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Black on Black Protests Police Brutality and Lack of Justice
Black on Black is a group that was formed three years ago to try and deal with the mounting problem of violence and death amongst black youth in Cleveland and all over the nation. One issue that they have focused on for the last couple of months is the investigations and recent rulings into five dead African American men who were killed at the scene of the crime by police officers. The judge ruled that all five officers were acting in accordance with the law and none of them lost their jobs or were charged with any crimes. Of specific concern was a case in which a fifteen year old boy was shot 10 -15 times by two officers in his bedroom.
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 U.S. FTA with South Korea: NO WAY!
Listen Up Ohio: "See Something, Say Something" is Here
June 9 in Cleveland marked the launching of a government campaign against terrorism called "See Something Say Something". Originally implemented in New York for public transportation, "Say Something See Something" will now have a state wide trial run in Ohio to see if the program can be implemented throughout the nation . Directed jointly by the Ohio Department of Homeland Security and the Ohio Department of Public Safety, "See something, Say Something" sanctifies citizen snitching, watching, and reporting of suspicious behavior to a state wide hotline. The government has produced massive amounts of literature to begin distributing to citizens that have been translated into Spanish and Arabic.
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by MJ, from our open-publishing newswire...
Saturday I and others in the peace and justice community participated with Peace Action in this piece for the yearly art festival in Cleveland called " Parade the Circle". It is hosted by the Cleveland Museum of Art and draws thousands of people each year.
Our piece was titled " War Mothers" Huge mothers with puppet heads draped in black walked behind a war tank with dead children and soldiers in their arms. On their faces were painted tears. Corporate war profiteers marched behind the mothers followed by a solemn drum brigade. It took us weeks to make the mother and children figures. Along the route we did a street theatre part where the mother's offer the dead to the corporate ones and they turned their backs on us as the mother's wept, they did back slapping and goose stepping . .
People all along the march were cheering, crying and yelling at the corporates.as we marched pass the throngs there.The anti war sentiment was palatable among the people....the tides are turning..
Many different people came up to us afterwards and told us we were the heart of the parade and that we had a lot of courage to do this. This parade is advertised as "nothing political, just art" and it consisted of hundreds of highly diverse creative pieces .
Others thanked us for what we are doing. One man even kissed my hand while others were openly weeping.
December 7, 2005, marked the beginning of the largest roundup of environmental and animal rights activists in U.S. history. There have now been nearly 20 arrests and many Grand Jury subpoenas. The nation-wide sweep of arrests, dubbed "Operation Backfire," has been described by the FBI as a major hit to environmentalists and animal rights activists who engage in destruction of property as a means to defend wild lands and lives of animals. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales stated in January that, "Investigating and preventing animal rights and environmental extremism is one of the FBI's highest domestic priorities".
The list of events continues to grow, but now stands at over 36 events planned worldwide for the International Weekend of Resistance Against the Green Scare June 9 - 11, 2006. Two events are planned for the Cleveland area including a presentation and movie showing by Cleveland Anarchist Black Cross.
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New! Greenscare.org
| freefreenow.org | ecoprisoners.org | FBIwitchHunt | Green Scare page | greenisthenewred.com
Carol Fisher is a 54 year old woman who was putting up "Bush Step Down"
posters on telephones in Cleveland Heights. For this, she was assaulted by
police, charged and convicted of 2 counts of felony assault on police
officers. Carol is now in the Cuyohoga County Jail.
On June 2, Judge Timothy McGinty sentenced her to 2 months in jail, 2 years probation with community service and mandatory "anger management classes."
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JUDGE ORDERS WORLD CAN'T WAIT ACTIVIST TO JAIL PSYCH UNIT
New Update May 14th! - Message From Carol Fisher
Update May 13 - Message from Carol Fisher's Lawyer
Update May 11th - Carol Fisher Released!
May 9: Judge Timothy McGinty forcibly incarcerated Carol Fisher in the psych unit of the Cuyahoga County Jail in downtown Cleveland, where she now sits for an indefinite period of time.
In a hastily called hearing yesterday, Judge McGinty made a highly unusual and outrageous decision to force Carol to undergo a state psychological exam as part of her pre-sentencing investigation. From the very start of Carol's case, the judge has openly said that she must have mental problems for resisting an unlawful and brutal encounter with Cleveland Heights police. He went even further in yesterday's hearing, saying that her opposition to the Bush regime makes her "delusional."
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 Continuing Struggle Aginst Violent Repression in SAN SALVADOR ATENCO, MEXICOUpdate - May 26: The Zapatista Other Campaign and the Netwar over Defining Atenco -
How a Horizontal Communications Network Unmasked Repression and Simulation by the Mexican State and Media By Al Giordano (from Narco News Bulletin)
Update - May 20: Testimonies of Rape by Police in the Aftermath of Atenco
Update - May 16th: Letter From The Women
San Salvador Atenco, about 15 miles outside of Mexico City, has a history of struggle against the Mexican government going back to 2002 when residents stopped the construction of a major airport there. This Wednesday, May 3, the government tried to arrest flower sellers at the nearby town of Texcoco which called for aid from Atenco's "macheteros". Residents of the two municipalites armed themselves with homemade ordnance, erected barricades of burning tires, drove out the police and detained six of them (later released). A 14 year old boy was killed by police gunfire in the melee. On May 4th the Mexican police attacked Atenco, occupying the town against spirited resistance, going door-to-door breaking into houses, and arresting and "disappearing" many residents. Solidarity blockades and barricades sprung up around Mexico City. On May 6, over 8000 marchers including Zapatista "Subcommandante Marcos" entered Atenco.
There are reports of female prisoners being sexually humiliated and raped. Prisoners have begun a hunger strike. Many arrested have not been located.
Newer Updates May 7th 8th & 9th!
Update! May 6th (English first - sigue en español)
"Crackdown in Mexico" (Overall Account of Situation) John Gilber/Global Exchange
Call For Solidarity
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| BBC News Photo Gallery(May 3-4th events) | Big Yahoo photo gallery (105 pics)
| photo gallery of May 5th march (Radio Pacheco)
Video reposted to You Tube from Mexican TV news: 1 | 2
Global Indymedia Feature | Mexico City Indpendent Media Center (Google Translation) | Chiapas Indymedia (Google Translation) | Mexico Indymedia (english page) | Atenco Breaking News Blog | Narco News Bulletin | San Diego Indymedia Hunger Strike Story with photos and chronology
Mexico's industrial workers also deal with violent repression: Steel Workers in Mexico Clash With Police | 100 Years After Mexican Labor Movement Was Born, Miners’ Blood Once Again Stains Nation
 Kent State: Remembering May 4th, Carrying On the StruggleOn May 4th, 1970, one more day in the long struggle resisting Lyndon Johnson's/Richard Nixon's war in Southeast Asia, the people of the US suffered casualties at the hands of the Ohio National Guard - four dead, thirteen wounded. On that same day in Vietnam and Cambodia many more lives of equal value were being snuffed out by the US invaders. The Kent State killings intensified a storm of protest across the US against the war.
Thirty-six years later, May 4th 1970 is not forgotten - not only is there a commemoration, but in Kent, Ohio, the date is used to carry on the struggle - this time against the invasion/occupation of Iraq and the threat of of an even more outrageous US attack on Iran. Vietnam/Cambodia - Iraq/Iran. Déja Vu.
Kent March Video
Cbus IMC Kent March Video
Pittsburgh IMC / Blast Furnace Radio Audio of Commemoration Speakers
Cbus IMC article
Cleveland IMCsta article relevance of May 4th, Black United Students march
 Indigenous People Resist Seizure of Lands in Ontario
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Parade the Circle Surprise
Resistance Against the Green Scare
Defiant Carol Fisher, Sentenced to 2 months in Jail
