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Egypt’s Deadly Crackdown On Protesters Signals Military Authoritarianism

August 15, 2013 Phyllis Bennis, //www.ips-dc.org , ,
"With the bloody attack on protest camps in Cairo, the announcement of a one-month state of emergency across the country, and the authority given to the army to “assist” the police in maintaining law and order, there can no longer be any question that Egypt is once again held under the thumb of military authoritarianism. The democratic spring of Tahrir Square has been defeated – but the question “for how long” remains open."

Censorship Backfire: Surge Of Interest In Zinn’s ‘People’s History’

August 15, 2013 Andrea Germanos, www.commondreams.org , ,
"But since his "anti-Howard Zinn witch-hunt" has been exposed, Zinn's People's History has become "a hot read at libraries" in the state, the South Bend Tribune reports. St. Joseph County Public Library, for example, which only had one copy of Zinn's People's History just weeks ago, has now upped the number to 19 due to patrons' interest, but even that wasn't enough. They're all checked out now, and there are 10 people on a waiting list. "

The Zapatistas’ First School Opens For Session

August 15, 2013 Marta Molina, www.http://wagingnonviolence.org , ,
"Last December, tens of thousands of indigenous Zapatistas mobilized, peacefully and in complete silence, to occupy five municipal government office buildings in the state of Chiapas, Mexico. That same day, which coincided with the end of one cycle on the Maya calendar, Zapatistas released a communiqué, asking, “Did you hear it?” It appears that the answer was yes, because this week thousands of people from around the world are descending on Chiapas for the Zapatistas’ first organizing school, called la escuelita de libertad, which means the little school of liberty. "

Robert Meeropol, Son Of Rosenbergs, On Manning’s Act of Conscience

August 15, 2013 Rober Meeropol, www.timesunion.com , , ,
"Manning also wrote: "I can't separate myself from others," and he continued, "I feel connected to everybody, like they were distant family." Isn't that how we all should be thinking? Manning believed that everyone in this messy human family we've created deserved to know the truth, and he was so appalled by what he considered U.S. war crimes in Iraq that he felt compelled to act. He will go to prison for that."

Justice Eludes South Africa Year After Marikana Massacre

August 14, 2013 Paul Burkhardt, Amogelang Mbatha and Mike Cohen, www.bloomberg.com , ,
"No one has been charged in the deaths of 34 people and the wounding of 78. A judicial inquiry into the violence has stalled because victims and their families can’t afford to pay for lawyers. Disputes continue over wages at the mine, where three days ago a female shop steward was shot dead."

Olympic Committee Threatens To Punish Athletes Who Fight For Gay Russians

August 14, 2013 Tris Reid-Smith, www.gaystarnews.com , ,
"LGBT rights campaigners have called on athletes to wear ‘rainbow pins’ to show their support for LGBT people in the opening and closing ceremonies.But the IOC pointed GSN to rules banning that. "The Olympics own charter describes such things as ‘propaganda’ – the same word used by the Russians in their new anti-gay law which stops homosexuality being ‘promoted’ to minors. Under rule 50 of the IOC’s charter: ‘No kind of demonstration or political, religious or racial propaganda is permitted in any Olympic sites, venues or other areas."

“There Is No Recipe For Autonomy And No Limits” – Zapatistas In Their First Class On Autonomy

August 14, 2013 andrea, www.interoccupy.net , ,
“We know that autonomy is a dream, an utopia for some people, but in here it is a reality for us. We are already exercising autonomy, and what we can tell about autonomy is that there is no recipe for it. You should not ask for freedom to the government, you should exercise your freedom. We have seen that it is possible.”

Zapatistas Celebrate 10 Years Of Autonomy With ‘Escuelita’

August 14, 2013 Leonidas Oikonomakis, www.roarmag.org , , , ,
"The dialogue with the government didn’t work but it enriched us, because we met more people and it gave us more ideas. After the “Color of the Earth march” in 2001 we said that with or without a law we were going to build our government the way we wanted."

America’s Disappeared

August 13, 2013 Chris Hedges, www.truth-out.org , , , ,
"In America, when you are poor, you can instantly disappear like this into the subterranean rabbit holes of our vast jail and prison complex. You crawl out weeks, months or years later. You try to pick up where you left off. You avoid the cops. You look for work. There is no work. It is a constant cat-and-mouse game the state plays with the poor. The hunters. The hunted. The poor, no matter what they do, are always potential prey, minnows in a sea of sharks."

On John Kerry–Any Other Statesman “Treated As A Thief”

August 13, 2013 Robert Fisk, www.independent.co.uk , ,
"Anyone who drives around the occupied territories realises at once (unless they are politically blind) that there is as much chance of building a state in the West Bank – whose map of colonies and non-colonised districts looks like the smashed windscreen of a car – as there is waiting for the return of the Ottoman Empire."

Who Needs A Peace Process?

August 13, 2013 Anna Lekas Miller, www.truth-out.org , , ,
"If this plan goes through, it further reiterates that the Nakba in 1948 never ceased and is still ongoing even in our modern day and age," Mariam Barghouti, an activist from the West Bankwho protested the Prawer Plan last week, told Truthout. "If the plan is stopped, it would mean that tens of thousands of Palestinians will be able to remain on their land and it would be a victory in terms of countering Israeli ethnic cleansing and colonialism."

War On Journalism–FBI Targets Journalist Connected To Wikileaks

August 13, 2013 James Ball, www.theguardian.com , , ,
The investigation into WikiLeaks has prompted little concern among mainstream US journalists. This might be because WikiLeaks doesn't produce the same style of journalism, or because reporters can reassure themselves, rightly or wrongly, that the investigation centers on trying to uncover any inappropriate dealings with sources, or involvement in hacking. Such reassurances are false. What happens to WikiLeaks today happens to New York Times reporters tomorrow.

Solidarity Sing Along Still Singing Truth To Power Despite Arrests

August 13, 2013 Joe, www.occupyriverwest.com , ,
Hey, remember in fourth grade social studies, when you learned about our Constitutionally protected right to petition the government for redress of grievances, only if you paid for a permit and assumed all liabilities for the action. Wait! I don’t remember that second part. That’s because it only exists in Scott Walker’s Wisconsin, where close to 200 singers have been arrested for singing without a permit because of his illegal Capitol rules

Legacy Of Uranium Mining Continues To Destroy Indigenous Communities

August 12, 2013 Charmaine White Face and Crystal Zevon, www.popularresistance.org , , , ,
U. S. Forest Service employees in their uniforms, and some other people from Standing Rock Reservation were already at the site. We met with them and were informed that the reason for the meeting was that the U. S. Forest Service needed to build a catch pond to catch radioactive runoff from the abandoned uranium mines. What?! I was shocked! Abandoned uranium mines! Radioactive runoff! This was Harding County, the Cattle Capitol of the world. Sheep, cattle, and horses were the only things to be seen for miles and miles as they grazed on the prairie grasslands. What was this about abandoned uranium mines?

Your Rights: If An Agent Knocks

August 12, 2013 Staff, www.ccrjustice.org ,
Federal agents have many tools at their disposal to target activists. While it is important to know and understand these tools and tactics, it is of critical importance that you resist any paranoia of government surveillance or fear of infiltration, which will only serve to paralyze you or your organization in your quest for social change. If fear of government repression prevents you from organizing, the agents of repression will have won without even trying. The Center for Constitutional Rights created If an Agent Knocks to provide advice to activists likely to be targeted by FBI agents or other federal investigators. Since its original release in 1989, If an Agent Knocks has been widely circulated in progressive activist communities across the country. This guide includes both the timeless advice included in the original version and extensive updates to reflect the current state of the law and law enforcement tools.
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