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[David Rovics] Report from Cop-enhagen
Submitted by rick on Tue, 12/15/2009 - 14:25.The signs up all over the airport and various places elsewhere in town
are calling it Hopenhagen, but everybody I know is calling it
Cop-enhagen, which seems far more appropriate. The international media
has been giving this lots of coverage, and rightly so. Of course much
of the media is unable to walk and chew gum at the same time, so other
things, such as the reason the protests are happening in the first
place, can get lost.
Inside the Bella Center lots of stuff is going on. Namely the US,
Australia and others leading the way in making sure nothing meaningful
takes place there, while many other delegates and activists within try
to make the best of it, or at least make the effort to thoroughly read more »
Public Records Request finds Olympia Activists Caught in a National Surveillance Program
Submitted by Insanevillian on Wed, 07/29/2009 - 13:48.
From Olympia Works in Progress (print)
By Brendan Maslauskas Dunn
An SDSer (Students for a Democratic Society) in Portland is walking
down the street on May Day. She walks by a police officer sitting
outside a café flipping through photographs of different people the
police plan on identifying at a May Day rally. A picture of her appears
and the cop stares at it for a while.
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Spies Amongst Us
Submitted by Insanevillian on Wed, 07/29/2009 - 13:21.John Towery is a professional informant who works for the US Army.
He works on Fort Lewis, WA in ‘force protection’. Between September
2007 and July 2009, using the alias “John Jacob
(agent_orange@riseup.net)”, he illegally infiltrated various anti-war
and “anarchist” groups around the Olympia and Tacoma (WA) area
including Port Militarization Resistance, Students for a Democratic
Society. He also worked closely with the Smash ICE Campaign and Iraq
Veterans Against the War. Much of his time was spent befriending
anarchists or those whose views had anarchist characteristics. People
who knew John Jacob described him as kind, generous, and friendly. He
came to meetings and quickly became a trusted individual, leading to read more »
More mayhem - cops kill again as garment workers' rioting continues in Bangladesh
Submitted by pirate on Sun, 06/28/2009 - 23:11.
At least 30 reported killed in Amazon land protest
Submitted by pirate on Fri, 06/05/2009 - 16:33.By CARLA SALAZAR, Associated Press Jun 5, 2009
LIMA, Peru – Indians protesting oil and gas exploration on their lands battled police in Peru's remote Amazon Friday, with authorities and Indian leaders reporting at least 30 deaths. read more »
Nigeria: One Dead, Several Injured As Ajaokuta Steel Workers Protest
Submitted by pirate on Tue, 06/02/2009 - 21:35.All Africa.com June 3, 2009
Ajaokuta (kogi) — ONE person was feared dead and several others
wounded, yesterday, in Ajaokuta when aggrieved workers of the
multi-billion Naira Ajaokuta Steel Company (ASCL) took to the major
road in a violent protest over non-payment of their outstanding wages.
The ASL workers protest is coming barely a month after members of
the House of Representatives Commitee on Steel undertook a working tour
to the complex.
read more »
Battles in Athens during march against police racism, many protesters injured
Submitted by pirate on Fri, 05/22/2009 - 15:30.May 22 2009 Libcom.org
Extended clashes broke out in Athens on Friday 22/5, during the second protest march in two days against police racism, after a cop tore the Koran and brutalised Muslims during anti-immigrant sweeping operations. During the clashes many protesters were injured arrested and hospitalised. read more »
17 arrested at anti-police brutality protest in Montreal
Submitted by pirate on Sun, 03/15/2009 - 14:20.
Mar. 15 2009 CTV.ca News Staff
Seventeen people were arrested Sunday at a Montreal protest against police brutality, in what has become an annual event marked by violence.
Most of those arrested were carrying rocks or sticks, police spokesperson Ian Lafreniere told The Canadian Press. A police officer was slightly hurt.
The arrests are nothing new for the annual event, which has resulted in vandalism in recent years. Last year, more than 40 people were taken into custody. read more »
Spying on activists: Who is the criminal now?
Submitted by rick on Thu, 02/19/2009 - 20:53.February 10, 2009 at 5:08 pm
By Brenda Norrell
After the Denver police spy files were revealed in 2002, my friends, the spied upon, said, "It isn't just happening in Denver. It is happening all over the United States."
In Denver, the secret police spy files became public through attorney discovery in a local court case. The spy files did not become public because of the integrity of the Denver Police Intelligence Division. Those secret police spy files included cases that went back 30 years. Of course all of the American Indian activists names were there, the usual suspects working for peace and justice. But there were surprises in the list of 3,200 individuals and 208 organizations. read more »
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