Civil Disobedience
Peru suspends rights in jungle protest regions
Submitted by pirate on Tue, 08/19/2008 - 09:24.The Associated Press Mon, Aug 18, 2008
Peru's government declared a state of emergency Monday in remote jungle regions where Indian groups are blocking highways and oil and gas installations to protest a law that makes it easier to sell their lands.
The 30-day decree published in the official gazette suspends rights to public gatherings and free transit in three northern provinces.
It follows nine days of protests by members of 65 Indian tribes and a clash Saturday in northern Peru between police and hundreds of spear-carrying Indians with painted faces. Lima newspaper El Comercio reported eight officers and four protesters were injured. read more »
LeGrand Jones in Court Tacoma Wednesday 1:30PM
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/05/2008 - 22:38.LeGrand Jones, a National Lawyer's Guild attorney from Olympia, was arrested for refusing an illegal demand by police to see his ID at the Port of Tacoma recently. The police have been using demands for ID as one of several harassment tactics towards anti-war demonstrators at the port. LeGrand will use his hearing tomorrow to creatively demonstrate against these tactics by police. Supporters and press are advised to attend.
What: LeGrand's Arraignment
Where: Tacoma Pierce County Courthouse, Tacoma Municipal Building
When: 1:30 pm, Wednesday, August 6th
Media Contact: Wes Hamilton 360-791-7484
PMR actions around the area
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/31/2008 - 23:21.Olympia Port Militarization Resistance (OlyPMR) is organized to end our community's participation in the illegal occupation of Iraq by stopping the U.S. Military's use of the Port of Olympia.
Port Militarization Resistance Actions
Thursday, July 31 2008:
* 11 AM: Shut Down the War-machine in Downtown Tacoma, Tollefson Plaza, 1701 Pacific Ave
* 4-6 PM: Port Militarization Resistance Rally and Protest (Family friendly event. Come & hook-in for later actions) Federal Courthouse, 1713 Pacific Ave in Tacoma
* 5 PM: Solidarity Rally in Olympia, 4th Avenue Bridge
* 8 PM: Port Action Meeting Point, Puyallup Avenue and East D Street in Tacoma
Friday, August 1 2008:
* 11 AM: Shut Down the War-machine in Downtown Tacoma, Tollefson Plaza, 1701 Pacific Ave read more »
New G.I. Coffeehouse
Submitted by pirate on Mon, 07/28/2008 - 06:02.July 26, 2008 Seattle Indymedia read more »
No Smooth Sailing for PNWER Elites: Marina Entrance Blocked by Activists
Submitted by pirate on Fri, 07/25/2008 - 09:17.July 25, 2008 PGA North America
A group of activists blocked access to the Westin Bayshore marina on Wednesday July 23 to protest the Pacific NorthWest Economic Region (PNWER) summit. In doing so, they prevented PNWER delegates from boarding a 190-person luxury boat tour of the Vancouver harbour. Approximately 10 people stood with a banner reading People Not Profit! and prevented access to the luxury yacht though the public boardwalk.
Police arrived - surprisingly a bit late although the Westin Bayshore already had a relatively strong police and security presence - and threatened arrests, however given the tight timeframe that the PNWER delegates were on, the luxury boat tour was cancelled and the PNWER delegates were forced to retreat after about 20 minutes! read more »
12 released after Corrib pipeline protest
Submitted by pirate on Tue, 07/22/2008 - 21:47.
RTE NEWS July 22, 2008
Twelve people arrested in Co Mayo following a protest against the Corrib gas pipeline have been released without charge.
The 11 men and one woman were held over public order offences and were taken to Bellmullet Garda Station.
Gardaí say a file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.
The 12, who are members of a newly formed community group, were taking part in a protest at Glengad Beach where the pipeline is due to brought ashore.
The group is opposing the location of the €300m gas refinery 9km inland at Bellanboy. read more »
Mall of America Starbucks workers protest closings; join union
Submitted by pirate on Tue, 07/22/2008 - 21:23.July 22, 2008 Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal
A week after coffee company Starbucks announced it would shutter over 600 locations nationwide, workers at the company’s Mall of America store walked off the job in protest, and joined a national union, a union spokesman confirmed. read more »
More than 100 Chinese villagers protest man's death
Submitted by pirate on Fri, 07/18/2008 - 18:13.July 18, 2008
BEIJING - More than a hundred Chinese villagers attacked a police station to protest the death of a man they say was beaten by local Communist Party security guards, police said Friday, the latest in a recent spate of violence triggered by discontent with authorities.
Relatives gathered Thursday after Ouyang Jiusheng, 40, died in a motorcycle accident near Shangnan village in the southern province of Guangdong, according to a police statement sent via e-mail. read more »
Athens: Supermarket target of Robin Hood raid
Submitted by pirate on Wed, 07/02/2008 - 20:19.ekathimerini.com July 1, 2008
Self-styled anarchists claimed responsibility yesterday for raiding a supermarket in the Athens neighborhood of Nea Smyrni and then distributing the stolen goods to shoppers at a fruit and vegetable market in the fourth such incident during the last month. A group of some 20 people, all wearing hoods or helmets, entered the Marinopoulos supermarket on Evdoxou Street, loaded up trolleys with food and simply walked out of the store unchallenged. read more »
South Africa: Protest by TB Patients
Submitted by pirate on Sat, 06/28/2008 - 18:25.The authorities increased security at a tuberculosis hospital near the city of Port Elizabeth where patients with drug-resistant forms of the disease went on a rampage on Wednesday to protest prisonlike conditions. Twenty-two patients were arrested after they pelted the staff members with stones and vandalized equipment. But the local police station and prison refused to admit them, because of fears of the highly infectious disease. Instead, they were returned to the hospital. Patients with drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis are required to live in guarded and isolated quarters that are surrounded by barbed wire.
Israeli troops disperse wall protest, wounding 12
Submitted by pirate on Thu, 06/26/2008 - 19:02.
June 26, 2008
NILIN, West Bank (AFP) - Twelve Palestinians were wounded on Thursday when Israeli troops dispersed a protest against the separation wall in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian medics said. read more »
Breckenridge skateboarders stage protest
Submitted by pirate on Sun, 06/22/2008 - 20:01.More than two dozen skated Saturday in hopes of sharing the road
By K.J. HASCALL summit daily news June 21, 2008 read more »
Nepal students attack government vehicles, block traffic to protest fuel price rise
Submitted by pirate on Fri, 06/20/2008 - 17:53.By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA,Associated Press June 20, 2008
KATMANDU, Nepal - Students attacked several government vehicles and blocked traffic in Nepal's capital Friday to protest sharp rises in fuel prices, bringing transportation in the city to a standstill.
The students also demanded a 50-percent discount on public transportation fares.
It was the second day of violent protests pressing the government to immediately withdraw fuel price increases and reverse a recent decision that let public transport fees jump by as much as 35 percent.
College students in Katmandu walked out of classes and blocked major streets in Katmandu on Friday. They erected roadblocks and threw rocks at government vehicles. read more »
Poor people of Peru Take Cops Hostage
Submitted by pirate on Wed, 06/18/2008 - 20:11.
BombsandShields June 18, 2008
Moquegua, Peru - Poor residents of the copper rich southern state of Moquegua have taken 48 police officers hostage and captured a police station, which they burned. read more »
Berlin - In Chaos!
Submitted by pirate on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 20:36.
A personal report from last week's action days for autonomous spaces in Berlin. This report reflects the thoughts and opinions of the authors, not of any campaign, although these opinions may be shared by others.
(Report from) Action Days for Autonomous Space May 27 to June 1 2008
"If we do not wish to find ourselves in a world where no one really lives, where no one really knows anyone else, where everyone has become a mere cog in a machine meshing with other cogs but remaining truly alone, then we must have the strength to attack alienation in every way we can." read more »
Homeless advocates protest at Seattle City Hall
Submitted by pirate on Mon, 06/09/2008 - 20:11.
By Given that he was in a wheelchair, Mike Smith says Seattle police officers treated him "magnificently" Monday morning when they arrested him and 14 other homeless advocates who blocked Cherry Street near City Hall.
But the cordial treatment contrasted with the city's sweeps of homeless encampments, he said after his release from custody, likening the sweeps to a death sentence. read more »
Thai PM orders crackdown on anti-govt protest
Submitted by pirate on Sun, 06/01/2008 - 19:29.
by Thanaporn Promyamyai May 31, 2008
BANGKOK (AFP) - About 1,200 riot police assembled on Saturday in central Bangkok, waiting for an order from the Thai prime minister who has threatened to forcibly break up an extended anti-government protest.
At least 2,000 protesters defied the threat and continued to block a major avenue in the city's historic district, with some activists fashioning improvised shields and batons out of plywood boards and wooden rods. read more »
Protest of Hiring Practices Disrupts India's Capital
Submitted by pirate on Fri, 05/30/2008 - 23:10.NEW DELHI -- Clashes between Indian authorities and a group seeking preferential treatment in government hiring spilled into the capital, hampering business and paralyzing traffic. read more »![[See more]](http://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/OB-BN624_india5_20080530102540.jpg)
By VIBHUTI AGARWAL and KRISHNA POKHAREL
May 30, 2008 Wall Street Journal
Fishermen in Spain, Portugal and Italy Strike to Protest Fuel Prices
Submitted by pirate on Fri, 05/30/2008 - 23:03.
30 May 2008
Thousands of Spanish, Portuguese and Italian fishermen have launched strikes, following the example of their French colleagues as they protested escalating fuel prices.
In Madrid, fishermen gathered outside the Environment, Agriculture and Fishing Ministry, where they handed out more than 20 tons of fresh fish free to passers-by. read more »
Hempfield students protest arts cutback
Submitted by pirate on Sun, 05/11/2008 - 04:35.
By Chris Foreman TRIBUNE-REVIEW Saturday, May 10, 2008
A vocal group of Hempfield Area High School students walked out of classes for an hour Friday to protest a proposed curriculum restructuring that would affect the district's art and music programs and eliminate the high school activity period. read more »
People arrested in protest of acquittals in Sean Bell shooting
Submitted by pirate on Thu, 05/08/2008 - 04:06.
By Edith Honan Wed May 7, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Civil rights activist Rev. Al Sharpton and dozens of others were arrested on Wednesday for stopping traffic to protest the acquittal of policemen who killed an unarmed black man with 50 shots on his wedding day.
Hundreds of protesters snarled rush-hour traffic at bridges and tunnels around New York City in a civil disobedience campaign called by Sharpton, who has been close to the slain man's family since the November 2006 shooting. read more »
Anti-government protesters block roads in Beirut
Submitted by pirate on Wed, 05/07/2008 - 06:17.By Nadim Ladki May 6, 2008
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Demonstrators blocked several roads in and around Beirut with burning tires on Wednesday as part of an anti-government protest backed by Lebanon's Hezbollah-led opposition, witnesses said.
The main road leading to the capital's international airport was among routes blocked by the protesters. read more »
Guelph, Ontario: Protesters Close Hanlon Expressway
Submitted by pirate on Thu, 05/01/2008 - 06:09.Apr 30, 2008 14:39 GUELPH, Ontario
A group of non-native protesters blocked the Hanlon Expressway for about half an hour last night in a show of support for a group of Mohawks involved in a standoff near Deseronto, Ont.
About 20 young people stood in the southbound lanes below Paisley Road, near a small bonfire.
Three cars and a truck were stuck in the southbound lanes, between the intersection and the blockade.
Many other cars were temporarily caught in bottlenecks at the intersection. One man got out of his car to briefly push and yell at some of the protesters. read more »
Cabbies' protest ends as demands met
Submitted by pirate on Wed, 04/30/2008 - 05:26.April 30, 2008 news.com.au
A PROTEST by cab drivers which has caused mayhem in Melbourne's CBD appears to have ended with cabbies having their demands for safer conditions met.
Driver representative Mohammed Jama and Victorian Taxi Directorate general manager Peter Corcoran said safety screens would be made compulsory in taxis and introduced by Christmas.
Pre-paid fares will be compulsory between 10pm and 5am each night, and the State Government will cover all medical costs for a driver stabbed and left for dead this week.
Mr Jama said he was happy with the result and drivers could remove the screens if they did not want them. read more »
Canada Tyendinaga Mohawk Aserakowa Direct Action to Shut Down Highway!
Submitted by pirate on Sat, 04/26/2008 - 07:26.Latest: Tense native standoff ends; six protesters arrested
Canadian Press
April 25, 2008
DESERONTO, Ont. — Mohawk protesters and provincial police officers were involved in a tense standoff in Deseronto, Ont., on Friday after officers said they spotted at least one gun among the demonstrators.
Police say they saw a “long gun” being pointed at them from a location inside an occupied quarry, which protesters have controlled since March, 2007.
The protesters said they had no weapons at the quarry.
Mexico opposition barricades Congress
Submitted by pirate on Tue, 04/15/2008 - 01:34.
By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO, Associated Press April 14, 2008
MEXICO CITY - Leftist lawmakers erected makeshift barricades Monday around the podium in Mexico's lower house of Congress, where they have been camped out for more than five days to protest the president's oil reform proposal. read more »
Haitian president fails to restore order
Submitted by pirate on Thu, 04/10/2008 - 04:21.
By JONATHAN M. KATZ, Associated Press April 9, 2008
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A desperate appeal from the president Wednesday failed to restore order to Haiti's shattered capital, and bands of looters sacked stores, warehouses and government offices. read more »
Rioting erupts in Pakistan, 7 killed
Submitted by pirate on Wed, 04/09/2008 - 17:58.
By ASHRAF KHAN, Associated Press April 9, 2008
KARACHI, Pakistan - Clashes between government supporters and opponents set off rioting in Pakistan's biggest city Wednesday, leaving seven people dead in the worst outburst of political violence since a new government took office. read more »
Olympia Land Reclamation Project
Submitted by pirate on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 17:42.04/17/2008 - 19:00
04/17/2008 - 21:00
Etc/GMT
meet at Media Island 816 Adams St. SE Thurs. April 17 at 7pm
Guerrilla gardening from wikipedia read more »
Tucson, AZ: Community builds autonomous garden in path of proposed roadway
Submitted by pirate on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 04:38.
April 7, 2008 Infoshop News
On Sunday morning the intersection of North 9th Avenue and 6th Street was witness to the unusual sight of approximately 30 volunteer workers digging holes, planting plants, and installing park benches on some vacant ground just north of downtown. read more »
An April Fools protest
Submitted by pirate on Wed, 04/02/2008 - 06:49.
April 1, 2008 Boston Globe
By Andrew Ryan and Matt Collette
What links a U-shaped bicycle lock, the neck of a red-headed young woman, and the glass front door of a branch of Bank of America in Copley Square?
Coal, apparently. read more »
Man dead, policeman wounded in Chile riots
Submitted by pirate on Mon, 03/31/2008 - 22:46.
SANTIAGO, March 30 (Reuters) - A man died, a police officer was wounded, and 122 people were arrested in Santiago on Saturday night in riots marking the anniversary of the 1985 police slaying of two leftist brothers during the Pinochet dictatorship, police said.
A 28-year-old died after he was shot by protesters who accused him of being a police infiltrator, a police spokesman told Reuters.
A police officer was also serious wounded in the protests, he said. Angry demonstrations to mark the "Day of the Young Combatant," an unofficial commemoration of the anniversary, have become an annual event in the Chilean capital. read more »
American Youth accused of Anti-Sprawl Arson
Submitted by pirate on Fri, 03/28/2008 - 10:14.Urgent ELP! Bulletin (27th of March 2008)
Dear friends
An American 17 year old youth, Michael Sykes, has been arrested accused of setting fire to two newly constructed houses. The cops have told the media that Michael has admitted the arson attack saying he did it in protest against urban sprawl. The cops also state he has admitted to torching a supermarket and a string of vandalisms, including damaging an 80-foot utility pole, painting an anarchist symbol and burning the American flag.
Despite the cops claim that Michael has admitted these offences he has pleaded not guilty in court and has been remanded into custody.
Please send letters of support to:
Michael W. Sykes
100 East 2nd St
Monroe read more »
3 accused of shooting whale plead guilty
Submitted by pirate on Fri, 03/28/2008 - 10:03.
Mar 27, 2008
TACOMA, Wash. - Three Makah Tribe members accused of killing a gray whale during a rogue hunt off Washington state last September pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal misdemeanor charge, while two others plan to go to trial in April.
Theron Parker, William Secor Sr. and Frankie Gonzales each admitted in U.S. District Court in Tacoma that they violated the Marine Mammal Protection Act, after prosecutors agreed they would not recommend jail time or seek to curtail the men's hunting rights. read more »
Iraq war protesters arrested at IRS
Submitted by pirate on Wed, 03/19/2008 - 19:29.
By SARAH KARUSH, Associated Press March 19, 2008
WASHINGTON - Police arrested more than 30 people who blocked entrances at the Internal Revenue Service building Wednesday morning, part of a day of protests to mark the fifth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. read more »
Workers stage violent wage protest in UAE
Submitted by pirate on Tue, 03/18/2008 - 20:47.
March 18, 2008
DUBAI (AFP) - Around 1,500 workers in the United Arab Emirates staged a violent protest for higher wages on Tuesday, setting dozens of vehicles on fire and damaging property, police said. read more »
Tibet protests spread to other provinces
Submitted by pirate on Mon, 03/17/2008 - 00:14.
By TINI TRAN, Associated Press Mar 16, 2008
BEIJING - Violence in Tibet spilled over into neighboring provinces Sunday where Tibetan protesters defied a Chinese government crackdown. The Dalai Lama warned Tibet faced "cultural genocide" and appealed to the world for help. read more »
Berkeley has a Tree Sit on the central part of Campus - 13 days
Submitted by pirate on Mon, 03/10/2008 - 04:32.
March 9, 2008 Indybay.org
On February 28 a tree sitter called Fresh climbed into a deodar cedar tree and hung a banner that listed some of the worst injustices at the university. It listed poor treatment of workers, the 13,000 Native American remains that the University stores in a basement under the pool and how the University has helped build every nuclear weapon in the US arsenal. The tree sit attracted lots of attention from students who wanted to know what it was all about and others came to support. read more »
Brazil Activists Protest Police Violence
Submitted by pirate on Thu, 03/06/2008 - 04:08.Wednesday March 5, By Tales Azzoni
Brazil Activists Protest Police Violence After Invasion of Farm Run by Stora Enso
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) -- Landless workers blocked roads in southern Brazil to protest alleged violence by police who ousted activists from a tree farm run by a Swedish-Finnish paper maker, protesters said Wednesday.
Members of the Landless Workers Movement blocked eight roads in the Rio Grande do Sul state to call attention to Tuesday's police operation, which they say injured 50 activists of the farm workers' rights group Via Campesina.
"We want to denounce the violence and the abuse committed by (authorities)," the movement said in a statement. read more »
Alameda high school students walk out to protest budget cuts
Submitted by pirate on Thu, 03/06/2008 - 04:04.Wednesday, March 5, 2008
(03-05) 16:07 PST ALAMEDA -- Hundreds of students from Alameda's two high schools walked out of class today and marched to the district superintendent's office to protest $2.56 million in budget cuts approved by the school board Tuesday night. read more »
Anti-McDonald's protest takes root in southern town
Submitted by pirate on Tue, 03/04/2008 - 20:14.
Wednesday March 05, 2008
By Jarrod Booker New Zealand Herald
A true grassroots protest has occurred on the proposed site of a McDonald's restaurant as residents of a small town fight to keep the fast-food giant out.
Consent has been given for the restaurant to be built on the site at Motueka, near Nelson, but a group calling itself Uniquely Motueka is standing in the way. read more »
Anti-EU protesters climb crane near Parliament
Submitted by pirate on Mon, 03/03/2008 - 21:14.
Protesters have scaled a crane opposite the Houses of Parliament to call for a referendum on the European treaty, in the third such stunt seen in the last week.
Days after green demonstrators mounted the roof of a British Airways plane at Heathrow and a separate group staged a rooftop protest at the House of Commons, two men climbed hundreds of feet late last night and were still there this morning. read more »
Police respond to reports of large protest at Miami school
Submitted by pirate on Fri, 02/29/2008 - 19:59.
Feb. 29, 2008
MIAMI (AP)-- Police responded Friday in force at a high school where a student protest turned unruly, with more than a dozen students being hauled away in handcuffs.
The disturbance at Miami Edison Senior High School occurred during a protest over the arrest Thursday of another student, a Miami-Dade County schools police spokesman said.
"That protest became very unruly," Charles Hurley, a schools police commander, told WSVN-TV. He said some students threw water bottles, books and other items at police officers. read more »
Environmentalists climb on Heathrow jet in airport protest
Submitted by pirate on Tue, 02/26/2008 - 08:09.
Mon Feb 25,2008
LONDON (AFP) - Four activists from environmental campaigners Greenpeace breached security at London Heathrow to stage a protest on top of a jet against the airport's planned expansion, the group said Monday. read more »
March 7th-acoustic insurgency at evergreen
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 02/25/2008 - 05:01.SAVE THE DATE
An evening of musical
ACOUSTIC INSURGENCY
MARCH 7TH, 8 PM
EVERGREEN STATE COLLEGE
LONGHOUSE
0-10$ SLIDING SCALE
BENEFIT FOR CARLOS ARREDONDO
With David Rovics
and
Danny Kelly with Mark Eckert read more »
Mob Frees 29 Police in Guatemala
Submitted by pirate on Sat, 02/23/2008 - 08:08.By JUAN CARLOS LLORCA | Associated Press February 22, 2008
GUATEMALA CITY - An angry mob in Guatemala that took 29 policemen
hostage released the officers Friday in exchange for talks with the
government on legalizing their lands and possibly dropping charges
against a jailed farm leader, a human rights official said.
The standoff began late Thursday when a crowd surrounded the police
station in the Caribbean coastal town of Livingston, disarmed the
agents and took them in boats to their remote village of Maya Creek.
The mob of hundreds threatened to kill the officers unless
authorities agreed to release a jailed farm leader accused of leading
land seizures. read more »
Serbs break into US Embassy, set fire
Submitted by pirate on Fri, 02/22/2008 - 02:53.
By SLOBODAN LEKIC, Associated Press Feb. 21, 2008
BELGRADE, Serbia - Angry Serbs broke into the U.S. Embassy and set fire to an office Thursday night as rioters rampaged through Belgrade's streets, putting an exclamation point of violence to a day of mass protest against Western support for an independent Kosovo. read more »
Peruvian Farmers End Two-Day Protest; Talks to Resume
Submitted by pirate on Wed, 02/20/2008 - 20:19.By Alex Emery