If the RNC8, Amy Goodman and others can be held on Conspiracy to Riot charges, then we should demand that the marketing and corporate executives of Wal-mart be arrested for Conspiracy to Riot ~ and for those stores in Minnesota, add with furtherance of Terrorism!

To me it is utterly amazing how our system of injustice can blatantly abuse the rights of citizens and organizations who are simply exercising their right to protest ~ yet let US corporations, under the guise of Free Market Economics, routinely impose economic shock techniques in their effort to capitalize upon targeting and manipulating the poor and working class for profit, aka The Poverty Business.

I am not a lawyer and so this writing is not a legal discourse on this subject. This piece simply arises out of just a little outrage at a system of injustice that employs State Violence to harm and then prosecute political dissenters (e.g. RNC8), yet this same system has served a blind eye to corporate instituted violence; if not actually being a co-conspirator of corporate induced violence. A most recent case in point is the tragic death of a Wal-mart Continue Reading

The outrage spreads throughout a nation regarding the passage of Proposition 8 in California; and on this Saturday there are simultaneous protests being held throughout the US at 1:30 PM (Eastern time). However, as we give needed visibility to these demonstrations and their demands to Stop the H8, we must take a moment to reflect upon why, to whom and to where we are directing this outrage. I especially fear that many are taking to the streets, being whipped up over the years by the drumbeat of Marriage Equality, yet forgetting some of our basic tenets and needs for LGBT equality and organizing.

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