The necessary conditions for Revolutionary change are forming on the horizon. Similary conditions have existed before, as history asserts, but never have they existed on such a large scale. The globe has become the constituent for networked conditions of production faciliatating the expansion, and decline, of the new means of production: the operant phase of globalised hegemony. The modes of production are decentered, dispersed and fragmentary: vulnerable. The conditions of production are overdetermined, strained by excess: vulnerable. The power – the ultimate causation – is similarly tenuous: vulnerable. All that holds is the illusion.

The Real Politick of the late 20th and 21st century has narrowed the poles, drawing in the landscape of Political practice, to a centered homogeneous pool, enslaved by the will of the free market and the necessary conditions demanded by neoliberalism. The squeezing of social-life has forced the toxicity of the capitalist class to leak out onto the street. Exposes are a daily occurence: the bankers bailout, the politicians spending, the free-market fleas spilling their guts.

The game has ended; the casino is falling down. Now we face a serious choice: an over-industrialised totaliarian order walking us by the hand into extinction, or the Peoples’ utopia striving for an ecology of enlightenment?

Reform simply won’t do. We break the chains and realise they were only ever made from paper, or we perish.

The choice is yours, as it always has been.

Knowledge in a Nugget

I have never seen a class so deeply demoralised, so incurably debased by selfishness, so corroded within, so incapable of progress, as the English bourgeoisie; and I mean by this, especially the bourgeoisie proper, particularly the Liberal, Corn Law repealing bourgeoisie.

For it nothing exists in this world, except for the sake of money, itself not excluded. It knows no bliss save that of rapid gain, no pain save that of losing gold. In the presence of this avarice and lust of gain, it is not possible for a single human sentiment or opinion to remain untainted.

Engles, F., 1845: Condition of the Working Class in England: The Attitude of the Bourgeoisie Towards the Proletariat. Available at: http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1845/condition-working-class/

Been Away A While…

I’ve never actually blogged on my blog; never once, as far as I can remember have I slipped into the 1st person…

I’ve not been here for a while, so apologies to those regulars who I used to debate and argue with. Some of those moments and connections were priceless and riding the wave of a new medium was exilhirating. It appears though, despite my absence, that Message in a Matrix has continued to draw visitors in all by itself. Well done MiM!

There have been over 60,000 in the last few months since my final post in September. 60,000 eyes rolling over these pages, taking in these images, watching these videos – all in all, broadening horizons and widening awareness. What more could I ask?

…So this is what happened to the hippies. They got old, had children, fell into careers, bought houses and then it’s all too late: the revolution’s become a pipe dream and you’re dreaming of California.

I’m not done yet though, if anything I affect more social change than ever before; it’s just the direction and the focus that’s changed.

For now, viva… no doubt I’ll be back.

And I wrote in the 1st person! That’s really me you know…rambling…inane… circular…

Peace.

Remember, Remember, the 11th September:
Thermite, Treason and Plot
by T.M. Duncan, 2007

Part 1: What is Not True

On September 11th 2001, four American Airlines flights detoured from their flight path. Two of these flights (UAF175, UAF11) struck each of the twin towers at the World Trade Center complex in New York city. The towers collapsed leaving nothing but a pile of rubble. It is agreed that 2,974 people needlessly lost their lives that day and that over 1.3 million people have lost their lives since in the oxymoronic ‘war on terror’. Time has shown that this was a war of terror.

This is true. This is all that is true. But, it is not what is true that counts here, it is what is not true.

We were told that UAF Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon.

This is not true.

We were told that UAF Flight 93 completely disintegrated in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

This is not true.

We were told the flights were hijacked by Islamic extremists.

This is not true.

We were told these attacks were planned by the elusive Osama Bin Laden and the similarly elusive al-Qaeda terrorist network.

This is not true.

We were told the towers collapsed because the intense heat created by the jet fuel caused the load-bearing steel beams to ’sag’ and eventually ‘fail’ – the ‘pancake’ theory.

This is not true. (This is actually impossible.)

The ‘official’ narrative is not true. As far as absolute truth goes, the real narrative is still unknown and 9/11 is still an unsolved mystery. The event should not be categorised as a ‘terrorist suicide attack’, it should be categorised as an ‘unresolved incident’, or, as some argue, as an act of treason against the American public. There is no substantial evidence to justify the claims that this incident was caused by Islamic ‘terrorists’. Nothing other than sketchy videotape and flawed intelligence that has yet to be disclosed.

This reductive concept has been mythologised by the corporate media throughout the world and this ‘official’ narrative has been authorised – with our consent – and substituted for truth, whilst reality has been reconstituted as untruth.

Fiction has been mistaken for fact. Fantasy has authenticated reality.

However, alternatively, in opposition to the ‘official’ narrative, we now have an entire movement, empowered by the internet, developed on an international scale, that has faced the realm of untruth in an attempt to extract reality. They are called truth seekers, conspiracy theorists, independent researchers, or worse, particularly in certain academic circles, pseudo-scientists, even sub-intellectuals. In reality, we are these people, you and I: the journalist, the scientist, the doctor, the school teacher, the engineer, even the occasional Professor. In reality, these people are symptomatic of the widespread resistance to the official 9/11 narrative because the ‘official’ narrative is not true. Any intelligent mind should be offended that this was even offered as truth.

When so much is not true, when so many tell untruths, how do we then distinguish what is in fact true? Or is it that the ‘truth’ is unreachable, beyond our grasp? Yet grasp we must, even if our fingers get burned in the process. Grasp we must.

So, do we take the position of government organisations, intelligence agencies and the corporate media, all of whom have disgraceful track records, all of whom have lied? Or, do we take the position of academics, scientists and engineers, all of whom have proven track records, all of whom have not lied?

When laid out as such, the right choice becomes all too apparent. Who would you believe: the salesman or the wise-man?

It’s time to stop listening to the salesman and time to pay heed to the wise-man. A simple choice.

As for the truth: that’s for you to discover. As for this truth: that’s still to be told.

Hope can be found HERE.

Remember, Remember, the 11th September:
Thermite, Treason and Plot
by T.M. Duncan, 2007

Part 2: In Search of the Truth

The following links will connect you to video documentaries that aim to uncover the truth behind the 9/11 incident. Whilst I don’t necessarily condone all of these views, I do not condone the falsification of events known as the ‘official’ account either. Be warned: the truth is never nice, but you are free to discover it for yourself.

9-11 Mysteries: Controlled Demolition in Detail
Produced by 911weknow.com
(120mins) Hosted at Google Video.
- An explanation of the controlled demolition theory.

The Birth of Treason
Produced by Voice in the Wilderness Productions (2006)
(115mins) Hosted at Google Video.
- Provides the most comprehensive view of the evidence surrounding the 9-11 incident.

Empire Of Oil: The Hidden History Of 9/11
Produced by Produced by explosive911analysis.
(35mins) Hosted at Google Video.
- Explores the context behind the 9-11 incident.

Engineer Jeff King: Official 9/11 Account Defies the Laws of Physics
Producer unknown.
(12mins) Hosted at Google Video.
- former MIT Engineer dismantles the ‘pancake’ collapse theory.

The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror
Produced by Free-Will Productions.
(59mins) Hosted at Google Video.
- Explores the context behind the ‘war on terror’.

One Nation Under Siege
Produced by The Power Hour.
(91mins) www.undersiegemovie.com
- topics from RFID chips, globalisation, ID cards and forced vaccinations.

The Power of Nightmares Part 1: Baby, it’s Cold Outside
Produced by BBC UK.
(59mins) Hosted at Google Video.
- The context behind the ‘War on Terror’ and an overview of political terror tactics.

The Power of Nightmares Part 2: Phantom Victory
Produced by BBC UK.
(59mins) Hosted at Google Video.
- The context behind the ‘War on Terror’ and an overview of political terror tactics.

The Power of Nightmares Part 3: Shadows in the Cave
Produced by BBC UK.
(59mins) Hosted at Google Video.
- The context behind the ‘War on Terror’ and an overview of political terror tactics.

Terrorstorm: A History of State Sponsored Terrorism
Produced by Alex Jones and PrisonPlanet.tv
(112mins) Hosted at Google Video.
- A detailed history of state sponsored terrorism in the 20th century.

Is Caucasus conflict a new Cold War?

We need to look beyond Western rhetoric to analyse current geopolitical tensions, argues Sadie Robinson

For millions of people around the world, the crisis in the Caucasus has raised fears of a new era of war.

Many will worry we are returning to a time when the threat of nuclear war was ever-present.

This concern is understandable. But pro-Western leaders have seized upon recent events in Georgia to ratchet up condemnations of Russia’s “new militancy” and to warn of a “new Cold War”.

British foreign secretary David Miliband and the foreign ministers of the US, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan, have issued a statement deploring Moscow’s “excessive use of military force” in Georgia.

Declarations of a “new Cold War” are nothing new – they have resurfaced repeatedly since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.

But the world today is massively different to that of the Cold War era.

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Message in a Matrix is two years old today! The time has passed so quickly, but here we still are. I’d like to thank everyone who has supported MiM and contributed to the diverse community that we have over here. Keep up the fight – our day will come, it’s getting closer by the second. A look at the daily news can only confirm this.

Thank you…

VIVA LA REVOLUTION!!!

How Powerful is the Mass Media?

Our rulers can’t fool all of the people all of the time, argues Sadie Robinson

The idea that the mass media controls our ideas is a very common one. According to this theory, the media acts as a kind of syringe that injects propaganda directly into our minds.

People are seen as sheep that follow the media more or less unthinkingly. The conclusion is that we are powerless in the face of mass propaganda that brainwashes us into compliance.

This view of the media does not just exist at the margins of society. It’s also a dominant idea within mainstream politics. Leading figures in all the main political parties see winning over the mass media as the key to winning elections – rather than having decent policies that ordinary people could support.

The notion that the media is all-powerful is also used to write off any sense that people can fight back against the system, or that they can be won away from racist or sexist ideas.

All this raises two questions. Who actually controls the mass media? And how much impact does it really have on the ideas people hold?

Under capitalism the mass media is owned by a handful of rich and powerful people that form part of the “ruling class” – the tiny number of people at the top of society who own the factories, offices and other workplaces.

Rupert Murdoch, for instance, owns over 175 print publications across the world, including the Sun, the Times and the News of the World here in Britain.

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