 action & events Action Alert: Stop the Wall offices raided by Israeli military StopTheWall.org, Tuesday, May 8th, 2012 
At 1.30am this morning ten armoured jeeps of the Israeli occupation forces and intelligence surrounded and raided the offices of Stop the Wall in Ramallah. Israeli military stole 2 laptops, 3 hard drives and 10 memory cards containing files and photos as well as archive material relating to the work that the organisation does in opposition to Israel's apartheid wall and the attack on Palestinian human rights that the wall and the settlement represent. This is a renewed attack upon Palestinian civil society and their struggle against the physical and psychological oppression, land confiscation and ethnic cleansing policies of the Israel.  Musicians' Declaration of Support for #OccupyWallStreet occupymusicians.com, Monday, October 17th, 2011 We, the undersigned musicians and all who will join us, support Occupy Wall Street and the Occupy Movement around the world. // Nosotros, los músicos firmantes y todos los que se nos unan, apoyamos a Occupy Wall Street y al movimiento Occupy en todo el mundo. Support Independent Reporting: #OccupyWallStreet Nigel Parry, Thursday, October 13th, 2011 Since Sunday, September 18th, I have been working with a group of alt.media professionals to bring you live streaming video from the #OccupyWallStreet protests in New York City. Creating these models and pioneering alternative media strategies is something, I believe important to support. If you can help, please donate. Every little bit helps. Thank you. Coleen Rowley: We're conflating proper dissent and terrorism Coleen Rowley, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Sunday, January 16th, 2011 It's both misguided and distracting to direct our homeland security efforts against protesters.-- Coleen Rowley, a former FBI special agent and legal counsel in the Minneapolis field office, wrote a "whistleblower" memo in May 2002 and testified to the Senate Judiciary on some of the FBI's pre-9/11 failures. She retired in 2004 and is now a writer and speaker.FBI raids of pro-Palestine activist homes in four US states Nigel Parry, Friday, September 24th, 2010 Twin Cities Indymedia reports that FBI raids took place today in Minnesota, Michigan, North Carolina and Illinois. While there is limited information right now, the FBI appears to be targeting people associated with the Freedom Road Socialist Organization for activist work relating to Palestine and Columbia. Summer 2010 Appeal Nigel Parry, Monday, June 21st, 2010 I am writing to you on the eve of the U.S. Social Forum, from a warehouse loft in Detroit's Eastern Market district. For someone whose activism has often had a strong international focus, this city is a stark reminder of the scale of social problems in the United States, with entire streets and city blocks of abandoned homes. I am in Michigan volunteering with "Tech House", a collective of people with computer and communications skills, that was formed to support what is the largest national gathering of people with progressive politics in the United States. NOW AVAILABLE: Full 60-minute footage smuggled from Mavi Marmara culturesofresistance.org, Friday, June 11th, 2010 
A full hour of raw footage taken aboard the Mavi Marmara in the hour leading up to and during the Israeli attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla has just been made available. Despite the Israeli government’s efforts to confiscate all of the footage taken during the attack, CULTURES OF RESISTANCE filmmaker Iara Lee was able to smuggle one hour of footage back to the United States and is releasing it raw to the public today. |
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