Global Solidarity Events Today in NYC. Again with the pots! Louder this time! 8pm EST! #potsinprogress. NATO Protests Update Call – 5/20. #SolidaritySunday: Fight Back Against State Terrorism! The scene late last night in Chicago via Interoccupy: While tens of thousands are in Chicago protesting NATO and many more are marching in the streets of Quebec, the action in your city must not stop! NOW IS THE TIME TO AMPLIFY! Use the tag #SOLIDARITYSUNDAY to organize! Send your meet up locations to Info@interoccupy.org or post a comment here to be included in this list. Occupy Boston: Action Assembly at 5:00 pm EST at Copley SquareOWS NYC: Emergency DA Meeting – Sun 2pm, Washington Sq Park, NYCOccupy Denver: Gather at Lincoln Park, Rallying at 5PM and departing at 5:30Occupy Portland: Meet up 2PM at Director Park, SW Yamhill + ParkOccupy Austin: Pease Park at 2 PMOccupy Rochester: 3:30-6:30pm by the Liberty PoleOccupy Los Angeles: Will be meeting at 1pm PST (MacArthur Park/Leavitt Pavilion) for a potluck picnic and community activities including a women’s self-defense class.
Attempts to disrupt and discredit our movement take many forms. More on #SolidaritySunday via Occupy Denver: Today in NYC: Solidarité avec les étudiants québécois! Today, students and their allies in Quebec mark the 100th day of protest since the beginning of a student strike to defend accessible public education and oppose tuition increases. The strike has spread and become a general revolt against austerity and corrupt, illegitimate politicians. Throughout the massive demonstrations, which have reached sizes of around 300,000 people, riot police have brutally attacked marchers using clubs, grenades, rubber bullets, and chemical weapons.
Two protesters have lost eyes and one has nearly died. Police have also illegally arrested entire busloads of protesters on their way to or from demos. Last week, the government of Quebec passed an emergency law (Loi 78) criminalizing the massive demonstrations and assemblies in an effort to stamp out the strike. The new law restricts demonstrations and orders the closing of some universities. Just after the law passed, thousands took to the streets in Montreal. Frankfurt, Chicago, Quebec. NATO occupies sweet home Chicago. THE ROVING EYE NATO occupies sweet home Chicago By Pepe Escobar So the anthem now goes something like this: C'mon, baby don't you wanna go/back to that same old place/sweet home ring of steel Chicago. Robert Johnson must be spitting fire in his bluesy grave because the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), for its 25th summit, is occupying Chicago like it was Kabul - with Americans treated as concentric circles of Taliban.
The Department of Homeland Security has branded the summit a "National Special Security Event"; that means the Secret Service, in practice, has taken over Chicago. It's lockdown time - complete with Iraq-style concrete barriers; battalions sporting upgraded riot gear; "extraction teams" to snatch and grab pinpointed protesters in a "low intensity conflict" environment; and an Orwellian guest star, the LRAD (long-range acoustic device) - a sound cannon bound to "ensure a consistent message is delivered to large crowds", according to the Chicago Police Department. :: MAY ACTION AGAINST THE TROIKA :: | Blockupy Frankfurt! information and materials to prepare for the occupation, blockade and protest in the European financial capital this May.
Blockupy Frankfurt. From Coal to Foreclosures, Bank of America Faces Protest at Shareholders’ Meeting in Charlotte. This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. NERMEEN SHAIKH: We stay in North Carolina, where Occupy Wall Street protesters, environmental activists and struggling homeowners are among hundreds gathered to protest at Charlotte-based Bank of America’s annual shareholder meeting. They’re calling attention to the bank’s involvement in the financial crisis, its support for the coal industry, and its long record of alleged foreclosure abuses. On Tuesday, Bank of America began mailing letters to customers who may qualify to have their home loans reduced as part of a multi-state settlement over its foreclosure abuses. Meanwhile, eight protesters were arrested outside the lender’s building in New York City.
GUILLERMO CALLE: I’m still living in my house, and I’m still fighting to stay in my house. I don’t think it’s fair for Bank of America to throw people and families on the street. For more, we’re going to Charlotte to two guests. RACHEL LAFOREST: Yes, good morning, Amy. Part 2: David Harvey on Rebel Cities, Occupy Wall Street, and the Benefits of Class Struggle. “Occupy the Department of Justice” Demands Release of Mumia Abu Jamal, End to Mass Incarceration.
Rally held outside Department of Justice followed by march through Downtown DC and civil disobedience arrests at White House - Transcript VOICEOVER: On Tuesday, April 24th, hundreds of demonstrators rallied at the Department of Justice in downtown Washington, demanding the immediate release of Mumia Abu Jamal, considered by many to be a prominent black political prisoner, as well as calling for an end to mass incarceration in the United States. Mumia was convicted in the 1981 shooting death of a Philadelphia police officer and sentenced to death row in 1982. Mumia and many others have maintained his innocence, suggesting he was set up by a Philadelphia police force that was already under federal investigation for corruption and widespread civil rights violations, with 15 of the 35 officers involved in the evidence collection in Mumiaâs case convicted and sentenced to jail on a number of misconduct charges. Comments. Quebec Students Rejecting Tuition Deal.
170,000 students remain on strike as assemblies vote to reject government offer - Transcript  IN QUEBEC, OVER 167,000 STUDENTS ARE STILL ON STRIKE AGAINST THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTâS PLAN TO RAISE TUITION FEES BY 75% .  QUEBEC STUDENTS HAVE BEEN STRIKING FOR THREE MONTHS. AMIDST A BACKGROUND OF ONGOING PROTESTS, STUDENT DIRECT ACTIONS CREATING ECONOMIC DISRUPTIONS AND HARSH POLICE REPRESSION, THE QUEBEC GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN REFUSING TO RECONSIDER THEIR PLAN FOR TUITION FEE HIKES. Comments Our automatic spam filter blocks comments with multiple links and multiple users using the same IP address. Education & Student Action. Our Revolution is Global: Solidarity With Occupy Russia. Posted 1 year ago on May 12, 2012, 1:10 a.m. EST by OccupyWallSt Protesters in Moscow are occupying Chistye Prudy square under a statue of Kazakh poet Abai.
#OccupyAbai is demanding free and fair elections after the third fraudulent election of President Vladimir Putin. On Sunday, the eve of Putin’s inauguration, tens of thousands of people occupied streets in Chinatown and elsewhere in Moscow. In scenes reminiscent of Bahrain or Oakland, police brutally attacked the peaceful demonstrations with batons. Hundreds were arrested, but thousands persisted - taking the streets during the day, and occupying squares at night. Although police have banned tents, the occupiers have adopted mobile tactics using sleeping bags and generators to disperse and re-occupy when evicted by police.
Today, Occupy Abai is marching in solidarity with the indignad@s, Occupy, and allied social movements in the #12M Global Day of Action. Map.squaresdatabase.org. Preview: #12M Global Day of Action. They bombard us with numbers, and sometimes they almost make us forget that across from the numbers, thousands of lives are hidden. OUR LIVES. Lets show them we are much more than that! 12th of May: Occupy the streets in every city of the world. May 12 is a Global Day of Action called by the indignad@s, Occupy, and allied social movements around the world. In 2011 we showed another world was possible. Mass demonstrations are planned in Barcelona, Valencia, and over 60 other cities across Spain. Occupiers in London will return to St. In the U.S., solidarity actions are planned in Portland, St. In Brooklyn, as part of a citywide week of action against budget cuts and austerity, Occupy Bushwick, Healthcare for the 99%, and others will fight to save Wycoff Hospital.
Resources: More: Maryland: Occupy The G8. For a summary of events, see below. For more information, see OccupyG8-2012.org, OccupyG8Thurmont.net, or Occupy G8 Peoples Summit. via Occupy G8 Thurmont: Why we are protesting the G8 Summit: According to Wikipedia, G8 consists of representatives of the governments of the 8 countries with the largest Gross Domestic Product (GPD), totaling the majority of the world’s GDP. They are listed as: The USA, European Union, UK, France, Japan, Russia, Canada, and Italy. Members of G20 will also be there as observers (including China, India, Brazil, South Africa, Mexico, Indonesia, etc.) G8 will meet at Camp David near Thurmont, Maryland on May 18 and 19. A NATO summit will take place the next two days, May 20 and 21, in Chicago, where large demonstrations are planned.
According to the G8 Information Center, G8’s agenda includes: nuclear policyArabic fossil fuelsagribusinessNATO’s role in Afghanistan. We propose a Peoples’ 99% Agenda against the imperialist (corporate-dictated) agenda. In Solidarity. Abbaseya Aftermath and the Military Council's Reign of Terror. Hundreds of Egyptians were hunted down and detained, including over 20 journalists and medics. . - Precis Following the military's brutal crackdown on a sit-in outside the ministry of defense, Egyptians speak of the Military Council's reign of terror. In the aftermath, hundreds of Egyptians were hunted down and detained, including over 20 journalists and medics. Many more were injured and killed as they fled into the pro-government neighborhood. Throughout the week, Egyptians have been protesting the largest round-up of activists since the military junta came to power last year.
Comments Our automatic spam filter blocks comments with multiple links and multiple users using the same IP address. Chomsky. NSA whistleblowers warn of secret spying programs that can target anyone - Viewpoint with Eliot Spitzer. To Our Faithful Current.com Users: Current's run has ended after eight exciting years on air and online. The Current TV staff has appreciated your interest, support, participation and unflagging loyalty over the years. Your contributions helped make Current.com a vibrant place for discussing thousands of interesting stories, and your continued viewership motivated us to keep innovating and find new ways to reflect the voice of the people. We now welcome the on-air and digital presence of Al Jazeera America, a new news network committed to reporting on and investigating real stories affecting the lives of everyday Americans in every corner of the country.
Thank you for inspiring and challenging us. . – The Current TV Staff. Joseph Stiglitz: The 99 Percent Wakes Up. There are times in history when people all over the world seem to rise up, to say that something is wrong and to ask for change. This was true of the tumultuous years of 1848 and 1968. It was certainly true in 2011. In many countries there was anger and unhappiness about joblessness, income distribution, and inequality and a feeling that the system is unfair and even broken. Both 1848 and 1968 came to signify the start of a new era.
The year 2011 may also. The modern era of globalization also played a role. Something Is Wrong That the young people would rise up in the dictatorships of Tunisia and Egypt was understandable. And yet, there were, in these youthful protesters of the Occupy Movement—joined by their parents, grandparents, and teachers—signs of hope. The name chosen by the young Spanish protesters—los indignados, the indignant or outraged—encapsulated the feelings across the world. Something else helped give force to the protests: a sense of unfairness. Market Failures.