcement officials to kill, maim, and harass without consequence.

The riots began before all of the facts were gathered about the shooting. The timing of the riot is important. Preemptive rioting and the destruction of private property is the third step in a historical cycle that has played out since the foundation of governments. It is a five step cycle that ends in widespread rebellion and insurrection.

5 steps to insurgency

Pamphlets:

Prior to the digital age, pamphlets were the main method of spreading dissent around the world. The pamphlets examined and questioned the authority of the contemporary governments and control systems. In the modern world, pamphlets have been replaced by blogs, social media, and to a smaller degree, adversarial journalists.

Reactive Protests:

Once the seed of dissent is planted, people take to the streets to voice their opposition to the government. These protests occur after the control systems of the era attempt to diffuse an offending incident.

Preemptive Rioting:

Preemptive rioting follows a period of reactive protests that go unanswered by the government. The people begin taking to the streets and destroying private and public property as soon as an offending incident takes place, rather than waiting and hoping for the government to police itself.

Military or Law Enforcement backlash and crackdowns:

These riots and small incidents of resistance trigger a government reaction. The control systems of the country tighten their grip on the people and further curtail civil liberties and infringe on people’s rights. The government crackdown fuels the resistance movement as more people tire of government intrusion.

The Media Conveniently Focuses on Ferguson Looting Instead of Rampant Police State

And unfortunately a lot of people are falling right into this trap.

Nick Bernabe | The Anti-Media

Following what may be the greatest few weeks in decades of exposure to police brutality, police in Ferguson, Missouri, have now shot and killed an 18 year old unarmed teen who, according to witnesses, was holding his hands in the air when he was shot. Peaceful protests that began shortly after the shooting yesterday were met with full on military style anti-riot police.

What started as a peaceful protest soon turned into a small riot which resulted in some stores being looted and shots being fired at police.

While the riots will not help the cause, they are also not surprising considering the sharp uptick in anti-police sentiment stemming from the massive amount of police violence against the working poor and minorities in America. Police violence which is increasingly being captured on cell phone cameras and posted online daily. We have a whole section on the Police State on our website which can be viewed here.

Iraqi Officials Claim US-Led Airstrikes Begin Against ISIS Militants in Iraq

Nick Bernabe | The Anti-Media

Image credit: Ian Vaughan

According to the New York Times, Iraqi and Kurdish officials say that US airstrikes have begun in northern Iraqi areas controlled by ISIS militants,

“Kurdish and Iraqi officials attributed the bombing campaign to American forces. An announcement on Kurdish television of what was described as an American intervention prompted street celebrations and horn-honking by residents of towns under siege by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.”

Pentagon officials have denied these claims.