A few gems mined from the Mainstream:
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich made the surprising and completely false assertion this week that the Constitution doesn’t mention the Supreme Court.In fact, Article III of the Constitution plainly states, “The judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.”
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Environmentalism is the defining issue of our times. The ecological crisis is touching all of our lives. The environmental movement is engaged in a life-or-death struggle with the forces of industry; at stake is the planet that gives us life. A clandestine component of the struggle has emerged, operating under the name Earth Liberation Front (ELF). What follows below is an analysis of the effects and limitations of the ELF. We had no forgone conclusions when we began this work; this analysis emerged organically from a jumbled mixture of observations. The ELF is difficult to analyze because of its fluid and amorphous nature. The cells of the ELF do have two major things in common though: the operational guidelines, and the organizational model. The guidelines are as follows:
1) To inflict maximum economic damage on those profiting from the destruction and exploitation of the environment.
2) To reveal, and to educate the public about the atrocities committed against the earth and all the species that populate it.
3) To take all necessary precautions against harming any animal- human and non-human.
Organizational Model
The organizational model of the ELF is one of two to four person cells, operating independently of each other, and in secret, generally composed of people who have known each other for several years and have built up a certain level of trust. The model is not always followed, often to the detriment of the cell. The benefit of this model is the high level of security it provides. Recently, however, the authorities have discovered that a cell can be cracked by recruiting current or former members to act as snitches. Small, isolated cells also have a number of limitations in terms of what they can accomplish given limited personnel and resources. It also means that the underground has no built in capacity for expansion. As with any type of political action many people have difficulty conceptualizing themselves as active participants rather than passive spectators. ELF militants may also suffer from a steeper learning curve in picking up needed skills than someone who had formal training might have had. Acting in an independent cell also means you may have no support network if arrested. Moreover the need for secrecy limits the amount of internal democracy a group may have.
'Please remember when discussing this issue:
WHAT NOT TO SAY
* your own or someone else's involvement with an underground group
* someone else's desire to get involved with such a group
* asking others if they are a member of an underground group
* your own or someone else's participation in any action that was illegal
* someone else's advocacy for such actions
* your plans or someone else's plans for a future action
- KBOO