Protest

Homeless Advocates: Stop Criminalizing Homelessness

November 21, 2014 Andrew Klein, www.truth-out.org Resist! Homelessness, Protest, San Francisco

The names of the five individuals shot and killed by police officers of the Bay Area Rapid Transit system (BART) emanated from a bullhorn at a recent San Francisco rally, protesting BART's treatment of the city's homeless. For the activists lining the walls of the Powell Street BART Station on this Saturday morning in November, the BART police shootings underscored the injustice of an institution, which, for its detractors, has become synonymous with racial profiling, police brutality and abuse of power. The rally, which its organizers labeled a "sleep-in," centered on a policy ratified in July 2014, which allows BART police to arrest or issue citations to anyone resting or sleeping against the walls of BART stations. Those in attendance were aiming to reverse that specific policy, but they located their campaign within a broader effort to both reform the conduct of BART police and combat the general marginalization of San Francisco's poor.

Sawant Among Those Arrested At Minimum Wage Protest

November 21, 2014 Cathy McLain and Paige Cornwell, www.seattletimes.com Resist! Kshama Sawant, Living Wage, Protest

Seattle City Councilwoman Kshama Sawant was arrested after she failed to disperse during a protest outside of Alaska Airlines headquarters in SeaTac Wednesday evening. Sawant was one of four people arrested when they stayed in the middle of a street at a protest calling for a $15 minimum wage for all workers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The other people arrested were a cargo handler, a former airport worker and a church reverend. Sawant said before the protest started that it was her “obligation as a public servant” to exercise civil disobedience and risk arrest. In a statement issued Wednesday, Alaska Airlines said it supports fair-wage jobs and voluntarily increased wages in April for more than 1,000 vendor employees.

Letter To Trade Activists: While They Play Poker, Let’s Play Chess

November 20, 2014 Public Citizen, www.citizen.typepad.com Organize! Free Trade Agreements, Protest, TPP

Is President Obama really going to sell us out on trade? Did Sen. McConnell have a full or half smile in the last press conference where he talked about Fast Track? Is Rep. Boehner really going to have a showdown with President Obama over immigration and how will that impact Fast Track? What about the news stories stating that TPP will be signed next month? Oh, and how do the XL pipeline and deal with China on carbon emissions factor in? Comrades, don’t let the results of the elections, and the political posturing that’s happened since, drive you crazy, distract you, or cause you to lose hope. We have a path to victory! Democrats lost control of the Senate, but we did not lose control over our campaign to stop corporate-driven, job-offshoring, democracy-stifling “free trade” agreements by stopping President Obama from getting Fast Track trade authority. In fact, we have a chance to bury Fast Track once and for all.

Slurskins Protest Sunday In San Francisco

November 20, 2014 Matt Barrows, www.sacbee.com Resist! Native Americans, Protest, Racial Justice, Sports

Hundreds of Native Americans will gather outside Levi’s Stadium on Sunday to protest the nickname of the 49ers’ opponent. The “Change the Name. Change the Mascot” rally is not expected to draw the thousands of protesters who showed up with signs and banners when the Washington Slurskins played the Minnesota Vikings in Minneapolis earlier this month, but organizers said it is gaining strength. Tony Gonzales, director of American Indian Movement-West, said he initially figured the rally would draw 200. He now expects double that amount. Gonzales said he has been working with the Santa Clara Police Department and that starting at 10 a.m. Sunday, a coalition of groups will set up near the city’s convention center, which is across the street from the stadium.

Tar Sands Devastation Unveiled Outside Energy Roundtable

November 19, 2014 No Tar Sands, www.no-tar-sands.org Resist! Energy, Environment, Protest, Tar Sands

A coalition of climate and social justice organizations and artists held a silent presence and unveiled a large landscape which depicts the devastation caused by Canadian tar sands outside the Canada Europe Energy Roundtable this morning. “Communities from across the UK have come together to make this banner to show our solidarity with those communities on the front lines of tar sands who have lived for generations in close relationship with the land” said Amanda Cid, a community artist “it is important to make visible the animal species and cultures that are being pushed to extinction because of decisions being made behind closed doors between industry and government.”

‘We Are Seneca Lake’ Civil Disobedience Enters 4th Week

November 18, 2014 We Are Seneca Lake, www.wearesenecalake.com Resist! Civil Disobedience, Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Protest

Ten people were arrested earlier today for blockading Texas-based Crestwood Midstream’s gas storage facility gates on the shore of Seneca Lake. This marks the fourth week of the ‘We Are Seneca Lake’ civil disobedience campaign to stop the gas storage facility, which has seen a total of 35 people arrested so far, including Dwain Wilder who just finished serving 8 days in jail after refusing to pay the fine following his arrest. There have also been multiple rallies with hundreds of people and numerous winery owners, local businesses and health professionals. Beth Peet of Hector, NY, said, “My government is not standing up for me. I am here, taking a personal day from work, because my government has failed me.”

Michael Brown Protesters Stage ‘Die-In’ In St. Louis

November 17, 2014 Scott Malone, www.reuters.com Resist! Ferguson, police brutality, Protest, St. Louis

A crowd of a couple hundred demonstrators, angry about the fatal August shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer, took to the streets of St. Louis on Sunday, briefly blocking a major intersection in protest. Dozens of people lay down in the street outside of a downtown theater hosting a film festival, pretending to have been shot by other protests playing the role of police officers in an action intended to evoke the memory of 18-year-old Michael Brown, who died 100 days ago in front of his home in the suburb of Ferguson, Missouri. Marchers went on to briefly block a major intersection near Washington University and the event ended without any of the violence that seen in Ferguson following Brown's shooting death by police officer Darren Wilson.

Video: Activist Hospitalised After Boats Rammed During Peaceful Protest

November 17, 2014 Greenpeace, www.greenpeace.org Resist! Energy, Environment, Greenpeace, Protest, Spain

At stake are two of the Canary Islands (Fuerteventura and Lanzarote), Spanish islands off the coast of Morocco. A company called Repsol has been given a permit to drill there, despite the risks to the ecology and tourist economy. Greenpeace Spain sided with island locals in opposing this drilling, but their warnings about safety and legal issues have so far been ignored by the Spanish government. This morning, activists from the Arctic Sunrise went on small boats to protest the drilling vessel. The Spanish authorities reacted violently as you can see in the video below - deliberately ramming the boats and putting the lives of peaceful activists at risk. The 23 year old Italian who was knocked overboard and had her leg broken, has been taken to a hospital on shore by a navy helicopter, and is in good condition. Another activist was treated on board the Arctic Sunrise for minor cuts.

Protestor Arrested During ISIL Hearing In Congress

November 14, 2014 Patreon, www.patreon.com Resist! CODE PINK, ISIS, Protest, Wars and Militarism

Code Pink activist Tighe Barry was arrested and charged with disruption of Congress today during an Armed Service Committee hearing on the subject of The Administration’s Strategy and Military Campaign against Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). “This is the first hearing since Obama announced that there are going to be 1,500 more troops sent to Iraq,” Medea Benjamin told me as we waited to enter the public hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building, and added: “let’s remember that it is months now since the (U.S.) bombing started in Syria and Iraq and Congress has never taken a position on this. In fact, Congress went off for the election season without fulfilling its duty, which is to declare war or give the President the authorization.

Japanese Resist US Military Bases In Okinawa

November 3, 2014 Ayano Ginoza, Michiko Hase and Gwyn Kirk, www.fpif.org Resist! Japan, Protest, US, Wars and Militarism

They come in kayaks and canoes to protect the bay, maintain a tent city on the beach, and hold candlelight vigils. From posters to marches, songs, and a petition expressing international solidarity, Okinawan residents have left no question about their fierce opposition to construction of a new military base for the U.S. Marines on their island. Overriding these emphatic voices, the Japanese and United States governments have begun work on a new facility at the Nago City site of Henoko—initiating offshore drilling, tearing down buildings, and bringing in construction supplies. The building of this base has broad ramifications: it will destroy local marine life, pollute natural resources, and put residents in danger. Even more disturbingly, it reflects the long-term violation of Okinawans’ democratic rights—namely, their ability to set the policies that affect their lives.

“Let Us Graduate!”: Garfield High School Walks Out On Budget Cuts

October 30, 2014 I Am An Educator, www.iamaneducator.com Resist! Education, Neo-Liberalism, Protest, Student Activism, Teachers

Seattle’s Garfield High School has once again moved into collective struggle!–and we may to find out today if one of us is to be displaced from the building or if the power of protest has kept us safe from the budget-cut ax for now. The Seattle School District announced on Friday, October 17, that Garfield High School would be forced to cut and transfer one teacher in a core subject area by Friday, October 24—or come up with $92,000. But on Thursday October 23, almost the entire building emptied in a mass walkout of students and educators against the budget cuts and has so far convinced the district to delay the cut. The morning of the walkout, one of my colleagues was in the middle of reading the list of grievances that the rebellious colonists proclaimed against the British in the Declaration of Independence. As he told it, the students didn’t yet grasp the world-historic nature of the defiant document and were slouching in their seats, somewhat uninterested.

In Protests, Who Owns The Highways?

October 29, 2014 Sarah Goodyear, www.citylab.com Strategize! Civil Disobedience, Police the Police, Protest

The typical American highway is no place for a person on foot. It is really not a place at all. These roads exist entirely outside of the human context, designed for the accommodation of cars and trucks that carry men, women, and children inside at high speed, and yet have their own brutal mechanical needs, wholly incompatible with flesh and blood. That was what made the images of last week’s protest on the road known as the Atlanta Downtown Connector so jarring. A few dozen individuals, including members of the group Southerners on New Ground, walked out onto that roadway and laid down a banner reading "#BlackLivesMatter." This was one of several actions around the country protesting police violence and mass incarceration, and expressing solidarity with those who have been demonstrating in Ferguson, Missouri, over the killing of black teenager Michael Brown by white policeman Darren Wilson. “These are just some ordinary folks who are sick and tired of being criminalized, overpoliced, the mass incarceration,” organizer Mary Hooks told WSB-TV. “Ordinary people get fed up. Ordinary people need to be heard.”

Duke Energy Tightens Security Ahead Of ‘Pitchfork Protest’

October 28, 2014 Ivan Penn, www.tampabay.com Resist! Energy, Environment, Protest

Concerned about security at a "Pitchfork Protest" planned for Wednesday outside Duke Energy Florida headquarters, the utility and the event's organizers have hired off-duty police officers to oversee safety. The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, a Tennessee-based nonprofit environmental organization, hopes to bring hundreds to protest Duke's treatment of its customers in recent years. Protesters plan to wield pitchforks and torches like it's 1785. Duke has hired an off-duty St. Petersburg police officer and the Southern Alliance has hired two. Sgt. Joseph Pratt, who coordinates the hiring of off-duty officers, said Duke "just felt they wanted an officer there to make sure none of their employees were harmed or none of their rights infringed upon."

Komen Foundation Protested For Pinkwashing Fracking

October 28, 2014 Katie Colaneri, www.stateimpact.npr.org Resist! Energy, Environment, Fracking, Protest, Sports

A controversy surrounding a major oil and gas services company’s breast cancer awareness campaign drew protestors to downtown Pittsburgh on Sunday. Football fans packing into Heinz Field for the Steelers-Colts game were met by a handful of people handing out flyers and holding up signs warning passersby to “think before you pink.” At half time, Baker Hughes CEO Martin Craighead planned to hand over a $100,000 check to Susan G. Komen, the world’s largest breast cancer organizations which funds screenings, treatments and research. The company is also giving out 1,000 hot pink drill bits to its customers around the world, along with breast cancer awareness and screening information.

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