September 2014

Corporations Causing Climate Change Should Be Taken Over

September 30, 2014 Dennis Trainor Jr, www.PopularResistance.org Resistance Report Climate Change, Democracy, Energy, Environment, Finance and the Economy, Food and Agriculture, Freedom of Speech and Assembly, Government, Green party

The richest 1% own the two major parties. It's time working people had one of our own. That's why I'm running for Governor. My name is Howie Hawkins. I'm a working Teamster and my running mate, Brian Jones, is a teacher and union member. New York has the greatest income inequality in the country -- and it has gotten worse under Governor Cuomo's tax breaks for the rich and spending cuts for the rest of us. Our schools are the most segregated in the nation. Poverty is on the rise in cities across the state. It doesn't have to be this way. We can create an economy that meets human needs and protects our planet. (read more: http://www.howiehawkins.org/)

World VS Bank: Break Wall Street Exploitation Of Global Community

September 30, 2014 World VS Bank, www.ourlandourbusiness.org Resist! Neoliberalism, Our Land Our Business, Poverty, World Bank

On October 10th, join arms with us in a global stand for our future. We will turn our furious love on the World Bank; that critical link in the chain between Wall Street and the “developing world”. All over the world, from Dakar to Washington DC, from Mexico City to Delhi, we will be gathering, demonstrating, speaking, writing, exposing. We will do everything in our considerable power to stand against the World Bank’s insane, suicidal prescription for development that puts the growth of corporate power above all else; that ignores the truth of how the world is fed by ordinary people on small farms, not corporations; and that denies the science of how our fields, our rivers, and even our bodies are being poisoned by industrial farming whose only true beneficiaries are the 1%.

Ban Weaponized Drones: International Day of Action on October 4th

September 30, 2014 Elsa Rassbach, www.PopularResistance.org Resist! Drones, Wars and Militarism

More than 40 actions will take place in several countries. Founded at an international meeting in Berlin in December, Global Action Day is working together with the USNetwork to Stop Drone Surveillance and Warfare, the UK Drone Campaign Network'sWeek of Action and the Global Network's Keep Space for Peace Week. Both action weeks begin on October 4th. The locally initiated actions will take many forms: "Fly Kites Not Drones" events inspired by drone resistance in Afghanistan; demonstrations at drone warfare US military bases in the US, the UK and Germany; actions at businesses working with Israeli weapons manufacturers; and the initiation of an international consumer boycott against the Honeywell firm, which provides key parts for the armed US Reaper drones as well as for Apple computers. Lectures and conferences are also planned.

Breaking: De Blasio Signs Executive Order For Higher Wage

September 30, 2014 Shantel Walker, www.popularresistance.org Resist! Minimum Wage, Unions, Worker Rights and Jobs

Nearly two years ago, 200 fast-food workers in New York City walked off our jobs, calling for $15 and union rights. Our demand may have sounded crazy at the time, but more and more, $15 is becoming a reality for workers across the country. As we've gone on strike again and again and a movement that started here in New York has spread to 150 cities, $15 suddenly doesn't seem so impossible. From Seattle to Los Angeles to San Francisco, and now, New York, cities are raising wages so we don't have to rely on public assistance to support our families. "While he works with Gov. Cuomo to raise wages for all New Yorkers, Mayor de Blasio's move today to put workers at city-subsidized projects on a path to $15 is a sign that we are winning.

Groups Condemn Federal Ruling On Cove Point LNG Export Facility

September 30, 2014 Kelly Trout, www.chesapeakeclimate.com Educate! Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Fracking

Environmental and community groups are bitterly denouncing today’s decision by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to approve permits for the controversial liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility proposed at Cove Point in southern Maryland. They said FERC’s decision defies the facts that the massive $3.8 billion facility, proposed by Dominion Resources, will incentivize environmental damage from fracking across the mid-Atlantic region and, according to federal data, would likely contribute more to global warming over the next two decades than if Asian countries burned their own coal. Groups that have intervened in the FERC case emphasized that they are assessing issues on which to file a motion for rehearing—a necessary step before appeal.

With Climate March Behind Us, Now What Do We Do?

September 30, 2014 Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, www.mintpressnews.com Strategize! Climate Change, Energy, Environment, People's Climate March, TPP

Brave resistance actions of all types are necessary to stop the march toward greater extraction and burning of fossil fuels. If they build it, it will be used and we must keep carbon in the ground to mitigate the climate crisis. Resistance actions are having an impact, making extreme extraction of energy less profitable and stopping projects. But resistance alone will fail. If extreme energy extraction halts and there is nothing to fill the need for energy and other basic necessities, many people will suffer. We must build alternatives to fill the gaps. The success of alternative systems will draw people to them and make the current dysfunctional systems less relevant. As market demand decreases, dirty power plants will close.

Demonstrators Denounce Civilian Deaths In Syria, Airstrikes Continue

September 30, 2014 Liz Fields, www.news.vice.com Resist! ISIS, US, Wars and Militarism

Coalition warplanes launched a fresh wave of airstrikes against Islamic State targets across Syria on Saturday, despite demonstrations in the town of al Atareb condemning the US-led assault, which residents have blamed for the deaths of at least 27 people, including civilians, in the area. The protests in al Atareb on Friday brought together dozens of people who marched and chanted through the streets, some holding placards. One sign written in English read: "Don't kill our children by your aircrafts." The outcry from residents comes three days after coalition forces conducted joint drone and plane strikes against a militant base. The bodies of at least 27 locals were pulled out of the rubble, including an unspecified number of civilians, according to a report from a group called the al Atareb Civil Defense.

Syrian Civil Society Reacts To Coalition Bombings

September 30, 2014 Dan Wilkofsky, www.syriadirect.com Educate! ISIS, US, Wars and Militarism

“There are a multitude of opinions and analyses around these attacks. The attackers say that they are targeting terrorism, represented by the Islamic State, but when everyone sees how the coalition warplanes target other brigades which are fighting the regime, and avoid hitting the regime or its terrorist militias, the [aforementioned opinions and analyses] become muddled. Destroying terrorism needs to begin from the top, in the palaces of the Assad regime, and putting an end to the flow of Syrian blood begins with the fall of this regime.”

‘Justice For Colton Crowshoe’

September 30, 2014 WC Native News, www.westcoastnativenews.com Resist! Indigenous Rights, police brutality

The family of Colton Crowshoe gathered for a peaceful walk in downtown Calgary on Saturday to bring attention to ongoing issues between Canada’s First Nations youth and police. In July, the body of 18-year-old Colton Crowshoe was found in a NE pond. The cause of Colton’s death has not been released but the death has been ruled a homicide. The grisly discovery followed the Crowshoe family’s request for police assistance in locating the teenager who had not returned following a night at a friend’s house. According to the family, police downplayed Colton’s disappearance, stating an 18-year-old may not want to be found. Three weeks after their initial call for police help, Colton’s body was found.

West Virginia To Frack Beneath Ohio River

September 30, 2014 Emily Atkin, www.thinkprogress.org Educate! Energy, Environment, Fracking, Land Rights, Water

Nine citizen and environmental groups are urging West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin to reconsider his plans to let companies drill for oil and natural gas underneath the Ohio River, citing concerns that drilling and fracking could contaminate the drinking water supply and increase the risk of earthquakes in the region. In a letter sent to the governor this month, the coalition of Ohio- and West Virginia-based groups said Tomblin’s Department of Environmental Protection has not proved that it can adequately protect the Ohio River, which supplies drinking water to more than 3 million people. The groups cited drilling currently taking place in a state-designated wildlife area, which some have complained is unacceptably disrupting the nature preserve, and a chemical spill in January that tainted the drinking water supply for 300,000 people.

Nebraskans Raise Their Voices in Fight Against Keystone XL Pipeline

September 30, 2014 Mitch Smith, www.nytimes.com Resist! Energy, Environment, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Keystone XL, Music

From the edge of a rye field teeming with grasshoppers, Willie Nelson and Neil Young sang on Saturday in opposition to the proposed Keystone XL project, warning through lyrics that a “company wants to build a tar sand pipeline where it don’t belong.” The site of the concert — a patch of farmland where 26 acres of corn were harvested early to create a makeshift parking lot — was as unlikely as the coalition of Nebraskans who have united against Keystone XL and made this state the legal and emotional center of the pipeline opposition. “I’ve told them, ‘You’ll have to haul me out from in front of that bulldozer, because I’m going to protect this farm,’ ” said Art Tanderup, who with his wife, Helen, hosted the concert. Their land in the rolling hills of northeast Nebraska would be directly along the pipeline route.

How Copyright Law Is Hurting Culture

September 30, 2014 Mike Masnick, www.techdirt.com Educate! Copyright, Human Rights, Media, Music

As you may have heard, there's a new movie opening today about a transformative year in Jimi Hendrix's life, called Jimi: All Is By My Side. The story sounds pretty interesting, but there's one big element that's missing: Jimi Hendrix's original music. As we noted two years ago, the Jimi Hendrix Estate denied any and all attempts to license his music unless they could have some control over the production (which the producers felt was out of order), meaning that the movie is, in fact, lacking any original Hendrix music. Instead, the only thing you'll see Hendrix performing if you watch the movie, is cover songs of other bands, which the movie's producers were able to license. I'm just going to repeat what I said two years ago, because it still applies: This is, in many ways, ridiculous.

My Night In Jail With Flood Wall Street

September 30, 2014 John Tarleton, www.indypendent.com Resist! Civil Disobedience, Climate Change, Environment, Flood Wall Street, Law

“What is overwhelming about the climate challenge is that it requires breaking so many rules at once.” – Naomi Klein Early Monday evening I sat down in the street at the intersection of Broadway and Wall Street with a polar bear, two women dressed as Captain Planet, and almost 100 other people. Following a vibrant day of unpermitted Flood Wall Street protests that drew as many as 3,000 demonstrators to Lower Manhattan, we locked arms and insisted that this symbolic piece of real estate should remain occupied through the following day when world leaders were scheduled to gather at the United Nations to continue discussions about how to address climate change.

Fake Terror Threat Used To Justify Bombing Syria

September 30, 2014 Glenn Greenwald and Murtaza Hussain, www.firstlook.org Educate! Government, ISIS, Media, militarism, Syria, Wars and Militarism

As the Obama Administration prepared to bomb Syria without congressional or U.N. authorization, it faced two problems. The first was the difficulty of sustaining public support for a new years-long war against ISIS, a group that clearly posed no imminent threat to the “homeland.” A second was the lack of legal justification for launching a new bombing campaign with no viable claim of self-defense or U.N. approval. The solution to both problems was found in the wholesale concoction of a brand new terror threat that was branded “The Khorasan Group.” After spending weeks depicting ISIS as an unprecedented threat — too radical even for Al Qaeda! — administration officials suddenly began spoon-feeding their favorite media organizations and national security journalists tales of a secret group that was even scarier and more threatening than ISIS, one that posed a direct and immediate threat to the American Homeland.

The Umbrella Revolution

September 30, 2014 Vivienne Chow, www.creativeresistance.org Resist! Art, Creative Resistance, Democracy, Hong Kong, Protests

From CreativeResistance.org. Through tear gas and the sweltering sun, umbrellas have been an indispensable tool for Occupy Central protesters in the streets — becoming a new symbol of protest for a more democratic Hong Kong. As the civil disobedience movement entered a second day on Monday, logos for the “umbrella revolution” or “umbrella movement” began spreading on social media. Kacey Wong, an artist and assistant professor at Polytechnic University, shared images of an umbrella in fiery red-orange, from the Resident Evil films, in an attempt to inspire other artists to come up with designs.

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