Tools of Control

Book Excerpts and Articles

Index

A Short Note to the Reader about the Origins of this book…………………………(3-6)

Part One: Introduction

Part Two: A Brief History of Money, Government, Religion, and Science and Why They Evolved

Part Three: The Birth of Modern Corporations, Banks, Growing Economic Inequality, and Their Effects on the Natural World

Part Four: The Evolution of Electronic, Corporate Media, Advertising, Propaganda, and Their Effects on Humanity

Part Five: The Selective Drug War, Incarceration, and Involuntary Hospitalization: Three More Means of Social and Economic Control

Part Six: Global Wars for Capitalism and Corporations, and the Fight against “Communism”

(The rest of the book is still being edited)

News Articles and Other Content: 

The MAGA Death Cult Implements Welfare for the Rich and Austerity for the Rest of Us – 5/21/25

More than 300 International Students Have Been Abducted by ICE in Racist, Islamophobic Sweep – 4/13/25

Trump Targets the Environment, Immigrants, Social Services, Humanitarian Aid, and Gaza…Again – 2/16/25

The Innu Fight Against Resolute’s Exploitation of Their Land- 1/8/25

For Palestinians Living Under Israeli Bombardment, Existence is Resistance – 3/21/24

Israel Isn’t “Defending” Itself by Bombing Children; It is Committing Genocide – 10/25/23

Stop Cop City: A Fight to Protect the Forest and a Community from Police Terror – 10/5/23

The Scientific Method Vs. Magical Thinking in a Culture that Glorifies Ignorance – 12/30/22

Human Pollution Doesn’t Just Destroy Our Environment; It’s Slowly Killing Us –  10/16/22

The Supreme Court Reverses Years of Human Rights Reforms and Environmental Protections with Plans for More – 07/04/22

Industrial Civilization Isn’t Civil; It’s Savage – 12/13/21

How Israel Gets Away With Genocide by Equating Palestinian Activism with Antisemitism – 05/31/21

The Global Rise of Far-Right Reaction, its Causes, and Resistance – 12/18/20

Combative Direct Actions Against Police Brutality Are Working Despite Violent Police and National Guard Crackdown – 6/11/20

The Trump Administration is Exploiting Coronavirus Fears to Create a Police State, Permit Ecocide, and Bail Out the Rich 5/1/20

Reconciliation is Dead: A Strategic Proposal — Warrior Publications – 2/19/20

Millions of Acres of Forest Have Been Clean Cut and Burned in the Amazon This Year For Timber, Mining, and Cattle Ranches But Indigenous Groups Are Fighting Back – 11/27/19

‘It’s Mutilation’: The Police in Chile Are Blinding Protesters (Video)– 11/27/19

A 19-Year-Old Was Raped by NYPD Detectives, They Claim it Was “Consensual,” and Now They’re Calling Her the Criminal – 1/21/19

Brazil’s New President Vows to Rip Up Amazonian Indigenous Reserves, Give “Carte Blanche for the Police to Kill,” Rule as a Dictator, and Make Minorities Bow to the Majorites 12/18/18

Trump Commits War Crimes and Ecocide and the Corporate Media and Average Americans Can’t Stop Prattling about his Alleged “Russian Ties” – 11/18/17

The Scam of Billion Dollar “Lending” and Debt Slavery Disguised As “Humanitarian Aid” and “Development” by International Financial Institutions – 6/30/17

Strict, Dogmatic Nonviolence Versus a Diversity of Tactics – 4/30/17

We Don’t Need Jobs or Money; We Need a Habitable Planet – 4/22/17

The Governments of the US, UK, and Saudi Arabia Intentionally Target Schools Hospitals, and other Civilian Infrastructure in Yemen, Spreading Terror for Oil Money and Saudi and Israeli Hegemony – 4/14/17

The CIA, Its Devotion to American Corporations, Profit, and State Capitalism: From Operation PBFORTUNE, to the Bay of Pigs – 4/4/17

The Civil Rights Movement, State Collusion with the Klan, the Futility of Nonviolent Protest Alone, A Brief History of Gun Control, the Racism of Both Political Parties, and the Necessity of Armed Resistance – 3/3/17

Will Prayers and Ceremonies Stop the Dakota Access Pipeline – 2/21/17

White Supremacist Man-Child to Become the Next US President – 1/25/17

Why the Troops and Police  Departments Are Cults 12/31/16

The Fundamental and Oft Overlooked Difference Between State Socialism (Communism) and Libertarian Socialism – 12/13/16

President Obama’s Legacy: Endless Wars for Crony Capitalism, Environmental Destruction, 2 Million Deportations, and a Growing Police State – 12/3/16

The Dakota Access Pipeline: A Fight For Native American Survival, Autonomy, and a Habitable Planet – 10/31/16

Developing: 100 + Militarized Police Raiding #NoDAPL Resistance Camp Blocking Pipeline’s Path (Via DemocracyNow.org)- 10/30/16

‘Historical Trauma’ Brought Native Americans to Standing Rock: Abby Martin Talks with Native American activist Dennis Banks (via Telesur) – 10/30/16

Forest Service Official Who Let Nestle Drain California Water Without Permit Since 1988 Now Works For Them (via theantimedia.org)- 10/23/16

In 2014 Police Killed Nearly Twice As Many Americans Than Mass Shooters Since 1982 Combined – (via the freethoughtproject.com) 10/22/16

Ethnic Cleansing of Africans in Israel – (via electroniccintifada.net)  10/22/16

Documentary on Israeli Military and Settlers’ Torture of Palestinian Children (via ABC Australia) 10/22/16

Ex-CIA Contractor Confirms: Police Departments Use Tests to Ensure Applicants Lack Logic and Compassion (Article from filmingcops.com)- 10/22/16

Six Holocaust Survivors Who Fight Against Israel’s Treatment of Palestinians – (Article from alternet.org) 10/22/16

Terrorism Portrayed as Freedom Fighting, Freedom Fighting Portrayed as Terrorism, and the Futility of Nonviolent Protest – 8/29/16

Ethnic Cleansing in South Sudan, Colonial Roots, and Western Media Silence – 07/19/16

End:Civ: A Documentary by Submedia.tv – 05/04/16

Clinton, Trump, and the Lesser of Two Evils – 05/02/16

Why is the World’s Deadliest Terrorist Group Being Ignored by the Mainstream Media? – 02/10/16

Kinder Morgan Ceases Drilling After 7 Brave Protestors Occupy Kinder Morgan’s Test Drilling Bare on Native Lands in Burnaby BC – 02/06/16

How We Can Start a Revolution -01/03/16

How Glyphosate Can Replace Glycine in Our Bodies and Slowly Kill Us -(Tony Mitra interview of Anthony Samsel) 12/28/15

Israeli Politician, Ayelet Shaked, Calls for the Genocide of Palestinians – (Article from Electronic Intifada) 12/28/15

Nestle, Mars, and Hershey Use Slave Labor to Make Their Chocolate (Article from hangthebankers.com)- 12/28/15

The Counted: Interactive US Database of Police Killings with Pictures of Victims (Article from the Guardian)- 12/28/15

Public Services in Anarchist Communities and the Problem of Big Cities – 12/20/15

Fatal Encounters with Police Since 2000: Bringing Faces and Stories to the Numbers – (Via http://www.fatalencounters.org/) 12/15/15

Making a Killing: The Untold Story of Psychotropic Drugging (Documentary from the Citizens Commision on Human Rights) 12/15/15

Killer Drone News Blackout Continues as Mainstream Media Ignores Air Force Whistleblowers – (Article from commondreams.com) 12/15/15

“Anarcho-capitalism,” “Free Markets,” Jumbo Shrimp, and Other Oxymorons – 12/14/15

Drone Papers: The Assassination Complex (Article from the Intercept)- 12/14/15

Spanish Court Issues Arrest Warrant for Netanyahu and Other Senior Israeli Officials – (article from MiddleeastMonitor.com) 12/14/15

Auschwitz Survivor: I Can Identify with Palestinian Youth (article from Electronic Intifada)- 12/14/15

Every Nation Backing the War Including the US Must Answer for the Bombings of MSF Hospitals (article from commondreams.org)- 12/5/15

The TPP, TTIP, TiSA, CETA, NAFTA, and other “Free Trade” Disasters” – 11/10/15

Send in the White Helmets (Article from Fayettevillefreezone.com)- 10/17/15

Demand Justice for Doctors Without Borders for the Bombing of Kunduz Hospital (Petition) – 10/17/15

Israeli Protestors Hold Large Anti-Netanyahu Protest (Article from Presstv.ir)- 10/17/15

IDF has injured or killed 1000 Palestinians Within the Past Month (Article from news360.com) – 10/17/15

Israel, the Media, and the Anatomy of a Sick Society – (Article from counterpunch.com) 10/17/15

Food For All Nonprofit Farm Fall Update – 9/21/15

Drought Bill Threatens to Drown Sacred Sites of a North Californian Tribe (Article from Truthout.com) 9/7/15

Ban Nestle Corporation From Bottling California’s Remaining Water (Petition) – 9/7/15

EU: Stop the Drownings of Refugees – (Petition) 9/7/15

This is How It Ends: A Petition to End the Financial Support of the Slaughter of the Palestinians (Petition)- 9/7/15

7000 Died at the Hands of the Nigerian Military – Demand Justice – (Petition) 9/7/15

Cracks Are Appearing in Israel’s Wall of Impunity at the Hague (Article from mintpressnews.com- 8/27/15

New Book Cover for Tools of Control – 6/28/15

Food For All Farm – Summer Update – 6/25/15

The History of the Universe, Earth, and Life – 6/17/15

Statism: The Most Dangerous Religion (Video by Larken Rose) – 6/15/15

Corruption in Ukraine, Resistance, Revolt, and the Russian Invasion – 2/03/15

The Cult of Police and the Dangers Faced by the Few Who Take a Stand – 01/13/2015

NY Crime Rate Plummets as Police Ordered to Arrest Only When “Absolutely Necessary” – (Article from the DailyKos) 01/06/15

The Sickness of Political and Corporate Exploitation of Genders, Sex, and Relationships – 12/26/2014

Ferguson Police Acquitted of Murdering Unarmed Black Teen Michael Brown  – 11/28/14

Daily Reminders – 10/18/2014

CIA Cites Israeli Court Ruling to “Justify” Torture Program – (Article from Electronic Intifada) 10/10/2014

Why We Should Never Give Up – 10/05/2014

Cop Watch Labeled “Domestic Terrorists” –  (Article from Truthout) 10/05/2014

Healthcare, Health Insurance Companies, Antitrust Laws, and Obamacare – 9/20/2014

Developing A Pre-retrofit Energy Consumption Metric to Model Post Retrofit Energy Savings Phase One of a Three Phase Research Initiative by Kate Ryan Goldstein – 8/14/2014

Ebola Quarantine Efforts in West Africa (Article from Aljazeera)- 8/07/2014

 A Short History of Israel, Palestine, Surrounding Territories and an Endless Cycle of Wars – 7/31/2014

Major cities in Iraq and Syria conquered by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria – 7/26/2014

Death Toll in Gaza from this Month’s Israeli Strikes Reaches Over 1000 – 7/22/2014

My sister Dies at 28 – 7/13/2014

Legal Challenge to Force Feeding Brought by Guantamee prisoner – (article from Truthout) 3/18/2014

Water Insecurity and the Paths to Global Water Security -12/19/2013

The “Government Shutdown” 10/10/2013

PCHR Weekly Report: 7 Palestinian civilians wounded; 40 civilians abducted, including 17 children (Article from OccupiedPalestine.wordpress.com) – 9/13/2013

Gender Differences, Sexuality, Constraints, and What Gets in the Way of Equality  –9/14/2012

The Arab Spring: Lasting Victories vs. Co-optation and Recuperation of the Movement – 09/09/2013

Appeals Court Regrants the Obama Administration Powers to Indefinitely Detain Anyone Accused of Terrorism – 7/20/2013

Nations with Serious Health Risks – 06/06/2012

The Occupy Movements and the Richest 0.01% – 10/05/2012

The First Presidential Debate and a Look into Romney’s Past – 10/12/2012

The Final Presidential Debate – 10/27/2012

How Grand Juries and the Material Support Statute Enable Courts to Punish Innocent Activists and Acquit Killer Cops – 12/08/2012

Study Shows Americans are Far More Likely to Be Killed by Police than by Terrorists – 12/12/2012

Sandy Hook, Gun Laws, and Gun Violence – 12/21/2012

14 Million People Facing Death In East Africa Due to Famine and Military Oppression– 11/10/2011

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