posted by Sharon Miller, CODEPINK San Francisco intern Do you remember the Fiscal Year 2012 National Defense Authorization Act? It’s a nasty piece of legislation which allows for indefinite detention, without a trial, of anyone suspected of aiding terrorists anywhere in the world—including US citizens. The House of Representatives passed the revised version of the [...]
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Thousands of OWS protesters gathered at dusk, and throughout the day, on Monday in a coordinated effort to shut down west coast ports to disrupt and blockade the economic apparatus of the 1%. The ports were effectively shut down in Oakland, Long Beach, Portland, Seattle and Vancouver sending a strong message that we will no [...]
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
“The deeds of occupier and occupied alike suggest that there come cruel times when to save a nation’s deepest values one must disobey the state.” ~ Robert O. Paxton, Vichy France
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
I don’t eat turkey. Even if I did, few things would put me off my appetite more than celebrating the colonization of Indigenous people. So after considering a few generous invitations from friends, my partner and I decided to spend Thanksgiving Day with our extended family at Occupy Wall Street, honoring Indigenous leaders, distributing food [...]
Friday, December 2, 2011
My Visit to the School of the America Watch By Rosie Platzer, CODEPINK Intern, Cal Poly State University The other weekend I had the wonderful opportunity to go to the School of the America Watch (SOAW) in Columbus, GA with Nancy Mancias. It was an absolutely amazing weekend, and if possible, I definitely plan to [...]
Thursday, December 15, 2011
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