Month: May 2012

Desert Lizard Painting by eco-prisoner Marie Mason

Desert Lizard Painting by Marie Mason

About Marie Mason

Marie Mason is a loving mother of two and a long-time activist in the environmental and labor movements. In March 2008, she was arrested by federal authorities for charges related to two acts of property destruction that occurred in 1999 and 2000; no one was injured in either oDesert Lizard watercolor painting by Marie Masonf them. She accepted a plea bargain and was sentenced on February 5, 2009 to just under 22 years. She is now serving the longest sentence of any “Green Scare” prisoner.

“A friend of mine sent me a really lovely photo of this desert lizard as she let me know that she was heading out for her Pacific Trail hike. I hope she has an easier time than the author Cheryl Strayed did doing the same hike. It seems like a grueling but amazing adventure. I will just be grateful to be able to walk in a straight line for a few blocks, feel grass (and not cement) under my feet, see the moon without a fence in between… and I am patient and content to wait for that day.”

-Marie Mason

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Hundreds arrested in massive crackdown on #Blockupy

Hundreds arrested in massive crackdown on #Blockupy

by Jerome Roos on May 18, 2012

Frankfurt on lock-down as over 5.000 police are deployed in an unprecedented operation to keep protesters out of the city and away from the banks.

The atmosphere here in Frankfurt is tense. The police is omnipresent. The sound of sirens permeates the city streets. As I write this, some thousands of protesters are huddled together at the university, pitching tents or simply squatting a place on the ground to try and catch some sleep before tomorrow’s big actions. But as the activists here prepare to physically block the headquarters of the European Central Bank, the police already seems to have done the job for them.

The entire city is on lock-down. Roadblocks sever the main traffic arteries Continue reading “Hundreds arrested in massive crackdown on #Blockupy”

La policía desaloja Sol //Cops evict Sol Square 4 times

por tercera vez consecutiva y hay 8 nuevos detenidos

Los ochos detenidos se suman a las 18 realizadas en el primer día y a las dos de ayer, todas ellas por desobediencia y atentado a agentes de la autoridad.En total, en estos tres días la Policía Nacional ha detenido a 28 personas durante los desalojos de estos días en Madrid.

The eight prisoners are added to the 18 held on the first day and two of yesterday, all of them for disobedience and attack on Authority. in total, these three days, the National Police have arrested 28 people during evictions these days in Madrid.

La Policía ha desalojado por tercera noche consecutiva a los ‘indignados’ que han decidido Continue reading “La policía desaloja Sol //Cops evict Sol Square 4 times”

La policia piden DNI a quienes quieren cerrar su cuenta en Bankia /Police harrass queues to quit bank

Según afirma Plataforma Usuaris Treballadors hasta ocho furgones de la Polícia Nacional se han apostado en la sede central de Bankia ante la masiva respuesta de la iniativa #Cerramosbankia. Cientos de personas han respondido al llamamiento. Eso no ha gustado al estado que ha mandado a sus esbirros.
The National Police in Madrid DNI asks for identity papers from those who want to close their account at Bankia, which is being ‘rescued with up to 20.000m euros of public money
The platform ‘Usuaris Treballadors’ asserts that eight police vans were stationed at National Headquarters Bankia to the massive response iniative # Cerramosbankia. Hundreds of people have responded to the call. That has not pleased the state which has sent its minions.

Esta Plataforma además afirma que los policías allí apostados están pidiendo el DNI a todos aquellos ciudadanos que

this bank deceives with criminal tricks
and people from their homes evicts

quieren cerrar su cuenta en Bankia. Preguntándose acto seguido en su cuenta de facebook ¿A quién defiente el estado democrático?.

This Platform further states that police officers stationed there are asking for the ID card to all citizens who want to close their account at Bankia. So who Defends the democratic state?.

Continue reading “La policia piden DNI a quienes quieren cerrar su cuenta en Bankia /Police harrass queues to quit bank”

Laura Libertad…Freedom for Laura

Fem una crida a les organitzacions socials, sindicals, …… ia tota la ciutadania, a participar en totes les concentracions i actes es convoquin per la llibertat de Laura Gómez.

Dia 17 de maig

 9:00-10:30 hores, concentració davant l’Audiència Provincial (Lluís Companys 14 juntament Arc de Triomf.

 11:30 concentració davant del Parlament, fins que acabi la compareixença de Felip Puig sobre el 29M.
 17:30 manifestació des Delegació del Govern (Mallorca / Roger de Lluria.

Free Laura NOW..Laura Llibertat!! (thefreeonline.wordpress.com) Continue reading “Laura Libertad…Freedom for Laura”

Occupy Barcelona: no Parties, no Leaders..

12M: Barcelona once again becomes a revolutionary hub

by Leonidas Oikonomakis on May 13, 2012http://roarmag.org/

With the re-occupation of Plaça Catalunya, the movement in Barcelona once again finds itself on the front-line of a Global Spring of resistance.Photos by Rieko and Teresa, via AcampadaBCN FotoMovimientoMay 12, 2012 — “15-M”– Plaza CataluPost image for 12M: Barcelona once again becomes a revolutionary hubnya, BarcelonaTens of thousands of Catalans took to the streets, responding to the call for a second global day of action after October 15.

“We demand, firmly but without violence: social justice, wealth distribution and an ethic of commons. We condemn poverty, inequality, environmental devastation and corruption as tools of subjugation by the powerful on society”, according to the 12-M website. And in a country with 24 percent unemployment (6 million people) and 50 percent youth unemployment, these demands seem more urgent than ever before. Continue reading “Occupy Barcelona: no Parties, no Leaders..”

Indigenas rechazan presencia de Repsol

Jueves, 10 de mayo de 2012 | 4:30 am
Protesta. Los nativos piden que una comisión del Ejecutivo constate su rechazo a Repsol.
Protesta. Los nativos piden que una comisión del Ejecutivo constate su rechazo a Repsol.
Pobladores exigen que se aplique la Ley de Consulta Previa y advierten que no dejarán pasar embarcaciones de petrolera.

Liliana Rojas.

Cientos de nativos de las etnias shawi y awajún de la com

indigenas peruanas luchan para salvar su territoriounidad de Santa María de Cahuapanas, en la provincia de Datem del Marañón, en Loreto, se han

declarado en pie de lucha contra la petrolera Repsol-YPF, a la que acusan de ingresar a su territorio sin su permiso.

Desde hoy, piquetes de nativos impedirán el paso por el río Cahuapanas de embarcaciones al servicio de la empresa española que realiza exploraciones en el lote 109, reveló el Apu Esteban Curimusu Iluma. Continue reading “Indigenas rechazan presencia de Repsol”