Protests

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by Ted Morgan

This past week billionaire George Soros warned that the world capitalist system faced the potential of massive street violence if not “collapse.”

A day or so later, the Adbusters group that put out the original call to Occupy Wall Street published a provocative “Tactical Briefing” calling for a “Showdown in Chicago” at the G8/NATO summit in May. Arguing “we’re not going to put up with the kind of police repression that happened during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, 1968,” the call to action urged “jammers” to “prepare for a big bang in Chicago this Spring.” [Chicago Protest 1968]

And then, turmoil in Oakland over the weekend: a violent police action clearing public space, mass arrests, protesters’ violence, a flag-burning, etc. For people of a certain age, these events convey a sense of déjà vu.

With good reason. Chicago ’68 is, of course, a galvanizing flash point for the 60s era as a whole, whichever side one came down on. It was also a hugely important turning point the world politics, but more on that later.

by George Lakey

While many of us are working to ensure that the Occupy movement will have a lasting impact, it’s worthwhile to consider other countries where masses of people succeeded in nonviolently bringing about a high degree of democracy and economic justice. Sweden and Norway, for example, both experienced a major power shift in the 1930s after prolonged nonviolent struggle. They “fired” the top 1 percent of people who set the direction for society and created the basis for something different.

Both countries had a history of horrendous poverty. When the 1 percent was in charge, hundreds of thousands of people emigrated to avoid starvation. Under the leadership of the working class, however, both countries built robust and successful economies that nearly eliminated poverty, expanded free university education, abolished slums, provided excellent health care available to all as a matter of right and created a system of full employment. Unlike the Norwegians, the Swedes didn’t find oil, but that didn’t stop them from building what the latest CIA World Factbook calls “an enviable standard of living.”

Tactical Briefing #25: Showdown in Chicago

Hey you redeemers, rebels and radicals out there,

Against the backdrop of a global uprising that is simmering in dozens of countries and thousands of cities and towns, the G8 and NATO will hold a rare simultaneous summit in Chicago this May. The world’s military and political elites, heads of state, 7,500 officials from 80 nations, and more than 2,500 journalists will be there.

And so will we.

On May 1, 50,000 people from all over the world will flock to Chicago, set up tents, kitchens, peaceful barricades and #OCCUPYCHICAGO for a month. With a bit of luck, we’ll pull off the biggest multinational occupation of a summit meeting the world has ever seen.

3 weeks of Hell continuously stream from http://indyradio.nu:2012/HELL.m3u - that's the playlist - you can see exactly what's playing at http://indyradio.nu:2012/ Just scroll down the list to /HELL - The play button marked m3u is the same as the link above.

The fellow at right is mentioned during the January 14th show - he's the Mayor of Chicago.

The schedule is simple - These are 4 hour shows, the most recent starts at approximately 7:30 every 12 hours -

 7:30     This Is Hell January 21, 2012 

11:30    This Is Hell January 14, 2012

I recently wrote about Jordan Halliday, an animal rights activist who was jailed for refusing to name names before a federal grand jury investigating the release of mink from fur farms. Prosecutors urged a harsh prison sentence because Halliday has publicly vowed to resist the political witch hunt.

In the sentencing memorandum, they said that, while awaiting sentencing, Halliday continued to protest, continued to associate with animal rights activists, and continued to urge activists to support him.

And then prosecutors described to the judge what they said is an even more troubling association.
“Of More Serious Concern”

“Of more serious concern is the fact uncovered by the FBI” that Jordan Halliday was mentioned in a photo caption on this website, they said.

by Tim Karr

Wikipedia and Google blacked out? Redditers in an uproar? Thousands of geeks abandoning their cubicles to take to the streets?

What's happening here?

Today's nationwide protest of Internet blacklist legislation is part of a brewing movement to keep control over the Internet out of the hands of corporations and governments. It's a struggle that puts Internet users before information gatekeepers. At stake is everyone's democratic right to information.

The movement owes its momentum to a recent sequence of events. In 2010 millions of Internet users became advocates in support of Net Neutrality protections. In 2011, the importance of digital freedom spilled out onto the streets as demonstrators with a mobile phones and a connection became a force in global protests.

Now, millions are rallying against two bills in Congress that allegedly protect intellectual property but go way too far, threatening to hold our free speech rights captive and stifle the creativity and innovation that's become a hallmark of the online community.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 16, 2012
12:41 PM

CONTACT: Protest DNC

Donna Dewitt, 803-318-3868
scaflcio@bellsouth.net

Ben Carroll, 919-604-8167
itsaredletterday@gmail.com
Organizations Announce Plans for Actions During the Democratic National Convention in September, and to Challenge City over Denial of Permits

CHARLOTTE, NC - January 16 - On the week honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a coalition of social justice, community, and labor organizations are announcing plans to protest during the Democratic National Convention. There will be a press conference on Wednesday, January 18, at 1pm outside of the Time Warner Cable Arena.

The Coalition to Protest at the DNC includes organizations from across North Carolina, the South, and the U.S., and includes labor organizations, groups fighting home foreclosures, peace groups, students and youth, and many other groups and prominent activists.

As part of Urbana Public Television’s day-long salute to the legacy of Dr. King on Monday, January 16th, there will be several opportunities to view this year’s Champaign Countywide Celebration (held 1/13/12). The program will air Monday at midnight and again at 8:01 am, 2 pm, 5pm, 8 pm and 11 pm on UPTV (Comcast Channel 6 / ATT U-Verse Channel 99).

Other programs of related interest will also be seen throughout the day on UPTV, including documentaries on Dr. King and the civil rights movement, and archival broadcasts of past Countywide Celebrations from recent years.

UPTV is the television service of the City of Urbana, providing governmental, educational and public access television to, and by, the local community. It is available on Comcast Channel 6 to over 40,000 homes in Urbana, Champaign, Savoy, Bondville, Philo, Ogden and St. Joseph, as well as in Springfield, Decatur and Danville on ATT U-Verse Channel 99. The complete program schedule is at www.urbanaillinois.us/uptv. Membership is free and entitles volunteers to free video and editing training and equipment use. For more information, contact UPTV at 217-384-2452 or at uptv@urbanaillinois.us.

At Chicago Indymedia, Andy Thayer calls our attention to proposed changes in Chicago law that will hinder possible protests at the G8 and NATO summits, and continue to remain in effect afterward, even though they were originally announced as temporary measures. 

(proposed changes to the city's protest ordinance now include a sunset provision)

According to Thayer, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has pulled a bait and switch, pending final approval by City Council on January 18th:

"Last month, while introducing draconian amendments to sections of the Chicago code and a wholesale rewrite of the parade permit ordinance, he in effect said, "Don't worry, this is just for those 'bad people' coming to Chicago to disrupt the G8 and NATO summits. This won't affect the good people of Chicago. Go back to sleep."

But then came the classic switch: when the actual language of the proposed legislation was produced, there were no sunset clauses in most of the proposed "temporary" measures.