Solidarity
Attend The Persistent Power of Socialist Feminism
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 08/04/2008 - 19:16."The Persistent Power of Socialist Feminism" is the theme of Radical Women's 41st anniversary conference to be held at San Francisco's historic Women's Building, October 3-6, 2008. The major goal of the three-day public event is to produce a concrete education and action plan to focus and strengthen the U.S. feminist movement--one that can win survival issues, such as 24 hour childcare, nationalized healthcare and full reproductive rights. read more »
Spirit of Freedom (August 2008)
Submitted by pirate on Sun, 08/03/2008 - 04:16.Produced by
EARTH LIBERATION PRISONERS SUPPORT NETWORK
"The whole experience has been tough, but all the kind and strengthening
words and wise thoughts from strangers made it much easier!"
(Former Swedish Animal Rights Prisoner)
Welcome to the August 2008 edition of Spirit of Freedom. As people will
soon see, ELP's prisoner lists have grown yet again. If we exclude the Geek
anarchist, Vaggelis Botzatzis, and the two Americans Richard Sills and
Michael Sykes (all of whom are listed by ELP as 'Other Prisoners'), there
are now 40 listed animal & earth liberation prisoners in Europe & America.
There are also a number of non-listed prisoners, who are not listed either read more »
COURAGE TO RESIST NATIONAL NEWSLETTER
Submitted by pirate on Fri, 07/18/2008 - 18:34.
July 17, 2008 couragetoresist.org
Robin Long deported from Canada
On July 15th, Robin Long became the first objector since the Vietnam War to be forced to leave Canada. We have made legal representation available to Robin and will be doing everything possible to provide him our full support. read more »
Vigil in support of War Resisters (Seattle)
Submitted by pirate on Thu, 07/10/2008 - 21:25.Vigil in support of war resisters at the Canadian Consulate in Seattle.
Homeland Security Agents Seize 31 Computers Bound for Cuba at Texas Mexico Border
Submitted by pirate on Mon, 07/07/2008 - 21:35.July 3, 2008
Pastors for Peace Caravan Threatened With Arrest for Exercising Their Right to Protest
Despite previous agreements, federal agents seized 31 computers from the
Pastors for Peace as they attempted to cross Pharr International Bridge
early this morning at the US-Mexico border.
The U.S. government has forced the issue by turning back on previous
actions and agreements" said Rev. Lucius Walker, Executive Director of
IFCO/Pastors for Peace. " They have intentionally provoked and harass us
he continued.
"We will not be intimidated. We have made every effort to be cooperative
and they have responded with aggression. These computers are the same read more »
Support the Eco Prisoners (July 2008)
Submitted by pirate on Sun, 07/06/2008 - 22:33.Spirit of Freedom (July 2008)
Produced by EARTH LIBERATION PRISONERS SUPPORT NETWORK
"The whole experience has been tough, but all the kind and strengthening
words and wise thoughts from strangers made it much easier!" (Former
Swedish Animal Rights Prisoner)
Welcome to the July 2008 edition of Spirit of Freedom. As a number of ELP
supporters will be aware, ELP has traditionally dedicated our newsletters to
fallen friends, who have either been killed or seriously injured as a result
of their protest activities. For the past few months ELP hasn't carried any
dedication and we hoped that we would not have to dedicate another read more »
Leonard Peltier Statement for the 2008 Oglala Commemoration
Submitted by pirate on Fri, 06/27/2008 - 23:23.
From: contact@whoisleonardpeltier.info June 26, 2008
Greetings my relatives,
I say relatives because you are all my family. I am honored, greatly honored today that you would listen to my words and come together in this way so that our future generations' will not forget what happened here in this land.
You can't imagine how much I miss walking on the bare earth. Or brushing against a tree branch or hearing birds in the morning or seeing an antelope or deer cross my path. I have been here in federal prison for 32 years; if you could imagine being in your own read more »
Dykes Rally and March in Santa Cruz without Sponsors or Permits
Submitted by pirate on Mon, 06/23/2008 - 08:44.
Santa Cruz Indymedia June 22, 2008
The 16th annual Santa Cruz Dyke March took place on May 31st to increase lesbian visibility and activism. The gathering, unsponsored and unpermitted, began at the clock tower and featured local poets and musicians. After a three and a half hour rally, queers from near and far, and allies, marched down Front St. to Laurel St. and then up Pacific Ave. while spectators lined the sidewalks. read more »
Learn the Ancient Art of Shamanic Circle Ceremony June 13 at Coopers Glenn Apartments..and drum drum drumm
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 06/05/2008 - 02:08.HEY YOU!!! LIKE TO EAT??? LIKE DRUMS?...ARE YOU A PERFORMANCE ARTIST???..DO YOU BELIEVE IN BEING GREEN???? WELL THEN... JOIN US..FOR OUR..
"NEW SHAMBALLAH TRIBAL COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS AND INNER PEACE POT LUCK."
WHERE? Coopers Glenn apartments Walking distance from Evergreen State College. (3138 Overhulse Road N.W. Olympia Washington 98502..walking distance north from the dorms).
Time: 4pm to 10 pm
Cost: any one of these; a rock or stone, incense, or a candle.
All must bring something to share:
food and water
Love, cups and eating utensils
respect and peace
ALL must leave:
hatred, alcohol, and smoking green
There will be provided seperate tables for... read more »
Spirit of Freedom June 2008
Submitted by pirate on Sun, 06/01/2008 - 19:36.Produced by EARTH LIBERATION PRISONERS SUPPORT NETWORK
"The whole experience has been tough, but all the kind and strengthening
words and wise thoughts from strangers made it much easier!"
(Former Swedish Animal Rights Prisoner)
Welcome to the June 2008 edition of Spirit of Freedom. As ELP goes to print
we look around the world and see a tragedy of events unfolding. In America,
vegan activist Eric McDavid has been sentenced to just under 20 years
imprisonment for THINKING about carrying out direct action. In Britain,
vegan activist Sean Kirtley has been sentenced to over four years
imprisonment for running a website that encouraged lawful direct action. In read more »
Olympia Community Resources
a community directory Olympia
June 2, 2008
Media Resources
Radio
Free Radio Olympia 98.5 fm frolympia.org read more »
Media Island International(MII) Pizza Party at Fertile Ground 2008
Submitted by pirate on Fri, 05/23/2008 - 08:11.05/31/2008 - 18:00
05/31/2008 - 22:00
Etc/GMT
FEATURING;JILL FREIDBURG ,activist/film producer of true RAD documentaries such as,`This is What Democracy Looks Like '...Indymedia's coverage of the 1999 WTO protest in Seattle,and her latest film,`Un Poquito de Tanta Verdad(Little bit of so much truth) ...Live footage of the summer 2006 people's uprising in the mexican state of Oaxaca. read more »
New Media Island Forums
Submitted by pirate on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 08:27.express yourself freely on the forums .
Nepal police detain more than 600 female Tibetan protesters
Submitted by pirate on Mon, 05/12/2008 - 04:05.
By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA, Associated Press May 11, 2008
KATMANDU, Nepal - Police detained more than 600 female Tibetan protesters, including many Buddhist nuns, on Sunday after breaking up several demonstrations against China's recent crackdown in Tibet. read more »
Support the Eco-Prisoners (May 2008)
Submitted by pirate on Mon, 05/05/2008 - 06:21.Spirit of Freedom
(May 2008)
Produced by
EARTH LIBERATION PRISONERS SUPPORT NETWORK
"The whole experience has been tough, but all the kind and strengthening
words and wise thoughts from strangers made it much easier!" (Former
Swedish Animal Rights Prisoner)
Welcome to the May 2008 edition of Spirit of Freedom. As we go to print we
await the sentencing of American vegan eco-activist, Eric McDavid, who has
been convicted of thought crimes (he has been convicted of conspiring to
carry out ELF actions, although at the time of his arrest no crimes had
actually been committed). Eric's sentencing has been put back on numerous
occasions, so we wouldn't like to say when the sentencing might actually 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 »
Support the Eco-Prisoners (April 2008)
Submitted by pirate on Fri, 04/04/2008 - 00:50.Spirit of Freedom
(April 2008)
Produced by
EARTH LIBERATION PRISONERS SUPPORT NETWORK
"The whole experience has been tough, but all the kind and strengthening
words and wise thoughts from strangers made it much easier!"
(Former Swedish Animal Rights Prisoner)
Welcome to the April 2008 edition of Spirit of Freedom. Over the years ELP read more »
Olympia Premiere of Seeing Through the Fence (documentary)
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 03/22/2008 - 18:49.Remembering Rachel Corrie, 2008
Submitted by pirate on Tue, 03/18/2008 - 20:58. 5th Anniversary of Rachel Corrie's Death
March 15, 2008
Support the Teachers of Puerto Rico
Submitted by pirate on Sun, 03/02/2008 - 21:24.SUPPORT THE TEACHERS OF PUERTO RICO,
WHO FIGHT FOR THE RIGHTS OF US ALL! read more »
VIDEO: Mike Africa Jr. interview about the MOVE 9 Parole Hearings
Submitted by pirate on Sun, 03/02/2008 - 21:14.From MOVE 9 Parole 2008
by Hans Bennett Abu-Jamal-News.com
Support the Eco-Prisoners - March 2008
Submitted by pirate on Sun, 03/02/2008 - 04:14. 
Spirit of Freedom (March 2008)
Produced by
EARTH LIBERATION PRISONERS SUPPORT NETWORK
"The whole experience has been tough, but all the kind and strengthening words and wise thoughts from strangers made it much easier!"
(Former Swedish Animal Rights Prisoner)
Welcome to the March 2008 edition of Spirit of Freedom. First off in this
Editorial ELP would like to apologise about an error we have made in our
prisoner listing. We wrote that the American Eco-Defence prisoner Grant
Barnes spray-painted the letters ELF onto one of the vehicles he set fire read more »
INTRODUCING THE SOLIDARITY WITHOUT BORDERS CAMPAIGN
Submitted by pirate on Mon, 02/25/2008 - 05:06.Dear comrades,
We are writing to introduce the Solidarity Without Borders Campaign, a
coordinated, sustained, three-pronged campaign in solidarity with
immigrant and indigenous struggles across North and Latin America.
Anti-authoritarian groups from across the Northeast and Midwest USA have
come together to form the Solidarity Without Borders Group.
This working group came out of the recent Consulta of the Northeast
Anarchist Network (NEAN) and Midwest Action Network (MAN). The proposal
was initiated by the Boston Anti-Authoritarian Movement (BAAM) and NYC
Local Union of the North East Federation of Anarchist Communists (NEFAC),
and has been joined by anarchists from over a dozen other towns and cities. read more »
Spirit of Freedom (February 2008)
Submitted by pirate on Sat, 02/02/2008 - 22:36.Produced by
EARTH LIBERATION PRISONERS SUPPORT NETWORK
"The whole experience has been tough, but all the kind and strengthening
words and wise thoughts from strangers made it much easier!"
(Former Swedish Animal Rights Prisoner)
Welcome to the February 2008 edition of Spirit of Freedom. As we enter
February so we await three major events. First off, Jeff 'Free' Luers is read more »
Up Against the Wall—from Palestine to Mexico
Submitted by rick on Tue, 01/22/2008 - 20:08.The Olympia-Rafah Mural Art Project presents...
Up Against the Wall—from Palestine to Mexico
Friday, January 25th, St. John’s Episcopal Church Parish Hall, 7 p.m.
Carlos Marentes of Comité Pro-Amnistía General y Justicia Social in Seattle and Susan Greene of Break the Silence Mural Project in the Bay Area will present Up Against the Wall—from Palestine to Mexico, Friday, January 25th, 7 p.m., in the Parish Hall at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 114 20th Ave SE in Olympia . read more »
Lipan Apache plea for help, Homeland Security deadline to seize lands January 7, 2008
Submitted by pirate on Sun, 01/06/2008 - 19:12.By Brenda Norrell Jan 4th, 2008 Narco News
Homeland Security issued a 30-day notice to south Texas land owners, which expires Monday, January 7, 2007, to seize private lands in Texas for the US/Mexico border wall.
Lipan Apache women and elders issued a call for help to resist the seizure of their lands.
By Margo_Tamez read more »
Update from Kenyan Post-Election Crisis: Ten Things You Can Do
Submitted by pirate on Sat, 01/05/2008 - 06:28.By John Bwakali Jan. 2, 2008 Phily IMC
Five days ago, on the 27th of December, I stood in a queue for six hours - from 5.30 AM to 11.30 AM, waiting for my turn to cast a vote in my country Kenya’s presidential, parliamentary and civic elections. When the votes were counted later that night, Raila Odinga, the opposition leader, began taking a near-unassailable lead. At one point, he led with almost one million votes. But somehow, Mwai Kibaki the incumbent president squeezed through a disputed victory. I can live with that. read more »
Spirit of Freedom (January 2008)
Submitted by pirate on Wed, 01/02/2008 - 22:03.Produced by
EARTH LIBERATION PRISONERS SUPPORT NETWORK
"The whole experience has been tough, but all the kind and strengthening
words and wise thoughts from strangers made it much easier!"
(Former Swedish Animal Rights Prisoner)
Welcome to the January 2008 edition of Spirit of Freedom. First off I would
like to apologise for the lack of any publication of Spirit of Freedom over
the past few months. Things have been rather busy recently. However that's no excuse and British ELPs New Years resolution is to get back into
producing regular prisoner listings again. And thinking of our prisoner
lists. ELP always tries to make our lists as up to date and accurate as read more »
Volunteer Additional Flood Relief to Organic Farms- Next Week, Dec 17-22, 2007
Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 12/15/2007 - 01:59.The Gleaners Coalition is continuing to organize clean-up crews for farms experiencing extensive flood damage in the Thurston and Lewis County areas. Come help our food bank donors and local growers get back on their feet!
Put on your muck boots and join a work party Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and/or Friday of next week, December 17-22, 2007. We will meet folks daily at 9:30AM at our downtown office (see address below) and at The Evergreen State College in parking lot C. We plan to finish each afternoon around 4:00PM. read more »
Flood Relief Update - December 11, 2007
Submitted by rick on Wed, 12/12/2007 - 23:53.Some of the local farmers and CSA's to our south were hard hit by the recent flooding.
This provides updated information about donation drops and how to volunteer. read more »
Donate to media island
Submitted by pirate on Tue, 12/11/2007 - 02:34.
Donate via 
Media island is a 501c3
Help build independent media infrastructure at Media Island. Media Island could use the following items:
Skills read more »
Donate to media island
Submitted by pirate on Fri, 12/07/2007 - 20:50.
Donate via
Media island is a 501c3
Help build independent media infrastructure at Media Island. Media Island could use the following items:
Skills read more »
Donate to media island
Help build independent media infrastructure at Media Island. Media Island could use the following items:
Media island is a 501c3
Media Island International
816 Adams St. SE
Olympia WA 98501
Skills
Media making
Plumber
Construction
Gardening
Energy
Solar panels
Electric lighting read more »
Public Housing Demolitions Set for December: Call for National Support!
Submitted by rick on Tue, 11/27/2007 - 03:52.by new orleans indymedia team Friday, Nov. 16, 2007 at 8:12 PM
Many activists believe New Orleans is a test ground for the US Government to demolish public housing across the nation and replace it with "mixed-income" developments that would displace thousands of families. Pledge to come to New Orleans and resist this privatization of public housing!
Many activists believe New Orleans is a test ground for the US Government to demolish public housing across the nation and replace it with "mixed-income" developments. According to HANO's contracts with developers, 82% of the pre-storm units would be lost in the development process. read more »
Survivors tell of Bangladesh cyclone
Submitted by pirate on Tue, 11/20/2007 - 06:56.
By PAVEL RAHMAN, Associated Press Nov 19, 2007
BARGUNA, Bangladesh - Azahar Ali huddled with his family, reading from the Quran, as the cyclone roared in. First the power went out, then screaming winds blew out the windows and ripped off the roof. The sea rushed in, washing him and his family away. read more »
Thousands protest over whale killing
Submitted by pirate on Fri, 11/16/2007 - 22:47.
itv.com Nov. 17, 2007
Thousands of protesters have formed a humpback whale figure on Sydney's Bondi beach to raise awareness of the plight of the endangered species.
The protest came as Japan confirmed it will go ahead with the controversial killing of 1,000 whales.
Japan's whaling tradition has long caused tension with New Zealand and Australia. read more »
Dublin: Anarcha-Feminist Magazine RAG #1 - Rape Culture
Submitted by pirate on Sun, 11/11/2007 - 09:13.Saturday, November 10 2007 Infoshop News
Sexual violence is a huge problem in our society. Sexual assault is not something that happens to other people elsewhere but is something that has happened to a significant number of people in any community, group or setting. Yet sexual violence is rarely talked about, the extent of it is not widely known and outside the feminist movement it is seldom taken up as a political issue. ---- This article sprang from a case of rape in a community of activists which, in the various meetings, workshops and discussions that followed, forced people to try to deal with a problem which is usually hidden. read more »
No Borders Reports: Conversations at the Wall
Submitted by pirate on Wed, 11/07/2007 - 03:08.by Seth Porcello Monday Nov 5th, 2007
This 4.5min report listens to voices from both sides of the border fence in Calexico California, as people meet their loved ones through the barrier that separates them. This report is part of the No Borders Camp convergence on the US Mexico Border. For more information see http://noborderscamp.org/ read more »
Kurd killed in north Syria protest, mood tense
Submitted by pirate on Sun, 11/04/2007 - 21:00.By Khaled Yacoub Oweis Sat Nov 3, 2007
DAMASUCUS (Reuters) - Security forces killed a Kurdish youth and wounded four other people in northeastern Syria while breaking up a protest against a possible Turkish incursion into Iraqi Kurdistan, witnesses and Kurdish activists said on Sunday. read more »
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers and SOA Watch
Submitted by pirate on Sat, 11/03/2007 - 23:48.Following the November Vigil to Close the SOA (see
http://www.soaw.org ), our friends in Immokalee, Florida are going to
organize a major mobilization to take place in Miami at the Burger
King headquarters on Friday, November 30. They are mobilizing folks
from across the state of Florida, the southeast US, and the rest of
the country to take a stand for fair wages and working conditions,
fundamental human rights and an end to modern-day slavery in the
agricultural industry. Click here for more information:
http://www.ciw-online.org/2007_BK_March/index.html read more »
Jailed Guantanamo journalist gains support
Submitted by pirate on Fri, 11/02/2007 - 01:19.
By BEN FOX, Associated Press Nov 1, 2007
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A campaign to free a journalist imprisoned at Guantanamo gained support Thursday from the first Muslim member of Congress, who urged authorities to prosecute or release him after more than five years without charges. read more »
Porcupine Clinic Out of Heat
Submitted by pirate on Thu, 11/01/2007 - 09:05.By Stephanie M. Schwartz, Freelance Writer
Member, Native American Journalists Association read more »
Strike wave sweeps Finland
Submitted by pirate on Sat, 10/27/2007 - 05:28.Finland is experiencing its worst outbreak of industrial unrest for a generation after relations between the right-leaning government coalition and powerful trade unions collapsed over wage negotiations.
The Financial Times reports:
Strikes have either broken out or are threatened in industries spanning the economy, affecting some 40,000 workers in core areas including shipping, forestry, postal services and steel.
In the most serious development, 12,800 nurses have decided to resign en masse next month if their demands for a 25 per cent wage increase over the next two years are not met. read more »
USW Calls on Colombia to Stop ‘Impunity Slaying’ of Unionists
Submitted by rick on Sat, 10/06/2007 - 18:24.President Uribe urged to protect SINALTRAINAL leaders, stem paramilitaries
Pittsburgh – Leo W. Gerard, president of the United Steelworkers (USW) today released a letter sent to Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Velez to urge “all actions necessary to protect the lives of the SINALTRAINAL members, its leaders and their families.” read more »
Cuba Aids Nicaragua with Eye Center
Submitted by rick on Mon, 10/01/2007 - 06:41.Managua, Sept 1 (Prensa Latina) The first of two eye centers to open as part of Cuban aid to Nicaragua. The center will be located on the Atlantic coast and be inaugurated this month, said Maritza Cuan, Public Health minister.
The center is located in Bluefield, administrative center of the Autonomous Region of the South Atlantic. The other center will be constructed in Puerto Cabezas, capital of the Autonomous Region of the North Atlantic.
Each clinic, attended by Cuban physicians, will have capacity for 20 operations daily for cataracts and other afflictions.
These centers complement the work being done since May by Cuban specialists in the Ciudad Sandino clinic, 15 kilometers northwest of Managua. read more »
October 5th and 6th: No Border Camp Northwest Encuentro in Tacoma
Submitted by rick on Fri, 09/14/2007 - 20:57.Join Collectives, Affinity Groups, Organizations and individuals coming
together to discuss the No Border Camp taking place this November in
Calexico/Mexicali, and to begin organizing regionally to support folks
going down and build with the folks who aren't!
OCT. 5TH & 6TH
TACOMA WASHINGTON
For information on Housing and Logistics in Tacoma contact:
Pitchpipe Infoshop * 617 S 17th St (at G St) * Tacoma, WA 98405
NWEncuentro@riseup.net
AGENDA Items for Encuentro:
TO BEGIN BUILDING A NORTHWEST NETWORK AGAINST BORDERS/I.C.E./
TO ORGANIZE NORTHWEST REGIONAL ACTIONS
No Borders Camp November 2007 Calexico/Mexicali
Schedule of Days:
Monday and Tuesday 11.5 & 11.6 Convergence read more »
Green groups and social justice orgs fight "Digital Rights Management" Crippleware
Submitted by rafael on Thu, 08/30/2007 - 07:14.yes, boingboing.
Peter Brown, executive director of the Free Software Foundation, sez, "An international coalition of environmental and social justice groups have signed a statement condemning DRM and specifically the DRM in Microsoft's Windows Vista, looking to promote awareness of computer user freedom. Groups and individuals who support the statement are being asked to add their own signatures at http://freesoftwarefreesociety.org. The coalition hope that this statement will help raise awareness to these important issues amongst social activists and NGOs outside of the technology field."
In January and February of this year, the Green Party and Greenpeace issued warnings about the tremendous threat posed to the environment by the disposable computer mentality promoted in Microsoft's $500-million Windows Vista marketing campaign. Vista's steep hardware requirements mean that to use it, most people will have to throw their current computer into a landfill and buy a new one. read more »
CALLS FOR SUPPORT AT BLACK MESA, ARIZONA.
Submitted by rick on Sun, 08/12/2007 - 22:32.Summer 2007
Greetings from Black Mesa Indigenous Support (BMIS),
We have several calls for support that we want to
relay on behalf of The People on 'The
Land' (Black Mesa). You may have heard that the
decades-long 'Land Dispute' has been
resolved.
Indeed, there have been messages coming from the
political establishment that are quite a bit
different from the daily life of the People on The
Land but this is nothing new. The Dine’
(Navajo) families that we work with are still
struggling under Federally backed Hopi/Bureau
of Indian Affairs jurisdiction. read more »
Human Rights Activists Protest Police Violence in Oaxaca
Submitted by pirate on Sun, 07/29/2007 - 00:48.
July 28, 2007 San Diego Indymedia
On Monday, human rights activists responded to brutality in Oaxaca against a people's celebration of Guelaguetza, a traditional festival, by educating and protesting at the Mexican Consulate in San Diego. read more »
U.S. medical students graduate debt-free in Cuba
Submitted by pirate on Wed, 07/25/2007 - 04:38.
Tue Jul 24, 2007
HAVANA (Reuters) - Eight Americans graduated on Tuesday from a Cuban medical school after six years of studies fully funded by Fidel Castro's government.
They plan to return home, take board exams for licenses to practice and provide cheap health care in poor neighborhoods. read more »
