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Crowdsourced #WaveOfAction Art

March 2, 2014 AnonMLK, www.waveofaction.org Resist! #www, Occupy

Something is happening here… The #WaveOfAction has already spawn a thriving decentralized subculture. The new paradigm is emerging online. On April 4th, the wave washes ashore at 1000+ former Occupy locations worldwide. Find your nearest location here, or create a new location and post the info here. Much more news to come! For now, here’s our second roundup of some of the inspiring graphics, music and videos that have recently come out in support. To keep up on all the latest news, use the #WaveOfAction hashtag and click “follow” or “like” on the social media posts below. Please spread the word and share widely… Editor’s note: This is not all-inclusive by any means. If you have made any media in support, please send it to Admin@WaveOfAction.org and we will feature it in future roundups.

Why The Movement Must Be Independent Of The Two Parties

March 1, 2014 John Stauber, www.counterpunch.org Strategize! Occupy

In the article below, independent author John Stauber writes the recent history of how the Democratic Party co-opts political movements with a particular focus on the occupy movement but also covering the opposition to the Iraq War and advocates for single payer healthcare. These are only the most recent examples of how the Democratic Party has been where movements go to die. One job of the Democrats is to stifle movements that actually challenge the power structure by absorbing them into the party and making them part of the power structure. Labor and civil rights are two examples of many that show how being tied to the Democratic Party, indeed making up its must reliable bloc of voters results in being taken for granted and your constituents becoming worse off, rather than better off. We know there are people in these Democratic aligned organizations that are radicals who see the need for transformation and not reform. The social movement welcomes them and recognizes they bring important value to the movement, but the critical bottom line is the movement for economic, environmental and social justice must be independent of the Democratic Party.

Movie: Parents In The Occupy Wall Street Movement

February 28, 2014 Staff, www.parentsoftherevolution.com Organize! Movies, Occupy

“Parents of the Revolution” is a feature length documentary that follows a group of activist parents in the Occupy Wall Street movement who believe that it’s their democratic duty to teach their kids to speak out against injustice. The purpose of the film is to create a national conversation about how we can get our kids to be more civically minded. The film premieres in all formats on May 15th. If your organization is interested in having a screening of the film, please visit http://parentsoftherevolution.com/host-a-screening/

Breaking News: Cecily McMillan Trial For Police Assault Postponed Again

February 26, 2014 Kevin Zeese, www.PopularResistance.org Resist! Criminal Justice and Prisons, Occupy, Police abuse

In a major development in the Cecily McMillan prosecution, the trial scheduled to begin on March 3rd has been delayed again. The Justice for Cecily campaign has announced the new schedule this morning. On March 19th there will be a motions hearing on the motion submitted by Cecily’s attorney, Martin Stolar to unseal the personnel record of the sole eye witness in the case, Officer Bovell. This is a major development as such motions are rarely even taken seriously. In this case we already know that Officer Bovell has been reprimanded for his involvement in the Bronx ticket fixing scandal and is being sued for alleged assault on a young African American. Among the police misconduct in the ticket fixing was officers not showing up in court or testifying falsely by claiming not to remember the incident when the ticket was given. The personnel file of Officer Bovell should provide details of his wrong doing. In other trials jurors have rejected the testimony of officers involved in the ticket fixing scandal.

The Victim of a Police Assault Should Not be Prosecuted

February 24, 2014 Kevin Zeese, www.alternet.or Organize! Criminal Justice and Prisons, Occupy, Police abuse

Take Action Now To Support Cecily McMillan: NY District Attorney Cy Vance said: “I believe that prosecutors should be among the most skeptical actors in the criminal justice system about what that concept means and how our decision-making process gets us there. Otherwise, we risk the phrase ‘doing justice’ devolving into an empty shibboleth.” District Attorney Vance’s words will be an “empty shibboleth” if he does not reconsider the prosecution of Cecily McMillan based on the testimony of a police officer who sexually assaulted her, who lacks credibility and whose testimony is inconsistent with other evidence. Mr. Vance has the opportunity to seek justice for Cecily McMillan but the only way to do so is to dismiss the charges against her.

‘Forward 13: Waking Up the American Dream’ Review: Eye Opening

February 23, 2014 Eleanor J. Bader, www.reviewfix.com Educate! Finance and the Economy, Movies, Occupy

The film’s central premise is important—and asks us to imagine what it would be like to have a government that serves workers, the poor, and the elderly and disabled as devotedly as it serves corporate interests. Along the way, members of Congress, good government activists, Occupiers, and regular folks speak to the camera. Lovell lets viewers formulate their own answer. His point, however, is underscored by Common Cause spokeswoman Mary Boyle. “The American Dream is in trouble,” she says, leaving many people with little chance of achieving the modest comforts they thought were a birthright. Shortly thereafter, Lovell himself weighs in: “Dreaming the American Dream is not about left or right. It’s about right and wrong.” This simple statement is meant to jolt us into doing something to support policies that benefit the body politic over Wall Street and corporate interests. In addition, he and a coterie of other interviewees assail the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act, which separated commercial and investment banking, and the Citizen’s United decision that allows corporations to give unlimited funds to elected officials and political aspirants who are carefully screened for their pro-business tilt.

The Witch Hunt For Activists

February 22, 2014 Rivera Sun, www.PopularResistance.org Educate! Nonviolence, Occupy, Police abuse

Terrorists are relatively rare. So, every now and then, undercover cops have got to go out and drum up some likely suspects to reassure the public that our money isn't being wasted. The agents go to activist communities, sit around in anarchist cafes, hang out at punk rock concerts, and pop into open air, general assemblies. After getting the lay of the land, they start to advocate violence . . . just to see if there are any violence-prone potential terrorists in the crowd. The agents then arrest the individuals they have actively encouraged to consider violent means. Some would call this entrapment, but, apparently, the courts disagree. Forgive me for being less than grateful to the undercover agents who disrupt meetings, encourage violent tendencies, and even go so far as offer instructions on how to make Molotov cocktails, but this is hardly amusing to those of us in the activist community who take nonviolence - and our work - seriously.

Do Judges Mean What They Say?

February 22, 2014 Ralph Hutchison, www.orepa.org Strategize! Civil Disobedience, Nuclear Weapons, Occupy, Wars and Militarism

We’ve heard it from the bench in Oak Ridge city courtrooms and from state judges in Clinton, Tennessee. And on February 18 we heard it from a federal judge—there are two variations. The first: There are plenty of ways for you to protest and deliver your message without breaking the law. The second: If you people would just put this time and energy into working for the change you want in the political system, you might get the change you seek. Both sentiments are either disingenuous or naïve. When things are really messed up, really—like a nation that preaches nonproliferation to others but is busy building bombs and bomb plants—and no one in power wants to do anything about it, and most people in power actually have disincentives to do anything about it—what is a responsible citizen to do? If the mess up is obvious enough, and distant enough, and done by someone else—trains full of Jews heading for Dachau, for instance—we know what a responsible citizen is to do, and judges and prosecutors, too. We wrote the Nuremberg Code, we the US. But God help the citizen in the United States who sees a terrible wrong being done by the government and tries to raise the alarm.

UK Protests Against Austerity Result In Protest Restrictions

February 21, 2014 Steve Rushton, Occupy.com Resist! Austerity, Freedom of Speech and Assembly, Government, Occupy

On January 29, Birmingham hosted a national rally as part of the growing UK student movement. The clock tower, Big Joe, was reoccupied in the afternoon, repeating the long-held student protest tradition of sit-ins and occupations. This time, however, security guards sought to throw the students out of the building and their aggressive entry wascaptured on film. Once they were forced outside, the students were kettled by police – an act which the police denied, but whose denial is directly contradicted in this footage of students chanting, “Let us out!” An interview with the senior officer on duty revealed that protesters were forced to give their names in order to leave the kettle. The use of kettling for intelligence gathering purposes has been condemned by the UN and judged unlawful in the British High Court.

South Carolina Occupy Activists Settle With Governor For $192,000

February 21, 2014 Meg Kinnard, www.AP.org Resist! Occupy, South Carolina

A settlement has been reached this week in a lawsuit filed by Occupy Columbia protest members against Gov. Nikki Haley and other state officials. Attorneys for Haley and state law enforcement officials agreed during a mediation hearing Wednesday to pay Occupy members $192,000, Drew Radeker told The Associated Press. “It’s a fair settlement, and we’re glad that the state of South Carolina doesn’t have to continue to pay these lawyers to defend the case that we would have ultimately won anyway,” Radeker said. Other details about the deal were not released. It marks an end to a civil dispute that has been ongoing since Occupy Columbia launched its protest at the Statehouse grounds Oct. 15, 2011, part of a nationwide series of demonstrations against economic inequality. 19 protesters were arrested after Haley, in an effort to roust the protesters, said that anyone attempting to camp out on the Statehouse grounds after 6 p.m. would be arrested.

Independent Media for Real Solidarity

February 20, 2014 Joris Leverink, zed-books.blogspot.co.uk Create! Capitalism, Media, Occupy, Solidarity

It was one of the most inspiring images arising from the arena of resistance in the summer of 2013: a Brazilian man in São Paulo surrounded by fellow protestors, passionately pressing his lips to a bright-red Turkish flag. It was a symbolic gesture, an act of solidarity, an expression of love and support. But most of all it was a clear sign of global connectivity. A mere two weeks after the Turks had risen up in their millions in an unprecedented wave of popular resistance against the increasingly authoritarian rule of the country's Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its radical urban development programmes inspired by neoliberal policies...

12 Inspired Actions to Outsmart Repressive Situations and Laws

February 18, 2014 Amador Fernández-Savater & Leónidas Martín, Translated Stacco Troncoso, edited Jane Loes Liptonwww.guerrillatranslation.com Strategize! Freedom of Speech and Assembly, Occupy, Popular Protest, Solidarity

We can turn the tables and ridicule these sorts of reactionary, short sighted, desperate measures with our greatest assets: imagination, humor and the fact that we’re the good guys. The following article, written by Spanish art-ivists Amador Fernández-Savater and Leónidas Martín, offers 12 examples drawn from the last five decades poised to inspire and provoke. And check this out: so many people are eager to learn more about the how-to and history of this approach, that this has been the single most widely Facebook-shared article in eldiario.es’s history! We’ve also included some English hyperlinks to follow up on some of these leads and subtitled the one video in Spanish. Although written in reaction to the passage of the new law in Spain, we believe that their application and appeal is universal. Read on…

The Limits of Non-Cooperation as a Strategy for Social Change

February 18, 2014 Stephanie Van Hook, http://www.opendemocracy.net Strategize! Freedom of Speech and Assembly, Nonviolence, Occupy

The application of basic human stubbornness - the capacity to refuse or withhold obedience when faced by a pressing moral choice - is the most widely-researched topic in the field of nonviolence, from explorations of proven methods of civil resistance to the stories of people who have said ‘no’ to taxes or conscription, torture or betrayal. But non-cooperation clearly has its limits in terms of creating social change. As Gene Sharp points out, people’s capacity for this form of action is embedded in human nature, but it is insufficient to achieve the long-term goals of peace and social justice. We have learned how to topple dictators, but not how to replace dysfunctional political systems so that tyranny does not return. We know how to launch new social movements like Occupy and those of the Arab Spring, but not how to sustain their gains by transforming society at large.

“Alter-globalists” Create Community of Self-Built Homes

February 17, 2014 Staff, resistra.espivblogs.net Resist! Occupy, Operation Caesar

Concerning the “camp”, at the moment there are more than 50 places of collective self-built homes. Small villages, houses, farms and other buildings were saved from destruction, renovated and occupied. It is true that some of us are staying in caravans or othermobile homes, however, a large number of self-built homes in our area are remarkably creative works of art and crafts. Because of the circumstances, for the building of these homes, a great variety of techniques and building materials were used and most of them for free such as: earth straw, mud, beams and pallets, tires, glass, stones… Some homes are based on land, others on stilts, others are nesting in the trees and others floating on water.

Bizarre Prosecution Of Cecily McMillan For Police Assault Delayed

February 14, 2014 Staff, www.justiceforcecily.com Educate! Criminal Justice and Prisons, Occupy, Police abuse

A surprise development in the prosecution of Cecily McMillan a case we have been reporting on. The trial, which was supposed to have started this week, was delayed until March 2nd because of new evidence that would undermine the credibility of the arresting officer. Cecily suffered a seizure when she was knocked unconscious by the police during the 6 month anniversary of the occupation of Zuccotti Park. The conflict with the police began when an undercover police officer grabbed her right breast and she allegedly elbowed the offender. She is currently being prosecuted for felony assault on a police officer which could result in up to 7 years if she is convicted. Cecily was 23 years old at the time. In the video below her attorney, Martin R. Stolar, describes her as an innocent person and says no cri,e was committed in this incident. Below is an update from the Justice for Cecily webpage which is urging various actions by her supporters between now and the trial. Cecily's trial begins on March 3rd at 10am at 100 Centre Street, Room 1333 part 31 Please attend if you can. We need to show widespread public support for Cecily in the courtroom.

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