October 23, 2013
BY QUINNAE MOONGAZER of quinnae.com
My approach to Cathy Brennan has long mirrored my approach to Ann Coulter; I generally refuse to dignify their deliberate attempts to cruelly incite. Rising to meet their hate, which is deliberately designed to provoke outrage, feels like a vindication of their strategy; what they desire most is attention, and giving it to them hardly feels like a victory for those on the side of the angels. However, after seeing a relatively sympathetic article about Brennan in the online magazine Bustle– which apparently misgenders a trans woman and which some of my friends have fairly derided as a “puff piece”– I felt there are some matters which merit clarification. read more »
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October 19, 2013
By SOMINI SENGUPTA of the New York Times:
OAKLAND, Calif. — Federal grants of $7 million awarded to this city were meant largely to help thwart terror attacks at its bustling port. But instead, the money is going to a police initiative that will collect and analyze reams of surveillance data from around town — from gunshot-detection sensors in the barrios of East Oakland to license plate readers mounted on police cars patrolling the city’s upscale hills. read more »
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October 15, 2013
By WILL POTTER on OCTOBER of Green is the New Red:
Jerry Koch has been imprisoned in New York’s Metropolitan Correctional Center for nearly five months. He isn’t accused of any crime. He was subpoenaed to a federal grand jury, where he refused to answer questions about his anarchist political beliefs and his community. read more »
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October 8, 2013
This is a piece contributed by our friend Carlos, detailing a nasty physical confrontation they had with the mayor of Oakland and her muscle:
Alright, so the mayor and I haven’t gotten off on the right foot it would appear. Today I was minding my business, watching the A’s beat the Tigers (!!) by myself down at the Tribune Tavern (ok, it’s a yuppy bar but the servers are nice, and there are tv’s…) when I stepped outside for a phone call. I noticed Mayor Quan and another gentleman were in the bar also, and about to leave. Of course I made a snarky comment under my breath as she walked past me….I figured she’s used to it by now and would just ignore it. Or she wouldn’t have heard it…. either way I wasn’t really trying to get her attention. Oh, how wrong I was. read more »
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October 4, 2013
By Frank Robins
SEATTLE, OCCUPIED DUWAMISH TERRITORY — October 4, 2013
“Government Shutdown” — the words are blocked across every paper in the country this week. It sounds like a good idea — and how great it would be if it were this simple! But the majority of federal discretionary spending, deemed essential, continues unabated: the military, all 116 federal prisons, border enforcement, surveillance, and federal law enforcement. (Except for labor law enforcement, of course. Goodbye OSHA inspections; time for some direct action.)
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October 3, 2013
SNITCH ALERT: Jen Kolar
Jen Kolar was one of the super-snitches of the green scare cases, for years she saved evidence against old friends, lovers, and comrades in order to have something to trade should she ever be caught for the arsons she participated in. Why? Because Jen had become wealthy, abandoned her politics, and joined a yacht club. In exchange for her cooperation she received a reduced sentence and was sent to a low security prison where she was allowed to work with dogs. read more »
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October 3, 2013
Vahid Brown was or is an FBI instructor at the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, who has recently been attempting to integrate himself into radical and activist scenes in Portland. read more »
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September 28, 2013
From Solidarity with Steve:
It saddens us to announce that the grand jury investigation has received a six month extension and will most likely conclude on March 4th, 2014. During the past six months there has been little news as to the current status or extent of the investigation and subsequent repression. The only news has been what has already been stated, the grand jury will continue.
Steve is still struggling against the grand jury. He is adjusting to life in a new city surrounded by good friends who are both inspiring and supportive. However, in the past week, Steve has been experiencing multiple instances of police harassment; harassment to the degree he has not experienced before. read more »
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September 25, 2013
By Natasha Lennard of Alternet:
At current rates, deportations enforced under the Obama presidency are set to hit 2 million by 2014 according to a new report from the University of California-Merced. Findings highlight that, if current deportation rates continue, nearly as many people will have been deported under this administration than during the entirety of years between 1892 and 1997. These are striking statistics to consider while Congress debates the president’s commitment to immigration enforcement. read more »
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September 25, 2013
From the Associated Press:
FALFURRIAS, Tex. — By the time the woman perished, she had probably slogged 25 miles through dry ranch lands in her quest to enter the United States. She was found just feet from a highway where she might have been picked up and taken to Houston with other migrants making the same journey.
Not long ago, her body would have been taken to a funeral home for a cursory attempt at identification, then buried in this town an hour north of the Mexico border under a sign reading “unknown female.” read more »
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