Tag Archive for ‘civil disobedience’
The View From Somewhere
The fallacy of bland and faceless reporting hurts journalism by allowing bias and prejudice to masquerade as hands-off objectivity, argues Laurie Penny.
Statement: Why We Got Arrested at the University of Chicago
Four protesters demanding an expansion of trauma care services on the South Side were arrested during a sit-in at the University of Chicago Medical Center Sunday afternoon.
Activists Arrested Confronting Dick Durbin About ‘Fiscal Cliff’
Originally published at In These Times. With hundreds of billions of dollars in cuts to desperately needed federal safety-net programs looming and the future of Bush-era tax cuts to the rich up in the air, Chicago activists brought their case to U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) last week.
All Charges from Occupy Chicago Mass Arrests at “The Horse” Dismissed
The mass midnight arrests of Occupiers in October at Grant Park were ruled unconstitutional by a Chicago court Thursday. The two nights of actions were part of a spirited attempt to “Take the Horse” (a reference to The Bowman statue) and set up an encampment in Chicago.
“We Fought the City with Gatorade and Water”: A History of Parent Action
Parents and students as well as teachers were involved in the Chicago Teachers Union strike, and proved the power of direct action to get results. But for many parents of children who attend Chicago Public Schools, this was only the latest skirmish in an ongoing battle for education equality.
Natasha Lennard | Lessons From Occupy Wall Street’s First Political Prisoner
Originally published at Truthout. Mark Adams’ short but excessive sentence is, for many, an introduction to the risks of dissent. While media pundits sound out death knells for Occupy, many committed participants are now facing harsh consequences for their involvement. Mark Adams, a long-term fixture in New York’s Occupy Wall Street community, woke up this ...
Dance for that Anarchy: My Love-Hate Relationship with Black Blocs
It’s exhilarating to have power. Exhilarating, really. It makes sense, then, why women and men sign up to do repressive jobs, like policing—with a badge comes power, a tacit “okay” from the state and fawning public for any acts of violence you may commit. The police aren’t all bad: Many a burglary victim, for example, ...
Occupy Attorneys: Drop the Charges, Grant Park Arrests Violated First Amendment Rights
By Blaise Sewell Attorneys representing nearly 100 Occupy Chicago arrestees argued before a packed courtroom Wednesday, February 15, that the City of Chicago violated the First Amendment rights of demonstrators during the arrests in Grant Park last October. The arrested activists’ attorneys encouraged Cook County Associate Judge Thomas Donnelly to dismiss the charges against the ...
Occupy the Dream: “We dare to imagine a just world”
Sharing chants and songs, and perhaps some tactical advice, South Side church members and Occupy activists rallied at the Chicago Board of Trade Monday to commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day by calling on Chicagoans to join the struggle for social justice. Speakers addressing the crowd pointed to bank bailouts, home foreclosures, and exorbitant student ...
“Sit down and shut up”: The protest bill for the 1%
Where there is austerity and hardship, there is anger and dissent. And where there is anger and dissent, there are punitive anti-protest laws to keep any social disturbance to a minimum. The newest attempt to squash dissent has been put forward by the already-infamous Rahm Emanuel. Through a combination of changes to the city ordinance ...
