Anonymous attacking creators of indefinite detention bill Published: 15 December, 2011, 21:20 RT An Occupy DC protester wearing a Guy Fawkes mask stands in the middle of the intersection of 15th and K Streets in Washington, DC December 7, 2011 during a "Take Back The Capitol" rally and march. More than a thousand demonstrators More
The Elusive Declaration of Peace Ken Butigan Friday 9 December 2011 Nation of Change “Except for the occasional newsflash about sporadic violence—and the recent spate of stories about the sheer tonnage of materiel that the US is shipping stateside as it readies its departure—we don’t hear much about Iraq these days.” More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRBWkCk0t0M&w=560&h=315] OccupyMN has had a number of disagreements with county officials. Since the occupation began on October 7, there have been a number of attempts to remove the protestors from The People's Plaza ( also known as the Hennepin County Government Plaza). The protesters have argued that they are just exercising First Amendment rights. More
TIME names “The Protester” as “Person Of Year” Magazine honors Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street with its annual accolade ASSOCIATED PRESS WEDNESDAY, DEC 14, 2011 7:45 AM NEW YORK (AP) — “The Protester” has been named Time’s “Person of the Year” for 2011. The selection was announced Wednesday on NBC’s “Today” show. The magazine More
Occupy and the Importance of Not Asking for Permission ALLISON KILKENNY FRIDAY DEC 2, 2011 9:34 AM In These Times Is this what they mean by Occupying the Democratic Party? Occupy DC protest in front of the W Hotel in Washington where a Democratic party fundraiser was taking place on December 1. (Photo: NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty More
Good News in Taxing Times Carol Masters WAMM Newsletter The curious case of the Community of St. Martin. While most people are complaining about the price of gas, this community is actually taxing itself for driving. But why? Carol Masters explains this, and another effort her community is making with a focus More
On the 21st of December 2011, use your Skype or phone to converse with the Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers: To arrange a date and time, go to http://globaldaysoflistening.org and write to globaldaysoflistening@gmail.com We thank Prof. Noam Chomsky for speaking to the Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers during last month’s Global Days of Listening on the International day of Peace. We are the More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugUSe_bBd6I&w=560&h=315] Uploaded by democracynow on Dec 2, 2011 DemocracyNow.org - Defense lawyers for the alleged Army whistleblower Bradley Manning are accusing the U.S. government of withholding key evidence that could help Manning's defense at a pre-trial hearing later this month. Manning's attorneys say U.S. officials are refusing to hand over internal government documents that assessed the impact More
Arab Revolutions and the Power of Nonviolent Action Stephen Zunes Sunday 4 December 2011 Nation of Change “This has not come, in most cases, from a moral or spiritual commitment to nonviolence per se, but simply because it works.” While sitting in a Cairo café just a couple blocks from Tahrir Square a More
You Can Arrest an Idea Robert Scheer Dec 1, 2011 truthdig via RSN A Los Angeles Police Department officer stands guard on the eve of the city’s eviction of the Occupy L.A. protest. AP / Dan Steinberg The bankers slept well. Their homes in Beverly Hills were not spotlighted by a noisy swarm of police helicopters, More
Women in Occupy Denverby Chad Kautzer | November 29, 2011, 12:52 pm Waging Nonviolence Photo: Tanner Spendley.Occupy Denver (OD) has been a tenacious occupation—and some say the angriest—fighting on despite external pressures and internal strains along the fault lines of oppression and privilege. The following is mostly about the latter, particularly the role and projects of women More
Twenty Examples of the Obama Administration Assault on Domestic Civil Liberties Bill Quigley December 1, 2011 CommonDreams.org The Obama administration has affirmed, continued and expanded almost all of the draconian domestic civil liberties intrusions pioneered under the Bush administration. Here are twenty examples of serious assaults on the domestic rights to freedom of speech, More
