December 2011
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2011: A year of fighting back against oppression... →
It’s an old saying - oppression breeds resistance. In 2011, we saw that it’s still true. In 2011 there were massive new outbreaks of resistance around the world, from Egypt’s Tahrir Square to mass…
Chinese mark Mao Zedong's birthday →
According to a report from New China News Agency (Xinhua) large scale celebrations of the birth of Mao Zedong took place on Dec. 26. The article stated:
“Tens of thousands of Chinese flocked to…
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“If Joseph and Mary set off from Nazareth to Bethlehem today, they would have to...”
– Dr. Norman Finkelstein
Minneapolis protests detention without trial at... →
Minneapolis, MN – More than 50 people jointed a Dec. 23 picket line here, at the Obama campaign headquarters, to demand the President veto the National Defense Authorization act, which contains…
Victory in fight to protest at NATO/G8 Summit →
Chicago, IL - The City of Chicago bowed to pressure from a growing movement against war and cutbacks. After months of denying organizers permits to protest , the Public Building Commission of…
Immigrant rights activists protest Sheriff Baca at... →
Los Angeles, CA - Sheriff Lee Baca was met by an angry protest, Dec. 18, as he arrived to speak at Village Church in West Lost Angeles. When he arrived, his car quickly sped off and he tried to get…
Minneapolis protest sends anti-war message for... →
Minneapolis, MN - Over 60 people joined a Minneapolis anti-war protest on Dec. 17 to speak out against the continuing U.S. war in Afghanistan and U.S. military interventions around the world.
The…
Oakland protest demands: Drop the charges against... →
Oakland, CA - More than 20 people came a rally on Dec. 14 at the Oakland Federal Building in support of veteran Chicano leader Carlos Montes, who was in court in Los Angeles that same day.
Montes…
Chicago Mayor Emanuel announces major attack on... →
Chicago, IL - NATO and the G8 will meet in Chicago in five months. A broad coalition of groups, including Occupy Chicago, is supporting a call for permits to march when all the heads of state are in…
Occupy Minneapolis interrupts Hennepin County... →
Minneapolis, MN - About a dozen people from Occupy MN/Minneapolis interrupted a Hennepin County Commissioners Board meeting Dec. 13, demanding an end to county attacks on the Occupy movement and the…
Chicago mayor confronted with demand for permits... →
Chicago, IL- After months of avoiding organizers planning the protests against the NATO and G8 Summit next spring, Mayor Rahm Emanuel finally got an earful Dec. 13. Thirty people from the Coalition…
U.S. hands off Syria, end the sanctions now →
The United States and its Western allies, along with reactionary pro-U.S. Arab regimes in the Middle East, are doing everything in their power to bring down the government of Syria. They have…
Occupy Minneapolis re-claims People’s Plaza,... →
Minneapolis, MN – About 100 supporters and participants of Occupy Minneapolis gathered at People’s Plaza here, Dec. 11. They hung signs advancing the demands of the 99%, using clothespins on ropes…
NATO/G8 Summit to be held at Chicago’s McCormick... →
Chicago, IL - The U.S. State Department and City of Chicago officially announced Dec. 8 that the May 2012 meetings of NATO and the G8 will be held at McCormick Place in Chicago.
Joe Iosbaker of the…
Video on planned Dec. 12 shutdown of West Coast... →
Oakland, CA – The Occupy movement is planning a dramatic set of blockades at West Coast ports Dec. 12.
We urge readers to check out this inspiring video promoting the shipping shutdown: …
Why You Won't See this Trans Woman on In Our... →
Jo Freeman once wrote about The Tyranny of Structurelessness as a result of her working in the Women’s Liberation movement (see: http://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm). She argues, basically, that if you do not have structure in any project, movement, activist group, that you will be doomed to repeat the same abuses that our world promotes: patriarchy, sexism, cissexism, etc. In a...
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Make the Vikings owner pay for his stadium →
St. Paul, MN - “There should be no public funds used, from any source, to pay for a rich man’s stadium,” said the Minnesota Coalition for a People’s Bailout’s Linden Gawboy, testifying at a Dec. 6…
Another raid on Occupy Minneapolis, struggle... →
Minneapolis, MN - Supporters of Occupy Minneapolis rallied here Dec. 6 to protest this morning’s raid by Hennepin County Sheriff. They vowed to continue the struggle.
At 8:30 a.m., while some…
Prosecutors push to use forced statement in... →
Minneapolis, MN - Chrishaun “CeCe” McDonald appeared in court, Dec. 5, for the first evidentiary hearing for the charges she is facing after being the target of a racist attack in June of this year….
