Civil Disobedience

Peru suspends rights in jungle protest regions

pirate — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 05:24:30 -0400

The Associated Press Mon, Aug 18, 2008

Peru's government declared a state of emergency Monday in remote jungle regions where Indian groups are blocking highways and oil and gas installations to protest a law that makes it easier to sell their lands.

The 30-day decree published in the official gazette suspends rights to public gatherings and free transit in three northern provinces.

It follows nine days of protests by members of 65 Indian tribes and a clash Saturday in northern Peru between police and hundreds of spear-carrying Indians with painted faces. Lima newspaper El Comercio reported eight officers and four protesters were injured. read more »

LeGrand Jones in Court Tacoma Wednesday 1:30PM

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:38:06 -0400

LeGrand Jones, a National Lawyer's Guild attorney from Olympia, was arrested for refusing an illegal demand by police to see his ID at the Port of Tacoma recently. The police have been using demands for ID as one of several harassment tactics towards anti-war demonstrators at the port. LeGrand will use his hearing tomorrow to creatively demonstrate against these tactics by police. Supporters and press are advised to attend.

What: LeGrand's Arraignment

Where: Tacoma Pierce County Courthouse, Tacoma Municipal Building

When: 1:30 pm, Wednesday, August 6th

Media Contact: Wes Hamilton 360-791-7484

PMR actions around the area

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:21:18 -0400

Olympia Port Militarization Resistance (OlyPMR) is organized to end our community's participation in the illegal occupation of Iraq by stopping the U.S. Military's use of the Port of Olympia.
Port Militarization Resistance Actions

Thursday, July 31 2008:

* 11 AM: Shut Down the War-machine in Downtown Tacoma, Tollefson Plaza, 1701 Pacific Ave
* 4-6 PM: Port Militarization Resistance Rally and Protest (Family friendly event. Come & hook-in for later actions) Federal Courthouse, 1713 Pacific Ave in Tacoma
* 5 PM: Solidarity Rally in Olympia, 4th Avenue Bridge
* 8 PM: Port Action Meeting Point, Puyallup Avenue and East D Street in Tacoma

Friday, August 1 2008:

* 11 AM: Shut Down the War-machine in Downtown Tacoma, Tollefson Plaza, 1701 Pacific Ave read more »

New G.I. Coffeehouse

pirate — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:02:31 -0400

July 26, 2008 Seattle Indymedia
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No Smooth Sailing for PNWER Elites: Marina Entrance Blocked by Activists

pirate — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:17:58 -0400

July 25, 2008 PGA North America

A group of activists blocked access to the Westin Bayshore marina on Wednesday July 23 to protest the Pacific NorthWest Economic Region (PNWER) summit. In doing so, they prevented PNWER delegates from boarding a 190-person luxury boat tour of the Vancouver harbour. Approximately 10 people stood with a banner reading People Not Profit! and prevented access to the luxury yacht though the public boardwalk.

Police arrived - surprisingly a bit late although the Westin Bayshore already had a relatively strong police and security presence - and threatened arrests, however given the tight timeframe that the PNWER delegates were on, the luxury boat tour was cancelled and the PNWER delegates were forced to retreat after about 20 minutes! read more »

12 released after Corrib pipeline protest

pirate — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:47:09 -0400

RTE NEWS July 22, 2008

Twelve people arrested in Co Mayo following a protest against the Corrib gas pipeline have been released without charge.

The 11 men and one woman were held over public order offences and were taken to Bellmullet Garda Station.

Gardaí say a file is being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecutions.

The 12, who are members of a newly formed community group, were taking part in a protest at Glengad Beach where the pipeline is due to brought ashore.

The group is opposing the location of the €300m gas refinery 9km inland at Bellanboy. read more »

Mall of America Starbucks workers protest closings; join union

pirate — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:23:34 -0400

July 22, 2008 Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal

A week after coffee company Starbucks announced it would shutter over 600 locations nationwide, workers at the company’s Mall of America store walked off the job in protest, and joined a national union, a union spokesman confirmed. read more »

More than 100 Chinese villagers protest man's death

pirate — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:13:33 -0400

July 18, 2008

BEIJING - More than a hundred Chinese villagers attacked a police station to protest the death of a man they say was beaten by local Communist Party security guards, police said Friday, the latest in a recent spate of violence triggered by discontent with authorities.

Relatives gathered Thursday after Ouyang Jiusheng, 40, died in a motorcycle accident near Shangnan village in the southern province of Guangdong, according to a police statement sent via e-mail. read more »

Athens: Supermarket target of Robin Hood raid

pirate — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:19:19 -0400

ekathimerini.com July 1, 2008

Self-styled anarchists claimed responsibility yesterday for raiding a supermarket in the Athens neighborhood of Nea Smyrni and then distributing the stolen goods to shoppers at a fruit and vegetable market in the fourth such incident during the last month. A group of some 20 people, all wearing hoods or helmets, entered the Marinopoulos supermarket on Evdoxou Street, loaded up trolleys with food and simply walked out of the store unchallenged. read more »

South Africa: Protest by TB Patients

pirate — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:25:28 -0400

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS June 28, 2008

The authorities increased security at a tuberculosis hospital near the city of Port Elizabeth where patients with drug-resistant forms of the disease went on a rampage on Wednesday to protest prisonlike conditions. Twenty-two patients were arrested after they pelted the staff members with stones and vandalized equipment. But the local police station and prison refused to admit them, because of fears of the highly infectious disease. Instead, they were returned to the hospital. Patients with drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis are required to live in guarded and isolated quarters that are surrounded by barbed wire. read more »