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The law was struck down prohibiting people from living in vehicles in Los Angeles In the case Desertrain v. City of Los Angeles, the court sent a strong message all across the nation that cities cannot end homelessness, by making homelessness illegal with egregious city laws that essentially make it impossible for homeless people to survive by staying in their vehicles!...
Posted: Fri, Jun 20, 2014 11:59pm PDT
For First Time, Appeals Court Rules Warrant Is Required For Cell Phone Location Tracking 
MIAMI – For the first time, a federal appeals court has ruled that law enforcement must obtain a warrant to get people’s phone location histories from their cell service companies....
Posted: Mon, Jun 16, 2014 2:33pm PDT
Man Sues City After Being Arrested for Twitter Account Parodying Mayor 
PEORIA, Ill. – A 29-year-old Peoria resident is suing the City of Peoria, Mayor Jim Ardis, and several other officials for their role in transforming his Twitter parody of the mayor into a police matter, leading to a raid on a home, the seizing of personal property, and his arrest and detention....
Posted: Mon, Jun 16, 2014 2:30pm PDT
The Four Most Widely Believed Myths About Gun Control These are the four most pervasive myths maintained about gun control by their opponents, designed to make debate or dissent on the issue impossible and unanswerable:
1. Gun control does not work.
2. It is barred by the Constitution.
3. It would lead to dictatorship, or firearms keep us free.
4. Guns prevent crime/make us feel safe....
Posted: Fri, Jun 13, 2014 12:32pm PDT
Class War: Thailand’s Military Coup 
Outnumbered by the country’s rural voters, Thailand’s once vibrantly democratic urban middle class has embraced an elitist, anti-democratic agenda...
Posted: Fri, Jun 13, 2014 1:46am PDT
Abuse, Inhumane Conditions, Found at Prisons for Immigrants Run by Private Companies 
NEW YORK – On June 10, the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Texas released the report Warehoused and Forgotten: Immigrants Trapped in Our Shadow Private Prison Industry (see PDF), a devastating look into the secretive "Criminal Alien Requirement" or "CAR" prisons for immigrants. In a four-year investigation of five CAR prisons in Texas, our researchers found pervasive and disturbing patterns of neglect and abuse of the prisoners–all non-citizens, most of whom have been convicted...
Posted: Wed, Jun 11, 2014 12:49pm PDT
The FBI Inspires a New Strategy Fake terror is an inspiration....
Posted: Sat, May 31, 2014 7:00pm PDT
Dia de homenaje para Galeano, Chicano Park, San Diego 5.24.14 
En honor a la vida del Maestro Galeano, quien fue asesinado en una emboscada de paramilitares mientras que la defensa de una escuelitaa Zapatista.
Vídeo es de 8 minutos, 45 segundos de duración....
Posted: Sat, May 31, 2014 5:00am PDT
Attack on Zaptista School in La Realidad: Protest at Consulado de México en San Diego 
On May 2, bad government sponsored paramilitaries attacked the Zapatista school and clinic in La Realidad, killing Maestro Galeano and injuring 15 others. Following a call for events and actions in the week May 18-24, a protest was held at the Mexican Consulate on Thursday, May 22. Photos and a 6 minute video from the event are attached. An event honoring Maestro Galeano will take place on Saturday, May 24 3-5pm at Chicano Park - flyer attached....
Posted: Fri, May 23, 2014 2:04pm PDT
Protesters take over Albuquerque City Council meeting 
On May 5 anti-police brutality activists and community members in Albuquerque effectively shut down the City Council meeting and reconvened it as a People’s Meeting, a truly unprecedented event in the recent history of Albuquerque....
Posted: Tue, May 13, 2014 2:01pm PDT
Voters Approve Independence For Lugansk and Donetsk People's Republics 
[Photo: Unarmed young man murdered by Ukrainian National Guard in Krasnoarmeysk for trying to cast his vote on May 11th.]...
Posted: Mon, May 12, 2014 4:11pm PDT
Bullies in Blue: Call the Cops at Your Own Peril 
Whatever you do, never call the cops. However bad you might think the situation is, it will be much worse once the goon thugs arrive....
Posted: Sat, May 10, 2014 12:14pm PDT
US Congressman Cedric Richmond Introduces Bill to Reform Solitary Confinement 
Below is the full text of a statement published today, May 8 2014m, at Cedric Richmond's website. A PDF of the bill itself is included as an attachment....
Posted: Thu, May 8, 2014 2:11pm PDT
U.S. / EU Backed Neo-Nazis Murder 116 in Odessa; Referendums in Donetsk & Luhansk May 11 
[Photo: May 8th press conference of the Donetsk People’s Republic announcing plans to carry out the scheduled May 11 referendum. Credit Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images]...
Posted: Thu, May 8, 2014 1:00pm PDT
Coalition Responds to Idaho’s Motion to Dimiss Ag Gag Lawsuit BOISE — Last week, national nonprofits Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF), People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the American Civil Liberties Union of Idaho (ACLU), and Center for Food Safety (CFS) filed a response to the state of Idaho’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed earlier this spring in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho. In March 2014, a coalition of organizations dedicated to civil liberties, animal protection, food safety, labor rights, and the environmen...
Posted: Wed, May 7, 2014 8:51am PDT
Alabama to Pay $580,000 in Legal Bills Because of Unconstitutional Anti-Immigrant Laws MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Alabama has agreed to pay $230,000 in legal bills incurred by civil rights groups that sued the state over a provision of its anti-immigrant law that threatened to push people out of their homes. The agreement announced yesterday means that the state has now agreed to pay $580,000 to cover plaintiffs’ legal fees and costs in two successful challenges to Alabama’s anti-immigrant law known as HB 56....
Posted: Tue, May 6, 2014 7:45pm PDT
Cecily McMillan will appeal verdict in OWS persecution 
Today Cecily McMillan was found guilty of assaulting a police officer and sent to jail.
Her lawyers have released the following statement and are preparing an appeal....
Posted: Mon, May 5, 2014 4:00pm PDT
Occupy Wall Street Activist Cecily McMillan Found Guilty of Assault on Police Officer 
Today a jury found Occupy Wall Street activist Cecily McMillan guilty of assault on a police officer. Her sentencing is May 19....
Posted: Mon, May 5, 2014 2:00pm PDT
How Presidents and the Public Have Ignored Right Wing Terrorism What Cliven Bundy and the Oath Keeper militia terrorists were doing has a long history. Americans have been victimized by terrorism long before September 11. What often makes the difference between the reaction to 9-11 and these other terrorists is that, just as in Bundy's case, powerful elites and large segments of American people wanted right wing terrorists to succeed....
Posted: Fri, May 2, 2014 7:19pm PDT
Rallies demand justice for transgender teen 
On April 25, more than 50 people rallied outside the Connecticut Department of Children and Families headquarters in Hartford to demand justice for a transgender 16-year-old girl who has been held in York Correctional Center, an adult prison, since April 8. “Jane Doe,” as she is known because she is a minor, has not been charged with any crime and is being held in near-solitary conditions for 22-23 hours a day....
Posted: Fri, May 2, 2014 5:38pm PDT
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