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:
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.
Just after the law passed, thousands took to the streets in Montreal. 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. 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. 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. NEW NEGOTIATIONS OVER THE WEEKEND THAT MANY HOPED WOULD END THE STAND-OFF ARE NOW UNRAVELING. Comments. 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.
Map.squaresdatabase.org. Preview: #12M Global Day of Action. 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.
Abbaseya Aftermath and the Military Council's Reign of Terror. 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.
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.