Protest

Help Activists On Trial For Blockading 40,000 Tons Of Coal

May 17, 2014 IndieGogo, www.indiegogo.com Resist! Climate Change, Coal, Protest, Protesters Arrested

The Lobster Boat Blockade has provided an incredible opportunity for the climate movement to pursue a new legal tactic in our effort to push for immediate and dramatic emissions reductions. Ken and Jay are preparing to mount a "necessity defense" - potentially the first ever in the US climate movement. This is a powerful opportunity to showcase the seriousness of the climate crisis in a court of law, and put climate change on trial. Ken and Jay choose to take this action because they see no alternative - in both practical political terms and as a moral obligation. Ken has worked on climate change since 1989, as both a professional environmentalists and climate activist, and Jay has been an active citizen organizer working on climate since 2008. Neither have been arrested or charged with any crime before, and are good candidates for a watershed trial. Making a necessity defense means they admit their action and argue that the threat of passing the climate change point of no return is evident and immediate, the contribution of coal burning is clear-cut, available legal avenues for averting the crisis have been tried and are inadequate, and therefore, they were justified in taking action to directly prevent further injury.

240 Arrested During TTIP Protest Blocking European Business Summit

May 17, 2014 Revolution News, www.revolution-news.com Resist! Free Trade Agreements, Protest, TTIP

About 500 activists D1-20 Alliance, which brings together farmers, citizens, workers, unemployed or artists gathered Thursday morning in the center of Brussels. They marched to the Egmont Palace, home of the European Business Summit, via the Boulevard de Waterloo, hoping to block the summit. The police, backed by riot police, surrounded the protesters and made arrests. The police also used water-cannons. A total of 240 protesters were arrested administratively, said the spokesman of the police zone Brussels Capital Ixelles, Christian De Coninck. The mayors of the municipalities of Ixelles in Brussels had allowed a procession on the corner of Place Poelaert and Place du Luxembourg. The agreement was also signed with the CSPF and the CNE. The demonstrators did not comply with this agreement, however, as some of them tried to encircle the Egmont Palace where the summit was held, said Christian De Coninck. Those arrested Thursday morning will be released sometime in the afternoon.

Afghan Asylum Seekers In Turkey Sew Lips Together In Protest

May 14, 2014 Alice Speri, www.news.vice.com Resist! Afghanistan, Protest, Refugees, Türkiye

Afghan refugees in Turkey have been protesting outside the UN refugee agency in Ankara for 26 days — denouncing discriminations against them and accusing the agency of taking too long to process their asylum requests, leaving them stuck in Turkey in "unbelievably difficult" conditions. Dozens of Afghans have been sitting outside the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) headquarters day and night in a makeshift camp that is home also to about 40 children, according to local reports. As their cries for a fairer screening process and better conditions in Turkey went unheard, about 12 of them went on a hunger strike and sew their lips in protest. 'Why don’t you do anything for us?' "Afghan refugees and asylum seekers have come to the streets of Ankara to convey their demands which are based on the fundamental rights of asylum seekers to the UNHCR’s deaf ears," the group said in a statement. "The refugees' rights are violated by UNHCR incompetence and Afghan refugees are deprived of their fundamental rights."

Milwaukee Teachers Flood School Board Budget Meeting

May 14, 2014 Occupy Madison, www.facebook.com Resist! Education, Protest, Teachers

Milwaukee Teachers' Education Association members are standing up for their students tonight. Milwaukee Public School educators have flooded tonight's MPS School Board budget meeting. One by one, they are stepping up to the podium, during public testimony, to demand their students be given art, music, and physical education. They are also calling for a budget that gives students access to a library staffed with a full time librarian. Please SHARE this post if you agree with their demands.

Millions To March Against Monsanto On May 24

May 13, 2014 March Against Monsanto, www.march-against-monsanto.com Resist! Monsanto, Protest

On May 24, millions of activists from around the world will once again March Against Monsanto, calling for the permanent boycott of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and other harmful agro-chemicals. Currently, marches will occur on six continents, in 52 countries,with events in over 400 cities. In the US, solidarity marches are slated to occur in 47 states. A comprehensive list of marches can be accessed at www.march-against-monsanto.com. Tami Monroe Canal, founder of March Against Monsanto (MAM), was inspired to start the movement to protect her two daughters. “Monsanto’s predatory business and corporate agricultural practices threatens their generation’s health, fertility and longevity. MAM supports a sustainable food production system. We must act now to stop GMOs and harmful pesticides.” GMOs are not adequately monitored to ensure public safety. Long term, independent, peer reviewed studies were not conducted before GMOs were introduced for human or animal consumption. In the USA, the revolving door between Monsanto employees, government positions, and regulatory authorities has led to key Monsanto figures occupying positions of power at the FDA and EPA. Monsanto has spent hundreds of millions of dollars to obstruct all labeling attempts; they also suppress any research containing results not in their favor.

International Day Of Resistance Against 2014 World Cup

May 13, 2014 15M, www.comitepopularsp.wordpress.com Resist! Brazil, Protest, world cup

What will be the legacy of the 2014 soccer world cup? 9 deaths during the renovation of/in the soccer arenas of the world cup. 250,000 people forcefully removed from their homes. Street vendors and independent artists who are forbidden to work. Women, children, and adolescents who suffer from sexual exploitation. Homeless people who suffer violence and "hygienisation" (are expelled from the downtown area); Private corporations taking care of public space and streets. Elitisation of the soccer stadiums. Billions invested in armament of the police to use against the people. Laws declaring state of emergency and criminalising demonstrations. An immense and questionable public debt the people will have to pay. For this legacy, we hold responsible the corporations sponsoring the FIFA world cup, the construction companies, the mafias FIFA and CBF (Brazilian soccer federation), the municipal, state, and federal governments, as well as the legislative an judicial branches!

The People Are Bigger Than Pipelines

May 13, 2014 Jason Mogus, www.defendourclimate.ca Resist! Pipelines, Protest

Despite industry’s mad rush to build pipelines in every direction, or maybe because of it, Canadians (and Americans) are stepping up to say no, and demanding real climate action and a different future from our leaders. Saturday’s day of action happened in almost 100 communities all across Canada, and was but one stop in many years of growing protests. Did you know in one week’s time, our American friends are organizing their own day of action against dirty fuels? Let’s look at how opposition has formed around the 5 major pipeline projects proposed to expand the tar sands to climate killing levels. The people will stop Enbridge. Period. Stephen Harper is set to decide on the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline within a month, and we all know what he’s going to do. But a united wall of opposition led by First Nations, backed by dozens of local governments, hundreds of large and small grassroots organizations, and masses of BC’s citizens will do whatever it takes to stop it in its tracks. There are at least 8 lawsuits currently filed to stop the project, many led by First Nations who have powerful treaty rights precedents on their side.

Group Challenges Restrictions At Pipeline Hearings

May 12, 2014 Mark Hume, www.theglobeandmail.com Educate! Canada, Pipeline, Protest

National Energy Board restrictions on who can participate in the Kinder Morgan pipeline review are being challenged by a group of people who say they have been robbed of their right to free speech. In a notice of motion, the NEB is being asked to reject as unconstitutional recent federal legislative changes to the National Energy Board Act that limit public participation in hearings on Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion proposal. “As a result, NEB hearings have lost their essential purpose. If the public cannot be heard, the public interest cannot be assessed,” said David Martin, legal counsel to the applicants. The project would twin a pipeline that has been in operation for 60 years. It would nearly triple, from 300,000 to 890,000 barrels per day, the amount of oil being shipped. If it goes ahead, tanker traffic will increase through Vancouver harbour and around the southern tip of Vancouver Island.

MAM 2014: New Ordinance May Threaten First Amendment Rights At March Against Monsanto St. Louis

May 12, 2014 Revolution News, www.revolution-news.com Resist! Freedom of Speech and Assembly, Monsanto, Protest

March Against Monsanto is gearing up for another worldwide protest against the agrochemical giant. Almost 300 protests are scheduled on May 24, 2014 from Alaska to New Zealand. You can view all the events scheduled here or check the live map for MAM 2014 protests in your area. A protest is scheduled for Monsanto’s world headquarters in Saint Louis, MO, the same location where protests were held in January 2014. Several protesters from the Fishy Fleet along with the Seralini rat were arrested then. Monsanto HQ is located in the municipality of Creve Coeur, MO. A new ordinance amending section 345.080 of the Code of Ordinances seems designed to limit protesters’ free speech. The ordinance which would make it illegal to stand on the medians in Creve Coeur, went through its first reading at the Creve Coeur City Council meeting on April 28, 2014. It will go through its second reading on Monday, May, 21, 2014. If the ordinance passes it will be illegal for MAM STL protesters to stand in the median during the May 24th protest at Monsanto headquarters. Without the ordinance, police still have the authority to make protesters leave the median if they deem it a safety issue.

Dominion Cove Point Is Risky Business

May 9, 2014 Anne Meador, www.dcmediagroup.us Resist! Oil and Gas, Protest, SEC

Dominion Resources convened its annual shareholder meeting on May 7 in Cleveland, Ohio amidst controversy surrounding its plans to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal in southern Maryland. Protestors from Maryland, Virginia and Ohio environmental groups gathered outside the meeting to demonstrate against the Cove Point plant. They believe LNG export from Cove Point will incentivize fracking in the region and lead to greater greenhouse gas emissions. Dominion also has to contend with a complaint filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on May 6, claiming that it has been deceptive about the environmental and financial risks associated with the Cove Point terminal. Several environmental groups and a single shareholder sent a letter to the SEC citing significant financial and environmental risks associated with the project. Regulatory hurdles and litigation have already set the start of construction back at least six months. A Dominion executive disclosed the delay in a quarterly conference call but not in the SEC filing. Dominion has also resisted having a comprehensive Environmental Impact Statement for Cove Point, which might reveal impacts on operations in a facility located in an environmentally sensitive area.

Public Outcry On Net Neutrality Rules Puts Pressure On FCC

May 9, 2014 Anne Meador and John Zangas, www.dcmediagroup.us Resist! FCC, Internet Freedom, Net Neutrality, Occupy, Protest

Commissioners on an FCC panel which could determine the future of the Internet are feeling the heat this week as protest intensifies against a new set of Open Internet rules proposed by Chair Tom Wheeler. Advocates for Net Neutrality claim the rules would result in just the opposite of a free and open Internet, and their outrage has sparked a massive reaction. Apparently the din has reached the ears of commissioners, and they’re having an effect. FCC Commissioner Jennifer Rosenworcel is urging Wheeler to delay consideration of new rules for at least a month. “I believe that rushing headlong into a rulemaking next week fails to respect the public response to his proposal,” she said. On Thursday another commissioner came out against the plan. “I have grave concerns about the Chairman’s proposal on Internet regulation and do not believe that it should be considered at the Commission’s May meeting,” said Ajit Pai in a statement. A third commissioner has stated his commitment “to preserve an ever-free and open Internet.” “Over 100,000 Americans have spoken,” wrote Mygnon Clyburn on the FCC website, referring to tens of thousands of emails and hundreds of phone calls received by the FCC. “I am listening to your voices.”

Georgia Right To Peace Walk Calls Attention To Killer Drones

May 7, 2014 Maria Luisa, www.soaw.org Resist! Protest, SOA Watch

After 8 days and 120 miles, the Georgia Right to Peace Walk, sponsored and organized by the Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition (GPJC), came to an exciting end. The walk, which began at the gates of Ft. Benning, aimed to call attention and raise awareness about the research, development, testing and use of the new generation of killer drones by the US, as well as call for the closing of the SOA/WHINSEC. It was on the first day of the Walk that we dignified the memory of Bishop Gerardi of Guatemala, who was murdered by SOA grad Col. Byron Lima Estrada on April 26, 1998. Gerardi spearheaded the ad-hoc truth commission report, Guatemala: ¡Nunca Más!, which systematized for the first time - through the testimonies of the survivors - the gross human rights violations that were committed during the 36-year internal armed conflict. 16 years after Gerardi's assassination, we continue to call for memory, truth, and justice in Guatemala, as the political situation worsens and the State apparatus continues to criminalize and terrorize communities in resistance to neoliberal economic policies and extractive industries that threaten their very existence.

Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards Campaign Against Coal Mess

May 7, 2014 South Appalachian Mountain Stewards, www.facebook.com Resist! Coal, Protest

Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards is launching a new effort to draw attention to the reckless practices of West Virginia Coal Baron Billionaire, Jim Justice. Justice owns Southern Coal, based in Roanoke, VA, and a multitude of subsidiaries across Central Appalachia. Justice has drawn heat in recent years for failing to settle debts with contractors, allegedly illegally laying off workers, and for hundreds of violations on his surface mines in the four-state region of Central Appalachia (SW VA, E KY, NE TN, S WV). Join SAMS as we call on Jim Justice to clean up his mess, pay his debts, and to stop poisoning our water. Learn more about our campaign: http://www.justicetojustice.com/ Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards (SAMS) is an organization of concerned community members and their allies who are working to stop the destruction of our communities by surface coal mining, to improve the quality of life in our area, and to help rebuild sustainable communities. We support safe and responsible underground mining and work for the diversification of our coalfield economies.

Are you ready to win? Strategy for stopping pipelines!

May 7, 2014 Robert Ages, www.rabble.ca Strategize! Pipeline, Protest

It's been an exciting few weeks for the anti-pipeline movement. There is strong opposition to the Energy East and Line 9 proposals from the prairies to the east coast; west of the Rockies the fight against fracking and bitumen pipelines is heating up. People are busily preparing to intervene in the NEB's Kinder Morgan hearings. Hundreds attended weekend direct action workshops in Victoria and Vancouver. The traditional land defenders of the Unist'ot'en are gearing up in response to threats from the provincial government and corporations pushing their fracked gas project across the north. But among all this activity there is something missing: the sense of confidence that comes from having a clear and coherent strategy. The wind is in the sails but no one is at the helm. The good news is that when I was up north at the Unistoten blockade camp in February with other anti-pipeline activists we brainstormed the winning strategy.

Protesters At Wells Fargo Annual Meeting Blast Predatory Lending

May 7, 2014 Patrick Danner, www.sfgate.com Resist! Protest, Shareholder activism, Wells Fargo

Struggling homeowners continue to encounter problems with Wells Fargo, said Josh Zinner, co-director of the New Economy Project, one of the three groups that filed the stockholder proposal. Those problems include lost paperwork, endless delays and wrongful denials on loan modifications. "We see these problems particularly in communities of color," Zinner said. Wells Fargo spokesman Ancel Martinez said the bank strongly disagrees. "We've worked tirelessly in the past few years to ensure homeowners remain in their homes (and) we are deeply invested in seeing their communities thrive," Martinez said. "Wells Fargo is in large part a part of the solution for peoples' financial needs." The stockholder proposal, which Wells Fargo opposed, was soundly defeated, with 83 percent of the votes cast against it. Roxanna Zamora, 49, of Whittier (Los Angeles County) told Stumpf she has breast and spine cancer and faces losing her house in foreclosure next month because Wells Fargo won't modify her loan. "If cancer doesn't kill me, Wells Fargo will," Zamora said.

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