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Video: Police Recruiting Activist To Spy On Students & Political Groups

November 16, 2013 Rob Evans and Mustafa Khalili, www.theguardian.com Educate! Police abuse, Student Activism, Video, Youth

The police recruitment tactics described below are not unique to the UK, but would also not be unusual in the United States or many parts of the world. A police officer has been covertly filmed attempting to recruit an activist to spy on Cambridge university students and other campaigners. The activist secretly recorded this meeting with a police officer who had asked him to become an informant. Here, the officer names some of the proposed targets of the surveillance: students, environmentalists, anti-fascists and UK Uncut campaigners against tax avoidance by big business. We are not revealing the identities of the police officer and activist. A Cambridgeshire police spokesperson said: 'Officers use covert tactics to gather intelligence, in accordance with the law, to assist in the prevention and detection of criminal activity'

Report: Construction Problems Of KXL Pipeline Put Safety In Doubt

November 14, 2013 Public Citizen, www.citizen.org Educate! Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Video

As the Obama administration considers whether to approve the Keystone XL pipeline’s northern segment, owner TransCanada faces serious questions concerning construction and pipeline integrity issues on the Texas portion of the pipeline that throw its safety into question, Public Citizen said today. In light of the problems – documented in Public Citizen’s newly released report, “TransCanada’s Keystone XL Southern Segment: Construction Problems Raise Questions About the Integrity of the Pipeline” – citizens and elected officials should call for a delay in startup until an investigation into its safety is completed. The report documents construction problems and apparent engineering code violations along the Texas portion of the southern segment of the pipeline. The full southern segment, scheduled to be filled with oil by the end of 2013, will run from Cushing, Okla., to refineries on the Gulf Coast of Texas. It traverses 631 streams and rivers in Texas alone (click here for maps and more information). The apparent problems documented in the report include pipe being installed as part of new construction that had excessive bending or sagging, and peeling patches of field coating applied to cover damage on pipe about to be placed into the ground.

ACLU: 3,278 In Prison For Life For Nonviolent Offenses

November 14, 2013 Staff, www.aclu.org Educate! Criminal Justice and Prisons, Video

The ACLU has published a report that shows 3,278 people are behind bars for life for nonviolent offense. They write; "it was nonviolent offenses like stealing a $159 jacket or serving as a middleman in the sale of $10 of marijuana. An estimated 65% of them are Black. Many of them were struggling with mental illness, drug dependency or financial desperation when they committed their crimes. None of them will ever come home to their parents and children. And taxpayers are spending billions to keep them behind bars." What kinds of offenses? The report tells the story of people behind bars for life for stealing tools from a tool shed, carrying drugs for an abusive boyfriend, taking a wallet from a hotel room, having someone hide drugs in their home, borrowing a co-workers truck. They tell the stories of these people to put a human face on the 3,278 who will die in prison for minor, nonviolent offenses.

VIDEO: New Film – The Gállok Rebellion

November 13, 2013 Staff, www.kolonierna. Resist! Environment, Mining, Video

An action filled half hour about anti-mining resistance in the summer of 2013 in occupied Sápmi (so called northern Sweden). Slash piles, soft blocks, barricades, scaffolding structures, tri-pods – this film has them all. For more on tactics like these check out the Direct Action Manual.

Brzezinski: “Populist Resistance Of Politically Awakened…Difficult To Suppress”

November 12, 2013 Clark Kent, www.hangthebankers.com Resist! Finance and the Economy, Revolution, Video, Wars and Militarism

During a recent speech in Poland, former US National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski warned fellow elitists that a worldwide “resistance” movement to “external control” driven by “populist activism” is threatening to derail the move towards a new world order. Calling the notion that the 21st century is the American century a “shared delusion,” Brzezinski stated that American domination was no longer possible because of an accelerating social change driven by “instant mass communications such as radio, television and the Internet,” which have been cumulatively stimulating “a universal awakening of mass political consciousness.” The former US National Security Advisor added that this “rise in worldwide populist activism is proving inimical to external domination of the kind that prevailed in the age of colonialism and imperialism.” Brzezinski concluded that “persistent and highly motivated populist resistance of politically awakened and historically resentful peoples to external control has proven to be increasingly difficult to suppress.”

First Nation’s Peoples Arrested At Remembrance Day In Canada

November 11, 2013 Miguel Avila-Velarde, www.youtube.com Resist! Indigenous Rights, Racism, Video

They write on their You Tube posting: "INDIGNATION: We were not protesting. We came to show Solidarity with our Comrade Devyn. We thought that the religious and traditional flags are welcome but we found out the hard way, Indigenous People who have served their country are not welcome. Although the outcome was a peaceful one. We will have a word with the Chief Police in another event organize to engage the Native Communities living in Toronto." Devyn served the Canadian military for five years. For seemingly no reason a police officer approached and told him to take down the flag with First Nation symbols on them. No one in the crowd seemed concerned, but this officer was. Devyn protested, told the officer he had served the nation and there was nothing wrong with holding the flags. The officer persisted and arrested three people from First Nations.

10 Urban Farming Projects in New York City

November 11, 2013 Kaye Spector, www.ecowatch.com Create! Food and Agriculture, Video

Who would think that one of the world’s largest cities, New York City, would be a major hub for urban agriculture? Well, it is. Food Tank has compiled a list of 10 urban farming projects providing New Yorkers fresh, local produce. 1. Eagle Street Rooftop Farm, 44 Eagle St., New York, NY A 6,000-square-foot organic vegetable garden, the Eagle Street Rooftop Farm operates its own seasonal farmers market and provides produce to local restaurants, including Anella’s, Spritzenhaus and Marlow & Sons. Visitors can volunteer and learn about urban agriculture from the site’s Growing Chefs-trained education team. Co-created by Broadway Stages and Good Green, the garden overlooks Manhattan from across the East River. 2. Battery Urban Farm, Battery Park, Lower Manhattan, NY This one-acre educational farm inside Battery Park was founded in 2011 by the Battery Conservancy and students from Millennium High School.

230 Mile Horseback Ride Against Pipeline Extension

November 10, 2013 Staff, www.PopularResistance.org Resist! Energy, Environment, Indigenous Rights, Tar Sands, Video

Anishinaabe horseback riders arrive at the Red Lake encampment outside Leonard, Minnesota after a 9 day, 230 mile ride beginning in Superior, Wisconson to raise awareness about the proposed Alberta Clipper pipeline expansion. They plan to begin the "Triple Crown of Pipeline Rides" on November 14, 2013. It will be the third ride of PROTECTING & HONORING MOTHER EARTH and will cover a portion of the proposed Sandpiper pipeline route or more info go to: honorearth.org/ or find Nizhawendaamin Indaakiminaan on Facebook (facebook.com/EnbridgeBlockade). The proposed pipeline, if completed, will make it the largest tar sands pipeline in the world. Honor the Earth, with the support and leadership of founders Winona LaDuke and the Indigo Girls, intends to draw attention to the current expansion, which is under consideration by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission. Late this summer, the Commission re-opened deliberations on the pipeline, which will carry "the dirtiest oil on the face of the earth,"

What Is Your State’s Renewable Energy Grade?

November 10, 2013 Brandon Baker, www.ecowatch.com Create! Energy, Video

Vote Solar and the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) recently published report cards grading each state on policies related to net metering and interconnection—two measures that are critical in utilities allowing people to generate their own power. California, Massachusetts, Oregon and Utah each received “A” grades in both categories of the seventh annual Freeing the Grid report. Only six states got an “A” in interconnection, including those four. “These policies have long been the foundation of strong state solar markets, and that’s more true today than ever before,” Vote Solar’s Rosalind Jackson wrote in a statement. “Solar is increasingly affordable and incentive programs are winding down in many states … It’s critical that we keep the way clear for more Americans to generate their own solar power. Strong net metering and interconnection procedures at the state level do just that.” About two-thirds of states got an A or B on net metering, which is defined by Vote Solar and IRECas a policy that ensures renewable energy customers receive full credit on their utility bills for clean power they put back on the grid. Washington DC and Minnesota both improved their net metering grades compared to last year, while no states declined since 2012.

Short Film: Enoughness: Restoring Economic Balance

November 10, 2013 Andrew Butler, www.filmsforaction.org Educate! Finance and the Economy, Indigenous Rights, Movies, Video

ENOUGHNESS is a way to restore balance to the economy in the most awesome way ever. How we see the world determines how we act. Western thought sees us at war with each other over resources. In Indigenous philosophy, we are all related as individuals in balance with nature. Enoughness juxtaposes these two world views and delivers some startling facts. It is pointed out that "Indigenous peoples territory spans 24% of the earths land surface but is home to 80% of it's total biodiversity. This is not a coincidence." Well illustrated throughout, this short film is a powerful testament to living in harmony rather than in competition with each other and the earth.

Hundreds Rally Outside Metrodome To Protest ‘Redskins’

November 8, 2013 Staff, www.AP.org Resist! Human Rights, Racism, Video

Hundreds of American Indians and their supporters rallied outside the Metrodome Thursday night to demand the Washington Redskins change the team's nickname, calling it racist and disrespectful. Carrying flags, signs and staffs and led by American Indian Movement co-founder Clyde Bellecourt, the crowd marched to the downtown stadium to hear speakers before the Minnesota Vikings played Washington. Opponents call the Redskins' nickname offensive to Native Americans. As drums beat, protesters chanted, "Hey hey, ho ho, Little Red Sambo's got to go." Some carried signs with messages including "We are not cartoons! Respect us!" and "Racism is unsportsmanlike conduct." Mario McBrogan, 24, of Minneapolis, who is Cherokee, was there to watch the game and to support changing the Redskins' name. He said the name should be changed "out of respect to every Native American."

Obama The Fracking President

November 8, 2013 Josh Cunnings, www.environews.tv Educate! Energy, Environment, Fracking, Video

Over the past few years, there’s been a lot of talk about natural gas as a “transitionary fuel” in light of the rapidly unfolding climate conundrum, and as you’ve just heard, even president Obama has proudly touted natural gas as his solution to aid America in it’s transition away from a carbon-powered network, towards a clean and green, energy future. But can the United States, and the world for that matter, really afford to utilize natural gas as a ‘methadone’, if you will, to ween ourselves from a debilitating fossil fuel addiction? And do we have the time to ramp up an even loftier infrastructure to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars, that will surely commit our resources, and would-be jobs, to a plan that will boost CO2 by billions of additional tons, adding fuel to the fire in what some scientists are already calling the tipping point to a runaway climate disaster?

Police Violence: Cops on Steroids

November 8, 2013 Sabrina Rubin Erdely, www.menshealth.com Educate! Police abuse, Video

Just call them Juicers in Blue. With their rippling physiques and flair for battling bad guys, they call to mind a flesh-and-blood Justice League--or at least a casting call for a Van Damme movie. And these three men are hardly isolated examples. Cops have long been a hush-hush subset of anabolic steroid users, says Pennsylvania State University sports-science professor Charles Yesalis, Sc.D., author of The Steroids Game. "Most of the police officers I've known who have used these drugs consider them a tool of the trade." The phenomenon cuts across the country: In recent years, cops in nine states have been accused of steroid-related crimes. Like the four Norman, Oklahoma, police officers whose steroiduse was uncovered during a Drug Enforcement Administration investigation last fall, and who were fired. Or the Tampa, Florida, cop who gave a drug dealer a thousand Ecstasy tablets from a police-impounded car in exchange for steroids and was sentenced to 2 years in 2003. Or the Pennsylvania officer who in 2002 pleaded guilty to steroid possession--and to selling 'roids to two other cops.

LAST HOURS for Humanity?

November 6, 2013 Tom Weis, www.ecowatch.com Resist! Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Tar Sands, Video

Weis is completing his "Ride for Renewables" on Thursday, November 7, 2013. Climate Leaders Will Gather Outside White House at noon to demand President Obama stop construction of Keystone XL’s Southern leg. More than 7,000 petition signatures from all 50 states will be delivered. More information on the event here. “Consider this: nearly all life on Earth could go extinct because of manmade climate change.” Internationally syndicated talk show host and bestselling author Thom Hartmann released a devastatingly powerful new film, LAST HOURS. A jolting wake-up call for humanity, this 10-minute film describes a terrifying science-based scenario where runaway climate change is triggered by massive releases of frozen methane. Here’s the devastating part: the melting of these trillions of tons of carbon is already underway.

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