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AG #Bondi has established a
«task force to root out “acts of terrorism and civil rights violations by individuals and entities providing support and financing to #Hamas, related Iran proxies, and their affiliates, as well as acts of antisemitism by these groups.”…Trespassing, occupation, organizing, all of the things that are the hallmarks of #CivilDisobedience are now being considered acts of #terrorism, even if there is no violence involved.»
#suppression
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenklippenstein/p/trumps-domestic-war-on-terrorism
«task force to root out “acts of terrorism and civil rights violations by individuals and entities providing support and financing to #Hamas, related Iran proxies, and their affiliates, as well as acts of antisemitism by these groups.”…Trespassing, occupation, organizing, all of the things that are the hallmarks of #CivilDisobedience are now being considered acts of #terrorism, even if there is no violence involved.»
#suppression
https://open.substack.com/pub/kenklippenstein/p/trumps-domestic-war-on-terrorism
Trump's Domestic War on Terrorism
From Tesla vandals to college protesters, Americans are the new targetKen Klippenstein
"While nonviolent protests (sit-ins, marches, boycotts, civil disobedience) were certainly used, the existence and tactical use of weapons cannot be overlooked, especially in the southern United States. The people who advocated for armed self-defense were not fringe elements of the civil rights movement. Instead, they were part and parcel of the mainstream of the movement.
People like Medgar Evers and Robert F. Williams, as well as groups like the Deacons for Defense and Justice, were members and leaders in civil rights groups throughout the South that practiced armed self-defense in their communities. Additionally there were scores of Black civilians, who were not members of any formal organization and who fought back with arms to protect organizers, their neighbors, and themselves. An understanding of armed self-defense and its role in the civil rights era allows us to analyze our own current political moments and the strategic questions facing us currently."
- Lamont Carter and scott crow, "Other Stories from the Civil Rights Movement: A Spectrum of Community Defense", Setting Sights: Histories and Reflections on Community Armed Self-Defense, pages 131-132
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#SettingSights #ScottCrow #CivilRights #CommunityDefense #Nonviolence #Pacifism #CivilDisobedience
People like Medgar Evers and Robert F. Williams, as well as groups like the Deacons for Defense and Justice, were members and leaders in civil rights groups throughout the South that practiced armed self-defense in their communities. Additionally there were scores of Black civilians, who were not members of any formal organization and who fought back with arms to protect organizers, their neighbors, and themselves. An understanding of armed self-defense and its role in the civil rights era allows us to analyze our own current political moments and the strategic questions facing us currently."
- Lamont Carter and scott crow, "Other Stories from the Civil Rights Movement: A Spectrum of Community Defense", Setting Sights: Histories and Reflections on Community Armed Self-Defense, pages 131-132
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#SettingSights #ScottCrow #CivilRights #CommunityDefense #Nonviolence #Pacifism #CivilDisobedience
Looks like Erik Prince's SCOTUS whispering worked... jfc
The Supreme Court effectively abolishes the right to mass protest in three US states
It is no longer safe to organize a protest in Louisiana, Mississippi, or Texas.
By Ian Millhiser Apr 15, 2024,
"The Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will not hear Mckesson v. Doe. The decision not to hear Mckesson leaves in place a lower court decision that effectively eliminated the right to organize a #MassProtest in the states of #Louisiana, #Mississippi, and #Texas.
"Under that lower court decision, a protest organizer faces potentially ruinous financial consequences if a single attendee at a mass protest commits an illegal act."
#McKessonVsDoe #BLM #Fascism #SCOTUS #SLAPPs #RightToProtest #FreeSpeech #CivilDisobedience #CorruptSCOTUS #ClarenceThomas #ImpeachJusticeThomas #Blackwater #ErikPrince #NoDAPL #Academi #Activism
The Supreme Court effectively abolishes the right to mass protest in three US states
It is no longer safe to organize a protest in Louisiana, Mississippi, or Texas.
By Ian Millhiser Apr 15, 2024,
"The Supreme Court announced on Monday that it will not hear Mckesson v. Doe. The decision not to hear Mckesson leaves in place a lower court decision that effectively eliminated the right to organize a #MassProtest in the states of #Louisiana, #Mississippi, and #Texas.
"Under that lower court decision, a protest organizer faces potentially ruinous financial consequences if a single attendee at a mass protest commits an illegal act."
#McKessonVsDoe #BLM #Fascism #SCOTUS #SLAPPs #RightToProtest #FreeSpeech #CivilDisobedience #CorruptSCOTUS #ClarenceThomas #ImpeachJusticeThomas #Blackwater #ErikPrince #NoDAPL #Academi #Activism
Protest and mass mobilization carry risks:
1. Police/military could escalate and crack down.
2. Black bloc might rush into reciprocal violence.
3. Decentralized movements can splinter and lose coherence.
There are resources that can help point the way.
Gene Sharp (RIP): From Dictatorship to Democracy
https://thenewpress.com/books/from-dictatorship-democracy
Also, Erica Chenoweth, Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to Know
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/civil-resistance-9780190244408?cc=us&lang=en&
#uspol #democracy #resistance #civildisobedience #nonviolence
1. Police/military could escalate and crack down.
2. Black bloc might rush into reciprocal violence.
3. Decentralized movements can splinter and lose coherence.
There are resources that can help point the way.
Gene Sharp (RIP): From Dictatorship to Democracy
https://thenewpress.com/books/from-dictatorship-democracy
Also, Erica Chenoweth, Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to Know
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/civil-resistance-9780190244408?cc=us&lang=en&
#uspol #democracy #resistance #civildisobedience #nonviolence
From Dictatorship to Democracy
Twenty-one years ago, at a friend’s request, a Massachusetts professor sketched out a blueprint for nonviolent resistance to repressive regimes.The New Press
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“It's infinitely safer to convince 500 people to withdraw their money from Wells Fargo and Chase so they can't fund a defense contractor or the next pipeline than it is to redecorate a few of their branches. (It leaves a bigger dent too.)”
https://kolektiva.social/@tothedaring/113460078355087435
#civilDisobedience #massNoncooperation #directAction #organizing #protest #resistance #activism #MovementSecurity #MoSec #privacy #infosec #movementorganizing #harmreduction #safety #protestSafety #harris #trump #election #election2024 #democrats
https://kolektiva.social/@tothedaring/113460078355087435
#civilDisobedience #massNoncooperation #directAction #organizing #protest #resistance #activism #MovementSecurity #MoSec #privacy #infosec #movementorganizing #harmreduction #safety #protestSafety #harris #trump #election #election2024 #democrats
frank :anarchy_bi: (he / they) (@tothedaring@kolektiva.social)
with the possibility of street action picking up again in the coming months, here's a guide i wrote to help ppl prepare for what to expect when there's a possibility of getting arrested (and maybe why they want to avoid it whenever possible) https:/…kolektiva.social
HT @abcfeeds
#Australia's Supreme Court prohibits #RisingTide's #Newcastle #coal port protest
"The only public safety issue here is the climate pollution caused by the continued expansion of the coal and gas industries."
By Bridget Murphy
November 7, 2024
The activism group has recruited the likes of #Pete Garrett for the demonstration, which has been promoted as a "#protestival" designed to block access to the city's harbour.
Read more:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-07/supreme-court-prohibits-rising-tide-newcastle-climate-protest/104547892
#RisingTide #BigOilAndGas #CriminalizingDissent #Protest #CivilDisobedience #NewcastleNSW #Australia
#Australia's Supreme Court prohibits #RisingTide's #Newcastle #coal port protest
"The only public safety issue here is the climate pollution caused by the continued expansion of the coal and gas industries."
By Bridget Murphy
November 7, 2024
The activism group has recruited the likes of #Pete Garrett for the demonstration, which has been promoted as a "#protestival" designed to block access to the city's harbour.
Read more:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-07/supreme-court-prohibits-rising-tide-newcastle-climate-protest/104547892
#RisingTide #BigOilAndGas #CriminalizingDissent #Protest #CivilDisobedience #NewcastleNSW #Australia
Rising Tide's Newcastle coal port protest blocked by NSW Supreme Court
The activism group has recruited the likes of Peter Garrett for the demonstration, which has been promoted as a "protestival" designed to block access to the coal port.Bridget Murphy (ABC News)
And how much economic damage is from climate change and pollution from #FossilFuels? #BigOil is the real criminal here!
#ClimateProtesters are taking action against Big Oil. UK courts are handing them prison terms akin to rapists and thieves
By Kara Fox, CNN
September 14, 2024
London CNN — "As #RightWing rioters attacked communities with #racist violence across parts of the UK last month, 22-year-old #ClimateActivist #CressieGethin sat in a prison cell.
"Her crime? Organizing a disruptive protest against new government-granted licenses to drill for oil — a planet-heating #FossilFuel — in the #NorthSea.
"In late July, a London court found #Gethin and four other members of the #JustStopOil activist group guilty of 'conspiring intentionally to cause a #PublicNuisance,' after recruiting protesters to climb structures along the M25 — a major ring road around London — bringing traffic to a standstill in parts over four days in November 2022.
"Prosecutors alleged that the protests, organized over a #ZoomCall, disrupted more than 700,000 drivers, caused economic damage of over £760,000 ($980,000) and racked up £1 million ($1.3m) in policing costs.
"Now Gethin and three others — Louise Lancaster, #DanielShaw and #LuciaWhittakerDeAbreu, who planned the disruption on the call — are serving four-year jail terms, while Just Stop Oil co-founder #RogerHallam was given five years. All are appealing.
"The sentences are believed to be the longest in the UK’s history for #nonviolent protest and were delivered under two new controversial laws that supercharged #policing powers to crack down on disruptive protests, even when they are peaceful.
"They place the act of planning a 'public nuisance' event, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, on a similar footing as #ViolentCrimes like robbery, for which punishments range from community service to 12 years’ jail, or rape, which is four to 19 years.
"The judge — who in court referred to the activists as '#extremists' — justified the long jail terms because all five activists had previously been convicted of one or more offenses in relation to direct action protest. Each were on bail for another set of proceedings when the Zoom call took place. He also noted people missed important doctor’s visits and funerals because of the protest.
"But activists like Gethin say their demonstrations are proportionate to the problem at hand — a rapidly warming world that threatens to transform life as we know it, through deadly #ExtremeWeather events and by pushing #ecosystems to their brinks. They are now battling the bolstered powers of the #police and courts to get their point across.
“'A very harsh sentence like this doesn’t make sense morally or legally — but it does make sense politically,' Gethin told CNN in a handwritten letter from HMP Bronzefield, a women’s prison just south of London’s Heathrow Airport.
"The laws have drawn criticism from the UN’s special rapporteur on #EnvironmentalDefenders, #MichaelForst, who said not only do they criminalize peaceful protest, but they are being enforced in 'punitive and repressive' ways."
Read more:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/14/climate/uk-climate-protests-policing-laws-prison-intl/index.html
#BigOilAndGas #ClimateActivists #ClimateProtest #SLAPPs #CorporateColonialism #WaterDefenders
#ClimateDefenders
#EnvironmentalActivists
#SilencingDissent #SLAPPs #ClimateActivists #CorporateColonialism
#EarthDefenders #CriminalizingDissent #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #BiodiversityNecessityDefense
#EarthDefenders
#SLAPPs #Fascism #CivilDisobedience
#Activism #ClimateStrike
#HumanRights #Article20 #2023PublicOrderAct #ClimateNecessityDefense #Corporatocracy #CorporateFascism #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe
#ClimateProtesters are taking action against Big Oil. UK courts are handing them prison terms akin to rapists and thieves
By Kara Fox, CNN
September 14, 2024
London CNN — "As #RightWing rioters attacked communities with #racist violence across parts of the UK last month, 22-year-old #ClimateActivist #CressieGethin sat in a prison cell.
"Her crime? Organizing a disruptive protest against new government-granted licenses to drill for oil — a planet-heating #FossilFuel — in the #NorthSea.
"In late July, a London court found #Gethin and four other members of the #JustStopOil activist group guilty of 'conspiring intentionally to cause a #PublicNuisance,' after recruiting protesters to climb structures along the M25 — a major ring road around London — bringing traffic to a standstill in parts over four days in November 2022.
"Prosecutors alleged that the protests, organized over a #ZoomCall, disrupted more than 700,000 drivers, caused economic damage of over £760,000 ($980,000) and racked up £1 million ($1.3m) in policing costs.
"Now Gethin and three others — Louise Lancaster, #DanielShaw and #LuciaWhittakerDeAbreu, who planned the disruption on the call — are serving four-year jail terms, while Just Stop Oil co-founder #RogerHallam was given five years. All are appealing.
"The sentences are believed to be the longest in the UK’s history for #nonviolent protest and were delivered under two new controversial laws that supercharged #policing powers to crack down on disruptive protests, even when they are peaceful.
"They place the act of planning a 'public nuisance' event, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, on a similar footing as #ViolentCrimes like robbery, for which punishments range from community service to 12 years’ jail, or rape, which is four to 19 years.
"The judge — who in court referred to the activists as '#extremists' — justified the long jail terms because all five activists had previously been convicted of one or more offenses in relation to direct action protest. Each were on bail for another set of proceedings when the Zoom call took place. He also noted people missed important doctor’s visits and funerals because of the protest.
"But activists like Gethin say their demonstrations are proportionate to the problem at hand — a rapidly warming world that threatens to transform life as we know it, through deadly #ExtremeWeather events and by pushing #ecosystems to their brinks. They are now battling the bolstered powers of the #police and courts to get their point across.
“'A very harsh sentence like this doesn’t make sense morally or legally — but it does make sense politically,' Gethin told CNN in a handwritten letter from HMP Bronzefield, a women’s prison just south of London’s Heathrow Airport.
"The laws have drawn criticism from the UN’s special rapporteur on #EnvironmentalDefenders, #MichaelForst, who said not only do they criminalize peaceful protest, but they are being enforced in 'punitive and repressive' ways."
Read more:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/14/climate/uk-climate-protests-policing-laws-prison-intl/index.html
#BigOilAndGas #ClimateActivists #ClimateProtest #SLAPPs #CorporateColonialism #WaterDefenders
#ClimateDefenders
#EnvironmentalActivists
#SilencingDissent #SLAPPs #ClimateActivists #CorporateColonialism
#EarthDefenders #CriminalizingDissent #FreeSpeech #RightToProtest #BiodiversityNecessityDefense
#EarthDefenders
#SLAPPs #Fascism #CivilDisobedience
#Activism #ClimateStrike
#HumanRights #Article20 #2023PublicOrderAct #ClimateNecessityDefense #Corporatocracy #CorporateFascism #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCatastrophe