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Anonymous Launches #OpFerguson After Cop Kills Unarmed Missouri Teen

August 15, 2014 RT, www.rt.com Resist! Anonymous, Missouri, police brutality, Protest

Hacktivists have set their sights on the town of Ferguson, Missouri after police there on Saturday shot and killed an unarmed man, 18-year-old Michael Brown, elevating a wave of protests that have occurred in the days since to the digital realm. Demonstrations and vigils across the St. Louis, MO suburb have taken place ever since Saturday afternoon’s incident in which Brown was shot eight times by a Ferguson cop after an altercation allegedly occurred between the two, reportedly just days before the victim was expected to begin college. By Sunday, however, peaceful protests aimed at raising awareness of the shooting death began to turn violent in the city of barely 20,000, and local law enforcement responded to reports of riots and looting by deploying SWAT teams and heavily weaponized police. Members of the hacktivist group Anonymous — the internationally dispersed collective of hackers and activists that has previously waged campaigns targeting law enforcement organizations, government agencies and various corporations, among other entities, considered to be corrupt — responded to the shooting by issuing a statement on Sunday advocating for changes involving the use of force by law enforcement.

Protest Planned After LAPD Officer Shoots, Kills Man During Struggle

August 15, 2014 Veronica Rocha, Laura J. Nelson, www.latimes.com Organize! California, police brutality, Protest

A protest is being planned for Sunday in front of Los Angeles police headquarters in downtown after a man was shot and killed by an officer this week in Florence. The shooting occurred about 8:20 p.m. Monday after an officer conducted "an investigative stop" in the 200 block of West 65th Street, according to an LAPD news release. During the stop, a "struggle ensued" and the officer shot the person, whom police did not identify. Officers are seen on a street in South Los Angeles where a man was fatally shot by police. (KTLA-TV) Family members identified the man as 24-year-old Ezell Ford, who they described as "mentally challenged." His mother, Tritobia Ford, told KTLA her son was complying with officers' orders, and that the shooting was unjustified. Her son, she said, was lying on the ground Monday night when he was shot in the back. He later died at an area hospital. "My heart is so heavy because my family is close," she said. Now, some friends and family members are taking to Facebook organize a protest rally at 3 p.m. Sunday at LAPD's headquarters. "All we want to know is why they did it," Ezell Ford Sr. told KTLA.

Indigenous Artist Refuses To Perform For Member Of Parliament

August 13, 2014 CBC News, www.cbc.ca Resist! Arts, Canada, Environment, Politics, Protest

An artist has refused to perform for Nunavut's Member of Parliament, Leona Aglukkaq. Nunavut's Lucy Tulugarjuk was asked to throat sing and drum dance during Aglukkaq's upcoming visit to Fort Smith, N.W.T., where the artist is currently living. But she said she's not pleased with Aglukkaq. She said the MP has not addressed the concerns from Nunavummiut over seismic testing. Some Inuit in Nunavut are furious over the National Energy Board's decision to approve an application to do seismic testing for oil and gas in Baffin Bay and Davis Strait off the east coast of Baffin Island. They're worried wildlife will leave the area. Nunavut MP Leona Aglukkaq is under pressure from constituents over environmental issues. (CBC) Tulugarjuk said Aglukkaq should be standing up for her people, rather than taking orders from Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

400 Days Of Protest Stops Shale Gas Exploration

August 13, 2014 Political Critique, www.politicalcritique.org Resist! Fracking, Poland, Protest

On Monday, July 7th, 2014, at 4 AM, the employees of the American company Chevron left the village Żurawlów in the Lubelskie Region. After 400 days of persisting protest, the farmers, inhabitants and activists managed to stop shale gas drilling. It was the longest local protest against shale gas drilling in the world. Various factors contributed to that. First, before Chevron came to Żurawlów, it operated in Rogów. After seismic surveys, the walls in some houses there cracked and then they left. Even before drilling, something has already happened. It also turned out that the local government was not informed at all. Its members did not know anything about the boreholes and threats associated with them, they were not able to answer any of the questions. Because of that the reluctance to drilling was rising. The most important are the people, who started and led this protest.

Shooting Sparks Call For Peaceful Gatherings Nationwide

August 13, 2014 Terrell Jermaine Starr, www.alternet.org Organize! Nonviolence, police brutality, Protest, Racism

Less than a month after the choking death of Eric Garner by an NYPD officer, police in Ferguson, Mo., shot 18-year-old Mike Brown to death in broad daylight. Many in the black community were still in shock over Garner's death when photos of Brown's body lying on the pavement began circulating on social media. Feminista Jones, a community activist and blogger, is organizing what she's calling National Moment of Silence 2014 gatherings (or #NMOS14) across the nation, so people can mourn the killings of black people at the hands of law enforcement. In less than 24 hours, Jones' efforts have led to more than 30 vigils being organized around the country, set to begin the same time Thursday at 7pm EST. Jones told AlterNet that the frustration unfolding in the St. Louis area needs to be channeled into calm spaces where people in disenfranchised communities can network and move forward with constructive ways to heal and take action against the injustices that have affected them.

August 16: NYC Solidarity With Blockade Of Israeli Ship

August 11, 2014 Al-Awda NY, www.al-awdany.org Resist! Blockade, Israel, Palestine, Protest, Solidarity

Come out on Saturday, August 16 at 1 PM (42nd & 2nd) in NYC to show your solidarity for this critically important action in Oakland: Join Labor for Palestine, Al-Awda NY: The Palestine Right to Return Coalition, and many others to show support for: Stop Israel at the Port. Zionism isn’t welcome on our Coast! West Coast Blockade of the Israeli Zim Ship. What’s happening? The world has watched in horror as Israel has continued to bombard and devastate Gaza. Millions around the globe have come out in support of the Palestinian people and against the Zionist regime, holding massive marches, demonstrations, and actions. Here in the Bay, San Francisco witnessed some of the biggest mobilizations in recent years, with a series of marches, each bringing out thousands of people. It’s time to step it up.

First Nations Protesters Block Workers’ Access To Mine

August 11, 2014 Amy Judd, www.globalnews.ca Resist! Canada, First Nations, Mining, pollution, Protest

The disaster at the Mount Polley Mine will have long-term consequences for years to come across the whole of the mining industry but specifically for Imperial Metals – the owners of the Cariboo mine and a major resource company in B.C. Earlier this week the company took a huge hit on its stock price and on Friday, near Dease Lake at the Red Chris Mine, First Nations members blocked access to employees. Red Chris is a five-hundred million dollar gold operation that has been front and center in B.C.’s resource sector for a decade. On Friday when construction crews began arriving for work, finishing before the mine goes into full production, they were greeted by protesters who demanded a halt to the work. The company has yet to respond. The disastrous tailings pond breach is also sparking concerns about the Mount Polley Mine owner’s involvement in another project. The Ruddock Creek Mining Corporation is a subsidiary of Imperial Metals. It wants to operate an underground zinc-lead mine 100 kilometres northwest of Revelstoke.

First Hand Experience: Exposing ALEC In Dallas

August 11, 2014 Kit O'Connell, www.mintpressnews.com Resist! ALEC, Corruption, Protest, Texas

We’d gathered at Eddie Deen’s Ranch to interrupt the American Legislative Exchange Council at dinner. I was wearing a pink cowboy hat, temporarily inducted into the CODEPINK Posse, an effort organized by the local branch of the well-known national rabble rousers for peace. About 30 of us stood along the sidewalk outside the Ranch, watched by a half-dozen police officers looking bored, a chatty police detective and a pair of startled horses held by two men dressed as cowboys. Overhead, an airplane circled, towing a warning about corporate corruption. Powerful people in suits laughed at us and snapped smartphone photos as they disembarked from the chartered buses they rode to the Western-themed restaurant. It was July 31 and ALEC was in town for its 41st meeting. After the first of several days of corporate backroom deals at the Hilton Anatole, ALEC’s members wanted to pretend they were cowboys while they ate. The buses kept coming and out poured some of the world’s most powerful: corporate executives, rich investors, state legislators and their families. Though they’d normally disdain public transportation — when they aren’t orchestrating cuts against it in the name of austerity — I imagined the atmosphere on the bus was jovial, as if the “1%” was on a field trip.

Street Protests And Prosecutions Will Not End Police Brutality

August 9, 2014 Sonali Kolhatkar, www.truthdig.com Organize! police brutality, Protest, Racism

“I can’t breathe” was one of the last things 44-year-old Eric Garner said after being arrested by New York Police Department officers and placed in what appears, in a bystander’s video, to be a chokehold. The asthmatic African-American man was being detained on suspicion of illegally selling cigarettes on the sidewalk and died shortly after being taken into custody. With the city medical examiner ruling his death a homicide, it remains to be seen if the cop-friendly Staten Island district attorney will prosecute the law enforcement officers. In another case that resulted not in death but trauma and severe humiliation, a 48-year-old woman in Brooklyn named Denise Stewart, also African-American, was dragged by male officers out of her apartment while she was clothed in only a towel and underwear. They were looking for the source of a domestic violence call that had been made from somewhere in the building and heard shouts coming from Stewart’s unit, but she told officers they had the wrong apartment. Stewart, who, like Garner is asthmatic, was left topless and screaming in desperation for her oxygen. Although she survived the encounter, she has now been charged with assaulting a police officer, and her son and two daughters have also been slapped with charges.

Activities In September In Support Of The Cuban 5

August 9, 2014 Jamaicans In Solidarity With Cuba, www.youthandeldersja.wordpress.com Resist! Cuba, Prison, Protest

From September 12 to October 8, supporters of the Cuban 5 will be organizing activities in cities all over the world and in the United States to bring attention to their 16 years of cruel imprisonment. While Rene Gonzalez and Fernando Gonzalez are back in Cuba after serving their entire sentences, Gerardo Hernandez, Ramón Labañino and Antonio Guerrero remain in U.S. Prisons. These three men are paying a high price for defending their country against terrorism. Instead of the continuation of their imprisonment they deserve to receive medals of honor for their actions. It is long overdue for President Obama to negotiate in good faith with Cuba to reach a humanitarian solution to this case and allow them to return to their loved ones. null The International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban 5 is returning to Washington D.C. after 5 days of activities for the Five in June. Members of the Committee, other solidarity friends and personalities will visit Capitol Hill to follow up on their June visits and organize other activities, including a rally in front of the White House and a Public Forum. Also in San Francisco, CA the committee is organizing a Bicycle Ride in Support of the Cuban 5.

Meet The Jew Arrested For Condemning Israel

August 9, 2014 Gareth Platt, www.ibtimes.co.uk Resist! Gaza, Israel, Palestine, Protest

Every morning since the beginning of Operation Protective Edge, I've woken up feeling nauseous, both anxious and apprehensive to open my computer and catch up on the horrific news coming out of Gaza. I work for Jewish Voice Peace (JVP), an organisation that does sustainable, long-term work towards achieving a just peace for all the people of Israel and Palestine. And yet, I felt compelled this week to escalate my actions to match the urgency of the current moment. My paralysing sense of powerlessness to stop the current violence was briefly lifted by a protest against the American Jewish establishment's support for the devastating assault on Gaza, for which I spent 24 hours in jail this week. As an American Jew, and as a person of conscience, I am angry and heart-sick at the death and destruction being wrought by Israel against Palestinian civilians and their homes, schools and hospitals. As the violence has escalated, people of conscience around the world are also escalating their actions to call on Israel to its end the assault against a trapped and impoverished population in Gaza which has killed over 1450 Palestinians, including over 315 children, to date.

Palestine: The Pulse Of Third World Revolt

August 9, 2014 Bryan Van Hulst, www.truth-out.org Educate! Gaza, Israel, Palestine, Protest

As Israel commits genocide in Gaza, Palestine opens up wounds of colonial trauma connecting Third World people in their struggles with racial injustice, colonial occupation and imperial domination across borders. In song and protest, Third World solidarity with Palestine is imagining a de-colonial liberation that makes other worlds possible. As bombs drop on Gaza yet again, people across the world are turning to the streets in the tens of thousands to express solidarity with the Palestinians. The kind of global protest witnessed today against the ongoing occupation and destruction of native Palestinian life by a western-backed white settler colonial state is far away from being the latest wave of white sentimentality. Palestine is uniting oppressed communities beyond colonial borders and awakening an urgent need for militancy in interconnected struggles against racial injustice, colonial subjugation and imperial domination. To be in solidarity with Palestine today is to be in revolt against centuries of western global dominance; it is to enact a politics of de-colonial liberation that makes other worlds possible.

Anti-Nuclear Activists Say MUSIC NOT M.A.D.NESS

August 9, 2014 Creative Resistance, www.creativeresistance.org Create! Anti-Nuclear, Arts, Creative Resistance, Music, Protest

A Washington State group of anti-nuclear activists will host a weekend event commemorating the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, culminating in a direct action at the largest operational concentration of nuclear weapons in the U.S. arsenal. Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action, a grass roots organization based in Poulsbo, Washington will host its annual weekend event remembering the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 8th and 9th. Each year Ground Zero hosts this event to help people understand the threat of nuclear weapons and engage them in resistance to the Trident nuclear weapons system. This year’s theme is MUSIC NOT M.A.D.NESS. This year’s Hiroshima/Nagasaki remembrance celebrates the power of music to bring people together to work together for social change. The lineup includes Seattle band Chele’s Kitchen, Seattle musician Jim Page, and John Palmes from Juneau, Alaska. Music will feature prominently throughout the weekend, including during a vigil and nonviolent direct action at Bangor on Saturday.

The Movement That Dare Not Speak Its Name In Israel

August 8, 2014 Giles Fraser, www.theguardian.com Educate! Gaza, Israel, Palestine, Peace, Protest

Gideon Levy doesn't want to meet in a coffee bar in Tel Aviv. He is fed up with being hassled in public and spat at, with people not willing to share the table next to him in restaurants. And now he is fed up with the constant presence of his bodyguards, not least because they too have started giving him a hard time about his political views. So he doesn't go out much any more and we sit in the calm of his living room, a few hundred yards from the Yitzhak Rabin Centre. Rabin's assassination by a rightwing Orthodox Jew in 1995 is itself a sobering reminder of the personal cost of peacemaking in Israel. In his column in Haaretz, Levy has long since banged the drum for greater Israeli empathy towards the suffering of the Palestinians. He is a well-known commentator on the left, and one of the few prepared to stick his head above the parapet. Consequently, he is no stranger to opposition from the right. But this time it is different. Yariv Levin, coalition chairman of the Likud-Beytenu faction in the Knesset, recently called for him to be put on trial for treason – a crime which, during wartime, is punishable by death. "It is time we stop regarding despicable phenomena like this with tolerance," Levin said of Levy. Soon after that interview, Eldad Yaniv, a former political adviser to ex-prime minister Ehud Barack, wrote on his Facebook page: "The late Gideon Levy. Get used to it."

Resistance Is Not Futile

August 8, 2014 Rory Fanning, www.truth-out.org Resist! Israel, Protest, Wars and Militarism

The numbers are small, but there are Israeli military resisters actively fighting the occupation of Palestine within the borders of Israel. These draft age teenagers face enormous pressure from their government, family and peers to perpetuate state racism and the siege of the occupied territories. Despite the pressure, these brave Israelis adhere to their conscience and stand for justice in a society that increasingly rejects it. In addition to supporting the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement, resisting the Israeli occupation of Palestine from outside Israel involves standing in solidarity with those Israelis who find the courage to say, "I refuse." It is also the responsibility of US conscientious objectors like myself, to see the struggle of Israeli military resisters as part of our own struggle against US imperialism here at home. Udi Segal, a 19-year-old Israeli from Kibbutz Tuval in north Israel, was sent to jail last week for refusing to enlist in the Israeli military. Segal is tall and skinny, with intense, blue eyes and a long angular face. In an interview with +972 Magazine, his last before being sent to jail, he appeared composed and resolute in his decision, despite his confessed fear of his imminent jail sentence.

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