TOKYOPROGRESSIVE REFUSES COOPERATION WITH PAYPAL AND AMAZON --OUR BOOKSHOP IS CLOSED-- Amazon, Paypal, Visa, the Swiss Post Office and other institutions have blocked the accounts of Wikileaks or taken down their servers. Accordingly, we refuse to cooperate with them and TokyoProgressive is not taking donations until such time as they reverse their decisions. Although … [Read more...] about TokyoProgressive closes BOOKSHOP and PAYPAL donations, calls for support of anti-repression groups
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Statement Against FBI and Grand Jury Repression (ZNET)
By Angela Davis at Nov 18, 2010 PDF Version Printer Friendly Version Change Text Size a- | A+On September 24 the FBI raided homes of 14 activists in movements in solidarity with oppressed workers and peoples of Latin America and Israel/Palestine. I consider these raids to be an assault on democracy. While the immediate targets of the raids were activists in … [Read more...] about Statement Against FBI and Grand Jury Repression (ZNET)
School of Americas Protest: 26 People Arrested and Held in County Jail on Mulitple Charges, TV crew and bystanders targeted
Nonviolent civil disobedience action followed by indiscriminate arrests and targeting of journalists. Among those arrested by Columbus aolice were three journalists, including a TV news crew from RT America and unrelated bystanders. Thousands of human rights activists, torture survivors, veterans, faith-based communities, union workers, students, musicians and others from … [Read more...] about School of Americas Protest: 26 People Arrested and Held in County Jail on Mulitple Charges, TV crew and bystanders targeted
G20 Trials: Naomi Klein on Toronto/Canadian war on civil liberties, use of violence and repression
The following speech was made by Canadian author and activist Naomi Klein at the telethon held to raise funds the legal costs of G20 protesters. The telethon took place in Toronto on Nov. 11 and rabble.ca carried it live. It can be viewed here.So we are here to raise money. But more fundamentally, we are here because we know what happened in this city during the G20 and the … [Read more...] about G20 Trials: Naomi Klein on Toronto/Canadian war on civil liberties, use of violence and repression
Operation Recovery: Stop the Deployment of Traumatized Troops (Iraq Veterans Against the War)
Operation Recovery: Stop the Deployment of Traumatized Troops Take the Pledge The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are continuing through the use of exhausted troops who have been on multiple tours of duty and suffer deeply from the trauma of war. It is cruel and inhumane to deploy soldiers who are medically unfit for combat. Join IVAW in our effort to stop the deployment … [Read more...] about Operation Recovery: Stop the Deployment of Traumatized Troops (Iraq Veterans Against the War)