May Day 2013: Los Angeles, CA March Add Favorites   May Day 2013: Los Angeles, CA March (by National Immigrant Solidarity Network)

5/1: Thousands To March For Immigration Reform In Downtown LA May Day Rallies Add Favorites   (LA CBS News) Thousands will take to the streets of downtown Los Angeles Wednesday to participate in May Day protests to end immigrant deportations. Rallies that will cause traffic headaches and change bus routes are planned throughout the day, the Los Angeles Police Department said. May Day started as a day for labor rights, but in recent years, it has transformed into a protest for immigration laws. The march is headed by community organizations, faith-based leaders and labor unions that support Congress’ decision to pass so-called “Common Sense Immigration” reform that keeps families together and offers a clear pathway to citizenship for immigrants that are in the United States illegally. “My parents came to this country from Mexico, and it was during the Reagan Administration that they were finally able to get legal documents to live in this country and to work legally,” Allejandra Valle, who has participated in several local May Day marches over the years, said. “We’ve been able to contribute to our society and our country…so we’re hoping that the 11 million immigrants will make their voices heard and say, ‘Look, we deserve a pathway to citizenship too.’” The ANSWER Coalition, which is the largest protest involving about 20 organizations, will march for immigrant and worker rights beginning on Olympic and Broadway boulevards at noon. It will continue for three hours and end at Olvera Street in downtown LA, organizers said. After the march, a program will be held at Main Street and Arcadia. A second protest will start at 4:30 p.m. Motorists are advised to use local rail systems if possible, as offramps from the Hollywood (101) Freeway will likely be closed at Spring Street and Broadway. Street closures are expected to last through 8 p.m., organizers said.

May Day PDX 2013 Add Favorites   Join Portland's annual march commemorating international workers day, and joining the call for immigrant rights across the US. Gather Wednesday May 1st at O'Bryant Square (9th & Stark) at 2PM Rally at 3PM March at 4PM

Hannover Messe draws positive balance Add Favorites   6.550 companies from over 62 countries presented their new technologies at the Hannover Messe 2013. After five days filled with international market innovations for a future industry, the Hannover Messe takes stock and delivers a positive summary.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution: Integrated Industry Add Favorites   The Fourth Industrial Revolution – or “Industry 4.0” for short – is redefining the way we interact with machines. Industrial machines are becoming increasingly autonomous as they gain the ability to function independently of human input. One of the first examples of this new generation of machinery is already in use in Germany.

Angela Merkel and Vladimir Putin open HANNOVER MESSE 2013 Add Favorites   HANNOVER MESSE, which this year features 6,500 exhibitors from over 60 nations, is always a spring favorite of Europe’s top political leaders. Angela Merkel and Vladimir Putin are about to embark on a journey of discovery that will take in the latest developments in mobility, intelligent networked machines and even a modern-day horseless carriage.

Breaking Down (Police Hurt Mental Health) Add Favorites   Police often cite the dangers of their job as justification for use of force. On any given day in Oakland, you can see Oakland officers with guns drawn, chasing, surrounding, arresting. When someone gets hurt or arrested, we're lead to believe that they are criminals or they weren't compliant. We're told that the cops were in fear for their safety, and that force had to be used. In these stories, we are told to overlook the serious issues in play. For instance, we're asked to overlook poverty, and how police contribute to poverty by stopping, ticketing, and arresting members of the public. The police would also prefer that the public consider mental health an issue suitable for law enforcement. Mental health issues are not crimes, but in a city like Oakland, where schools and other public resources are getting shut down left and right, mental health incidents are under OPD's jurisdiction. But even in Berkeley, a city known for their supposed tolerance of people with disabilities, the city's "toothless" mental health team is sometimes dispatched to incidents alongside the police. How do police make these situations better? If the recent killing of Kayla Moore by Berkeley police shows us anything, it's that the police are incapable of de-escalating tense situations where criminal enforcement has no place. But Oakland has also lost its share of people due to officers who blur the line between use of force and aide. If mental health advocates truly existed in Oakland, Parnell Smith, Brownie Polk, Matt Cicelski, and many more might still be with us here today.

We Interrupt This Empire... Add Favorites   The San Francisco Video Activist Network presents the story you won't see on Fox News: an eye-popping, jaw-dropping look at the Bay Area's radical resistance to an illegal war. "We Interrupt This Empire..." is a collaborative work by many of the Bay Area's independent video activists which documents the direct actions that shut down the financial district of San Francisco in the weeks following the United States' invasion of Iraq. With the audio backdrop including the live broadcasts of Enemy Combatant Radio from the SF Independent Media Center to SFPD's tactical communications that were picked up by police scanners, the documentary takes a look at the diverse show of resistance from the streets of San Francisco as well as providing a critique of the corporate media coverage of the war and exploring such issues as the Military Industrial Complex, attacks on civil liberties, and the United States' imperialist drive. MPEG2 version (1.9GB): http://archive.org/details/we_interrupt_this_empire "This a a clear picture of what's left of an American conscience in the midst of this national horror-show--this is the best damn doc I've seen on the local face of what might have been the largest anti-war movement in world history. " Craig Baldwin of Other Cinema Winner - Best of the Bay - San Francisco Bay Guardian, July 2004 The Video Activist Network is an informal association of activists and politically conscious artists using video to support social, economic and environmental justice campaigns. Also available from the Video Activist Network: Shutdown Downtown Fogtown, a daring collection of on-the-scene videos from the historic anti-war protests that shutdown San Francisco. The "Shutdown..." compilation mostly consists of the videos that screened at the outdoor screenings at Dolores Park during the first two weeks of the war.

The hidden cost of the Iraq War (RTAmerica) Add Favorites   The US-led war in Iraq is nearing the 10 year mark, and the cost of the conflict was originally thought to be anywhere from $50 to $60 billion. But from 2003 to 2011 the actual cost was in the $823 billion range. So how did this happen? RT's Bob English joins us to discuss how much the war on terror has harmed the US economy and American families. Find RT America in your area: http://rt.com/usa/where-to-watch/ Or watch us online: http://rt.com/on-air/rt-america-air/

Iraq War: 10th Anniversary (Al-Jazeera) Add Favorites   Ten years after the start of the War in Iraq, relive the key moments from Al Jazeera's exclusive coverage. Watch archived footage from the conflict, including US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld denouncing on-the-ground reporting at the time as "vicious, inaccurate and inexcusable".

3/16: Solidarity march for Greek antifascists visits Greek, German Embassies, then IMF Add Favorites   On the 16th of March, Activists from Greece visited DC on their multi-city tour. The IWW, supported by Positive FOrce, Cheaspeake Earth First! and the Anarchist Alliance-DC network staged a solidarity march out of Dupont Circle. [By: Washington DC Indymedia]

3/13: Obama big bucks fundraiser draws drone, Keystone XL protesters Add Favorites   On the 13th of March, President Barrack Obama held a fundraiser for wealthy donors at Washington DC. While police blocked off K st and nearby streets in rush hour, Obama's motorcade had to pass jeering protesters objecting to the Keystone XL tar sands protest, drone murders, and big bucks political corruption. Some of the protesters objected to the fact that those raising in some cases as much as $400,000 had access, and those without money did not. One of the tripod mounted drones was present with the drone protesters. The largest turnout was 350.org and others protesting the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, which Obama can unilaterally block without asking Congress for anything, Through all of this the cops refused to let even pedestrians cross the streets, shutting down one of the busiest intersections in DC to everyone else for the convenience of the Democratic party and bucks-up donors buying access to Obama. [By: Washington DC Indymedia]

2/14: This is how you stand up for immigrant rights at Senate hearing Add Favorites   Undocumented immigrants are making sure their standpoint is influencing legislation for immigration overhaul. [By: http://www.mycuentame.org]

3/13 'Racist Murde'r: Brooklyn in chaos after cops kill teen Add Favorites   Brooklyn's faced yet another rally as more than a hundred people continued to voice their anger over the killing of 16-year-old black boy by police officers, who claim the teenager pointed a gun at them. One of the boy's relatives was reportedly arrested and two protesters have been led away in handcuffs. The deadly shooting has sparked concerns of systematic racism in the NYPD (By: Russia Today TV)

Anti-US Drone Protest in Pakistan (2012-10-08) Add Favorites   Anti-US Drone Protest in Pakistan, by CNC World (China)

US Peace Activists Join Anti-Drone March in Pakistan(2012-10-08) Add Favorites   DemocracyNow.org - Thousands of people marched in Pakistan over the weekend to protest the ongoing U.S. drone strikes. On Sunday, the Pakistani government blocked the march from entering the tribal area of South Waziristan, a frequent target of drone attacks. Addressing the march, Pakistani political leader Imran Khan said the drone strikes are fostering hatred of the United States. Imran Khan says: "These drone attacks are a violation of international law. These drone attacks are a violation of the human rights of Pakistani people. Do we all condemn them? We want to send a message to America the the more drones attacks you carry out, the more the people will grow to hate you and raise their arms against you. Our tribal people will not be scared off with drone attacks." More than 30 U.S. citizens with the group CODEPINK traveled to Pakistan to take part in the march and meet with drone strike victims. Activist Tighe Barry says: "The illegal, immoral, brutal attacks on the innocent people of Waziristan in the FATA region of Pakistan must end now. These are illegal drone strikes carried out by CIA. CIA is a civilian organization using military equipment. This is a war crime." Activist Linda Wenning: "They (drone attacks) are illegal, they're against international law. They invade the sovereignty of Pakistan, and they're not productive." In a U.S. protest held in solidarity with the anti-drone march in Pakistan, 10 people were arrested on Friday at the Hancock Field Air National Guard Base in New York. Members of the Upstate Coalition to Ground the Drones and End the Wars stood in front of the base's gate, holding signs and blocking entry. Shortly before he was arrested, protester Jack Gilroy said demonstrators hoped to hold up the piloting of the drones that takes place at the base, perhaps sparing the lives of civilians overseas. To watch the entire weekday independent news hour, read the transcript, download the podcast, search our vast archive, or to find more information about Democracy Now! and Amy Goodman, visit http://www.democracynow.org.

3/4: Many in Chad sceptical of Mali offensive (by: May Ying Welsh) Add Favorites   The Chadian army has suffered the most losses in the French-led military offensive in Mali: 26 of its soldiers died in the battle that killed two senior al-Qaeda-linked leaders earlier this week. May Welsh reports from Chad on how people there feel about the conflict in Mali.By: May Ying Welsh Al-Jazeera.

January 8 courtroom chaos for comrade Jack Add Favorites   Oakland, CA: Jack was arrested on January 7, 2012 during the very first FTP march in downtown Oakland. This march was called as a response to OPD and the local Oakland state apparatus' repression of all rebellious elements in Oakland with brute force in the wake of Occupy Oakland. After clearing the encampment at Oscar Grant Plaza twice, a struggle over territory in Oakland's downtown became a near daily event. Some would try to hold on to Oscar Grant Plaza as a zone where struggles could be coordinated and actions organized. A twenty four hour vigil continued even as the camp was gone. After many brutal arrests and regular brawls with pigs over control of downtown turf, a Fuck the Police march, that ended up becoming a weekly tradition for months, was called for the first Saturday of January. It was at this demonstration on January 7 that Jack was arrested and given bullshit charges – multiple felonies for assaulting a police officer and a made up “possession of an explosive device” charge that would eventually be dropped due to lack of any evidence. A year long court battle eventually resulted in Jack taking a plea deal: 1 year at Santa Rita Jail (though with “half-time” and “good behavior” he'll be out in six months) and multiple years of probation. Together with our comrade and his family leading the way we walked quietly in the street some eight blocks to the court house. About 50 of us somberly filed into the courtroom. Jack was called before judge Carrie Panetta (daughter in law of former CIA director Leon Panetta) who rambled about the length of his sentence. She banned our friend from ever making contacts with “his victims” (as though pigs can be victims!) otherwise known as officers of the Oakland Police Department. After agreeing to the year long sentence, with only half to be served, the judge ordered the bailiffs take Jack into custody. Almost immediately dozens of people were clapping and hissing. Screams filled the air. “Burn the prisons!” “Fuck the police!” “Death to pigs!” “Hang the Judges!” “Pig Fuckers!”“Brick by brick, tear this court to the ground!” People stomped on the ground, cursed the judged, and brought smiles to the dozen or so inmates being sentenced that day. It was a modest yet appropriate response to a system that tears loved ones away from each other and reproduces the laws that defend the horrors in this world Jack was resisting in the first place. After a minute or so of yelling we decided on our own accord to leave the court. By the time half of us were in the hallway the bailiffs had been ordered to arrest at least one person. These court-pigs rushed into the crowd with tazers and extendible batons. By the end of the pig-initiated melee four people were in custody and dozens of others were fleeing the courthouse. Family members of other prisoners were pleased with our disruption and shouted, “Fuck the police!” from passing cars. Another person leaving the courthouse in the aftermath of the fight nodded in approval and stated “I want friends like y'all”. We do not mention this to inflate our egos or position ourselves as a vanguard. This is merely evidence to prove that the people of Oakland continue to identify the courts and pigs as the enemy despite media representations to the contrary. Fire to the prisons. Fuck the police. Freedom to our comrades. Freedom to all prisoners. [SF Inday]

2/13 San Francisco: Rally Against the NDAA Add Favorites   The SF 99% Coalition (http://sf99percent.org/) is working to create a diverse coalition of civil rights and community organizations to oppose the indefinite detention provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The coalition asked the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to pass a resolution raising its voice in defense of due process and the right to trial, and SF Board of Supervisor's President David Chiu agreed to do so. [SF Bay Indymedia]

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