Police Braced for 'Summer of Rage'

Superintendent David Hartshorn, who heads the Metropolitan Police's public order branch, said he feared there could be "mass protest" at rising unemployment, failing financial institutions and the downturn in the economy.
He said that "known activists" were planning returns to the streets, and intelligence revealed that they may be able to call on more protesters than normal due to the unprecedented conditions.

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Unhappy Voters Jam Capitol Hill Phone Lines

The recent debate over the nearly $900 billion economic stimulus plan and revelations of tax problems by three Obama administration appointees have voters angrily jamming phone lines on Capitol Hill to air their frustrations to their elected representatives.

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Fighting an "Invisible Force"

Roger, an "angry American," "patriot" and "fighter," wrote to say he is in touch with many other men who want to do something but don't know what.

Do I have any ideas?

Roger is like the man who asked how much does the yacht cost and was told, "If you have to ask, you can't afford it."

Individuals take the initiative. That's what the enemy is most afraid of.

People only do what they "own" i.e. conceive themselves (unless of course they are paid or propagandized by paid agents.)

In any conflict, it is necessary to understand who the enemy is. As Pogo said,"the enemy is us." The enemy has so permeated the social fabric that society is complicit in its own destruction. Let me explain

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National March Against Foreign Workers

THE business secretary, Lord Mandelson, issued a stark warning against moves to protect British jobs from foreign workers yesterday as unions planned a national protest march.
With the spectre of disruption to fuel and power supplies, Mandelson insisted that companies must continue to be allowed to employ staff from overseas. In a blunt message to workers demanding “British jobs for British workers”, he said: “Protectionism would be a sure-fire way of turning recession into depression.”

His tough stance was echoed by Gordon Brown, who condemned plans for further wild-cat strikes tomorrow. “That’s not the right thing to do and it’s not defensible,” he said.
While ministers held emergency meetings with union leaders to try to stem the flow of unofficial protests, militant shop stewards were planning their next moves.

Among the plans which will alarm Downing Street are a national march against foreign workers in London, a national boycott of filling stations owned by Total, the French oil company, and a blockade at a Kent power station

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