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January 2012

Park Service warns Occupy DC to end camps Monday →

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Park Police are warning occupy protesters that they must stop camping at two Washington parks on Monday or risk arrest. The National Park Service is distributing fliers to protesters Friday at McPherson Square on K Street and at Freedom Plaza on Pennsylvania Avenue. The notice says protesters must comply with regulations that prohibit camping at those sites by noon on...

“Now, the banks aren’t bad people. They’re just overwhelmed right now. They’re...”

– Mitt Romney facepalm of the day (via solitaryforager)

One hundred Brooklyn community members and... →

theyoungradical: Approximately 35 people arrested for nonviolent civil disobedience, singing in courtroom: “Mr. Auctioneer, all the people here are asking you to stop all the sales right now.” Brooklyn, NY — This afternoon approximately one hundred people peacefully and powerfully disrupted a foreclosure auction by bursting into song. At 3pm the foreclosure auctioneer attempted to start bidding...

Political prisoner Lynne Stewart writes about her... →

About the Court Argument on the 29th of February After the disaster in July 2010, when Judge Koeltl, following the directives of the Second Circuit increased my sentence from 28 months to 10 years, our righteous indignation fueled this appeal. The government’s argument will center on my testimony at trial and the alleged perjury. All of those facts were before the Court at the time of the...

Update: Mumia Abu-Jamal transferred to general... →

As of 1/27/12, Mumia Abu-Jamal has officially been transferred to General Prison Population after being held in Administrative Custody (“The Hole” or Solitary Confinement) at SCI Mahanoy, Frackville, PA for seven weeks. This is the first time Mumia has been in General Population since his arrest in 1981. This comes within hours of the of delivery of over 5,500 signed petitions to...

Internet strike stalls ‘piracy’ laws →

By Greg Butterfield, Workers World After years of piecemeal attacks on Internet users for so-called piracy — that is, the free sharing of culture and information — a major section of the U.S. and global ruling class seems intent on carrying out a full-court press to wrangle wholesale control of the Web for the profiteers in the name of “intellectual property rights.” The government/media...

Fidel: Republican Primary 'Greatest Competition of... →

Castro’s comments came in a long opinion piece carried by official media two days after Republican presidential hopefuls at a debate in Florida presented mostly hard-line stances on what to do about the Communist-run island, and even speculated as to what would happen to the 85-year-old revolutionary leader’s soul when he dies. Cuba has become an important issue as the candidates court Florida’s...

Reflections of Comrade Fidel: The Fruit That Did... →

When the USSR and the Socialist Camp disappeared, the United States government thought that Cuba would not be able to support itself. George W. Bush had already prepared a counterrevolutionary government to preside over our country. The same day that Bush began his criminal war against Iraq, I requested that our authorities stop with the policy of tolerance towards the counterrevolutionary leaders...

ALERT: Attack Against Dine People of Big... →

queerfury: BIA Livestock Impoundment crews are confiscating sheep, goats, horses, cattle belonging to the Dine People of Big Mountain/Black Mesa, Arizona right now. Human rights violations against traditional Dine (Navajo) taking away one of their major food sources as well as wool essential to their livelihood. Please flood the office of Robert Carolin and tell him the elders need to eat...

Aboriginal rights protesters surround Australian... →

CANBERRA — Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard was dragged away by security guards Thursday after she was trapped in a restaurant by rowdy protesters demonstrating for indigenous rights following a ceremony to mark Australia’s national day. Some 200 supporters of Aboriginal rights surrounded a Canberra restaurant and banged on its windows while Gillard and opposition leader Tony...

Breaking: Approx. 10,000 people are protesting in... →

occupyallstreets: RSVP to the event in your city: facebook.com/events/215317315225357/ - Kraków facebook.com/events/174048566035586/ - Lublin facebook.com/events/174451399329583/ - Poznań facebook.com/events/332274416793882/ - Wrocław facebook.com/events/174724099301513/ - Katowice facebook.com/events/353301034699480/ - Gdańsk facebook.com/events/212620175499352/ - Bydgoszcz...

NYC: Muslim Civil Liberties Coalition Calls for...

PRESS CONFERENCE, TOMORROW 1/26, 11:00 AM, STEPS OF CITY HALL Muslim Civil Liberties Coalition Calls for Resignation of Police Commissioner Kelly Demands City Council Institute Community Control & Oversight Mechanism Over the NYPD January 25, 2012 (New York, NY) — In the wake of revelations about NYPD’s involvement in production of an anti-Muslim propaganda film, the Muslim American...

OCCUPY MAY DAY GENERAL STRIKE: MAY 1st →

ebb-n-flow: OCCUPY MAY DAY GENERAL STRIKE: MAY 1st BEGINNING MAY 1, 2012 NO WORK - NO SCHOOL - NO SHOPPING - NO BANKING - NO TRADING THE PEOPLE OF THE PLANET WILL TAKE TO THE STREETS #OLA & #OLB are calling on all people of the world to start planning NOW for a Global Strike. The goal is to shut down commerce worldwide and show the 1% we will not be taken for granted, we will not be...