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• in Politics
  99% Is About The Democrat Party's Attempt To Create A 3rd Party For Chaos
  All the while the MSM tries to sell Americans (the readers) that this is going "mainstream" because Obama supports "Occupy" protest.
  by theedje / on Oct 6, 2011
• in Politics
  Immigration Fireball Ready to Explode in Arizona; Activists Preparing Defense
  Activists urge calm in the community of panicked and fleeing immigrants
  by immigrants2bfree / on Jul 28, 2010
• in Lifestyle
  Update: Festival for Human Rights and National Day of Action
  May 29th Immigration protest against SB 1070 likely to top 50,000 people. Rock concerts kicks it off.
  by immigrants2bfree / on May 26, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “civil disobedience”

 

• No Country for Young Men as Old Men Play for Time: The End in Afghanistan is Totally Predictable

  
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  By Dave Lindorff / Nation of Change / May 22, 2012 Once again American troops are being asked to keep fighting for a mistake -- this time the 2001 fantasy of the Bush/Cheney administration that it could make a client state out of Afghanistan. John Kerry, back before he was a pompous windsurfing Senate apologist ...
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• Thousands of students march in Montreal as tuition protest marks 100 days

  
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  Tens of thousands of students marched through the streets of Montreal on Tuesday to mark 100 days since the movement against higher tuition fees began. The protest comes after Quebecs provincial government passed emergency legislation intended to end Canadas most sustained student demonstrations ever. ...
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• Would the US Military Stand Down and ‘Empower a Revolution’?

  
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  If the United States saw similar turnouts at Federal and State government buildings, would our leadership resign without a fight as well? Are we to believe that the same logic being used to compel dictators in the middle east to step down would be applied domestically if the people, in a public show of protest, [...]
  3 days ago

• UPDATE: Police More Violent Than Demonstrators at Anti-NATO Protests in Chicago

  
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  Protest Roars to Life at Chicago NATO Summit in Face of Violent Police Crackdowns _____ Veteran Scott Olsen returns his medal, nurses fight for their rights, and police crack skulls in the latest demonstration of 99% outrage. By Matt Reichel / AlterNet / May 21, 2012 | For weeks, people have speculated over the ...
  4 days ago

• Topless Women Protest Decency Laws in Venice Beach and Portland

  
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  Up at Venice Beach a hundred miles away and further north in Portland, Oregon, women - and men - are protesting laws against women going top-less in public.In Venice Beach - a community of Los Angeles that looks a like like Ocean Beach, only three times larger - a protest was held by women going top-less as they ...
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• Veterans Throw Medals Into the Street as Protest Against Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

  
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  See here for Chicago braces for final day of anti-NATO protests as demonstrators march on Boeing HQ Reuters / May 20, 2012 Nearly 50 U.S. military veterans at an anti-NATO rally in Chicago threw their service medals into the street on Sunday, an action they said symbolized their rejection of the U.S.-led wars in ...
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• Utah environmental activist who thwarted oil auction asks appeals court to overturn conviction

  
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  Tim DeChristopher just wanted to make a statement, an act of civil disobedience aimed at disrupting the sale of oil and gas leases on public lands near Utahs national parks. Hes now serving two years in a federal prison in California after a conviction last summer in Salt Lake City. ...
  2 weeks ago

• San Diego Judge ‘Shocked’ by Prosecutors’ Exclusion of Gay Jurors in Marriage Equality Case

  
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  By Dana Littlefield and Matthew T. Hall / U-T San Diego / May 1, 2012 SAN DIEGO — A judge ruled Tuesday that prosecutors in a case involving a group of same-sex marriage activists violated the defendants rights by dismissing potential jurors based on their sexual orientation. Superior Court Judge Joan Weber ...
  3 weeks ago

• Injustice System-related content, by Pete Eyre

  
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  [This post was originally posted to CopBlock.org ] I’ve never sought to be kidnapped and caged. Yet that’s happened five times not because I harmed person or property, but because I asked questions of those who operate as if they have extra rights. The surest way to curtail such rampant unaccountability is ...
  3 weeks ago

• May Day Reports from San Francisco and Seattle

  
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  San Francisco Commune Resurrected by Michael Steinberg / May 1, 2012 As part of Bay Area May Day actions, Occupy San Francisco resurrected the San Francisco Commune. The SF Commune began exactly a month ago today, on April 1. The following day the SFPD shut down the Commune at the behest of the Archdiocese of San ...
  3 weeks ago

• San Diegans Join Global May Day – Occupy Protests

  
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  Hundreds of San Diegans rallied and marched today - May Day - in solidarity with janitors and teachers here - and joining a global May Day and Occupy joint focus in demonstrations around the nation and world.Major protests were also held in New York City, Seattle, Oakland, San Francisco and up to a total of 135 cities ...
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• A Scene from Pulp Fiction in Kashmir

  
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  PUMPKIN: Everybody be cool, this is an occupation!YOLANDA: Any of you fucking pricks move, and I’ll execute every motherfucking last one of you!JULES: So, tell me again about those killing-for-promotions there...
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• British Columbians for Climate Action inform Warren Buffet of their plan to block his coal train

  
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  Action to be taken May 5 as part of Climate Impacts Day No 467 Posted by fw, May 1, 2012 “[Mr Buffet] We know that you have canceled plans to have your utilities build coal fired power plants. Like us, we are sure you know that coal is the dirtiest of fossil fuels; when burned [...]
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• May Day’s Radical History: What Occupy Is Fighting for This May 1st

  
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  Occupy actions planned on May Day are tied to the generations-long movement for the eight-hour day, to immigrant workers, to police brutality and repression of the labor movement. By Jacob Remes / AlterNet / April 27, 2012 | American general strikes—or rather, American calls for general strikes, like the one ...
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• Workers demand pay hikes in May Day marches

  
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  May Day moved beyond its roots as an international workers’ holiday to a day of international protest Tuesday, with rallies throughout Asia demanding wage increases and marches planned across Europe over government-imposed austerity measures.Thousands of workers protested in the Philippines, Indonesia, Taiwan and ...
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• Happy May Day Welcome Back Occupy Movement

  
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  If you find it somewhat difficult to get to work because your usual route is blocked by some demonstration or the busses are not running, well simply take it easy and bring up this article on the electronic gadget of choice and maybe an explanation can help with the blood-pressure. Somewhere somebody, or possibly a ...
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• Labor, immigration, Occupy activists combine for May Day protests that could disrupt commutes

  
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  May Day protests may disrupt the morning commute in major U.S. cities Tuesday as labor, immigration and Occupy activists rally support on the international workers holiday. Demonstrations, strikes and acts of civil disobedience are being planned around the country, including the most visible organizing ...
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• City Attorney Insists On Taking Marriage Equality Activists to Trial on the City’s Dime

  
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  Equality Nine Trial Selects Jury Monday AM, Opening Arguments Expected by Late Afternoon By Sean Bohac SAN DIEGO — Marriage equality activists charged with misdemeanors from an August 19, 2010 protest will be in court Monday morning. The “Equality Nine” are nine protesters who were arrested during a peaceful ...
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• A Different Philosophy of Civil Disobedience | Veterans Today

  
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  Conventional civil disobedience usually engages localized agencies and domestic government. Redress of grievances, constitutionally protected under law is a myth in practice. The courts operate as protectors of state authority, while crushing the safeguards of individual natural rights. Petition to elected officials ...
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• Civil Disobedience Is a Civic Responsibility

  
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  Civil Disobedience Is a Civic Responsibility American Thinker ^ | April 29, 2012 | Col. Frank Ryan, CPA (Retired USMCR) Posted on Sunday, April 29, 2012 12:55:16 PM by OwenKellogg With the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the founding fathers effectively signed their own death warrant. The Declaration said ...
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