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Why are some respected alt-media embracing a police state? Catte Black I t should be obvious by now to anyone that the covid19 pandemic, whatever its origins, is being used to fast forward a “new normal” world of unparalleled government power, surveillance and curtailment of individual liberty. We are looking already at: Compulsory DNRs for some elderly. Biometric chips or bracelets to monitor whether or not you have permission to be outside your home or engage in work Drone surveillance as normal. Apps on your phone that can detect any breach of the self-isolation policy. Huge new police powers of arrest and detention for anyone suspected of carrying the virus. Suspension of elections for indefinite periods at government discretion And this is only the starter course. We can be pretty sure they are currently just easing us in. The real stuff will be rolling along in the next months or maybe years (depending on how quickly they feel able to get this on) ...

Thanks to Starfire for contributing this article! Diana Johnstone's analysis is always well worth a read. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lockdowns reveal helplessness rather than power. While in a crisis some will take advantage of disaster, it makes no sense that dominant economic powers sought this crisis for some mysterious benefit to themselves, says Diana Johnstone. By Diana Johnstone in Paris Special to Consortium News As time goes on in close confinement, even people bound by love may start to find each other unbearable. On a larger scale, in this crazy mass confinement, people brought together by a common rejection of the lies of our criminal rulers may find themselves at each other’s throats because of conflicting interpretations of why who is doing what. This is happening on alternative media – especially in Germany. It seems that many anti-conformist political analysts believe that the Coronavirus crisis is a fake, perpetrated by media and governments...

The end of Sanders’ campaign deepens crisis in Democratic Socialists of America By Eric London 11 April 2020 In the aftermath of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders’ abandonment of his campaign, many members and supporters of the Democratic Socialists of America now see through the DSA’s cynical and duplicitous role as an accomplice of the Democratic Party. For years, even preceding the 2016 election, the DSA trumpeted Sanders as the fearless leader of a “political revolution” that would transform the Democratic Party into an instrument of far-reaching social change. Bernie Sanders [Credit: Gage Skidmore, Flickr.com] But Sanders has slunk out of the fight for the nomination in a manner that invites contempt. There was nothing of an old fighter’s last hurrah. The aged senator did not even offer his supporters a last harrumph. Rather, he meekly accepted the verdict of the Democratic Party machine and sang the praises of his “old friend” Joe Biden. And so, Sanders’ political revolut...