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First State On Ballot For Legal Marijuana In 2016: Nevada

March 23, 2015 NORML, www.norml.org Resist! Elections, Law, Marijuana

Nevada voters will decide next November on ballot language that seeks to regulate the licensed production and retail sale of cannabis to adults. Lawmakers had until late last week to act on the initiative petition, filed by the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), but failed to do so - thus placing the measure on the 2016 electoral ballot. Proponents of the measure, "The Initiative to Tax and Regulate Marijuana," turned in over 200,000 signatures from registered Nevada voters in December to qualify it for the ballot. The ballot language permits adults to possess and grow personal use quantities of cannabis (up to one ounce and/or six plants) for non-commercial purposes. The measure also regulates and taxes the commercial production and retail sale of cannabis.

Columbia Students Urge Divestment From Private Prison

March 21, 2015 Clare Sastanovich, www.themarshallproject.org Resist! Law, Student Activism

In the late 1970s, on college campuses across the country, students banded together to demand that universities align their wallets with their consciences: They called for schools to divest from companies with ties to South Africa, to translate moral opposition to apartheid into tangible economic policy. Now, four decades after Columbia’s Coalition for a Free South Africa blockaded the steps of a university building, another divestment movement is trying to tackle what could become this generation’s signature cause: criminal justice reform. Columbia is one of several schools where students are demanding that university endowments take a visible stand against mass incarceration by divesting from private prison companies, which have faced criticism— and lawsuits — for rampant abuse and a lack of transparency.

Court Decides To Keep Eric Garner Grand Jury Secret

March 21, 2015 NYCLU, www.nyclu.org Educate! Eric Garner, Law, NYPD, Transparency

In response to a Staten Island judge’s decision to keep secret records from the Grand Jury which failed to indict an NYPD officer in the death of Eric Garner, the New York Civil Liberties Union issued the following statement. The NYCLU in December petitioned the court to release to the public the Grand Jury’s transcript, as well as the evidence presented and instructions the jury was given. Judge William E. Garnett rejected requests from the NYCLU, the Legal Aid Society, the public advocate’s office, The New York Post and the NAACP .

Dem: Trade Officials ‘Baffling’ Lawmakers ‘With Bullshit’

March 21, 2015 Kevin Cirilli, www.thehill.com Educate! Democratic Party, Finance and the Economy, Law

Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) on Thursday accused the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) of “baffling” Democrats “with bullshit” in an effort to advance President Obama's trade agenda. Pocan’s remarks, which were triggered by a debate over whether the U.S. enjoys a trade surplus with free-trade partners, mark the latest escalation in a fight between liberals and the White House office over President Obama’s trade agenda. Obama is requesting that Congress approve “fast-track” legislation that would make it easier to negotiate trade deals, and his team is negotiating two new trade agreements. He’s getting some cooperation from an otherwise antagonistic GOP on Capitol Hill but is running into opposition from the left.

US Trade Rep Threatens Congress With Prosecution

March 18, 2015 Mike Masnick, www.techdirt.com Educate! Congress, Democracy, Law, Transparency

For years now, we've been trying to understand why the US Trade Rep (USTR) is so anti-transparency with its trade negotiations. It insists that everything it's negotiating be kept in near total secrecy until everything is settled, and the public can no longer give input to fix the problems in the agreement. It's a highly questionable stance. Whenever this criticism is put to the USTR directly, it responds by saying that it will listen to anyone who wants to come and talk to the USTR. But, as we've explained multiple times, "listening" is about information going into the USTR. "Transparency" is about information coming out of the USTR. They're not the same thing by any stretch of the imagination.

San Diego Sues Monsanto For Dumping PCB’s In Bay

March 18, 2015 Dorian Hargrove, www.sandiegoreader.com Resist! Contamination, Environment, Law, Monsanto, San Diego

The City of San Diego and San Diego Unified Port District want chemical agricultural giant Monsanto to pay for its role in polluting San Diego's bay and tidelands with polychlorinated biphenyls, commonly known as PCBs. On March 16, the municipal agencies sued Monsanto for concealing the hazards associated with PCBs, despite being aware of the health risks associated with ingesting and inhaling the chemical compounds since the 1930s. According to the lawsuit, the risks did not deter Monsanto from trying to protect profits and prolong the use of PCB compounds such as Aroclor, as shown in a report from an ad hoc committee that Monsanto formed in 1969.

Right Wing Activist Fires Staffer Who Refused To Incite Violence @BlackLivesMatter

March 18, 2015 Liam Mathews, www.animalnewyork.com Resist! Law, Racial Justice, Violence

James O’Keefe, the right-wing’s garbage answer to both Michael Moore and Punk’d, is drawing attention again, this time for allegedly firing an employee who refused to strong-arm an operative into following a hidden-camera video script that would bait anti-police brutality protestors into making violent statements against police. His “investigative reporting”/propaganda organization Project Veritas recently used the same manipulative tactics against Eric Garner’s daughter. Rich Valdes, former Director of Operations for Project Veritas, is threatening to sue O’Keefe for wrongful termination “because [O'Keefe] was unhappy with me for being unwilling to strong-arm the guy to do his dirty work,” he told the Post.

McDonald’s Sues Seattle Over $15 Wage, Cites 14th Amendment

March 17, 2015 Bill Fold, www.thebillfold.com Educate! Law, McDonald's, Seattle

McDonald’s is not having a very good week. First, McDonald’s asked the band Ex Cops to play a gig at the McDonald’s SXSW Showcase, using the words “There isn’t a budget for an artist fee (unfortunately).” Then, just as the furor of McDonald’s asking artists to play for exposure—”as well as POSSIBLY mentioned on McDonald’s social media accounts like Facebook (57MM likes!)”—is dying down, we get this: Last summer, the City of Seattle passed a law that will raise the city’s minimum wage to $15 per hour. But in a bizarre twist, Ronald McDonald and friends are suing the city. On March 10, they’ll be in a federal courtroom, complaining that the new minimum wage violates a constitutional provision that was written to protect newly-freed slaves after the Civil War.

One Protestor Arrested, Stop Sprouts From Opening Store

March 17, 2015 Damin Esper, www.contracostatimes.com Resist! Food and Agriculture, Law, New York (NY)

One person was arrested on Saturday afternoon as protesters shut down Sprouts Farmers Market in Walnut Creek for nearly an hour. About 70 protesters targeted the grocery store because of its plans to build a store in Albany on land owned by the University of California. The store shut down after activists entered the store in a conga line of shopping carts. They assembled in the middle of the produce section, with a nine-piece band blaring music and leading chants. Eight Walnut Creek police officers eventually entered the store and herded the protesters out.

Employee Wage Theft At Papa Johns Ends In $2.1 M Judgment

March 17, 2015 Office of Attorney General Schneiderman, www.ag.ny.gov Resist! Criminal Justice, Law, New York (NY), Worker Rights and Jobs

Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced that his office has obtained a judgment against New Majority Holdings, LLC (New Majority) a Papa John’s pizza franchisee, and its owner and operator Ronald Johnson for underpaying hundreds of delivery workers at five Harlem pizza restaurants. “Within the last two months, courts have found that two Papa John's franchisees owe almost $3 million to their workers,” said Attorney General Schneiderman. “We will continue to investigate wage and hour violations in the fast food industry. More broadly, franchisors need to step up to the plate. I call on all fast food franchisors, including Papa John's, to take steps necessary to ensure that their workers -- the backbone of their business -- are treated fairly and paid the wages the law requires."

Professor Called By RCMP: Took Photos Near Kinder Morgan Site

March 16, 2015 On The Coast, www.cbc.ca Resist! Climate Change, Law, Oil & Gas, Police

A B.C. climate change scientist says he got an "intimidating" call from RCMP because he had taken pictures on Burnaby Mountain near the site of a proposed Kinder Morgan pipeline. Tim Takaro, a health sciences professor at SFU, says he was having lunch in Tofino with his family on Wednesday when his daughter's cellphone rang. When she answered it, she was told it was the Burnaby RCMP calling and they were looking for her father. "I was very upset that he had called my daughter and that he was basically threatening, intimidating on the phone," says Takaro. He says the officer asked him if he had recently had been taking photos near a Trans Mountain pipeline work site on Burnaby Mountain.

Annual Montreal March Against Police Brutality Declared Illegal

March 16, 2015 The Canadian Press, www.ctvnews.ca Resist! Canada, Law, police brutality

A Montreal march against perceived police brutality ended on Sunday with one arrest and nearly 100 tickets being given out. The march was declared illegal as soon as it began because organizers had not informed authorities of their route. As protesters split into different directions, police quickly surrounded a group of about 30 people, who were put onto waiting city buses without incident. Most of the tickets were handed out for highway code violations because of protesters blocking the street. Two were stopped for covering their faces. Two other marches did not result in arrests or tickets. Eight police cars were vandalized during the demonstration.

Zimbabwe Activist Missing After Abduction In Unmarked Truck

March 16, 2015 David Smith, www.theguardian.com Resist! Activism, Human Rights, Law, Violence, Zimbabwe

Fears are growing for the safety of a political activist in Zimbabwe reported to have been abducted by five unidentified men almost a week ago and bundled into an unmarked truck near his home. The country’s high court on Friday ordered police and the state intelligence agency to search for Itai Dzamara, a former journalist who last year staged sit-in protests demanding the resignation of President Robert Mugabe. Dzamara’s disappearance echoes the darkest days of Zimbabwe’s political instability and has raised concerns of a fresh crackdown on political opponents, civil society activists and journalists. After his abduction on Monday, his wife approached the high court in Harare to force the police and the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) to search for her husband.

Transform Now Plowshares Appeal Heard In Cincinnati

March 16, 2015 TNPlowshares, www.transformnowplowshares.wordpress.com Resist! Civil Disobedience, Law, Wars and Militarism

The purpose of our appeal was primarily to challenge the use of the sabotage statute to convict Megan, Greg and Michael—it is the reason they got such long sentences. Piece by piece, Marc peeled back the government’s rationale, applying case law and referring repeatedly to the intent of Congress in passing a statute meant to convict people who interfered with US war-making capability in war time. We argued the government has misapplied the statute, that interfering with Y12 (the Oak Ridge bomb plant) was not the same as interfering with the “national defense,” that the defendants general aspiration to bring about global nuclear disarmament did not equate to an intent to injure the national defense, and more.

Assange Breakthrough: Swedish Prosecutors Will Interview Him

March 14, 2015 David Crouch, www.theguardian.com Educate! Criminal Justice, Julian Assange, Law, Sweden

Lawyers for Julian Assange have claimed victory after a Swedish prosecutor bowed to pressure from the courts and agreed to break the deadlock in the WikiLeaks founder’s case by interviewing him in London. Marianne Ny, who heads the investigation into accusations of rape, coercion and sexual molestation against Assange, made a formal request to interrogate him in the Ecuadorian embassy – the first sign of movement in a case that has been frozen since August 2012. The prosecutor will also ask the UK government and Ecuador for permission to carry out the interviews at the embassy in London, where Assange has been staying for more than two-and-a-half years to avoid extradition to Sweden, from where he fears being handed over to the US to face espionage charges.

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