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Suspect, 57, dies in police custody by Stockton police after being beaten with batons!

Suspect, 57, dies in police custody Jordan Guinn By Jordan Guinn Record Staff Writer April 13, 2012 12:00 AM http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120413/A_NEWS/204130324 FRENCH CAMP – A suspect who fought with officers after being pulled over for speeding died at San Joaquin County Hospital early Thursday, according to the Stockton Police Department. Police identified him as James Cooke, 57, of Stockton. He had three outstanding warrants for his arrest, according to authorities. Specifics of the warrants were unavailable Thursday. Cooke is the third man to die after a confrontation with the Stockton Police … Continued

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SF Commune Emergency March – SF Civic Center to 888 Turk – Tuesday, April 2, 2012 – 10 AM, 12 PM, and 5 PM

The SF Commune is calling for an emergency march which meets at 10 AM, Noon, and 5 PM for a GA. It will span from the Civic Center, to 888 Turk (Gough and Turk), to the occupied SF Commune building. Come join us! Bring food, water, and other useful things! Also, if you can’t come, you can call the Archdiocese of San Francisco at: (415) 614-5500, and politely ask that they negotiate with us in person and that we claim sanctuary! Include that we are using this building to feed and … Continued

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Saturday 18th of February, international mobilization day : We are all Greeks

http://international.democraciarealya.es/2012/02/14/saturday-18th-of-february-international-mobilization-day-we-are-all-greeks/   When one people is attacked, all people are attacked. The 10th of February, the non elected Greece Government adopted a new hideous and destructive austerity plan, passed by the parliament (MPs voted 199-101 in favour) on the 12th of February. The new austerity measures impose a 22% reduction in the minimum wage, which will remain frozen for the next three years; collective bargaining is simply cut; 15000 public sector workers are laid off and 150000 jobs will be destroyed due to the non-renewal of the contract… The people of … Continued

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Occupy Oakland and State Repression

http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/01/31/occupy-oakland-and-state-repression/ January 31, 2012 47 Militancy and Counter-Insurgency Occupy Oakland and State Repression by MIKE KING A crowd of several hundred quickly swelled to a couple thousand, as Occupy Oakland attempted to occupy the vacant Kaiser Convention Center.  The goal was to use it as an indoor base for Occupy Oakland – a place to have General Assemblies and meetings, share food and get shelter for the winter.  This was in keeping with what Occupy Oakland has always done, a goal that is simple, though not simple enough for the … Continued

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Let us rebuild a commune we will never surrender!

On November 14th the commune was raided once again  and someone with a megaphone insisted that we take 14th and Broadway. I screamed “No! We need to stay to defend the commune!” and tried to hold a vote that was again derailed by this same man with the megaphone… If we are going to make any major tactical decision we should not do so without consensus! As a result the 800-1000 people that were there that morning went to 14th and Broadway and abandoned 33 people including a homeless man … Continued

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Let us rebuild a commune we will never surrender!

On November 14th the commune was raided once again  and someone with a megaphone insisted that we take 14th and Broadway. I screamed “No! We need to stay to defend the commune!” and tried to hold a vote that was again derailed by this same man with the megaphone… If we are going to make any major tactical decision we should not do so without consensus! As a result the 800-1000 people that were there that morning went to 14th and Broadway and abandoned 33 people including a homeless man … Continued

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