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“Am I Being Arrested? Please Stop Hurting Me!” A Story of Civil Disobedience.

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  “Am I being arrested? Please stop hurting me! I will cooperate with you.” Mollie Costello, Occupy Oaklander and Justice 4 Alan Blueford Coalition member, repeated those words over and over as she was pushed down two stairwells and dragged out of the Alameda County Courthouse. There with her comrades to protest the Alameda County District Attorney’s decision not to prosecute Oakland Police Officer Miguel Masso for the murder of Alan Blueford, she was accosted by a silent three hundred pound sheriff’s deputy who neither arrested her nor ordered her … Continued

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March 15 International Day Of Action: Defend ILWU – Stop Mitsui Union Busting

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RALLY   TO   DEFEND   ILWU ! International Day Of Action     Stop Mitsui Union Busting and Concessionary Contracts Fight the Lockout of ILWU by United Grain in the Port of Vancouver, Washington                         Friday March 15, 2013 -  4:30PM 1 Montgomery/Market Sts., SF   On March 15, 2013 there will be international actions and protests against the union busting lockout of ILWU Local 4 members by the Mitsui-owned company United Grain in the Port Of Vancouver, Washington. Since the concessionary contract at EGT in Longview, Washington, other grain handlers have … Continued

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GA moving back home to OGP

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When: Next Sunday at 2pm and every Sunday thereafter. Where: Our rightful home, OGP. Why: Now that all of the unconstitutional stay-away orders have expired we are not forced to pick between the safety of our comrades and being kicked out of our original home. OGP is more comfortable, accessible and visible. Let’s reclaim our home! How: Those in attendance at the 3/10 GA decided unanimously to move the meetings to OGP. What: Over the months the Occupy Oakland GA has evolved/devolved into a much less process-bound meeting. People come … Continued

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Live Stream of Symposium on Fukushima March 11-12, 2013

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  (From http://www.nuclearfreeplanet.org/symposium.html)   Symposium: The Medical and Ecological Consequences of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident  March 11-12, 2013   The New York Academy of Medicine, New York City, NY A unique, two-day symposium at which an international panel of leading medical and biological scientists, nuclear engineers, and policy experts will make presentations on and discuss the bio-medical and ecological consequences of the Fukushima disaster, will be held at The New York Academy of Medicine on March 11-12, 2013, the second anniversary of the accident. The public is welcome. A project … Continued

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Rally to DEMAND PROSECUTION of OPD Officer MIGUEL MASSO! – March 5th, 2013 -Photos/Videos

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DEMAND PROSECUTION of OPD Officer MIGUEL MASSO! The letter to Attorney General Kamala Harris can be read at: http://justice4alanblueford.org/2013/03/04/letter-to-attorney-general-kamala-harris/ . Alan Blueford’s Mother. Dan Siegel (Attorney) The Brother from Baltimore. Raheim Brown’s Brother with a heart breaking speech. Mario Romero’s Mother and Sister Alan Blueford’s Mother and Father ‘ Ghetto Prophet (GP) speaking out at J4AB event. Hours later he is arrested at his home. Details: http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/03/07/18733283.php Peaceful protesters forcefully pushed down the stairs by some stupid cops (Alameda County Sheriffs). Idiots. The cops will never gain trust from the community. Those … Continued

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Displacement: Place, Power and Race

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Displacement: Place, Power, and Race The Foreclosure Defense Group presents its second event in the “Welcome to Class Warfare” series Friday, March 8th 6:30-9:30pm $?  Free!! First Congregational Church 2501 Harrison St, Oakland, CA Gentrification, foreclosures, “urban redevelopment”…. all are facets of the same brute force we feel acutely in our daily lives : Displacement, the uprooting and shifting of communities serving the demands of speculative capital and white supremacy. We offer this forum to hear voices from different struggles, to deepen understanding of the powers at play, and to … Continued

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Hayward police involved in shooting

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3,3,13 HAYWARD — Police were investigating an officer involved shooting Sunday morning, the third time Bay Area police opened fire on suspects this weekend. The shooting happened around 3:20 a.m. near the intersection Fletcher Lane and Watkins Street, said Hayward police. It wasn’t immediately clear if the suspect was dead. According to media reports police pulled over the suspect who later tried to back his vehicle into officers who then opened fire. This incident followed police shootings in San Jose and San Francisco. Both incidents involved car chases and ended … Continued

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“Occupy the Bay” Screening March 7

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“Occupy the Bay,” a local documentary about Occupy in the Bay Area will be shown on Thursday, March 7 at 7:00 p.m. at Theater Artaud, 425 Alabama St., S.F. The film explores links with ILWU workers’ strike and includes eviction of Occupy Oakland, port shutdown, Occupy the Farm, killing of Alan Blueford, police brutality, black bloc tactics, and more. 47331

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“Occupy the Bay” Screening March 7

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“Occupy the Bay,” a local documentary about Occupy in the Bay Area will be shown on Thursday, March 7 at 7:00 p.m. at Theater Artaud, 425 Alabama St., S.F. The film explores links with ILWU workers’ strike and includes eviction of Occupy Oakland, port shutdown, Occupy the Farm, killing of Alan Blueford, police brutality, black bloc tactics, and more. 47334

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Milwaukee Police Chief’s Freudian Slip: “I’ve Got Officers Out in the Streets Every Day Trying to *Commit* Violence”

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Milwaukee police chief Ed Flynn, a rabid citizen disarmament advocate, had a revealing Freudian slip while speaking at Diane Feinstein’s senate hearing on gun control. He told the committee, referencing the turf he lords over, “The fact of the matter is, I’ve got officers out in the streets of that city every day trying to commit violence.” No doubt he meant to say “prevent” violence, he went on to describe a world on the brink of chaos where the only thing holding society together was his goons on every street … Continued

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