Home > Keywords > Actions > Demos-Actions

Demos-Actions

  • Indigenous Activist Splitting-the-Sky Arrested at Bush Demo (+ video)
    18 March 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
    2 comments

    Indigenous activist Splitting-the-Sky was arrested in Calgary yesterday. He was protesting the presence of George Bush. Although both Canadian and domestic law compels Canada to bar or arrest Bush as a "credible" war criminal suspect - the government has thus far shielded Bush from any move to do either. Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper is a staunch neocon and supporter of Bush policies.
    Splitting the Sky was in the process of instructing Calgary Police as to their obligations when (…)

  • Nato Counter summit in Strasburg
    12 March 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    April 3rd and 4th — Strasburg. NATO turns 60. Let’s celebrate. An opportunity to seize, a call to be heard. Counter-summit in Strasburg: not an appointment with the Power, but a meeting with the situation.
    Civilization knew it was bound to die someday – but only in theory. After several shocks and attacks, it now feels it through all its fibers, all its vital flows. A feeling of death in the democratic air. It is no longer denied, it has become a threat, a pretext for mobilization. Powers (…)

  • Martinique strike turns violent
    7 March 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    Martinique strike turns violent, mayor urges calm
    A general strike in the French Caribbean island of Martinique turned violent on Friday as protesters clashed with business owners who organized their own peaceful protest.
    Hundreds of police launched tear gas as protesters threw rocks and bottles and set cars and garbage bins on fire.
    Martinique’s prefect, Ange Mancini, said four police officers were slightly injured. He asked residents to remain indoors.
    Employers were confronted as (…)

  • Video: Kathy Mattea Sings “Cool of the Day”
    6 March 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    A huge and spirited rally demanding “Climate Justice,” was held in Washington, D.C., on March 2, 2009. In between speakers at the event, Ms. Kathy Mattea, a popular country and bluegrass performer and also a social activist, entertained the crowd. The stage was set up across the street from the Capitol Power Plant, which was the subject of the demonstration. One of the ballads, Ms. Mattea sang was “Cool of the Day,” written by Jean Ritchie. Ms. Mattea is a native of South Charleston, WV. Her (…)

  • Bush Not Bashir
    5 March 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
    2 comments

    By People vs. Bush
    The American war criminal George W Bush has been invited to speak in Calgary, Alberta, Canada by a large lawfirm connected to the oil industry - Bennett Jones. He will arrive on March 17, 2009. There are more foreign dates planned as well.
    He will be travelling for the first time, without immunity, across an international border into a foreign jurisdiction. He should immediately be arrested and held for war crimes. He has much to answer for.
    Canada must be made to (…)

  • Video: Scenes from the “Climate Justice” Rally in D.C.
    3 March 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    A huge and spirited rally demanding “Climate Justice,” was held in Washington, D.C., on March 2, 2009. This video reflects some of the crowd scenes from that event; interviews with activists Anne Havemann of Chesapeake Climate Action; and Kate Lally of Baltimore’s Rising Tide; and a speech from Washington, D.C. Council Member, the Hon. Tom Wells (Ward 6). For background on the rally, go to:
    http://www.capitolclimateaction.org/

  • Video: RFK, Jr. Rips “Coal Barons”
    3 March 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    A huge and spirited rally demanding “Climate Justice,” was held in Washington, D.C., on March 2, 2009. One of the speakers at the event was Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. His remarks were a scathing indictment of the “Coal Barons.” He said: “Clean coal is a dirty lie.” RFK, Jr. also alleged that the Coal Barons are running, in some instances, a “criminal enterprise.” He charged that some of the practices of the Coal Barons, like “mountaintop removal,” are “destroying the environment...America’s (…)

  • March 17 Bush in Canada: "we must pursue him till he croaks"
    2 March 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    This reaction to the news that Bush is visiting Canada, and without his diplomatic immunity, theoretically vulnerable to prosecution for war crimes, is a reaction likely shared by many the world over. Canada must try and hold him here. The world is watching...
    http://mostlywater.org/node/63650
    See also:
    Former President and War Criminal
    http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?...
    Haunted by Bush War Crimes
    http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?...
    Please endorse, support and assist - (…)

  • Video: Activists Want Law to Require 365 Days Notice of Eviction
    24 February 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    On Feb. 23, 2009, activists held a press conference, rally and protest, at 4:15 PM, in front of Baltimore’s City Hall. They are seeking support for a City Council Bill, No. 09-0289, which will be introduced at the City Council meeting later this evening. The Bill, if passed into law, will require a 365 days notice of eviction on foreclosures. The measure is being championed by City Council members Bill Henry (D-4) and Mary Pat Clarke (D-14), among others. The group, “Network to Stop (…)

  • SUPPORTING freedom of expression
    14 February 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
    1 comment

    What the hell did he do ??
    Well, the man is being tried for selling the communist daily "L’Humanité-dimanche" in the street : his trial is to take place on February 18th.
    Lounis merely sold the French daily at the Dejean Market, in the 18th ’arrondissement’ in Paris... where he had been selling it for 20 years.
    And yet, in 2007 -about 8 weeks before the French presidential election- he was questioned by the police for "selling goods in a public place without any authorization".
    A (…)