 action & events 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. Gaza Freedom March calls for governments, civil society action against Israel in wake of massacre of unarmed activists Gaza Freedom March, Monday, May 31st, 2010 
Calling the Israeli military's killing of 16 international peace activists an unprovoked massacre, the Gaza Freedom March is calling on governments and civil societies around the world to both demand a full accounting and take action against what is now widely recognized to be an apartheid regime. In the early morning hours (Israeli time) on May 31, Israeli commandos surrounded then forcibly boarded one of the eight "Freedom Flotilla" ships en route to the Gaza Strip with more than 800 peace activists and politicians and 10,000 tons of humanitarian aid. The attack on the Freedom Flotilla occurred in international waters, 75 miles off the coast of Israel. Israelis Kill 3, Injure Dozens in Assault on Gaza Ship Convoy Carrying Humanitarian Aid Free Gaza Movement, Sunday, May 30th, 2010 
Israeli commandos surround convoy, fire live ammunition upon Mavi Marmara, with hundreds of aid workers and activists aboard, including Chicago activist Fatima Mohammadi. Live video from the flotilla shows Israeli naval commando vessels pulling alongside the aid ships, and what sounds like gunfire can be heard in the background. No-one on the aid ships is carrying any kinds of weapons, including for defense against a feared Israeli attack in international waters. |
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