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Columbus NewswireOhio police attack Long WalkersUnprovoked Columbus, Ohio police attacked Long Walkers, by first pointing a taser at the head of Michael Lane and then forcing Luv the Mezenger to the ground and handcuffing him. The Longest Walk Northern Route was walking this prayer through Columbus on Monday, June 2, when police squad cars and arrest wagons arrived. Without discussion of the purpose of the prayer walk, or verifying that the Ohio Department of Transportation had been notified of the prayer walk, police attacked the walkers.
Copwatch Columbus Public MeetingDescription: Help develop goals and strategies at the 2nd meeting of this Copwatch group. Anyone interested in policing the police is welcome. For more info on Copwatch see: Location(s)Sporeprint Infoshop 172 E. 5th Ave. Columbus, OH, 43201United States Time: 06/25/2008 - 7:00pm - 06/25/2008 - 9:00pm Contact Email:
OSU Students Pass Anti-Sweatshop Measure, Narrowly Reject Anti-Coke MeasureThe election results are in. We had two issues on the USG ballot. Issue 3 was against sweatshop labor for Ohio State apparel. Issue 4 was against cola-cola's human, worker, and environmental abuses.
Karl Rove Visits Columbus April 15th 2008April 15 2008. Progress Ohio and friends protest his visit.
Debate: Students Against Coke vs Coca-ColaLink: Thursday, April 3 - This is a modern day "David vs. Goliath" story. Coca-Cola has refused to have a professional vs. professional debate. They will only debate their professionals vs. the non-killercoke student professionals! And the post-debate report is... SUCCESS!!! Students Against Coke soundly defeated Coca-Cola's public relations reps!
Global NewswireUS academic Norman Finkelstein denied entry to IsraelLink: Professor Norman Finkelstein, an American Jewish scholar known for his trenchant criticism of Israeli policy, was detained and interrogated by Israels security forces, Shin Bet, for 24 hours at Tel Avivs Ben Gurion airport on May 23, denied entry into Israel and deported back to Amsterdam where he had been lecturing. He has also been banned from entering Israel for 10 years, for so-called “security reasons.”
The Games Have Already Begun: Resistance to the 2010 OlympicsLink: From Earth First Journal Resistance to the 2010 Olympic games in British Columbia, Canada, began with last year’s string of direct actions and protests (see EF!J July-August 2007). As it becomes clearer that the Olympics are already causing evictions, homelessness, industrial development and environmental destruction, the resistance continues to grow. In the first few months of 2008, a wide variety of militant actions and public demonstrations have already taken place. As most groups engaged in the resistance have vowed, things are sure to escalate in the coming months. Here is a quick roundup of what’s been happening recently.
Ohio NewswireThe 2008 GLAG in ReviewI spent this past weekend at the Great Lakes Anarchist Gathering in Toledo, Ohio. It was the third time I'd been to this annual event, which means that I've attended every year since the inception of it's current incarnation.
Book proves fraud in Ohio 2004 presidential election using photos of 126,000 election recordsI'm writing to you in the hopes that you'd take the time to familiarize yourself with the case of election rigging in Ohio.
2008 Great Lakes Anarchist GatheringLink: The 2008 Great Lakes Anarchist Gathering will be taking place in one month, June 7th & 8th, in Toledo, Ohio.
Midwest NewswireBloomington: Michael Baker Jr./I-69 Planning Office Attacked
Starbucks Fires Michigan Barista for Union ActivityGrand Rapids firing comes in the midst of Unfair Labor Practice charges being investigated by the NLRB against Starbucks.
National NewswireUtah Phillips has left the stageUtah Phillips, a seminal figure in American folk music who performed extensively and tirelessly for audiences on two continents for 38 years, died Friday, May 23rd, 2008, of congestive heart failure in Nevada City, California a small town in the Sierra Nevada mountains where he lived for the last 21 years with his wife, Joanna Robinson, a freelance editor. Born Bruce Duncan Phillips on May 15, 1935 in Cleveland, Ohio, he was the son of labor organizers. Whether through this early influence or an early life that was not always tranquil or easy, by his twenties Phillips demonstrated a lifelong concern with the living conditions of working people. He was a proud member of the Industrial Workers of the World, popularly known as "the Wobblies," an organizational artifact of early twentieth-century labor struggles that has seen renewed interest and growth in membership in the last decade, not in small part due to his efforts to popularize it. Phillips died at home, in bed, in his sleep, next to his wife. Full Article see also: U. Utah Phillips Has Passed Away | Folksinger, Storyteller, Railroad Tramp Utah Phillips Dead at 73 | Amy Goodman interviews Utah Phillips | A short jog through a long memory | Utah Phillips at the Fiddle Down the FBI Rally, May 2002 | Utah testifies at Judi Bari's trial | Family requests memorial donations to Hospitality House
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