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Guardian: How Activists Are Defeating Big Cable

February 2, 2015 Dominic Rushe, www.theguardian.com Resist! FCC, Net Neutrality

Last May, Zeese was thrown out of an Federal Communications Commission (FCC) meeting, as the regulator looked set to pass new rules that among other things would have allowed cable companies to create and charge extra for “fast lanes” and end net neutrality – the principle that all traffic should be treated equally online. This week, FCC commissioners will start discussing a new set of rules for regulating the web that could ban fast lanes. That ban would be part of a set of rules that, if passed, will regulate the internet in the similar way to utilities like water or electricity – a move net activists have been dreaming of for decades, believing it will allow the regulator to better protect net neutrality. The change in tone has been swift and dramatic and it even caught Zeese by surprise.

Showdown At The FCC: Net Neutral-i-kitty vs. Cable Boss

February 1, 2015 Julia Graber, www.freepress.net Organize! FCC, Net Neutrality

Early Thursday morning, the five FCC commissioners gathered for their first open meeting of 2015. Besides drawing the usual crowd of reporters, the agency was surrounded by a herd of more than 400 cats. Black-cat silhouette cutouts, cat balloons and stuffed cats crowded the lawn. Within the herd were a bunch of plush kitties that generous Free Press donors sponsored for outings like this (thank you!). Free Press staff handed passerby “Reclassify Now” flyers with a statement of purpose from the cats: “We’re here to MEOW for Title II. Please do strong rules against blocking and discrimination, too. Open and free, the way the Internet should be. It’s up to you, Chairman Wheeler and FCC!” In addition to rallying for strong Net Neutrality protections, the cats were in D.C. to witness a historic battle between two contenders who symbolized the fight over the fate of the Internet.

Activists Start Countdown To Net Neutrality

January 28, 2015 Julian Hattem, www.thehill.com Organize! FCC, Internet, Media, Net Neutrality

Web activists are starting to count down to new net neutrality rules. One month before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is expected to vote on new rules to treat the Internet like a utility, activists participating in the Battle for the Net campaign have launched an online countdown clock that they are making available for sites across the Web. “We are closer than ever to winning real net neutrality protections that will keep the Web open for generations to come, and the Internet is literally counting down the seconds,” said Evan Greer, campaign director for Fight for the Future, said in a statement.

Internet Countdown To Real Net Neutrality Begins Today

January 26, 2015 Rachel Colyer, www.dailykos.com Resist! FCC, Law, Net Neutrality

With exactly one month until a final vote on net neutrality at the FCC, net neutrality advocates are encouraging internet users, content creators, and major websites to join in the next phase of the campaign to save the internet—from the folks who brought about the Internet Slowdown in September, we now have the “Internet Countdown.” The Internet Countdown is a month-long push to remind the FCC that the upcoming vote on net neutrality is one of the most important votes the FCC will ever take. Further, we will be counting down the days and minutes until the vote happens with all eyes on the FCC.

Shareholders Press Verizon Board On Net Neutrality Stance

January 14, 2015 Open Mic, www.openmic.org Resist! FCC, Internet, Net Neutrality

Investors in Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ) are once again pressing the company’s board of directors to report on the business risks arising from the company’s opposition to open Internet and network neutrality principles. A shareholder proposal which last year won 26.4% of the shareholder vote – representing $30.6 billion of Verizon shares – has been resubmitted for consideration at Verizon’s 2015 annual meeting. The proposal comes as the Federal Communications Commission is reportedly preparing to propose new open Internet and network neutrality rules at its next public meeting on February 26. Verizon has mounted a multi-year legal effort to block prior FCC open Internet rules and has publicly indicated that it might take legal action to block new rules.

#BlackLivesMatter Movement Urges Net Neutrality

January 11, 2015 Matt Sledge, www.huffingtonpost.com Organize! #BlackLivesMatter, Black Lives Matter (BLM), FCC, Net Neutrality

Police reform organizers traveled to Capitol Hill and the Federal Communications Commission on Friday to push for open access to the Internet, which they say is an increasingly vital organizing tool in the wake of the controversial deaths of Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown. The delegation met with black members of Congress including Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) and Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.). They also met with one commissioner and staffers from the FCC, which will decide in February whether to classify broadband Internet as a public utility, a step that could prevent broadband companies from charging for priority access to their customers. "We were founded clearly in response to the murder of Trayvon Martin, on the key premise of the failure of the media to adequately report on the murder," said Dante Barry, the director of the group Million Hoodies. "If we don't have access to open Internet, and we don't have net neutrality, then it limits the ability for black people to save themselves." The organizers met with FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn and staffers for Chairman Tom Wheeler and Jessica Rosenworcel, the three Democratic-appointed members of the commission.

FCC Chair All But Confirms Reclassification And Net Neutrality

January 9, 2015 Brian Fung, www.washingtonpost.com Educate! FCC, Internet, Net Neutrality

President Obama's top telecom regulator just issued his strongest hints yet about a pending plan to regulate Internet providers, and judging by reports from the room, he's leaning hard toward the most aggressive proposal on the table. Speaking Wednesday at CES, the world's largest consumer electronics show, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler took aim at several industry arguments against the use of Title II of the Communications Act to regulate broadband providers. That's the legal tool that President Obama and many consumer groups say would prevent broadband providers from unfairly discriminating against some Web sites.

FCC Said To Signal It’s Heeding Obama’s Call For Open-Web Rules

January 8, 2015 Todd Shields and James Rowley, www.bloomberg.com Create! FCC, Freedom of Expression, Internet, Net Neutrality

The U.S. Federal Communication Commission is signaling that it intends to adopt President Barack Obama’s proposal to keep the Internet open when the independent agency votes on rules next month. FCC officials working on the issue under Chairman Tom Wheeler are asking questions they would only ask if they were taking the direction Obama is seeking, such as how to regulate wireless service, said one person involved in discussions with the agency. Obama in November called for “the strongest possible rules” to regulate Internet service, including a ban on so-called fast lanes. In doing so, he joined the ranks of Internet startups, public interest groups and more than 105,000 people who signed a petition to the White House calling for an open-Internet policy. The rules would ensure service providers treat Web traffic equally -- a concept known as net neutrality.

Black Lives Depend On A Free And Open Internet

January 5, 2015 Patrisse Cullors, www.thehill.com Resist! FCC, Ferguson, Net Neutrality, Racial Justice

The Internet is the most democratic communication platform in history, largely because we’ve had network neutrality rules that make sure all web traffic is treated equally, and no voices are discriminated against. Because of network neutrality rules, activists can turn to the Internet to bypass the discrimination of mainstream cable, broadcast and print outlets as we organize for change. It is because of net neutrality rules that the Internet is the only communication channel left where Black voices can speak and be heard, produce and consume, on our own terms. But, right now, Black online voices are threatened. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is drafting and preparing to vote on new rules that will either preserve the level online playing field we’ve enjoyed for the last several decades, or destroy it.

Some Internet Activists Say Obama Didn’t Go Far Enough

December 17, 2014 Tracy Rosenberg, www.huffingtonpost.com Educate! FCC, Internet, Net Neutrality

When Barack Obama came out publicly for the reclassification of the Internet as a public utility, his announcement indicated that the decades-long battle to maintain neutrality on the Web had entered a new high-profile stage. From a wonky side discussion found mostly in the technology sections of major newspapers and on computer blogs, net neutrality had suddenly morphed into a national obsession, filling up late-night TV and social-media feeds with one meme after another and finally crashing the FCC's website with 4 million public comments. The deliberations of agency chair Tom Wheeler, a former cable and wireless lobbyistappointed by a Democratic president, became a public drama, as one half-baked compromise proposal after another bit the dust in the face of public outrage.

Busted: The Internet Tax Hoax Of 2014

December 17, 2014 Timothy Karr, www.huffingtonpost.com Educate! FCC, Internet, Net Neutrality

Last week we saw a string of the country's biggest Internet service providers, including Comcast, Verizon and Time Warner Cable, admit what we've said all along: Reclassifying Internet access as a Title II telecom service won't hurt broadband investment. For years they've been claiming the opposite just to scare the FCC away from using Title II to protect Net Neutrality. And here's another thing the cable lobby doesn't want you to know: Buried deep in the $1.1 trillion spending package Congress just passed is a provision to extend a moratorium on local and state taxes for Internet access. That moratorium is called the Internet Tax Freedom Act (ITFA), and Congress just reauthorized it through October 2015.

Newsletter: Respect Our Human Rights Or We’ll ‘Shut It Down’

December 13, 2014 Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, www.PopularResistance.org Newsletter Bankers, Climate Justice, Corruption, Education, FCC, Finance and Economy, Freedom of Expression, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Speech and Assembly, GMOs, Healthcare, Human Rights, Internet Freedom, Monsanto, Net Neutrality, Police abuse, Racism, Torture, TPP, Undercover police, Worker Rights and Jobs

This week we marked the 66th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which was signed by the United States at its inception but has never been ratified. Perhaps because we live in a country that does not protect our human rights, many people in the United States lack an understanding that they exist. In the work for justice, important tasks are to learn about our rights, recognize that they are being violated and to stand up with the demand that these rights are honored. Throughout history it has been organized people-power that has won rights. We cannot expect to gain them any other way. We’ll highlight many areas where people are fighting for rights.

Unbelievable: Telecoms Claim They’re Worried About Your Bill!

December 13, 2014 Kevin Zeese, www.PopularResistance.org Organize! Common Carrier, FCC, Net Neutrality, Tom Wheeler

In a claim that must have people laughing out loud, the telecom and broadband providers are fighting net neutrality claiming that they will raise the rates of consumers! It is hard to believe that even telecom lobbyists, well-paid to mislead Congress and regulators, could make this claim without smirking as cable bills have been rising at four times the rate of inflation. Now they claim to be concerned about consumer costs. Why? Because they want to protect their monopolies that allow them to gouge consumers and provide sub-par service. The telecoms remind us of the mafia: “If you reclassify the Internet as a public utility, it’s gonna cost you.” It is time to stand up to these bullies. The Internet community is strong enough to defeat them in any arena. And, the FCC will be able to control their costs if they reclassify because Title II gives the FCC the power to control the fees they charge.

Net Neutrality Activists Disrupt FCC Meeting

December 11, 2014 Staff, www.popularresistance.org Resist! FCC, Internet Freedom, Net Neutrality

This morning at 10:40am, net neutrality demonstrators interrupted the FCC’s monthly meeting by unfurling a large banner reading “Reclassify Now!” behind the seated FCC commissioners. The activists, both union members, were escorted from the room by security after speaking out and asking FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler why he continues to delay Title II net neutrality, which should have been voted on at today’s meeting. Other activists inside the meeting held paper signs calling for reclassification of the Internet under Title without delay. Several stood up and spoke to Chairman Wheeler from the floor to ask why net neutrality was left off the agenda before being escorted from the room.

Net Neutrality Jumbotron Delivers Message FCC Couldn’t Miss

December 6, 2014 Mary Alice Crim, www.freepress.net Resist! FCC, Human Rights, Internet, Net Neutrality, Obama

Just after dark on Thursday night in Washington, Free Press parked a Jumbotron right outside the swanky hotel hosting a dinner and roast honoring FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler. The huge screen outside the so-called “Telecom Prom” featured a song pleading with the FCC to protect the open Internet — part of a video montage that played for hours. The program included President Obama’s historic video statement endorsing Net Neutrality, homemade YouTube videos, images from rallies, and testimonials from public hearings that Wheeler and his colleagues declined to attend.

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