American Censorship Day November 16 - Join the fight to stop SOPA Senators Demand the Military Lock Up American Citizens in a “Battlefield” They Define as Being Right Outside Your Window UPDATE III: The Senate rejected the Udall amendment 38-60. While nearly all Americans head to family and friends to celebrate Thanksgiving, the Senate is gearing up for a vote on Monday or Tuesday that goes to the very heart of who we are as Americans. The Senate will be voting on a bill that will direct American military resources not at an enemy shooting at our military in a war zone, but at American citizens and other civilians far from any battlefield — even people in the United States itself. Senators need to hear from you, on whether you think your front yard is part of a “battlefield” and if any president can send the military anywhere in the world to imprison civilians without charge or trial. The Senate is going to vote on whether Congress will give this president—and every future president — the power to order the military to pick up and imprison without charge or trial civilians anywhere in the world. I know it sounds incredible. In support of this harmful bill, Sen.
Read The Bill: S. 1253 Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents. Sec. 3. Sec. 4. DIVISION A—Department of Defense Authorizations TITLE I—Procurement Subtitle A—Authorization of Appropriations Sec. 101. Subtitle B—Navy Programs Sec. 121. Subtitle C—Air Force Programs Sec. 131. Sec. 132. Sec. 133. Sec. 134. Sec. 135. Subtitle D—Joint and Multiservice Matters Sec. 151. Sec. 152. Sec. 153. Sec. 154. Sec. 155. Sec. 156. Sec. 157. TITLE II—Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation Sec. 201. Subtitle B—Program Requirements, Restrictions, and Limitations Sec. 211. Sec. 212. Sec. 213. Sec. 214. Subtitle C—Missile Defense Matters Sec. 231. Sec. 232. Sec. 233. Subtitle D—Reports Sec. 251. Subtitle E—Other Matters Sec. 261. TITLE III—Operation and Maintenance Sec. 301. Subtitle B—Energy and Environmental Provisions Sec. 311. Sec. 312. Sec. 313. Sec. 314. Sec. 315. Subtitle C—Workplace and Depot Issues Sec. 321. Sec. 322. Sec. 323. Sec. 324. Sec. 331. Sec. 332. Sec. 333. Sec. 334. Sec. 341.
Occupy Oklahoma City Now Facing Eviction Posted 2 years ago on Nov. 28, 2011, 11:17 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt Call Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett (405-297-2424 - email mayor@okc.gov) and voice your opposition to the eviction of this peaceful expression of free speech! The coordinated crackdown on free speech continues. City officials declined to renew a permit application and announced that overnight encampment will no longer be "tolerated" at Kerr Park, where the Occupation is currently centered. During the Black Friday national day of action against consumerism, several Occupy OKC members were arrested inside a Walmart. 12:32am EST: Police are beginning to surround the park.12:20am EST: Twenty minutes past the 11pm CST eviction deadline, at least fifty people reported in the park.
Posse Comitatus Act The Act, as modified in 1981, refers to the Armed Forces of the United States. It does not apply to the National Guard under state authority from acting in a law enforcement capacity within its home state or in an adjacent state if invited by that state's governor. The United States Coast Guard, which operates under the Department of Homeland Security, is also not covered by the Posse Comitatus Act, primarily because the Coast Guard has both a maritime law enforcement mission and a federal regulatory agency mission. History[edit] In return for Southern acquiescence regarding Hayes, Republicans agreed to support the withdrawal of federal troops from the former Confederate states, ending Reconstruction. When the U.S. An exception to Posse Comitatus Act, derived from the Enforcement Acts, allowed President Eisenhower to send federal troops into Little Rock, Arkansas, during the 1958 school desegregation crisis. Legislation[edit] Sec. 15. The text of the relevant legislation is as follows:
CUNY Protests Happening Now Inside of a barricaded meeting at Baruch College (24th and Lexington Ave), the City University of New York Board of Trustees is voting to raise tuition at the school. Outside, hundreds of Occupy CUNY students and their supporters are chanting, "Education is a right, Fight! Fight! Fight!" Students are asking all supporters to join them at Baruch College until 8PM this evening. Following the lead of student protesters opposing tuition hikes and austerity measures, today has been called as a student strike and day of action in solidarity with the protesters at the University of California-Davis who faced severe police repression while expressing their right to free speech. The proposal to call for a strike was passed by a massive general assembly at UC-Davis in an effort to shut down campuses where the UC Regents' were scheduled to vote today on austerity measures there:
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Around the World, Medical Workers Join Protests on the Side of the 99% | Occupy Wall Street November 28, 2011 | Like this article? Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. The following article first appeared at Working In These Times, the labor blog of In These Times magazine. Warning: Defending your rights may be hazardous to your health. The recent uprisings around the world illustrate the physical risks involved in intense street protests. Amid the brutal clashes with security forces at Tahrir Square, barebones field hospitals have held the line, thanks to a grassroots network of Tahrir doctors. But hospitals are by no means safe havens. The Jerusalem Post reported on a brutal assault on a field hospital: A force of military police swept in like a fury, striking and beating doctors and patients alike. Physicians for Human Rights reports that in Bahrain, Syria and other countries swept up in mass uprisings, authoritarian rulers have directly targeted doctors for doing their jobs.
Black Friday is Buy Nothing Day (Here are 10 Films to Spread the Shopping-Free Cheer!) By Tim Hjersted Since 1997, the biggest shopping day of the year in North America has also been known as Buy Nothing Day - a playful protest against the cultural and commercial pressures that compel us to consume more every year, grow more in debt to prove our love to our loved ones and find temporary happiness in that euphoric moment of purchase. It's a movement that has been growing internationally every year, despite the commercial pressures now enveloping even Thanksgiving in the holiday madness. More and more people have had enough and are choosing to celebrate with their loved ones a different way - by not buying anything! In the spirit of the shopping-free holiday, here are 10 of the best documentaries that give inspiration to the day (click the links to watch online): Explore more films on consumerism here. What will you be doing on Buy Nothing Day?
Violent Police Crack-Downs on the Occupy Movement Represent a Real Threat | Occupy Wall Street November 28, 2011 | Like this article? Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. Around California and all over the country, we have been told that Occupy encampments must come down because of "health and safety concerns." UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi cited "health and safety concerns" on Friday when she called for tents at the fledging Occupy UC Davis encampment to "be peacefully removed" by 3 p.m. Unfortunately, the UC Davis Police Department is not the only law enforcement agency that fails to appreciate those two self-evident principles. UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau initially claimed that the Occupy Cal protesters - by merely linking arms - were "not nonviolent," apparently ignoring the venerable history of what has now become an iconic gesture of the civil rights movement. Birgeneau quickly recanted after actually reviewing videos of the scene, which he subsequently acknowledged were "very disturbing."
The Dill Pickle Club | Portland, Oregon On Monday, November 14, the Dill Pickle Club hosted The 99%: A Teach-in on Occupy Portland to objectively bring together various perspectives on the economic, political and social factors that have led to the emergence of occupations throughout the country, and more specifically the movement’s impact on a localized level. As part of our mission to make this information freely available, we are posting the entirety of the talks online. Special thanks to Bernardo Pantoja and NW Documentary for making this video documentation possible. This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged activism, denis therialt, Dill Pickle Club, John Coghlan, Michael Moore, Nina Reierson, occupy porland, Portland, randy bluffstone, teach-in, the 99%, veronica dujon.
How Zuccotti Park Became Zuccotti Prison: Creeping American Police State | Occupy Wall Street November 28, 2011 | Like this article? Join our email list: Stay up to date with the latest headlines via email. To stay on top of important articles like these, sign up to receive the latest updates from TomDispatch.com here. When I arrived at Zuccotti Prison one afternoon last week, the “park” was in its now-usual lockdown mode. The park itself was bare of anything whatsoever and, that day, parts of it had been cordoned off, theoretically for yet more cleaning, with the kind of yellow police tape that would normally surround a crime scene, which was exactly how it seemed. Thanks to Mayor Bloomberg’s police assault on the park, OWS has largely decamped for spaces unknown and for the future. And keep in mind, when it comes to that pepper-spraying incident, we’re talking about sleepy Davis, California, and a campus once renowned for its agronomy school. Still, terror is what now makes our American world work, the trains run more or less on time, and the money flow in.