Birds on the Brain

month

December 2011

“After the tear gas, many previously non-violent demonstrators turned much more...”

– Ex-Seattle police chief, Norm Stamper, discussing with the BBC the 1999 World Trade Organization protests, the militarization of police departments after 9-11, and using teargas on peaceful Occupy protesters (via cultureofresistance)

“The night never wants to end, to give itself over to light. So it traps itself...”

– Joseph Stroud, “Night in Day” (via proustitute)

November 2011

“Sometimes I get the feeling the whole world is against me, but deep down I know...”

– Robert Orben (via sonofgroucho)