‘Pockets of Resistance’ coined
by feds to brand us!. Posted by Ann Corcoran on June 10, 2016
You’ve been
seeing the phrase in news reports….So where did it come from?
‘Pockets of
resistance’ is what the federal bureaucracy initially called us! We liked
the description so much that we have made it our own!
I just did a
quickie look around for the idiom ‘pockets of resistance’ and see that it usually is a
reference to a small group of people resisting domination. Hmmm!
When I first heard it to describe us—anyone questioning the UN/US
government’s colonization of our communities with third world refugees—I
thought of the famous, tough and brave French resistance to Hitler’s domination
of France.
Pockets of
resistance in WWII France fought bravely against Hitler’s domination of the
country
I first heard
the phrase uttered (in derogatory tones) by an employee of the federal Office
of Refugee Resettlement three years ago (June
2013) in Lancaster, PA, and was amazed that federal
bureaucrats and their refugee contractors had actually taken time to ‘brand’
us.
They mentioned
three states where ‘pockets of resistance’ had formed—Georgia, New Hampshire
(because of Gatsas) and Tennessee.
Now there are
many more in a national network of ‘pockets of resistance!’ Up until a
reader from Tennessee directed me to a 2012
news story posted at the UNITED NATIONS, I assumed the phrase originated in
the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement (in HHS), but check this out: The
UNHCR, when reporting on a US State Department trip to mollify Tennesseans,
references the phrase!
The U.S. State Department’s head of refugees
met with local officials Thursday. His visit is partially in response to
pockets of resistance to resettlement in Tennessee. So, it appears
that the inner circles at both the US State Department and at the Dept. of
Health and Human Services were both using ‘pockets of resistance’ when
discussing America citizens’ concerns about the program. Amazing!
See our
category, pockets of resistance, here. Addendum! If you would like to find a ‘pocket of
resistance’ where you live, contact James Simpson at this e-mail address:
(And, don’t take offense if you are ‘vetted!’ We need to be sure we
know who we are talking to because we are up against some powerful and ruthless
people). resettlementresister@gmail.com
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