From inside the Wisconsin State Capitol, RAN ally Ryan Harvey reports: “Hundreds of cops have just marched into the Wisconsin state capitol building to protest the anti-Union bill, to massive applause. They now join up to 600 people who are inside.” Ryan reported on his Facebook page earlier today: “Police have just announced to the [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 28, 2011
The Change Chevron team recently went down to Lafayette, CA to congratulate Chevron CEO John Watson on his company’s induction into the Corporate Hall of Shame, and the Bay Area chapter of the Raging Grannies rolled with us. Granny Ruth filed this report about how the group of elderly activists was questioned by police while [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 21, 2011
The land grab crisis in Indonesia is getting worse — with tragic consequences. On Tuesday, six unarmed villagers were shot while harvesting palm oil fruit on their own land. Jakarta Globe’s Jan. 16 article reports the villagers had an ongoing conflict with Kresna Duta Agroindo, a palm oil subsidiary of Sinar Mas, when they were [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 29, 2008
I have almost nothing to say. this is mostly just bizarre. And disgusting. The giant bank HSBC has a new ad depicting a violent police disruption of a forest protest. Just strange. Oh, and I like Joanna Newsom, WTF?
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Ever seen the film Children of Men? Post-apocalyptic film where England is a police state and grayish activists represent an underground trying to overthrow the government and spark the revolution. All the media is state controlled and immigrants and dissidents are rounded up and put in walled cities to keep them away from “normal” society. [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, January 13, 2008
Today we marched through the streets of downtown Detroit towards the Cobo convention center where the North American International Auto Show launched into the first day of glitz, glam, and greenwash. More than sixty students from a half-dozen campuses around Michigan carpooled (for lack of another option) to Detroit to send a clear message to [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 9, 2007
I’ve just returned from a quick trip helping our Rainforest Agribusiness team organize a protest the ADM annual shareholders meeting in Decatur, IL. If you haven’t yet, check out Leila’s post about all the action inside the meeting. My job was to help put together our outside action. I’ll give you the summary first and [...]
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Friday, February 25, 2011
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