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Coal Protest In The Northwest

August 14, 2013 Staff, www.backbonecampaign.org , , ,
Residents from across the Northwest converged on the Seattle offices of the Army Corps of Engineers to demand stronger federal environmental oversight of proposed export facilities for coal, oil and gas, transforming the Pacific Northwest and Salish Sea into a fossil fuel corridor to Asia. Residents are upset that despite tens of thousands of public comments requesting a comprehensive environmental review of these projects the Corps testified in June that public concern over impacts from burning fossil fuels overseas or increased rail and shipping traffic were "outside the Corps' control and responsibility."

14 Year Old Takes On TV Host Over GMO’s And Wins

August 13, 2013 Staff, www.youtube.com , , ,
Rachel Parent is a 14 year old who believes that GMO's should be labeled and picked a fight with a TV host, Kevin O'Leary at a rally. Then, she went on his show and debated him. As you will see she was well prepared, well informed and ready for O'Leary's comments; and was able to quickly respond with well informed responses. She wins the battle over labeling, and then moves to respond to claims that she is shill for environmentalists who is anti-science, she clarifies that she is neither and is not opposed to science, but it needs to be ethical.

VIDEO: Unreasonable Woman Shares Intuitive Approach To Strategy

August 13, 2013 Searching for Occupy, www.youtube.com
Diane Wilson spoke recently at the Veterans For Peace National Convention in Madison, WI. You may remember her for her recent actions: locking her neck to a large truck in front of a Valero Refinery in Texas followed by a hunger strike., and another long-term hunger strike in solidarity with the prisoners in Guantanamo followed by an action in which she went over the White House fence. Diane is an activist who allows her intuition to guide her actions. She shares her story with humility and humor. She will inspire you.

Five Anti-Drone Activists Found Guilty of Trespassing

August 13, 2013 Staff, www.popularresistance.org , ,
Five peace and anti-drone activists were found guilty late Monday in U.S. District Court in Sacramento of trespassing on federal property. The so-called "Beale 5" were arrested October 30, 2012 at the main gate to Beale Air Force Base, near Marysville, CA, where they had stood peacefully blocking the entrance. Beale AFB is home to the Global Hawk, a surveillance drone that provides reconnaissance for the weaponized predator drone, used in the majority of CIA drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia. The guilty verdict, handed down by federal judge Carolyn K. Delaney, means a possible fine and/or up to six months in federal prison. Sentencing is set for September 9.

Bradley Manning, The Nuremberg Charter And Refusing To Collaborate

August 13, 2013 Paul Jay, www.therealnews.com , , ,
Sixty-eight years ago on August 8 was the signing of the Nuremberg Charter, which established the crime of wars against humanity and the whole concept of war crimes. It was signed by all the major Western countries and the Soviet Union. It was signed by the United States. And let me read you a couple of clauses from that charter. Principle IV of the Nuremberg Charter: "The fact that a person acted pursuant to order of his Government or of a superior does not relieve him from responsibility under international law, provided a moral choice was in fact possible to him." Or Principle VII: "Complicity in the commission of a crime against peace, a war crime, or a crime against humanity as set forth in Principles VI is a crime under international law."

Video: Last Week Of Testimony In Bradley Manning Prosecution

August 11, 2013 Staff, www.PopularResistance.org , ,
This is likely to be the last week of testimony in the Bradley Manning prosecution.  Some twenty witnesses are expected to testify during the final portion of the sentencing phase, including Bradley Manning himself. Communities are preparing to respond to the sentencing of Bradley Manning which is likely to occur next week. The Bradley Manning Support Network is calling on people to respond immediately after the sentence is announced. Our primary message for these response rallies: 'President Obama: Pardon Bradley Manning.' Please share this post widely on Facebook, Twitter and other social media. The corporate media shamefully has not covered this trial or fairly reported on this case so many Americans still do not understand what the prosecution of Bradley Manning means. It is our responsibility to let them know the importance of the actions Bradley Manning took for all Americans, indeed for the people of the world.

Video: Cornel West and Chris Hedges Discuss Bradley Manning Verdict

August 10, 2013 the Bradley Manning Support Network, www.bradleymanning.org , ,
Army whistleblower Bradley Manning was acquitted of 'Aiding the enemy,' on July 30, 2013, while convicted of 20 other charges. On August 4 Cornel West was joined by former NYT correspondent Chris Hedges and members of the Bradley Manning Support Network for a discussion of the threat to whistleblowers and government transparency posed by Bradley Manning's trial. Visit www.bradleymanning.org for more information. The event took place at the Friends Meeting of Washington D.C. Next week at Ft. Meade the defense team will call twenty-four witnesses to the stand for incredible testimony regarding Bradley's exceptional character. If you can make it to the trial, this is a great time to attend.

VIDEO: Questioning Underlying Structures Of Property, Power Is “Off The Table”

August 8, 2013 , , ,
But if we go back to segment one, which we started talking about identity, there is the feeling in the West that you can assert your individual identity. Now, I say feeling'cause a lot of it is you are a cog in the wheel at work, in--you know, there's very few of us--and, you know, I'm one of the lucky ones, as are you. I mean, some of us are involved in creative work, where we get--to a large extent assert who we are. Most people at work don't. You're on an assembly line, or even if you are in management, you are a cog in a big corporation. But when you get home, you can choose your own music, you can do this. A lot of this sense of asserting identity is actually through consumerism. But still you have this feeling that you are free to do that, where in the Soviet Union, at least the outside perception of the Soviet Union was you weren't, that you were only a cog in a big wheel.

VIDEO: Great Rift – Capitalism And Metabolism Of Nature And Production

August 8, 2013 John Bellamy Foster, www.mrzine.monthlyreview.org , ,
We need a society that is geared, as István Mészáros always tells us, to substantive equality. And no compromise on the issue of equality. Bolívar said equality is the law of laws. So we need substantive equality and we need ecological sustainability. And they have to go together. How do we know they have to go together? Because what is causing the ecological damage and what is causing the social damage is the same thing: it's the rift in the production system; it's the alienation of nature, which is one with the alienation of human society.

Bradass87: Bradley Manning Play Comes To Washington, DC

August 6, 2013 Staff, www.PopularResistance.org ,
Bradass87 is a compelling political drama, examining the motivations of WikiLeaks whistleblower, 25 year old PFC Bradley Manning who is currently facing life in prison for exposing the truth about the American government’s conduct overseas. The source of the Collateral Murder video, the Iraq and Afghanistan War Logs, The Guantanamo Files and the State Department Cables, Bradley has been nominated 3 times for the Nobel Peace prize, and held in extreme solitary confinement. The play is made up of primary source material: chat logs that led to his arrest in Iraq, transcripts from his ongoing trial at Ft Meade Maryland, and quotes from Daniel Ellsberg, Hilary Clinton, Barack Obama, Julian Assange and other notable voices. This story has enormous implications for our country’s democracy. Bradass87 has been performed in New York City in theaters and on the streets.

Video: What Breaking Bad REALLY Tells Us About The Drug War

August 6, 2013 Brave New Foundation and Drug Policy Alliance, www.vimeo.com , ,
Is the show just entertaining TV, or badass political commentary? This video was produced by Beyond Bars (a project of Brave New Foundation) in partnership with the Drug Policy Alliance. WARNING: this video shows violence. Which makes sense, given what the War on Drugs has brought to our communities. Violence, corruption, enriched drug lords. Want to end the violence? End the war on drugs.

Video: Moral Monday Comes To Chicago To Protest ALEC

August 6, 2013 Staff, www.enewspf.com , , ,
The Chicago Moral Monday Coalition, an alliance of Chicago clergy, lay people, unions and community organizations, has just taken over the lobby of the Palmer House Hilton, at 17 E. Monroe St., to protest the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which is slated to meet at the hotel this Wednesday for its 40th annual national conference. The Coalition is demanding that the Palmer House rescind its invitation to ALEC. Numerous Coalition members intend to risk arrest should the hotel not meet their demand, in order to raise awareness of the backroom deals ALEC makes with legislators, and demand ALEC be held accountable. A press conference will immediately follow the action, at the Monroe Street entrance.

Video: Direct Action Blocks First U.S. Tar Sands Project In Utah

August 6, 2013 Staff, ww.PopularUprising.org , , ,
Environmental activists chained themselves to heavy equipment Monday to protest improvements to a road they say will open Utah's rugged Book Cliffs area to tar sands and oil shale development. The protesters also held banners decrying plans by U.S. Oil Sands to develop the nation's first commercial tar sands mine near PR Springs on the border of Grand and Uintah counties. "We're here today as climate justice organizers to protect the land and the water system from companies like U.S. Oil Sands as well as any other interests that might try to develop the oil shale and tar sands reserves on this land," said protester Lauren Wood, who described herself as "a third-generation river runner and a seventh-generation Utahn."

Video: Taksim Commune: Gezi Park And The Uprising In Turkey

August 6, 2013 Brandon Jourdan and Marianne Maeckelbergh, www.globaluprisings.org ,
This short documentary tells the story of the occupation of Gezi Park, the eviction on July 15, 2013, and the protests that have continued in the aftermath. It includes interviews with many participants and footage never before seen. Since the end of May 2013, political unrest has swept across Turkey. In Istanbul, a large part of the central Beyoğlu district became a battle zone for three consecutive weeks with conflicts continuing afterward. So far five people have died and thousands have been injured. The protests were initially aimed at rescuing Istanbul’s Gezi Park from being demolished as part of a large scale urban renewal project. The police used extreme force during a series of police attacks that began on May 28th 2013 and which came to a dramatic head in the early morning hours of Friday May 31st when police attacked protesters sleeping in the park.

Video: Thousands March to Chevron Days Before Fire Anniversary

August 5, 2013 Fareed Abdulrahman, www.richmondconfidential.org , ,
More than 2,000 people took part in the rally that started at Richmond BART station and ended with a sit-in at the main gate of the Chevron refinery at Richmond Point. When 90-year-old protestor Ellen Small was arrested at the sit-in, some people in the crowd started chanting “Let the people go, arrest the CEO.” Police said that they arrested and then later released 210 protestors. Richmond Police Captain Mark Gagan said that the demonstration was peaceful and that there were no injuries. One person was arrested on suspicion of assault, he said. The protest took place three days before the Aug. 6 anniversary of the refinery accident that resulted in a toxic cloud that injured six Chevron workers and sent more than 15,000 Richmond residents to local hospitals after breathing polluted air.
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