Not
a man shot dead in his riotous career during the terrible week in this
city was any more one of "the people" than the soldier who righteously
shot him or the policeman who justly broke his head. If such scenes as
those of the riot week are the acts of "the people," then the most
savage hatred of popular institutions ever expressed is the most humane
and sensible view of them.
If our Government is one of "the people," and the mob that ruled part
of the city of New York for part of a week is indeed "the people," then
any man who does not prefer the reign of one Nero to that of a thousand
Neroes is insane.
HARPER'S
WEEKLY. August 1, 1863
The Occupy movement and other leftist groups are attempting to use the
anti-cop furor for a “die-in” and “shutdown” protest targeting Fox News
and the New York Post.
The demonstration is scheduled for Jan. 2 at New Corporation’s Midtown
Manhattan headquarters, with invitations posted at Occupy-affiliated
Facebook pages.
The invitation reads:
“As
many already know The NY POST is a newspaper that is owned and
controlled by the Right Winger Rupert Murdoch, who in essence is a
corporate racist that continually supports and disseminates racist,
classist, sexist and all forms of pro 1% misinformation through his NY
POST newspaper as well as FOX television.”
“This Die-In Shutdown and Boycott is but the first part of a larger
upcoming campaign for justice … to expose the racist lies and bias of
mass media starting with but NOT limited to the NY POST!”
A “die-in” is a protest in which demonstrators, usually holding
placards, lie on the ground and pretend to be dead. In this case, the
demonstration is meant to protest the deaths of African-Americans Eric
Garner and Michael Brown, both of whom were killed by police officers.
Occupy was one of the main sponsors of the protests this week aimed at
shutting down Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue shopping district ahead of
Christmas.
As WND reported, missing from most news coverage is that the
anti-police protests rocking New York are being openly coordinated and
led by professional leftist agitators, not only Occupy Wall Street but
also a communist-aligned, anti-war, anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian
extremist organization.
A WND review of major news coverage of the protests finds headlines
such as these:
USA Today:
“NYC protesters defy
mayor’s call for moratorium.”
Bloomberg:
“Protesters Defy NYC
Mayor’s Call to Hold Off While Slain Cops Are Mourned.”
Reuters:
“NY protesters reject plea
for hiatus despite police slayings.”
New York Daily News:
“Protests
resume in New York to oppose police brutality despite Bill de Blasio’s
plea to suspend demonstrations.”
The coverage largely leaves the impression the demonstrations are
spontaneous reactions to recent actions by law enforcement officials
that some contend were motivated by racism. However, the protests,
aimed at shutting down Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue shopping district ahead
of Christmas, are being organized openly by radical leftist groups
whose intent may not simply be the protest of alleged racism.
Some of the news articles entirely fail to mention the protests were
organized by the Act Now To End War & Stop Racism Coalition, or
ANSWER, together with Occupy Wall Street and at least 10 other
so-called economic justice and pro-Palestinian groups.
Scores of article note the protests were coordinated by ANSWER but fail
to give any context, such as ANSWER’s radical background and history,
or mention of the other groups supporting the protest movement.
USA Today, for example, simply reports:
“The
action, organized by the Act Now to End War & Stop Racism
Coalition, came hours before the city’s landmarks, including the Empire
State Building, the Chrysler building, One World Trade Center, were to
dim their lights at 9 p.m. for five minutes to honor officers Wenjian
Liu and Rafael Ramos.”
No further details about ANSWER are provided.
Reuters similarly reported:
“Answer
Coalition, organizers of a march on 5th Avenue in midtown Manhattan,
said a ‘peaceful protest against police violence’ would continue as
planned.”
Founded in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, ANSWER is an umbrella
group famous for its protests against Israel and against America’s wars
in Iraq and Afghanistan. The group is known to be one of the most
extreme among the progressive community in its positions on Israel and
on U.S. military action. Its steering committee is made up of
progressive groups, socialists and advocates from the Muslim, Arab,
Palestinian, Filipino, Haitian and Latin American communities.
During the height of the second Palestinian Intifada, or terrorism war
targeting Israel, ANSWER in April 2002 organized a demonstration in
Washington, D.C., that the group claims was the biggest pro-Palestinian
rally in U.S. history.
In August, ANSWER led another Washington, D.C., rally against what the
group described as “the Israeli massacre against people in Gaza.” At
the time, Israel was at war with the Hamas terrorist organization,
which fired thousands of rockets from territory under its control in
Gaza into Israeli cities.
ANSWER has expressed support for the Palestinian intifada. Discover The
Networks notes the group released a statement expressing its
“solidarity with the call issued [to hold]… activities timed to
coincide with the third anniversary of the second Palestinian Intifada.”
ANSWER has supported so-called resistance against U.S. troops in Iraq.
A May 2003 downloadable flyer on “Counter-revolution and Resistance in
Iraq” states: “Having achieved their victory [the U.S. in Iraq],
however, the occupiers now confront a people who have a long and proud
history of resistance. The anti-war movement here and around the world
must give its unconditional support to the Iraqi anti-colonial
resistance.”
Some of ANSWER’s leaders are associated with the Stalinist Workers
World Party.
Meanwhile, almost entirely unreported by the news media is that Occupy
is a co-sponsor of the anti-police protests targeting Fifth Avenue and
may be hijacking the demonstrations for its own goals.
On its website, Occupy Wall Street wrote: “Fifth Avenue is the world’s
most expensive shopping street – a playground for the global 1%. **This
1% is precisely who the police serve and protect. They flood black,
Latino and other oppressed communities like an occupying army so as to
intimidate us into accepting things the way they are.”
On its Facebook page, Occupy Wall Street ranted about the protest: “The
people will not be intimidated. We will not accept poverty wages,
racist courts and a corrupt political system.”
Other sponsors of the Fifth Avenue protests include:
Crystal House
El Grito De Sunset Park
Existence is Resistance
New Yorkers Against Bratton
NYC Solidarity with Palestine
Read more at
http://www.wnd.com/2014/12/protesters-next-stop-fox-news-new-york-post/#SxLHV2OOZEo1F9Lk.99
