The Resistance V

by DJ Pangburn - edited by JD Nutt (Archived Report)

Report last updated on January 22nd, 2011 - Oklahoma City, OK.

“Resistance V’s appeared all over the country… The V campaign meant ordinary people could feel they were doing something, however symbolic, to protest against the Occupation.”

“The British radio has called on people to write V for victory everywhere, and they are all over the place, even on shop fronts. They are also written on blackboards, on tables – everywhere. Even better, there’s a new badge: a V made with two crossed pins and worn on the lapel.

Yvette and I counted seventy-five in five minutes!…On the Rue d’Astorg, I scribbled a V on a German car. I heard the sound of boots behind me, and moved off quickly.” The Resistance, by Matthew Cobb.

After Homeland Security’s launch of the Public Service Announcement (PSA) campaign “See Something, Say Something,” activists are taking the ‘V’ symbol to the streets with the V for Victory campaign.

Why the contest? Big Brother telescreens at more than 9,000 locations. Naked body porno radiation scanners. PSA propaganda cranked out by the DHS spreading paranoia and the insidious proliferation of a high-tech Stasi state. Militarized police teams armed to the teeth patrolling subway platforms and bus stations as goons in latex gloves rummage through backpacks and briefcases without probable cause and in total disregard for the Fourth Amendment and the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

It’s all about fighting back against the psychological warfare we are now being subjected to by oppressors.

Use the V for Victory flyers we have provided to let Big Sis know that we are not her slaves. Use them on banner hangs or as stand alone flyers, post them on message boards or any places where announcements are made in your local community. Anywhere that’s legal and lawful, we want to see the V for victory proudly displayed as a symbolic message of resistance and defiance. Join the resistance !

So where did the current V for Victory Campaign acquire the symbol?

During World War II, Victor Auguste de Laveleye, former Belgian minister of Justice and director of the Belgian French-speaking broadcasts on the BBC, suggested that the Allies use the letter ‘V’ as a symbol in a psychological warfare campaign against the Nazis. Laveleye said in the broadcast: “The occupier, by seeing this sign, always the same, infinitely repeated, [would] understand that he is surrounded, encircled by an immense crowd of citizens eagerly awaiting his first moment of weakness, watching for his first failure.”

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The ‘V’ symbol starts popping up all over France, Belgium and the Netherlands, and was later adapted by Churchill in a campaign that involved using an audible ‘V’ with Morse Code, by using the first four notes of Beethoven’s 5th Symphony. It was used as the call sign by the BBC in their broadcasts across occupied Europe during the rest of WWII. Recall that the first four notes of the 5th symphony were meant to represent fate knocking at one’s door. Isn’t psychological warfare fantastic?

The idea that the symbol could be infinitely repeated is interesting, as is the idea that it suggests a permanent sense of being surrounded though the occupying force is technically in control.

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And so the V symbol has been adapted yet again from its shining moment in the Nazi occupation. It is being used by activists to protest the Department of Homeland Security’s new campaign “See Something, Say Something,” which encourages Americans to report suspicious behavior.

The PSA campaign is a totalitarian move by a state that's already a mirror of Big Brother’s “1984.” Homeland Security is now trying to mimic the way of all oppressive regimes, by turning the American people against each other.

Invoke the spirit of the French who were occupied by the Nazis in World War II. The V for victory campaign in Paris and elsewhere helped the occupied to understand that the resistance against tyranny was legion. It gave the victims hope that they were not isolated and that their community was bonded in freedom, reducing fear that they would be reported to the authorities by collaborators as a subversive or terrorist for expressing dissent against their occupiers.”

Napolitano's press release on "If You See Something, Say Something" campaign...

Secretary Napolitano Announces Expansion of "If You See Something, Say Something" Campaign to Walmart Stores Across the Nation

Release Date: December 6, 2010

For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
Contact: 202-282-8010

Washington, D.C. - Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced the expansion of the Department's national "If You See Something, Say Something" campaign to hundreds of Walmart stores across the country - launching a new partnership between DHS and Walmart to help the American public play an active role in ensuring the safety and security of our nation.

"Homeland security starts with hometown security, and each of us plays a critical role in keeping our country and communities safe," said Secretary Napolitano. "I applaud Walmart for joining the ‘If You See Something, Say Something' campaign. This partnership will help millions of shoppers across the nation identify and report indicators of terrorism, crime and other threats to law enforcement authorities."

The "If You See Something, Say Something" campaign—originally implemented by New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority and funded, in part, by $13 million from DHS' Transit Security Grant Program—is a simple and effective program to engage the public and key frontline employees to identify and report indicators of terrorism, crime and other threats to the proper transportation and law enforcement authorities.

More than 230 Walmart stores nationwide launched the "If You See Something, Say Something" campaign today, with a total of 588 Walmart stores in 27 states joining in the coming weeks. A short video message will play at select checkout locations to remind shoppers to contact local law enforcement to report suspicious activity.

Report Source(s):

http://www.prisonplanet.com/v-for-victory-was-psychological-campaign-against-nazis.html

http://www.dhs.gov/ynews/releases/pr_1291648380371.shtm

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