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Tools of Control in Portuguese
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As the latest version of the book is too long to publish in one post, I am publishing excerpts individually and cataloging them here. Some excerpts were posted together, so links to multiple sections may be the same. All you need to do after you click the link is scroll down to the section you were looking for. All five subchapters of part one, for example, were published in one post. (This is not the full index.)
Index
A Short Note to the Reader about the Origins of this book…………………………(3-6)
Part One: Introduction
- 1.1 Tools of Control…………………………………………………………………
- 1.2 Governments…………………..…………………………………………..……
- 1.3 Billion Dollar, Transnational Corporations…………..………..……………..….
- 1.4 The Corporate News Media……….……….……………………………………
- 1.5 Religion: The Fourth and Most Unique Influence………………………………
Part Two: A Brief History of Money, Government, Religion, and Science and Why They Evolved
- 2.1 The Conception of Tools, Money, Agriculture, Government, and Religion…….
- 2.2 Fiat Currency Today, Education and the Division of Labor ………………………..
- 2.3 The Development of Religious Thought and Behavior……..………………………
- 2.4 Organized Religion…………………..………………..………………………..
- 2.5 Abrahamic Religions…………………………………………………….……..
- 2.6 A Brief History of Palestine and Israel, the Ongoing Occupation of Palestine, and the Crimes Against Humanity Committed by the Racist Israeli Government
- 2.7 Abrahamic Texts………………………………………………………………..
- 2.8 Immorality, Violence, Myth, and Contradictions in Religious Texts and Communities………………………………………………………………………………………………..
- 2.9 Religion, Sex, Contraception, Abortion, Homosexuality, Marriage, Puritanism, and Rape by Clergy………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
- 2.10 The “Problem of Evil”………………………………………………………….
- 2.11 The Birth and Development of Science and Religion’s Effect on its Progress………………………………..……………………………………………
- 2.12 The Crusades and Science After the Middle Ages…….………………………
- 2.13 Religion’s Effect on Recent History in the Presence of Scientific Knowledge………………………………………………………………………….
- 2.14 Scientific Knowledge, Copyright Laws, and Their Effect on the Spread of Authoritarianism………………………………………………………………………………………….
- 2.15 Colonialism in Antiquity and the Road to Modern Imperialism….………….…
Part Three: The Birth of Modern Corporations, Banks, Growing Economic Inequality, and Their Effects on the Natural World
- 3.1 Corporations and Imperialism…………………………………………….……
- 3.2 The Rise of Corporate Executives and Bankers in America…………………….
- 3.3 The Corporate Takeover and the Destruction of the Working Class in America……………………………………………………………………………..
- 3.4 Global Warming, Greenwashing, Ecocide, the Corporate State Role, Environmental “Nonprofits”, and Sustainable Solutions…………………………………………………………
- 3.5 The TPP, TTIP, TiSA, CETA, and other “Free trade” disasters…………………….
- 3.6 The Scam of Billion Dollar “Lending” and Debt Slavery Disguised As “Humanitarian Aid” and “Development” by International Financial Institutions………………………………………
- 3.7 The Richest of the Rich………………………………………………..………..
- 3.8 The Stock Exchange: A Rigged Casino……………………………..………….
- 3.9 The Poorest of the Poor, Their Health, and Spending on Life-Saving Resources and Services Versus Military Spending………………………………………………………………………………..
Part Four: The Evolution of Electronic, Corporate Media, Advertising, Propaganda, and Their Effects on Humanity
- 4.1 Developing Propaganda and Feeding Consumerism………………………..
- 4.2 The Inventions of the Telephone and Television, their impact on Culture, and the Development of the Counterculture in America……………………………………………………….
- 4.3 The Counterculture, the Civil Rights Movement, and the Women’s Movement of the 1960s …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
- 4.4 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………………………………………………………………………..
- 4.5 News Media Biases, Advertising, Telecommunications, and Their Sociological Effects…………………………………………………………………………………
- 4.6 Media Manipulation and Patenting Life…….……………………………….
Part Five: The Selective Drug War, Incarceration, and Involuntary Hospitalization: Three More Means of Social and Economic Control
- 5.1 Gentrification…………………………………………………………………
- 5.2 The Real Reason for the Selective Criminalization of Drugs….………………
- 5.3 Drugs and Terrorism………………………………….………………….…..
- 5.4 Analyzing the Current, Illicit Opium and Cocaine Markets, US Government Protection and Distribution, and the Correlation Between GDP, Smuggling Routes, Drug laws, and Addiction…………………..
- 5.5 Analyzing and Understanding the Licit Opium Market and the Most Abused Substance on Earth,
- 5.6 A Brief History of the Criminalization of Cannabis in the United States ………….
- 5.7 Cannabis and its Efficacy as a Medicine……………………………………..
- 5.8 Ending Criminalization of Drugs in a Responsible Way……………………………………..
- 5.9 Reforming Rehabilitation Programs like the “Twelve Steps”…………………
- 5.10 The Profits and Racism of Prison Slave Labor, Private Prisons, and the Corporations Cashing In…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
- 5.11 Rape in Prison, the Mentally Troubled Locked Up, and the Social Consequences of Prisons………………………..…………………………………………………………………………..
- 5.12 The Mental Health Industry and Involuntary Commitment..…………………
- 5.13 The Rosenhan Experiment…..………………………………………………
- 5.14 Psychiatric Medication, Overmedication, and Holistic Alternatives………..
- 5.15 Rethinking Normality, Insanity, and Mental Wellness………….……………
- 5.16 Questioning the Distinction Between Acceptable and Unacceptable Forms of Violence
- 5.17 Abolishing the Insanity Defense and Creating Alternative Criminal Defenses………………………………………………………………………………………..………..
- 5.18 Bipolar Disorder, ADD, Schizophrenia, Childhood Psychiatry and Antipsychotics…………………………………………………………..…………..
- 5.19 Rethinking Mental Disorders, Brain Diseases, their Relationship with Bodily Diseases, and For-Profit Psychiatry………………………………………….………………………………………
- 5.20 Crime, Punishment, and Grand Juries,…………………………………………………………
- 5.21 “I Feared For My Life” and Other Excuses Cops and the FBI Use to Get Away With Murder, Terrorism, and Entrapment………………………………………………………
- 5.22 Larger Wars………………………………………………………………………
Part Six: Global Wars for Capitalism and Corporations, and the Fight against “Communism”
- 6.1 Collective Ownership, Worker’s Control, Unions, Autonomy, Anarchism, Communism, the Spanish Revolution, and their Suppression by Capitalist Empires……………………
- 6.2 A Brief Explanation of State Socialism, Libertarian Socialism, Anarchism, and Communism, and Why They Were Redefined by Capitalist Empires..……….…
- 6.3 The Deception and Brutality of the Soviet Union and the US Government, and Their Persecution of Anarchists, Dissidents, and Libertarian Socialists and communists…….………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
- 6.4 The Korean War
- 6.5 The Vietnam War
- 6.6 The CIA, its Devotion to American Corporations, Profit, State Capitalism, and Crushing Socialism: From Operation PBFORTUNE to Operation Ajax to Operation Condor to the Bay of Pigs.
- 6.7 Oil Wars
- 6.8 The Iran-Contra Affair: How the US Government Sold Weapons to Iran and Cocaine to Americans to Fund Terrorism in Latin America and Spur Pro-Western Regime Change
- 6.9 The Persian Gulf War and the Following Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq
- 6.10 Governments, War, Murder, Terrorism, Euphemisms in Corporate State Propaganda, and Double Standards
(The rest of the book is still being edited)
News Articles and Other Content:
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
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
Reconciliation is Dead: A Strategic Proposal — Warrior Publications – 2/19/20
‘It’s Mutilation’: The Police in Chile Are Blinding Protesters (Video)– 11/27/19
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
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 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
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
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
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
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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