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actions & protests
Global resistance is rising. In response, the global corporate media have done everything in their power to downplay the size, scale, number, and importance of protests, marches, actions, organizing, and other forms of resistance. In the United States, the peace and social justice movements in other countries are rarely mentioned. You only have to look at the coverage of peace marches in European countries, the U.S. backed coup in Venezuela, the growing movements in Latin America and South America, and countless others to begin to see the pattern. Likewise, news about organizing, tactics, and actions occurring within the U.S. are often concealed from the global community These pages represent a testament to the variety of ways that people are learning to come together to resist the various forces of oppression they face in their daily lives. These pages will not be silent to the large numbers of people from every conceivable background who are waking up from the long nightmare that is our civilization and starting to act to bring about change. Another world is possible and it is worth fighting for.
From the open publishing newswire:
Strykers will arrive at Tacoma THIS weekend. (Saturday, October 24 morning is most likely) The Green Point was in Kuwait September 8th through the 12th, and is now heading into the coastal waters off of occupied Turtle Island. It is expected at the Port of Tacoma this weekend. East Blair One terminal on Alexander is the expected point of landing. The ship is estimated to be arriving late Friday night or early Saturday AM, and is expected to generate traffic on I-5 late nights from Monday through Wednesday, 9PM - 3AM each night.
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October 7, Olympia, Washington
About 300 or so people rallied and marched to mark eight years of war in Afghanistan.
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I stopped by the "NO Camping Law" Protest, at Portland City Hall, and not expecting to see anyone I find about 20 people who are "protest/camping" around the building to demand changes regarding sleeping in a safe place without arrest at night in Portland.
The protest and some of the problems are discussed in the four short vidoes. The restroom issue was something I feel needs better attention by the city especially now that they closed the city hall rest room and there seems to be not much available from what I hear. The protest seems respectable yet poignant in its demands. With winter quickly approaching and with others being criminalized for sleeping outside the city is being pressured to step things up.
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This is on-the-spot reporting just in from the first day of the G20 summit in Pittsburgh, which has seen a great deal of spirited resistance and confrontation—perhaps as much as has occurred at any anarchist mobilization in North America in half a decade. This gushy, hastily composed account presents the context, attempts to convey the spirit of the day, and raises a few preliminary questions.
The basic narrative of the day runs thus: The protesters attempt to reach the summit site, but are brutally forced back by police. They eventually turn around and march through Pittsburgh neighborhoods and shopping districts, where the police pursue and attack them. Property destruction intensifies in response to these attacks, and the conflict culminates in a standoff between police and students during which a black bloc destroys a business district. Read here: Report linked to videos and pics  http://www.crimethinc.com/texts/recentfeatures/g20.php
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G20 is Live Here are links to the Independent Media covering the messTwitter Account at the G20 | http://indypgh.org/g20/#k-877a0dc3afd39bbf | http://ginfinity.pghimc.libsynpro.com/rss | http://radio.indypgh.org/ | http://indypgh.org/ginf.php/ginfinity-hi.mp3.m3u (MP3.Hi) | http://indypgh.org/ginf.php/ginfinity-lo.mp3.m3u (MP3.Lo) | http://twitter.com/SocialistZine | http://socialistwebzine.blogspot.com/ feel free to add any related links in the comment section below ((( i ))) Related: PIMC Breaking News from G20 | VIDEOS from G20 PIMC Newswire
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Maltby, WA - The underground environmental protection group, Earth Liberation Front (ELF) left a strong warning in Washington State this week, spray-painting a message on industrial buildings in the City of Maltby. The message, left specifically for the Master Builder's Association and Andy Skotdal, owner of Everett's KRKO-AM 1380 radio station, stated:
"MBA KRKO/Snotdol Empire. If you continue to risk killing children, mother earth and her creations, all your holdings are targets. Rise up earth children, ever, ever, ever, ever so carefully. They watch everything. The time is now. Authentic ELF? Ask ATF/FBI about restricted water mains. Little water, better burn. ELF." On September 4, the ELF knocked down two radio towers owned by Skotdal and KRKO near Everett, WA, leaving a banner claiming responsibility. Previously, on March 3, 2008, the ELF was responsible for burning three homes in the Woodinville, WA Street Of Dreams, inflicting $7 million in damages. "The ELF takes action to stop the ecoterrorism caused by industries and governments who are more concerned with financial gain than they are with the health of their children, of their citizens, wildlife and planet," ... "Only when all of the corporate and governmental ecoterrorists have ended their destructive practices will the ELF be satisfied."
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Video clip from the recent send off of the Mad as Hell Doctors to Washington D.C. This video is about 4 minutes in length. The speaker discusses the many ways that people in Portland and along the route to D.C. can assist the Mad As Hell Doctors achieve their goal of convincing Obama and Congress that this country needs health care for people, not for profit. The Mad As Hell Doctors are on a 20 day tour which will culminate in rally at Lafayette Park in Washington D.C. on September 30th. They kicked off the Tour in Portland Oregon at Pioneer Square on September 8th.
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Matt Rossell, after spearheading the successful fight to close down Scamp's, the puppy mill pet store, is now free of bogus criminal charges leveled against him.
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In anticipation of the one-year anniversary of the 2008 RNC in St. Paul, Minnesota, we've compiled this packet for the media and other interested observers.
One year after the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., the aftermath remains newsworthy. The RNC was for many of us our taste of a police state; the astounding violence against protesters, bystanders, journalists and others directed by Sheriff Bob Fletcher and other authorities shocked and radicalized many of us. We have since come to realize that these instances of raids, intimidation and violence play out regularly in our society, particularly in communities of color and working class communities, and will almost assuredly replay themselves at upcoming summits such as the G20 in Pittsburgh later this September. Thus, keeping the RNC in our collective consciousness is critical. You can find it here: http://rnc08arrestees.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/rncpresspacket.pdf
or on the homepage of http://RNCaftermath.org
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Announcing the first annual QueerFest, an alternative to the Eugene Pride celebration.
Join us at QueerFest to reclaim queerness as a radical expression of individuality. If you are not queer identified we encourage you to claim queerness for yourself, thus approaching life from a nonconformist, outsider perspective which contains a huge amount of power in the homogeneity of American mass society. You don't have to be gay or gender variant to be queer, all that is required is a rejection of that which is offered up as "normal" in America. Why we're going to be in the park during Eugene Pride: QueerFest websites: http://www.facebook.com/events.php?ref=sb&__a=1#/event.php?eid=101521984696
http://queerfest.wordpress.com
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On Sunday, July 19, approximately 50 anti-fascists and anti-racists made their way to the Embassy Suites - Airport hotel in Portland, to oppose the Holocaust-denier and neo-fascist David Irving, and the sympathizers who had paid $24-$30 each to hear him talk.
Although Irving's event was not shut down, we consider our intervention to have been successful in sending a clear message that fascist organizing is not welcome in our community, and that Irving will be met with resistance. This was not only an achievement for Rose City Antifa members, who were a minority within the opposition to the event, it was also an important result for the broader anti-racist community, which mobilized effectively and at short notice. We believe that events such as that on Sunday set the stage for more substantial victories in the future. David Irving is a British writer of histories who has been involved with the fascist political scene since the 1960s. Always known for the pro-Hitler bias of his books, approximately two decades ago Irving made the transition to being a fully-fledged Holocaust-denier. In addition to spreading blatant historical lies, Irving has publicly stated that "The Jews are the architects of their own misfortune". Although Irving has been banned from several countries and even imprisoned for his Holocaust-denial propagandizing and pro-Nazi agitation, he has been touring the United States since the beginning of July. http://antiracistaction.org
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The last few weeks have been unbelievable! I want to share some of my experiences so that anyone who hesitates taking time off their job might think again, and renounce being consumer slaves of corporate capital, in favor of radical adventure and creative insurrection against the global government of militant madness. Nearly a month ago I took time off work to partake in the most amazing Cascadia Summer, something like a summer vacation, even with an overnight in Douglas County Jail.
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United for Iran Global Day of Action Saturday, July 25 1pm at: Pioneer Square - Downtown Portland Call on the world to:
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