Protest

Hong Kong Protesters Evolve To Non-Cooperation Movement

December 15, 2014 Joyce Ng and Samuel Chan, www.scmp.com Resist! China, Hong Kong, Occupy Central, Protest

Students and civic groups are launching a "non-cooperation movement" - urging people to delay paying their public-housing rent and to pay tax bills in small and symbolic amounts - as an offshoot of the Occupy prodemocracy protests. Alex Chow Yong-kang, secretary general of the Federation of Students, said yesterday the actions were legal and busy workers unable to join previous protests could take part. "Occupy is taking on different forms. While the government has no timetable for universal suffrage, we do have a timetable to fight for it and challenge the legitimacy of the government," Chow said.

Mexican Activists Crucify Themselves, Sew Lips In Protest (VIDEO)

December 13, 2014 RT, www.rt.com Resist! Mexico, Protest

Three protesters crucified themselves in front of the State Congress building in Mexico's Cintalapa on Friday, demanding the release of an activist charged with cattle rustling who was defending the rights of the indigenous population. The activists of the 'Peasant Front Ricardo Flores Magon' anarchist movement, Lucirelia Gomez Sanchez, Juana Gomez Gomez and Asuncion Rodriguez Gomez, were tied to wooden crosses while five other protesters sewed up their own lips to mark the beginning of a 15-day hunger strike. Activist Lucirelia Gomez Sanchez was taken to a local hospital with health problems. The protest was organized in support of the fellow activist Florentino Gomez Giron, who has been imprisoned for six months on charges of cattle rustling.

Thousands March For Climate Justice In Lima, Peru

December 11, 2014 Mariette Le Roux, www.rappler.com Resist! Climate Change, Peru, Protest, United Nations

Thousands of people marched in central Lima against the abuse of Earth's resources Wednesday, December 10, urging ministers haggling over a world climate deal to ensure a global switch to 100% clean energy by 2050. Students, environmentalists, workers, women's defenders, anti-poverty activists and indigenous groups joined the "People's Climate March" in the Peruvian capital, chanting "Water yes, gold no!" and "The water is ours!" The colorful line of festive demonstrators snaked its way through the city, accompanied by rhythmic drumming and brass bands. Police estimated the crowd at some 1,800 people, but Agence France-Presse witnessed many times that and organizers said some 15,000 turned out.

South Korean LGBT Activists Occupy Seoul City Hall

December 9, 2014 John Wright, www.facebook.com Resist! LGBT, Protest, South Korea

South Korean LGBT activists began a sit-in at Seoul City Hall over the weekend to protest the mayor's decision to delay a proposed human rights charter because it includes language banning discrimination against gays. Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon (right), a former human rights lawyer, made headlines when he expressed support for same-sex marriage earlier this year. But Won-soon, a potential future presidential candidate, reportedly caved to political pressure from the right, including calls for his impeachment, over the human rights charter. WonsoonThe Seoul Municipal Government appointed a Citizens Committee of 164 experts to draft the human rights charter, which fulfilled a 2011 campaign promise from Won-soon.

Learning The Jails

December 9, 2014 Faith Meckley, www.viridorari.blogspot.com Resist! Civil Disobedience, Energy, Environment, Jail, Protest, Seneca Lake

I've never had much experience with jails. I was briefly introduced to a holding cell in Washington D.C.'s Anacostia police station in March of this year after refusing to move from the White House sidewalk while protesting the KXL Pipeline. I stood in there for ten minutes with five other female college students before I was processed and released. However, I now find myself quickly becoming familiarized with the procedures and expectations of Schuyler, Chemung, and Yates County Jails as the We Are Seneca Lake civil disobedience campaign continues into December.Schuyler County does not house women. Schuyler also does not constantly heat the jail, and it often gets cold. It is important to bring in spare clothing for inmates within 24 hours of their incarceration so they can stay warm.

Dec. 10th: Rally For States’ Right To Require GMO Labeling

December 8, 2014 Organic Consumers Association, www.salsa3.salsalabs.com Organize! Capitalism, GMOs, Law, Protest

The battle for the right to know if your food contains genetically modified organisms (GMOs) could come to a screeching halt with the signing of one bill in Congress. We need to stop that bill in its tracks. H.R. 4432—the DARK (Deny Americans the Right to Know) ACT—was introduced by Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.) at the bidding of Monsanto, Big Food and the Koch Brothers. If passed, H.R. 4432 will strip your state of the right to pass a GMO labeling law. The DARK ACT will have its first hearing on Capitol Hill, on December 10. If we don’t turn out in numbers to protest this bill, our voice could be silenced.

Corporate Lawyer & Farm-Hand Continue Week Of Protest

December 6, 2014 Front Line Action, www.frontlineaction.org Resist! Coal, Energy, Environment, Protest

Sustained protest against Whitehaven Coal’s controversial Maules Creek mine in the Leard State Forest continues this morning, as two men chained themselves to a concrete barrel at Whitehaven Coal’s Gunnedah coal handling and preparation plant. 31 year old Maules Creek farm-hand Adam Ryan and 37 year old, Sydney based father and corporate lawyer, Matthew Drake-Brockman have taken action to protest against what Drake-Brockman describes as the ‘lax approval processes’ that allowed the scandal-plagued mine to go ahead. Mr Ryan, born in nearby Wee Waa, cited concerns about mining impacts on water and the subsequent effect on the local agricultural industry, saying “this mine is destroying the community that I have known my whole life.

Occupy Protesters In Mong Kok Take To The ‘Shopping Tour’

December 5, 2014 Samuel Chan, www.scmp.com Resist! China, Hong Kong, Occupy Central, Protest

Traffic may have returned to the Mong Kok protest zone, but last week's clearance of the encampment has given rise to a new form of protest known as the "shopping tour", with activists taking to the crowded footpaths to convey their political message. Participants say it is more fun and a pleasant change from camping on the tarmac, plus it is proving even more effective as a strain on police manpower. Every night since last Friday, dozens of protesters have gathered outside a cinema on Sai Yeung Choi Street South. They watch movie trailers while chanting spontaneous slogans inspired by images on the screen. Then they roam the footpaths, obstructing commerce while evading police.

Basketball Player Ariyana Smith Says Protest ‘Last Resort’

December 4, 2014 Tom Loewy, www.galesburg.com Resist! Ferguson, police brutality, Protest

Ariyana Smith is a 19-year-old African-American woman. A junior and integrated international studies major at Knox College. And a forward on the women's basketball team. Last week Smith decided to be something else. "It was after our game last Tuesday against Rockford College," Smith said. "We played at home and after the game we were at one of the players' apartments, and I was watching my Twitter feed and seeing pictures from Ferguson. People being tear-gassed. People being arrested. "I saw people putting themselves out on that line. Standing up to call attention to the fact black lives matter. And I decided it was time to put myself on that line, too. It was time for me to stand up and be counted."

Protesting Pipeline Was My Obligation As Scientist, Citizen, Parent

November 27, 2014 Alejandro Frid, www.vancouverobserver.com Resist! Energy, Environment, Oil & Gas, Protest

Consistent with these tactics, Harper tasked the National Energy Board (NEB) with examining whether building new pipelines that enable increased exploitation of bitumen from the Alberta tar sands is in the best interest of Canadians. Proposed infrastructure under current NEB “scrutiny” include the Trans Mountain pipeline by Houston-based Kinder Morgan, which would increase the capacity to transport tar sands bitumen to an export port in Vancouver, and the Northern Gateway pipeline, which would transport bitumen to the export port of Kitimat. The NEB has approved Northern Gateway and appears to be well on its way to doing the same for Trans Mountain.

Thousands Rally Against Cuts To Canadian Health Services

November 26, 2014 Ontario Health Coalition, www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca Resist! Canada, Health Care, Protest

Many thanks to the thousands of people who came out to the November 21 Rally at Queen’s Park. Thanks to your support and hard work, the event was a huge success! The sun was shining as more than 3000 participants from across Ontario gathered to call on Ontario’s government to Stop the Cuts and Privatization of healthcare services and Save Our Community Hospitals. Here are some photos from the event. If you have photos to share, please send them to us by email at ohc@sympatico.ca or post them to our “Save Medicare” facebook page!

Activists Go On Hunger Strike Against Homeless Laws

November 25, 2014 Mark Douglas, www.wfla.com Resist! Florida, Homelessness, Hunger Strike, Protest

Tampa activists Dezeray Lyn and Chris Mince are joining two South Florida food sharing activists on a hunger strike to protest a recent crackdown on feeding the hungry in Ft. Lauderdale. "There's nothing that would stop me from expressing my humanity for the people I've grown to live,"said Lyn. The arrest of 90-year-old Arnold Abbott, a longtime social activist who feeds the homeless in Ft. Lauderdale, has sparked national attention and outrage among people who routinely organize food sharing in parks. Lyn says one of her fellow activists in South Florida has now gone without food for 22 days and another hasn't eaten anything in 11 days to protest the food sharing crackdown.

The People Behind Kinder Morgan Protest

November 24, 2014 Tiffany Crawford, www.vancouversun.com Resist! Civil Disobedience, Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Protest

Quarmby, a science professor at Simon Fraser University and chairwoman of SFU’s molecular biology and biochemistry department, was arrested on Friday. She is named as a defendant in a Kinder Morgan lawsuit and has been the public face leading the opposition to the pipeline in Burnaby. Quarmby has been quoted as saying that the National Energy Board process “is a sham.” She argues the process does not allow any consideration of climate change at a time that climate change is the biggest problem facing society. A mother and an environmentalist, Quarmby’s concerns lie with the environment and protecting it for future generations.

Former Amazon Employee Set For Hunger Strike At Seattle HQ

November 24, 2014 Lanre Bakare and Oliver Laughland, www.theguardian.com Resist! Labor Rights, Protest

A former Amazon employee embroiled in a legal battle with the online retailer is set to go on hunger strike in an attempt to force the company to change business practices which he calls “deceptive and fraudulent”. Kivin Varghese plans to start his vigil on Tuesday outside Amazon’s headquarters in Seattle in order to raise awareness of what he alleges are poor business practices and employee treatment by the company. “I think if Amazon customers took a few minutes to look at this and see how Amazon treats employees they’d be shocked,” he said.

Activists Continue 2nd Day Of Wheeler Hall Occupation

November 22, 2014 Alexander Barreira And Heyun Jeong, www.dailycal.org Resist! Education, Protest, Student Activism

Fighting against tuition increases and, at times, their own exhaustion, students and community activists continued to occupy Wheeler Hall and protest throughout campus Thursday. The occupation began Wednesday evening after a vote by the UC Board of Regents to move forward with a proposed tuition hike policy, which was officially approved Thursday morning. UC Berkeley students voted to occupy the building as well as conduct a walkout Monday. As of 11 p.m. Thursday, more than 300 individuals remained in the building. The lobby of Wheeler Hall remained crowded with about 50 to more than 100 people at different times throughout the day.

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