The Rob Kall Bottom Up Radio Show Podcast Exclusive Interview: Chris Hedges: Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt Another extraordinary interview with Chris, again showing what a visionary, revolutionary We discuss his new book, Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt written with illustrator Joe Sacco. Podcast submitted by Rob Kall (about Rob Kall) Recorded October More
Dissent Without Permission: Will Protest Permits & Free Speech Zones Halt Or Hasten Rebellion? Posted on July 21, 2012 by IronBoltBruce Occupy New Hampshire “Dissent without permission” may sound like Orwellian doublespeak, but for Chinese, Russians, Americans and others it’s a criminal offense. Will that backfire? IN CHINA, “protesting” without a permit – which defines and limits where, More
Dissent Without Permission: Will Protest Permits & Free Speech Zones Halt Or Hasten Rebellion? Posted on July 21, 2012 by IronBoltBruce Occupy New Hampshire “Dissent without permission” may sound like Orwellian doublespeak, but for Chinese, Russians, Americans and others it’s a criminal offense. Will that backfire? IN CHINA, “protesting” without a permit – which defines and limits where, More
Photos of Journalist Abuse and Arrests at the NATO Summit by Josh Stearns May 21, 2012 Storify I spent the weekend tracking reports of press suppression and journalist arrests in Chicago at the rallies, marches and protests surrounding the NATO summit. See more photos and videos here. Pic: photojournalist injured during today's protests #NONATO http://pic.twitter.com/L7aZVieA Amber Lyon More
Photos of Journalist Abuse and Arrests at the NATO Summit by Josh Stearns May 21, 2012 Storify I spent the weekend tracking reports of press suppression and journalist arrests in Chicago at the rallies, marches and protests surrounding the NATO summit. See more photos and videos here. Pic: photojournalist injured during today's protests #NONATO http://pic.twitter.com/L7aZVieA Amber Lyon More
Protesters Occupying Monsanto Corp. Arrested Anthony Gucciardi 4 March 2012 Nation of Change “Police threatened protesters with arrest if they did not move away from the doors, and 12 were ultimately arrested. According to the report, 10 were arrested for ‘blocking the entrance’ and 2 were arrested for crossing a police line.” Taking More
April 9-15, 2012 — 100,000 Americans Will Train for Non-Violent Direct Action The 99% Spring Published on Wednesday, February 15, 2012 by Common Dreams TO: America RE: The 99% Spring Things should never have reached this point. Click here to sign up for the 99% Spring! Every day, the American Dream seems a little farther away. More of More
Peace activists occupy nuclear sub base entrance to honor MLK By davidswanson - Posted on 16 January 2012 War is a Crime On January 14, 2012 activists from a local peace group blocked entry to the main gate at the Navy’s West coast Trident nuclear submarine base for nearly a half hour in an act of civil resistance More
Continuing Protests Against NDAA Indefinite Military Detention of U.S. Citizens, Recall Efforts On by Ralph Lopez WED JAN 11, 2012 Daily Kos Revealing the failure of the coordinated campaign by defenders of the National Defense Authorization Act 2011 (NDAA) to lie about its applicability to U.S. citizens, protesters at the White House continued to More
Longtime peace activist Marv Davidov dies at 80 RANDY FURST, Star Tribune Marv Davidov, an iconic figure of the Minnesota peace movement who founded and led the Honeywell Project in a decades-long campaign to halt the production of anti-personnel weapons by Honeywell Inc., died Saturday afternoon in Minneapolis. He was 80, and had suffered from More
FBI Says Activists Who Investigate Factory Farms Can Be Prosecuted as Terrorists WILL POTTER on DECEMBER 20, 2011 Green is the New Red in TERRORISM LEGISLATION This recent investigation of a McDonald’s egg supplier is an example of the type of activism the FBI calls terrorism. The FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force has More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmQrW9QtvuU&w=560&h=315] The military hearing of alleged U.S. Army whistleblower Private Bradley Manning began Friday at Fort Meade in Maryland and continued over the weekend. Manning has been detained for more than a year and a half and could face up to 23 counts of violating military code. The 24-year-old is suspected of leaking hundreds More
