Tag: Protest
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The Disappeared: Chicago police detain Americans at abuse-laden ‘black site’
The Chicago police department operates an off-the-books interrogation compound, rendering Americans unable to be found by family or attorneys while locked inside what lawyers say is the domestic equivalent of a CIA black site. The facility, a nondescript warehouse on Chicago’s west side known as Homan Square, has long been the scene of secretive work…
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The Paypal 14 – Activists
The PayPal 14 are a group of defendants allegedly connected with the hacktivist group Anonymous, thirteen of whom pled guilty in a San Jose court in California, United States in December 2013, to charges of conspiring to disrupt access to the PayPal payment service.are a group of defendants allegedly connected with the hacktivist group Anonymous, thirteen…
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Norman Finkelstein – Politics, Activist
Norman Finkelstein Norman Gary Finkelstein is an American political scientist, activist, professor, and author. His primary fields of research are the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and the politics of the Holocaust.Norman Gary Finkelstein is an American political scientist, activist, professor, and author. His primary fields of research are the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and the politics of the Holocaust.Norman…
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COINTELPRO
The FBI began COINTELPRO—short for Counterintelligence Program—in 1956 to disrupt the activities of the Communist Party of the United States. In the 1960s, it was expanded to include a number of other domestic groups, such as the Ku Klux Klan, the Socialist Workers Party, and the Black Panther Party. All COINTELPRO operations were ended in…
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Police Departments Retaliate Against Organized “Cop Watch” Groups Across the US
When communities attempt to police the police, they often get, well… policed. In several states, organized groups that use police scanners and knowledge of checkpoints to collectively monitor police activities by legally and peacefully filming cops on duty have said they’ve experienced retaliation, including unjustified detainment and arrests as well as police intimidation. The groups…
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June 21, 2013 – Decrypted Matrix Radio: Monsanto Exec’s Nobel ‘Food’ Prize, UFO Drones, Video Game Terrorists, Guccifer on Cryptome, NSA Bitcoin Link?
Monsanto Exec Gets ‘Nobel Peace Prize’ of Food Video Game Casts Patriot Groups as Enemy Terrorists New Advanced UFO-Like Drone Technologies Monitor Tens of Thousands of Protestors In Brazil Conservation Director Warns ‘Unfounded Complaints About Water Supply Could Be Considered Terrorism Under Homeland Security Next Phase of Syrian Invasion Begins — The Central Bank Connection…
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ACTIVISTS: How to Resist the Federalization and Militarization of Your Local Police
About nine months before a Senate subcommittee for investigations report blasted DHS fusion centers as colossal wastes of money, redundant bureaucracies and threats to our liberty, the Department delivered testimony to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence called “Homeland Security and Intelligence: Next Steps in Evolving the Mission.” The testimony might as well have…
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Blackwater – Xe – Academi Mercenaries: The ‘Intelligence Strong-Arm’ of Monsanto
It is known that for at least two years Monsanto, the company that specialises in genetically modified organisms, contracted Blackwater (later renamed Xe, then Academi) to spy upon anti-GM protesters (see below for details), though what Monsanto do not like is when the tables are turned and they are spied upon (by citizens at large).…
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Statement from Jeremy Hammond, alleged Anonymous hacker, July 23 2012
23 July 2012 – Statement from Jeremy Hammond, alleged Anonymous hacker – read in Foley Square, NYC Thanks for everybody coming out in support! It is so good to know folks on the street got my back. Special thanks to those who have been sending books and letters, and to my amazing lawyers. I remember…
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Video: South Korean Riot Police Use Ancient Roman Warfare Tactics to Control Crowds
http://youtu.be/xH8T8zaJjhU Information about tactics can be derived from accounts of battles, but the very military manuals known to have existed and to have been used extensively by commanders, have not survived. Perhaps the greatest loss is the book of Sextus Julius Frontinus. But parts of his work were incorporated in the records of the historian…
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All My Heros Have FBI Files
Tupac Shakur, Bob Dylan, Lucille Ball, Jimmy Hendrix, Albert Einstein, John Lennon, Malcom X, Janice Joplin, Marylin Monroe, Martin Luther King
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You Might Be Considered a “Potential Terrorist” By Government Officials If….
Find Out If You Are Doing Things Which Might Be Considered Suspicious There have been so many anti-terrorism laws passed since 9/11 that it is hard to keep up on what kinds of things might get one on a “list” of suspected bad guys. We’ve prepared this quick checklist so you can see if you…
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Hip-Hop Activism for Gaza: ‘Long Live Palestine’ by Lowkey
http://youtu.be/4p1CJwTNC9M This is the official video for Lowkey’s single Tears to Laughter which has been supported by Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Stop the War Coalition, Viva Palestine and others. The song has been a huge hit amongst supporters of the Palestinian cause and Lowkey has toured extensively through Europe, Israel and Palestine to promote the song…
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Kicking Corruption to the Curb: Hungary Throws Out Monsanto AND The IMF
I don’t know about you, but I would label my personal knowledge of Hungary as wanting, if not painfully incomplete. It’s not an easy country to come to grips with, not least of all of course because Hungarian doesn’t look like any western language we know with the possible exception of Finnish. I did visit…
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Meet Ray Lewis: Retired Police Captian Arrested at Occupy Wallstreet Protest
I will not idly stand by while law enforcement is administered only to the poor and disenfranchised while the rich flaunt their immunity. – Ray Lewis, Retired Philadelphia Police Captain, Arrested at Occupy Wallstreet Protest, NYC
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Free Speech Zones Alert: Secret Service Refused to Let College Students Protest Biden
Secret Service officials refused to allow protesting students at Wright State University to assemble within one-quarter mile of Vice President Joe Biden during his visit last week. “The Secret Service respects everyone’s right to freedom of speech but we also have a duty to provide a safe and secure environment,” Secret Service spokesman Max Millien…
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Private Investigator Steven Rambam’s Privacy Post-Mortem: OWS Attendee’s ID’d by Cell Phone Sniffers
While we in the civil liberties community disagree strongly with private investigator Steven Rambam‘s admonition to “Get Over It,” after listening to him describe electronic surveillance powers it’s hard to disagree with the first part of the title of his talk: “Privacy Is Dead.” (Part two of the talk is below.) “Where you work, what…
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Activist Barrett Brown Raided by FBI During Online Video Chat
http://youtu.be/eky-q9CE_co For the second time this year, self-proclaimed Anonymous spokesman Barrett Brown was raided by the FBI. The latest dramatic incident occurred late Wednesday evening while Brown and another woman identified by some as his girlfriend were participating in an online chat on TinyChat with other individuals. Two minutes into the recorded chat session, loud…
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Make It Happen 2012: Second Transmission From ANONYMOUS
You can Make a Difference. Everyone Has An Opportunity To Affect Change During this Crucial Time on Earth.
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Thousands of UK Workers ‘Blacklisted’ Over Political Views
Activists threaten legal action over failure to investigate Corporations in the UK who used a secret “blacklisting” database to screen out ‘left wing trouble-makers’ and union sympathizers as potential job recruits are facing renewed scrutiny after the UK-activist group Liberty called for a fresh investigation Monday night. A demonstration outside the Olympic site on March…
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#OpBigBrother – EMERGENCY ALERT ABOUT WORLDWIDE SURVEILLANCE FROM ANONYMOUS
For years Anonymous worked hard to protect our world and its peoples. NOW LISTEN CAREFULLY, This is an ALERT ABOUT SURVEILLANCE. Privacy of the people all over the world is suffering more and more outrages. We should not tolerate it. Cameras are everywhere even in our sky, and robots are used to gather and treat…
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UPDATED: Ecuador Grants Political Asylum To Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange?
UPDATE [3:30pm PST] – “Assange asylum rumor is false,” Correa confirmed on his Twitter feed. He added that he is waiting for a Foreign Ministry report on the issue, without which a decision will not be made. Ecuador has reportedly granted asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who requested it after the British Supreme…
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FBI Supplied the Anarchist “Terrorists” Arrested in May Day Plot
As the Occupy movement carries out massive May Day protests around the country, the FBI Joint Terrorism Task force is trumpeting the arrest of “self-proclaimed anarchists” and “terrorists” who allegedly conspired to destroy a bridge in Ohio. Integral to the development and advancement of this plot, however, were FBI agents themselves and an informant…
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Occupy Monsanto Poland Dumps Thousands of Dead Bees in Protest
On March 15, over 1,500 beekeepers and anti-GMO protesters marched through the streets of Warsaw, depositing thousands of dead bees on the steps of the Ministry of Agriculture in protest of genetically modified foods and their pesticides which are together largely responsible for the killing off of bees, butterflies, moths and other beneficial pollinators in…
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Awesome Marine Takes On 30 Cops In Wallstreet Faceoff 2011 “EPIC”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=By8MDDwNIvEA