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#Occupyhistory 1785: “Profounder ignorance and more inveterate prejudice” | History is on our side: the 99% writes back
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History is on our side: the 99% writes back. By Frances A. Chiu. Occupyhistory 1785: “Profounder ignorance and more inveterate prejudice”. By Frances A. Chiu. 8220;The more has been learnt from such education, the more it becomes necessary to unlearn. The more has been taught in this way, of so much the more must the mind be emptied before true wisdom can enter.”. Are students getting this in class? Or could it also be that teachers, intimidated by “controversy,” fail to exercise their rights...Note that...
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#Occupyhistory 1789: Sieyes on the 2nd estate | History is on our side: the 99% writes back
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History is on our side: the 99% writes back. By Frances A. Chiu. Occupyhistory 1789: Sieyes on the 2nd estate. By Frances A. Chiu. In my last post, I addressed Sieyes’ game-changing pamphlet on the 3rd Estate. Let’s turn now to his discussion of the nobility–the second estate–and their political privileges:. In other words, the 1% legislated for the 1%–just like in James Murray’s England. Sieyes goes on to observe:. 8221; Corzine of MF Global? So what can be done? Oops, wives did anything more taxing (pu...
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#Occupy History 1768: Of Overgrown Dukes, Knights, and Super-PACs | History is on our side: the 99% writes back
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History is on our side: the 99% writes back. By Frances A. Chiu. Occupy History 1768: Of Overgrown Dukes, Knights, and Super-PACs. By Frances A. Chiu. 8220;The power of choosing a man to represent a town or country in parliament is lodged in the hands of a few monopolizers of privileges, who, by the weight of their purses, and the power of their interest, can turn the rest as they have a mind.”. Original site: http:/ www.giantratofsumatra.com/2011/04/). He is nothing less than “. Now granted, the elector...
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Announcement: live at the Left Forum at Pace University, NYC | History is on our side: the 99% writes back
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History is on our side: the 99% writes back. By Frances A. Chiu. Announcement: live at the Left Forum at Pace University, NYC. By Frances A. Chiu. This weekend, the Left Forum 2012 will be taking place at Pace University, NYC, March 16-8. I will be speaking on a panel that includes Michael De Dora and J. Ward Regan: Thomas Paine: Contemporary Debates, Controversies and Political Relevance (W520 at 10am, Sunday.). For more details, see Leftforum.org. March 16, 2012. March 16, 2012 at 3:44 PM. I think the ...
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History is on our side: the 99% writes back | by Frances A. Chiu | Page 2
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History is on our side: the 99% writes back. By Frances A. Chiu. February 7, 2012. Occupyhistory 1768: Preaching to Asses. 8220;We read of the asskind preaching to mankind; and why may not men preach to asses? Thus declares the preface of what is possibly the most incendiary set of sermons from 18. 8211; century England,. 1768) Though largely forgotten today,. In short, the average John Bull was sitting a little too comfortably on his ass–or rather, arse oblivious to the injustice and inequities su...
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#Occupyhistory 1768: “Now is the time to exert yourselves!” | History is on our side: the 99% writes back
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History is on our side: the 99% writes back. By Frances A. Chiu. Occupyhistory 1768: “Now is the time to exert yourselves! By Frances A. Chiu. 8220;When government is not established upon moral principles but managed by the arbitrary power or one, or a few, at the expence of the liberty of the rest of a community, their acknowledgement of that power is an obedience like that of the prophet’s ass.”. So what can be done about the exorbitant influence of overgrown dukes, knights–and super-PACs? Similarly, i...
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Occupy Wall Street Takes Times Square | Failed Empire
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Chronicling the collapse of a failed society. Occupy Wall Street Takes Times Square. Posted by Andrew B. On October 17, 2011. Truly a beautiful sight. Let’s hope this is only the beginning – and all indications suggest that it is. Share on Facebook (Opens in new window). Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window). Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window). Click to share on Google (Opens in new window). Click to email (Opens in new window).
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#Occupyhistory 1785: “A wise and liberal education?” | History is on our side: the 99% writes back
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History is on our side: the 99% writes back. By Frances A. Chiu. Occupyhistory 1785: “A wise and liberal education? By Frances A. Chiu. But hitherto education has been conducted on a contrary plan. It has been a contraction, not an enlargement, of the intellectual faculties, an injection of false principles hardening them in error, not a discipline enlightening and improving them. I was initially going to write on Paine’s. Would be much more effective with a discussion of Edmund Burke’s. Perhaps it’...
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Happy 4th of July! | History is on our side: the 99% writes back
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History is on our side: the 99% writes back. By Frances A. Chiu. Happy 4th of July! By Frances A. Chiu. Hope everyone has enjoyed a wonderful 4th of July! I’ve just published a piece on the Occupied Wall Street Journal, Declaring Independence,. The Thomas Paine Friends, Inc website has also added a talk which I presented at the Left Forum, Nobility and Noability: Writing the 1%. And speaking of the forum itself, the website. Http:/ www.occupy.com/article/vampires-past-and-present. July 4, 2012. Occupyhis...
