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Racial profiling controversy

2008-04-13T20:24:24Z

Bobbobitybob:

'''Racial profiling''' is the use of race in a "[[profile]]" of a suspected criminal. Wherever police have served a mixed-race population, the race of suspects has always been used, because race (or [[skin color]]) is one of the most prominent characteristic of a person, along with sex and age.

The use of race in profiling came under fire when protest groups began to complain that police were making sweeps or traffic stops based mainly on race, and thus discriminating against innocent people. Such practices as stopping all blacks for questioning - when no particular crime was being investigated - came into question.

In reaction, many police forces and even the FBI began to be leery of being accused of stereotyping.

==Links==
*[http://www.city-journal.org/html/11_2_the_myth.html The Myth of Racial Profiling]
[[Category:Criminology]]

Earth Liberation Front

2008-04-10T13:28:49Z

Bobbobitybob: /* Activities */

The '''Earth Liberation Front''' ('''ELF''') is a [[radical]] [[environmental]] grouped blamed by the federal government for vandalizing businesses that they find to be anti-environmentally friendly.

==Profile==

===Founding/Supervisory Organizations===
*[[Earth First!]] (EF!)
*[[Greenpeace]]

===Supporting Organizations===
*[[Animal Liberation Front]] (ALF)
*[[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals]] (PETA)

===Type of Organization===
*[[Terrorist]]/[[revolution]]ary<ref>[http://www.attacreport.com/ar_terror/tframe.php?region=namerica&group=elf Earth Liberation Front]</ref>

===Location===
*[[United Kingdom]], [[United States]]

===[[Ideological]] cover===
*[[Environmentalist]]

===Activities===
[[Bomb]]ings; [[arson]];property destruction

===Target countries===
*[[United Kingdom]], [[United States]]

===Status===
Confirmed active

===Assisted Organizations===
*[[Animal Liberation Front]] (ALF)
*[[Revolutionary Cells]]<ref>[http://www.globalterrorism101.com/UTEnvironmentalTerrorism.html Understanding Terrorism - Environmental Terrorism], Carroll Payne, World Conflict Quarterly, September 2003. Retrieved from globalterrorism101.com, October 18, 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.fbi.gov/congress/congress02/jarboe021202.htm ''The Threat of Eco-Terrorism''], Testimony of James F. Jarboe, [[Domestic Terrorism]] Section Chief, Counterterrorism Division, [[FBI]] Before the House Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health], February 12, 2002.</ref>

===Derivative/Controlled Organizations===
*[[Internet Liberation Front]] (ILF)

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Liberal Organizations]]

Earth Liberation Front

2008-04-10T13:28:07Z

Bobbobitybob: /* Activities */

The '''Earth Liberation Front''' ('''ELF''') is a [[radical]] [[environmental]] grouped blamed by the federal government for vandalizing businesses that they find to be anti-environmentally friendly.

==Profile==

===Founding/Supervisory Organizations===
*[[Earth First!]] (EF!)
*[[Greenpeace]]

===Supporting Organizations===
*[[Animal Liberation Front]] (ALF)
*[[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals]] (PETA)

===Type of Organization===
*[[Terrorist]]/[[revolution]]ary<ref>[http://www.attacreport.com/ar_terror/tframe.php?region=namerica&group=elf Earth Liberation Front]</ref>

===Location===
*[[United Kingdom]], [[United States]]

===[[Ideological]] cover===
*[[Environmentalist]]

===Activities===
[[Bomb]]ings; [[arson]];[property]]destruction

===Target countries===
*[[United Kingdom]], [[United States]]

===Status===
Confirmed active

===Assisted Organizations===
*[[Animal Liberation Front]] (ALF)
*[[Revolutionary Cells]]<ref>[http://www.globalterrorism101.com/UTEnvironmentalTerrorism.html Understanding Terrorism - Environmental Terrorism], Carroll Payne, World Conflict Quarterly, September 2003. Retrieved from globalterrorism101.com, October 18, 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.fbi.gov/congress/congress02/jarboe021202.htm ''The Threat of Eco-Terrorism''], Testimony of James F. Jarboe, [[Domestic Terrorism]] Section Chief, Counterterrorism Division, [[FBI]] Before the House Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health], February 12, 2002.</ref>

===Derivative/Controlled Organizations===
*[[Internet Liberation Front]] (ILF)

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Liberal Organizations]]

Black Panther Party

2008-04-04T16:02:34Z

Bobbobitybob: /* History */

'''The Black Panther Party''' (originally named the ''The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense'') was a [[United States]]-based militant organization that operated from 1966 to 1971. The Panthers had thousands of members and spread across several major cities. In 1969, then-director of the[[FBI| Federal Bureau of Intelligence]], [[J. Edgar Hoover]], said, "The Black Panthers are the greatest threat to the internal security of [[America]].”<ref>http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/13/interviews/seale/</ref>

==History==

The Party was organized in 1966 by two [[Oakland]] college students, [[Huey Percy Newton]] and [[Bobby Seale]], to fight the [[American]] government as a "racist [and] capitalist state". The group criticized in particular the American economic structure, calling for the government to change to a more [[communist]]ic economy. Contrary to activists such as [[Martin Luther King]], the Black Panthers called for violent action against [[racism]]. After King's assassination in 1968, the group began to arm its members as well as provide them with [[military]] training.

The Black Panthers marched into the [[California]] state capital fully armed, leading to the arrest of some group members. Because of the visible militancy of the the BPP, they often face police pressure. raids all across the country took the lives of prominent leaders such as Fred Hampton, the leader of the Chicago chapter, who was killed in a barrage of police bullets as he slept.

The [[FBI]], under the leadership of of [[J. Edgar Hoover]] carried out a program of counter-intelligence known as [[COINTELPRO]]. Hoover used false letters and undercover agents to create a divide in the BPP's leadership.

==Partnership==

The Black Panther Party carried out many organizational initiatives along with arming mmbers and rioting. They formed links with organizations such as the Peace and Freedom Party, the Poor People's March, the Brown Berets, [[Cesar Chavez]] and with other farm labor movements; the American Indian Movement; and the Young Puerto Rican Brothers.
Seales claimed that the reasons for the joining of other coalitions was because the organization was for "all power to all the people, not just black power.”<ref>http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/13/interviews/seale/</ref> They also worked with the Preventive Medical Health Care Clinics and the Breakfast for Children Program, which gave the militant group good publicity.

==Membership==

Two years after the Black Panthers, founding, in 1998, the organization counted 400 hundred members, mainly from the poor parts of Oakland. When [[Martin Luther King]] died membership grew to five thousand with over 45 chapters and branches. The organization also published a newspaper which by 1969 circulated to over 250,000 subscribers.

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
*[http://www.attacreport.com/ar_terror/tframe.php?region=namerica&group=bpp ATTAC TERROR Report Black Panther Party]

[[Category:Terrorists]]

Black Panther Party

2008-04-04T16:02:01Z

Bobbobitybob: /* History */

'''The Black Panther Party''' (originally named the ''The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense'') was a [[United States]]-based militant organization that operated from 1966 to 1971. The Panthers had thousands of members and spread across several major cities. In 1969, then-director of the[[FBI| Federal Bureau of Intelligence]], [[J. Edgar Hoover]], said, "The Black Panthers are the greatest threat to the internal security of [[America]].”<ref>http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/13/interviews/seale/</ref>

==History==

The Party was organized in 1966 by two [[Oakland]] college students, [[Huey Percy Newton]] and [[Bobby Seale]], to fight the [[American]] government as a "racist [and] capitalist state". The group criticized in particular the American economic structure, calling for the government to change to a more [[communist]]ic economy. Contrary to activists such as [[Martin Luther King]], the Black Panthers called for violent action against [[racism]]. After King's assassination in 1968, the group began to arm its members as well as provide them with [[military]] training.

The Black Panthers marched into the [[California]] state capital fully armed, leading to the arrest of some group members. Because many prominent Panther members had [[criminal]] records, the police began to confront the party's leadership. Because of the visible militancy of the the BPP, they often face police pressure. raids all across the country took the lives of prominent leaders such as Fred Hampton, the leader of the Chicago chapter, who was killed in a barrage of police bullets as he slept.

The [[FBI]], under the leadership of of [[J. Edgar Hoover]] carried out a program of counter-intelligence known as [[COINTELPRO]]. Hoover used false letters and undercover agents to create a divide in the BPP's leadership.

==Partnership==

The Black Panther Party carried out many organizational initiatives along with arming mmbers and rioting. They formed links with organizations such as the Peace and Freedom Party, the Poor People's March, the Brown Berets, [[Cesar Chavez]] and with other farm labor movements; the American Indian Movement; and the Young Puerto Rican Brothers.
Seales claimed that the reasons for the joining of other coalitions was because the organization was for "all power to all the people, not just black power.”<ref>http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/13/interviews/seale/</ref> They also worked with the Preventive Medical Health Care Clinics and the Breakfast for Children Program, which gave the militant group good publicity.

==Membership==

Two years after the Black Panthers, founding, in 1998, the organization counted 400 hundred members, mainly from the poor parts of Oakland. When [[Martin Luther King]] died membership grew to five thousand with over 45 chapters and branches. The organization also published a newspaper which by 1969 circulated to over 250,000 subscribers.

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
*[http://www.attacreport.com/ar_terror/tframe.php?region=namerica&group=bpp ATTAC TERROR Report Black Panther Party]

[[Category:Terrorists]]

Pro-abortion

2008-04-03T02:46:27Z

Bobbobitybob:

'''Pro-choice''' is a term used to promote [[abortion]]; by its terms it implies pro-''informed'' choice, when in fact pro-choice supporters oppose informing women about the long-term medical harms of the operation. The label can be stated as '''pro-"choice"''', with quotation marks, to reflect a lack of support by the person of ''informed'' choice.

[[Planned Parenthood]] performs nearly 200 abortions for every referral for adoption.

The more accurate term for people and organizations who support taxpayer-funded [[abortion]], or otherwise promote [[abortion]], is ''pro-abortion''.

==See Also==
* [[Pro-life]]
* [[Abortion controversy]]
* [[Planned Parenthood]]

==External Links==
* [http://www.ippf.org/ Planned Parenthood]
* [http://www.bpas.org British Pregnancy Advisory Service]

[[Category:Abortion]]
[[category:deceit]]

Anarchism

2008-04-03T02:32:06Z

Bobbobitybob: /* Anarchism in practice */

'''Anarchism''' is a political philosophy advocating the removal of the State and the establishment of a society without government. The term is of [[Greek]] origin (coming from the word "αναρχία" (anarchia), meaning "without rulers".

==Traditional anarchism==

Traditional anarchism is similar to [[communism]], though unlike in communism, traditional anarchists do not favor [[socialism]] as a means to their end, as it requires a state. Traditional anarchists advocate the formation of [[collective|collectives]]. Traditional anarchism rejects all authority, both business and government.

==Individualist anarchism and anarcho-capitalism==

Individualist anarchism, unlike traditional anarchism, does not advocate collectives. Individualist anarchists differ on the status of [[private property]] and other rights.

[[Anarcho-capitalism]], a form of individualist anarchism, favors private police agencies, security companies, and arbitration instead of government. Anarcho-capitalism is the most extreme form of [[libertarianism]].

==Relationship between the two==

Traditional anarchists argue that anarcho-capitalists are not true anarchists. This is due to their support of the authority of business and private property. Traditional anarchists argue that one cannot live without wages under a [[capitalist]] system.

Anarcho-capitalists argue that all support of business is voluntary, since one can choose between companies under a capitalist system. Anarcho-capitalists reject collectives, since they focus on the community rather than the individual, which may lead to a loss of individual freedom.

==Anarchism in practice==

Many anarchists believe in a peaceful means of achieving an anarchist system. Some of these means include not voting, secession from government, and peaceful protesting.

Other anarchists support violence as a means of achieving anarchism. Some anarchist groups have been labeled [[terrorist]] organizations by the US government.[Citation needed]

==Other uses==
In addition to being a philosophy, anarchy can also be a description of a system in which there is no higher governmental authority. The world level of political interaction is considered anarchical, because there is no power over the sovereign states (i.e. there is no world government).

==See Also==
*[[Anarcho-capitalism]]
*[[Nihilism]]
*[[Anarchopedia]]

==Sources==
*[http://www.infoshop.org/faq/ An Anarchist FAQ] - From a traditional anarchist point of view.
*[http://www.mises.org/ Ludwig von Mises Institute] - Promotes Austrian [[economics]] as well as anarcho-capitalism.

[[category:International Politics]]
[[category:Political Theory]]
[[category:Politics]]

Timothy McVeigh

2008-04-02T17:23:52Z

Bobbobitybob:

[[Image:Mcveighmugshot.jpg|right|145px|thumb]]
'''Timothy McVeigh''' was the main perpetrator in the [[Oklahoma City Bombing]] on April 19, 1995, which killed 168 people in the worst act of domestic terrorism in American history. He was pulled over that afternoon by Lieutenant Charles Hanger for driving without a license plate, and arrested after Lt. Hanger found an unregistered firearm in his car. <ref>http://www.nleomf.com/TheFund/programs/OOM/hanger_oct01.htm</ref>
McVeigh was a veteran of [[Operation Desert Storm]]

==Motivations==
McVeigh intended to avenge the deaths among the [[Branch Davidians]] at [[Waco]], [[Texas]], a third of which were members of minority groups, including 30 blacks, as well as 6 Hispanics and 7 Asians and including a number of interracial marriages. <ref>David B. Kopel and Paul H. Blackman, ''No More Wacos: What’s Wrong With Federal Law Enforcement and How To Fix It'', Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1997, 409-411.</ref> McVeigh's accomplice, [[Terry Nichols]] was himself married to a Philippine national despite widespread allegations spread through the mainstream media of racial motivations behind the bombings. McVeigh was [[politically profiled]] in Brandon Stickney's ''All-American Monster - The Unauthorized Biography of Timothy McVeigh''. In an interview with Lawrence W. Myers in ''Media Bypass'' magazine:
{{Cquote|McVeigh said he considers unfair and unfounded the notion that the mainstream press has classified him as a racist simply because he had read ''The Turner Diaries''. He said he responded to a gun magazine advertisement for the book around 1988 because it was being billed as a novel about what may happen when the government comes to confiscate privately owned firearms.

McVeigh also pointed out, and his sergeant confirms, that while in the Army he served alongside black soldiers without incident or problem, and when he lived off base, he and Michael Fortier routinely gave rides to work to two fellow soldiers who were black.

Although there were no African-Americans in McVeigh’s graduating class, and few in his hometown, according to the U. S. Army there are no reported incidents of him having any professional problems as a soldier dealing with other races.

Furthermore, McVeigh’s platoon sergeant was black and his platoon leader was black, and both gave him the highest ratings an infantry soldier can attain. <ref>Lawrence W. Myers, ''Tim McVeigh: An Interview'', Media Bypass, February 1996, pg. 36.</ref>}}

==Leftist conspiracy theories==
Following the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing [[Leonard Zeskind]] teamed with James Ridgeway, who
writes about right-wing politics for various liberal and leftist serials, and they produced a
conspiracy theory of their very own.
{{Cquote|There is every reason to believe that the attack was a call for revolution by the far [[rightist|right wing]] of this country, organized through the widespread militia movement and carried out by one of the leaderless terror cells created by that movement.

It is probable that the three men being held in connection with the bombing—Timothy McVeigh, James Nichols and his brother Terry Nichols—are all members of that same militia cell. <ref>James Ridgeway and Leonard Zeskind, ''Revolution U.S.A.,'' Village Voice, 2 May 1995.</ref>}}

None of this proved true, and one of the most intensive investigations in FBI history has failed to link these three to any militia organization in any significant way whatsoever. In addition, James Nichols was not even a defendant in the case. The article also refers to the Posse Comitatus, a radical tax protest group of mythical proportions, as a precursor to the militias.

In 1996 Zeskind was also a contributor along with [[Chip Berlet]] and others to ''Conspiracies: Real Grievances, Paranoia, and Mass Movements'', edited by Eric Ward and published by PeanutButter Publishing. The general thrust of their contributions was to attack conspiracy theories of the right while ignoring those of the left. <ref>Eric Ward, editor, ''Conspiracies: Real Grievances, Paranoia, and Mass Movements'', (Washington: Peanut Butter Press, 1997) See also: James A. Jones, ''Bad Blood: The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment''. (NY: The Free Press, 1981).</ref>

== Other theories ==
McVeigh's first lead defense counsel Stephen Jones coauthored a book titled ''Others Unknown: Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City Bombing Conspiracy'' in which he suggests that McVeigh's co-conspirator Terry Nichols had connections to Islamic [[terrorists]] in the Philippines, among other possibilities.

Some have suggested that [[Jose Padilla]] bears a resemblance to John Doe #2, who was initially identified as a suspect in the bombing. [http://www.glennbeck.com/news/06132002.shtml]

==Execution==
McVeigh was executed by the federal government on June 11, 2001.

==References==
<references/>

{{DEFAULTSORT: McVeigh, Timothy}}

[[Category:Terrorists]]

Timothy McVeigh

2008-04-02T17:22:10Z

Bobbobitybob: /* Execution */

[[Image:Mcveighmugshot.jpg|right|145px|thumb]]
'''Timothy McVeigh''' was the main perpetrator in the [[Oklahoma City Bombing]] on April 19, 1995, which killed 168 people in the worst act of domestic terrorism in American history. He was pulled over that afternoon by Lieutenant Charles Hanger for driving without a license plate, and arrested after Lt. Hanger found an unregistered firearm in his car. <ref>http://www.nleomf.com/TheFund/programs/OOM/hanger_oct01.htm</ref>

==Motivations==
McVeigh intended to avenge the deaths among the [[Branch Davidians]] at [[Waco]], [[Texas]], a third of which were members of minority groups, including 30 blacks, as well as 6 Hispanics and 7 Asians and including a number of interracial marriages. <ref>David B. Kopel and Paul H. Blackman, ''No More Wacos: What’s Wrong With Federal Law Enforcement and How To Fix It'', Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1997, 409-411.</ref> McVeigh's accomplice, [[Terry Nichols]] was himself married to a Philippine national despite widespread allegations spread through the mainstream media of racial motivations behind the bombings. McVeigh was [[politically profiled]] in Brandon Stickney's ''All-American Monster - The Unauthorized Biography of Timothy McVeigh''. In an interview with Lawrence W. Myers in ''Media Bypass'' magazine:
{{Cquote|McVeigh said he considers unfair and unfounded the notion that the mainstream press has classified him as a racist simply because he had read ''The Turner Diaries''. He said he responded to a gun magazine advertisement for the book around 1988 because it was being billed as a novel about what may happen when the government comes to confiscate privately owned firearms.

McVeigh also pointed out, and his sergeant confirms, that while in the Army he served alongside black soldiers without incident or problem, and when he lived off base, he and Michael Fortier routinely gave rides to work to two fellow soldiers who were black.

Although there were no African-Americans in McVeigh’s graduating class, and few in his hometown, according to the U. S. Army there are no reported incidents of him having any professional problems as a soldier dealing with other races.

Furthermore, McVeigh’s platoon sergeant was black and his platoon leader was black, and both gave him the highest ratings an infantry soldier can attain. <ref>Lawrence W. Myers, ''Tim McVeigh: An Interview'', Media Bypass, February 1996, pg. 36.</ref>}}

==Leftist conspiracy theories==
Following the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing [[Leonard Zeskind]] teamed with James Ridgeway, who
writes about right-wing politics for various liberal and leftist serials, and they produced a
conspiracy theory of their very own.
{{Cquote|There is every reason to believe that the attack was a call for revolution by the far [[rightist|right wing]] of this country, organized through the widespread militia movement and carried out by one of the leaderless terror cells created by that movement.

It is probable that the three men being held in connection with the bombing—Timothy McVeigh, James Nichols and his brother Terry Nichols—are all members of that same militia cell. <ref>James Ridgeway and Leonard Zeskind, ''Revolution U.S.A.,'' Village Voice, 2 May 1995.</ref>}}

None of this proved true, and one of the most intensive investigations in FBI history has failed to link these three to any militia organization in any significant way whatsoever. In addition, James Nichols was not even a defendant in the case. The article also refers to the Posse Comitatus, a radical tax protest group of mythical proportions, as a precursor to the militias.

In 1996 Zeskind was also a contributor along with [[Chip Berlet]] and others to ''Conspiracies: Real Grievances, Paranoia, and Mass Movements'', edited by Eric Ward and published by PeanutButter Publishing. The general thrust of their contributions was to attack conspiracy theories of the right while ignoring those of the left. <ref>Eric Ward, editor, ''Conspiracies: Real Grievances, Paranoia, and Mass Movements'', (Washington: Peanut Butter Press, 1997) See also: James A. Jones, ''Bad Blood: The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment''. (NY: The Free Press, 1981).</ref>

== Other theories ==
McVeigh's first lead defense counsel Stephen Jones coauthored a book titled ''Others Unknown: Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City Bombing Conspiracy'' in which he suggests that McVeigh's co-conspirator Terry Nichols had connections to Islamic [[terrorists]] in the Philippines, among other possibilities.

Some have suggested that [[Jose Padilla]] bears a resemblance to John Doe #2, who was initially identified as a suspect in the bombing. [http://www.glennbeck.com/news/06132002.shtml]

==Execution==
McVeigh was executed by the federal government on June 11, 2001.

==References==
<references/>

{{DEFAULTSORT: McVeigh, Timothy}}

[[Category:Terrorists]]