Post by stonefruit on Aug 22, 2005 21:07:01 GMT -5
Jackbooted fascist thugs in full combat gear (aka local cops and SWAT teams) attacked a legal, fully permitted rave in Utah over the weekend.
Extremely ominous video at the link. Welcome to the Amerikkka. If you think it can't happen here - news flash - it already is. Short commentary at Stonefruit, my new blog
(photos in chronological order, captured from documentary video)
CHECK THE FASCISTS ON THE WHEELS OF STEEL! TWO TURNTABLES AND NO SEARCH WARRANT!
First they came for Muslims, and I said nothing, because I was not a Muslim. Then they came for ravers, and I said nothing, because I had no glow stick.
Utah is one of the most conservative (and creepy and beautiful) states in the country, so we shouldn't be surprised that it is the setting for one of the early episodes of the raw power crackdown that will become ever more prevelant throughout Amerikkka in the next few years. Music is a powerful source of community, solidarity and unity, which can easily lead to social and political consciousness, just like rock did in the 1960s. Clearly, the Evildoers - the Amerikkkan chapter of transnational corporate kleptocracy - cannot allow any sources of community, solidarity and unity to develop any strength. Hence their need to beat up teenage girls.
You think they'll do the same at Nascar tailgate parties? Somehow I doubt it.
Extremely ominous video at the link. Welcome to the Amerikkka. If you think it can't happen here - news flash - it already is. Short commentary at Stonefruit, my new blog
(photos in chronological order, captured from documentary video)
CHECK THE FASCISTS ON THE WHEELS OF STEEL! TWO TURNTABLES AND NO SEARCH WARRANT!
First they came for Muslims, and I said nothing, because I was not a Muslim. Then they came for ravers, and I said nothing, because I had no glow stick.
Utah is one of the most conservative (and creepy and beautiful) states in the country, so we shouldn't be surprised that it is the setting for one of the early episodes of the raw power crackdown that will become ever more prevelant throughout Amerikkka in the next few years. Music is a powerful source of community, solidarity and unity, which can easily lead to social and political consciousness, just like rock did in the 1960s. Clearly, the Evildoers - the Amerikkkan chapter of transnational corporate kleptocracy - cannot allow any sources of community, solidarity and unity to develop any strength. Hence their need to beat up teenage girls.
You think they'll do the same at Nascar tailgate parties? Somehow I doubt it.
