October 2011
188 posts
Official response from Oakland PD on tonight's... →
rileyanne:
babysansa:
gloria-swanson:
somepolitics:
paxamericana:
“Q. Did the Police deploy rubber bullets, flash-bag grenades?
A. No, the loud noises that were heard originated from M-80 explosives thrown at
Police by protesters. In addition, Police fired approximately four bean bag rounds
at protesters to stop them from throwing dangerous objects at the officers
Q. Where there...
Progressive Friends: Oakland Police: ... →
progressivefriends:
“The Oakland police department (OPD) has long been one of the most controversial urban law enforcement agencies in America, with a string of high-profile criminal and brutality allegations going back decades.
It is also tough turf to police. Oakland is a city that has suffered from considerable…
Progressive Friends: The Rights Failed "Occupy"... →
progressivefriends:
“When your cries of anti-Semitism fail to rile the Anti-Defamation League, you might be on the wrong track.
That, however, has not stopped various right-wing figures from pushing the idea that Occupy Wall Street is a hotbed of Jew hatred. A group called the Emergency Committee for Israel,…
ursa: The American Petroleum Institute needs to... →
mohandasgandhi:
I’m not sure if many of you have caught this but I very rarely watch television and while checking my local news, I could not believe one of the commercials that was run by the API. In fact, they’ve been running several ads encouraging Americans to support the devastating Keystone Pipeline project
OCCUPY OAKLAND: Police launch tear gas, flash-bang... →
cognitivedissonance:
This video is positively horrifying. Right now, police are doing this to peacefully assembled people exercising their First Amendment rights in the United States of America.
More Hispanics go to federal prison - Sentences...
hispanictips:
Quicklink: www.hispanictips.com/?p=133731 Permalink: http://www.hispanictips.com/2011/06/06/more-hispanics-go-to-federal-prison/ Collected from: www.wrcbtv.com Filed Under: Essentials, Immigration Tagged: prison Curation from: www.HispanicTips.com
STFU, RACISTS!!!: What's racist? What's not? A... →
stfuracists:
White supremacy = racist
White people enslaving those they see as “not white” = racist
White people lynching those they see as “not white” = racist
White people segregating those they see as “not white” into inferior conditions = racist
White people trying to stop those they see as “not white” from voting = racist
Discriminatory lending, housing, and hiring practices causing...
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URGENT ACTION NEEDED: New Internet Blacklist Bill... →
A bit of an emergency: The rumor all over Capitol Hill is that the House version of the Internet Blacklist Bill will be introduced this week, probably on Wednesday.
Our allies on the Hill say the bill’s so bad that it could effectively destroy Youtube, Twitter, and other sites that rely on user-generated content by making the sites’ owners legally responsible for everything their...
Bill Kristol’s Appalling Attack on Occupy Wall... →
fernpop asked: I feel like they were just white people pretending to be Tibetan or something?
& all my good friends call me wilderness: I like... →
lightningleslie:
Today I read this status on the wall of a guy I knew in high school: “Just because HST is dead, doesn’t mean Hollywood can begin raping his material. Fuck you Rum Diary movie.”
Obviously I said something along the lines of “this is an offensive and incorrect use of the…
N.Y. Police Officer Who Pepper-Sprayed Occupy... →
stfuconservatives:
npr:
An incident that happened in the early days of the Occupy Wall Street protests — a New York City police officer’s pepper-spraying of some women on Sept. 24, which was caught on videotape and spread around the Web — has led to disciplinary action against the NYPD commander responsible, according to New York news outlets.
I don’t think it’s anywhere near enough but at...
You don't know a thing about my sins.: What you... →
angrybrownbaby:
I ran across this and found it interesting (though I knew a good portion of the history since I remember learning about this as a kid in Mexico). I think the title should say Mexican and Black American Solidarity, though. As per usual, I will mention that Black people and…
