Protest

Lebanon – What If It Fell?

August 31, 2015 Andre Vltchek, www.informationclearinghouse.info Educate! Lebanon, Protest, Public Health

By Andre Vltchek in Information Clearing House - 24 hours after the concert, a crowd clashed with the Lebanese security forces in the center of Beirut, near the government palace. Dozens were injured and on 24 August, it was reported that one person died in the hospital. The “You stink” movement first organized the protests. Thousands of people hit the streets in response to an ongoing garbage crisis, which, according to many, has made the already difficult life in Beirut almost unbearable. “You Stink”! For 18 years, the government was unable (or unwilling) to build a permanent garbage-recycling site. For 18 years, poor villagers near the “provisory” garbage dumping grounds were suffering, getting poisoned, dying from unusually high level of cancer and from respiratory diseases. Then, finally, they said “Halas! Enough.”

Julian Bond’s Final Speech: ‘We Must Practice Dissent’

August 22, 2015 Julian Bond, www.PopularResistance.org Strategize! Civil Disobedience, Dissent, Protest

By Julian Bond, As King counseled, every man of humane convictions must decide on the protest that best suits his convictions, but we all must protest. And protest we did. And in so doing, we helped to end the war, and we changed history. Now we have both a Vietnam Memorial and a Martin Luther King Memorial. But we don’t tell the truth about either. Honoring returning soldiers doesn’t make the war honorable, be it Vietnam or Afghanistan or Iraq. And the best way to honor our soldiers is to bring them safely home. We practiced dissent then. We must practice dissent now. We must, as Dr. King taught us, "move beyond the prophesying of smooth patriotism to the high grounds of a firm dissent based upon the mandates of conscience and the reading of history." As King said then, and as even more true now. . .

Homeless New Yorkers Protest Police Stigmatization

August 19, 2015 Emma Whitford, www.occupythebronx.org Resist! Homeless, New York City (NYC), police brutality, Protest

By Emma Whitford in Occupy The Bronx - Dozens of homeless New Yorkers and advocates rallied on the steps of city hall this afternoon to single out and condemn the NY Post’s recurring portrayal of the homeless as dehumanized, quality-of-life case studies, as well as the Sergeants Benevolent Association’s recent public solicitation of photographs ofhomeless people engaging in “quality-of-life offenses of every type.” “We’re here today because we’re disgusted by the treatment of homeless people in our city,” said Alyssa Aguilera, the Political Director for Vocal New York. “We’re tired of the criminalization and stigmatization of homeless people who are struggling, and need housing, and who need social services. Instead they are being targeted by the police.” According to the SBA, civilian documentation of the homeless is a valid response to those who exercise their right to surveil the NYPD.

Protest Movements Are Changing Public Opinion

August 16, 2015 Peter Dreier, www.salon.com Resist! #BlackLivesMatter, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Occupy, OWS, Protest

By Peter Dreier for Salon - By introducing the phrase “black lives matters” into our culture – primarily through the use of social media but also by engaging in protest and civil disobedience – BLM has shifted public opinion. A new Pew Research Center poll discovered that the number of Americans who believe that changes are needed to give African-Americans equal rights has swelled from 46 percent to 59 percent just in the past year. Among white Americans, the number has increased from 39 percent to 53 percent. Among Republicans, it spiked from 27 percent to 42 percent. This growing awareness has triggered calls for reform of police practices by politicians from President Barack Obama to local mayors. That BLM met with initial skepticism and criticism should come as no surprise. This happens to all protest movements when they first appear.

Indigenous Grad Students Protest Boy Scouts

August 15, 2015 Matthew Argillander and Ryan Kryska, www.statenews.com Resist! culture, indigenous, Protest

By Matthew Argillander and Ryan Kryska in The State News - If you've been on MSU's campus this week, you have most likely noticed the presence of the Boy Scouts of America and the Order of the Arrow for their centennial exhibition. After Phillip Rice, a music composition graduate student and member of the Order of the Arrow, sent an opinion letter to The State News expressing displeasure with the event being held at MSU, Shelbi Meissner, a member of the Indigenous Graduate Student Collective and descendent of the Luiseno and Cupeño in Southern-California, teamed up with Rice at Spartan Statue to protest the group's use of Native American culture and imagery.

FERC Gets Earful: Scores Turn Up The Heat On Pipeline Regulations

August 1, 2015 Richie Davis, www.recorder.com Resist! Environment, FERC, Law, Oil Pipeline, Protest

By Richie Davis in The Recorder - Federal regulators got an earful Wednesday night from nearly 600 people at an environmental scoping hearing on Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.’s proposed Northeast Energy Direct project. The region’s entire state legislative delegation, Congressman James McGovern and many others of the dozens of people who signed up late in the afternoon to speak in a nearly packed Greenfield Middle School auditorium buzzing with fans called on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to postpone the scoping process that will guide the planned environmental impact statement on TGP’s proposed project for which the company plans to file an application in October and have in service in the fall of 2018.

OpenTheGovernment.Org Joins Protest Opposing Cybersecurity Bill

July 29, 2015 Open The Government, www.openthegovernment.org Resist! Cyber Security, Protest, Surveillance

By Open The Government - As the U.S. Senate prepares to take up the Cybersecurity Information Sharing (“CISA”) Act, S. 754, open government organizations, privacy and civil liberties defenders, security experts, and tech companies are mobilizing to voice opposition to the bill. OpenTheGovernment.org is particularly concerned with the harm the bill would do to the Freedom of Information Act and transparency more generally. Open government organizations sent letters to Congress in June, and in March of this year, calling on the Senate to oppose the bill. CISA would add a new exemption to the Freedom of Information Act for the first time since 1967. Section 10 of the bill provides that any and all “information shared with or provided to the Federal Government pursuant to the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015” is exempt from disclosure under FOIA—even if it is private information unrelated to a cybersecurity threat.

Nude Swimmers Protests As Public Beach Closed For Saudi Royal Family

July 29, 2015 Peter Allen, www.mirror.co.uk Resist! Piublic, Protest, Saudi Arabia

By Peter Allen in The Mirror - Nude swimmers joined demonstrators protesting at the Saudi royal family getting exclusive use of a beach. More than 100,000 people have signed a petition furious that King Salman and his party of 1,000 relatives and staff have taken over public sands on the French Riviera. One resident who lives next to Mirandole Beach in Vallauris said: “The fact they are allowed to pay to shut it off is an outrage. “This is public property, a place everybody should be allowed to enjoy, not just very rich Saudis.” King Salman, 79, arrived on Saturday in a motorcade of armoured limousines. Protesters who tried to get near his £5million holiday villa were warned they would be arrested. An official said closing the beach was consistent with a visit by a head of state.

Protests To Stop TPP By Land And Sea

July 28, 2015 Flush The TPP!, www.flushthetpp.org Resist! Finance and the Economy, Hawaii, Protest, TPP

By Flush The TPP! - Hundreds of local residents and representatives from international advocacy groups are gathering on the shore of Kā‘anapali Coast to express their opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) because it would sacrifice fundamental protections for public health, the environment, local jobs, and indigenous rights in order to enrich a few major corporations. “The TPP is a threat to our sovereignty as Native Hawaiians, and as human beings,” said Kaleikoa Ka‘eo, professor of Hawaiian Studies at the University of Hawai‘i. “This secret trade agreement would allow corporations to control decisions about how we live without any accountability to us, the people of this land. We call on everyone who cares about the environment, public health, jobs, and basic human rights for Hawaiians and all people to join us on Wednesday for a gathering on Kā‘anapali Beach.”

San Diego Activists Go All In For Anti-Alec Protests

July 21, 2015 Doug Porter, www.sandiegofreepress.org Resist! ALEC, California, Conservative, Protest, San Diego

By Doug Porter in San Diego Free Press - A wide range of organizations, some of whom rarely get involved in non-electoral politics, are calling upon San Diegans to put on their protesting shoes during the upcoming annual meeting of the American Legislative Council (ALEC). Protests, press conferences, teach-ins, rallies and guerrilla theater will be happening throughout the coming week commencing on Tuesday, July 21st as ALEC delegates are checking in. Buses will coming in from the Los Angeles/Long Beach areas on Wednesday for what organizers expect will be the largest events of the week. Today’s column will focus on the already-announced activities (there are more coming, I’m told). On Friday, I focused on the line up of speakers, including Sen. Ted Cruz, Gov. Scott Walker and former Gov.Mike Huckabee, along with San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer.

Driver Knocks Several Protesters To Ground In Albany, California

July 21, 2015 Debora Villalon, www.wn.ktvu.com Resist! Community Garden, Food and Agriculture, Occupy the Farm, Protest

By Debora Villalon in KTVU - A protest march in Albany became even more impassioned Thursday evening, after a driver tore through the demonstration, knocking a few people to the ground. It happened on San Pablo Avenue, as a group of about 60 "Occupy the Farm" activists made their way back to two disputed lots slated for commercial development. "Farm in, Sprouts out, farm in, Sprouts out," the crowd chanted, declaring their opposition to a Sprouts grocery store on land owned by U.C. Berkeley. They have long lobbied for a community garden on the fenced-off plot. U.C. Police were monitoring the gathering, and Albany Police were escorting the march, when a Cadillac blaring its horn drove into the midst of the group. When protesters reacted angrily, pounding on the car, the driver hit the gas and sent one woman tumbling.

Protests Planned For TPP Ministerial Meeting In Hawaii

July 18, 2015 Mackenzie McDonald Wilkins, www.flushthetpp.org Resist! Finance and the Economy, Free Trade, Hawaii, Protest, TPP

By Mackenzie McDonald Wilkins in Flush the TPP - In less than two weeks, from July 28-31, “the United States will host a meeting of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Trade Ministers in Maui, Hawaii, preceded by a meeting of TPP Chief Negotiators from July 24-27” (USTR). People in Hawaii are leading the charge to organize protests in opposition to the meetings. The protests will educate and unite people on Hawaii against corporate imperial “trade” deals that will threaten indigenous sovereignty on the island, increase the use of GMO crops, diminish worker rights, and reward multinationals that pollute the environment on the islands and around the world. There will also be solidarity actions across the country. Many of the countries involved in the TPP negotiations are ready to close the deal, despite major concerns from other countries.

Mass Protests In Tokyo As Japan Moves To Ditch Pacifism

July 17, 2015 David McNeill, www.irishtimes.com Resist! Japan, Protest, Wars and Militarism

By David McNeill in Irish Times - Thousands of demonstrators have surrounded Japan’s parliament after the Lower House passed controversial security bills that critics say will dramatically change the country’s defence posture and hollow out its pacifist constitution. Most members of Japan’s opposition parties walked out of the chamber in protest before the vote Thursday afternoon. But the coalition government’s two-thirds majority meant they were easily approved. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants Japan’s armed forces to join in military activities abroad and defend allies under attack - principally the United States - a policy he has dubbed “proactive pacifism.” “The security environment surrounding Japan continues to get tougher,” Mr Abe said after the vote. “These bills are absolutely necessary to protect the lives of Japanese people and prevent wars.”

A Moment That Changed Me – The Day I Discovered Protest

July 17, 2015 Ellie Mae O'Hagan, www.theguardian.com Resist! Activism, Iraq War, Protest, Taxes, United Kingdom (UK)

By Ellie Mae O'Hagan in The Guardian - It was an email. It read: “No, but you could always organise something.” It arrived in my inbox on a Wednesday afternoon in October 2010. At the time I was working in a poorly paid job in Liverpool, unsure of what I wanted to do with my life, bored out of my mind and fidgety about the recently elected coalition government, which was teetering on the edge of enacting “swingeing” cuts to the public sector. At some point that day – 11am, I think – I was idly scrolling through Twitter (some things don’t change) and I noticed something stirring. A group of activists hadoccupied Vodafone’s flagship store in protest against the company’s alleged tax avoidance. .They shut Vodafone down. It was amazing: new, young, immediate, exciting – and totally different from the A-to-B marches I’d taken part in beforethe UK invaded Iraq in 2003.

Patti Smith’s Summer Of Rebellion

July 7, 2015 John Nichols, www.billmoyers.com Educate! Europe, Music, Protest, Wikileaks

By John Nichols in Bill Moyers - Patti Smith has electrified Europe over the past several weeks with a series of concerts that have been as politically bold as they have been musically rich. Touring to mark the 40th anniversary of her first album, Horses, the American rocker’s performances are anything but a nostalgia trip. At 68, Smith remains a vital and provocative artist with a radical message for the 21st century: “We are all being f—ed by corporations, by the military! We are free people, and we want the world and we want it now!” This is protest music. But it is protest with a fierce edge that seamlessly weaves a new politics into a rich legacy of rock-and-roll rebellion. Smith is not preaching to the converted, nor is she mouthing talking points.

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