Occupy Town Square
Monday, February 27th, 2012
Occupy Wall Street and its energy comes back to Tompkins Square Park in the East Village, the site last August of the early General Assemblies, before the Zuccotti Park/Liberty Square camp-out.
Rally Against Bailout Thursday – NYC
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008This week, the White House is putting unbelievable pressure on Congress to authorize an unprecedented giveaway of $700 billion to the Wall Street tycoons who steered our financial markets into a maelstrom.The bailout includes no new regulation or oversight to help avoid this kind of crisis in the future, no public interest givebacks to help people in danger of losing their homes, and no equity stake for taxpayers.
Rally against this bailout in the heart of the financial district! Gather at 4pm, this Thursday, Sept. 25 in the plaza at the southern end of Bowling Green Park, which is the small triangular park that has the Wall Street bull at the northern tip.
What: Say NO to the Wall Street bailout
When: Thursday, September 25: 4pm
Where: Southern end of Bowling Green Park, in the plaza area
What to bring: Banners, noisemakers, signs, leaflets, etc.
Please do whatever you can to put a stop to this bailout — attend the rally, bring your friends, families, and colleagues, spread the word far and wide.
Since Wall Street is asking us to give them money for their worthless investments, some of our creative friends are planning to bring their OWN junk to Wall Street to see if they’ll buy it.
Warrantless raids on peace protesters in Minneapolis, ahead of RNC.
Sunday, August 31st, 2008No-knock police raids and warrantless invasions of property in Minneapolis prior to Republican Convention.
On the weekend before the Republican National Convention, law enforcement agencies detained dozens of people and issued a series of search warrants aimed at groups believed to be organizing demonstrations while delegates and Republican officials are in town. - NY Times
Coverage on Salon
Via BoingBoing
Tibet report – monks forced to participate in staged videos.
Friday, April 4th, 2008In this BBtv vlog episode, Xeni speaks with Tibetan human rights worker Lhakpa Kyizom about reported abuses against so-called “wired monks” in Tibet, by PRC military and police. Using cellphones, these monks photographed dead and injured participants in nonviolent, pro-Tibetan sovereignty protests that took place in March. The monks then disseminated these images to supporters outside Tibet, using connected computers and mobile devices.
After the images spread worldwide, and their origin became known to authorities in the tightly-controlled, tense, post-protest environment in Tibet, Kyizom says, military forces invaded the monastery, confiscated all communications tools, and detained nearly 600 monks in political retaliation.
Kyizom works as a radio producer for Tibet Connection, and is a trainer with the Active Nonviolence Education Center in the Northern Indian town of Dharamshala, also home to the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government in exile.
Link to Boing Boing tv episode, with discussion, downloadable video, transcript of Kyizom’s account, and links to related reports.
China, Tibet and the Dalai Lama
Thursday, March 20th, 2008Prime Minister Wen Jiabao of China on Tuesday blamed supporters of the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, for planning and inciting what he described as an “appalling” violence and destruction in Tibet last week.
The Dalai Lama on Tuesday invited international observers, including Chinese officials, to scour his offices here and investigate whether he had any role in inciting the latest anti-Chinese violence in Tibet. He also threatened to resign as leader of Tibet’s government-in-exile in the event of spiraling bloodshed in his homeland.
His spokesperson clarifies:
“If they choose violence as the means to achieve their political ends then the Dalai Lama cannot lead that movement,” says secretary Tenzin Taklha, speaking from Dharamsala in northern India where the Dalai Lama lives in exile.
“He cannot resign as the Dalai Lama. He will die the Dalai Lama.”
The “Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama” sets out three main commitments in the Dalai Lama’s life.
Firstly, “on the level of a human being”, he is committed to promoting of values such as compassion, forgiveness, tolerance, contentment and self-discipline.
Secondly, on the level of a religious practitioner, he is committed to helping bring religious harmony and understanding.
“His third commitment is to the Tibetan issue. His Holiness has a responsibility to act as the free spokesperson of the Tibetans in their struggle for justice,” his office states.
“As far as this third commitment is concerned, it will cease to exist once a mutually beneficial solution is reached between the Tibetans and the Chinese.
“His Holiness will carry on with the first two commitments until his last breath.” -BBC
This post was suggested by my friend Chris who visited Dharamsala, the headquarters of the Tibetan Government in Exile in 1998
Tibetan refugee camp in Nepal in 1998
related:
Getting to Dharamsala
History of the Tibet China conflict
Talking with hunger strikers in New Delhi
This was put online long before current events. The International
Campaign for Tibet’s address has only changed slightly since then I’m
seeing as I research this now – from 1825 K St. NW, Suite 520 to 1825
Jefferson Place NW and the zip code looks like it’s changed from 20006
to 20036.
ICT’s current address listed at the bottom of this page:
http://www.savetibet.org/about
Move On Candlelight Vigil
Thursday, March 20th, 2008
UFPJ Peace March in the Rain
Saturday, October 27th, 2007
United for Peace and Justice organized this event but
the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition was there as well.
Thousands Protest Iraq War Across U.S.
Singing “Down by the Riverside.”
Sweet and original homemade sign.
See all 31 photos in my Oct 27th Peace March in the Rain – NYC set on Flickr
View as Slideshow
Other groups represented in the demonstration:
worldcantwait.org/
historiansagainstwar.org/
www.paxchristiusa.org/
Veterans Against the Iraq War
Military Families Speak Out
www.graypanthers.org/
Oct 27, UFPJ anti-war Demonstrations
Thursday, October 25th, 2007This coming Saturday, October 27, people from all walks of life will gather in 11 cities around the country in a national expression of the breadth and depth of antiwar sentiment in this nation. For many people, it will be their first step in transforming their antiwar feelings into antiwar action. Regional actions will enable much larger numbers of people to participate.
oct27.org
This is organized by United for Peace and Justice, they always do a good job. Please come out.
New York City details:
Rally at 12 noon
Assemble on Broadway, south of 23rd Street (Please use 23rd St. subway stations)
March at 1:00 p.m.
2 Minutes of Silence to Honor those who have died – 2:45 p.m.
Peace and Justice Fair in Foley Square (at the end of the march) – 2:00 – 5:30 p.m.
Mother’s Day Peace Parade – NYC
Monday, May 14th, 2007
Code Pink and the Granny Peace Brigade celebrate Mother’s Day, the way it was originally celebrated by Julia Ward Howe‘s in her Mother’s Day Proclamation in 1870.
Mother’s Day for Peace: a professional reading of the proclamation.
IMPEACH!
Friday, April 27th, 2007
George Bush and Dick Cheney have lied the nation into a war of aggression, are spying in open violation of the law, and have sanctioned the use of torture. These are high crimes and misdemeanors that demand accountability. Since Congress doesn’t seem to get it, on April 28 Americans from Miami, Florida to North Pole, Alaska are going to spell it out for them: IMPEACH!
In NYC there will be gatherings in Central Park (The Great Hill – enter CPW and 106th Street) and Coney Island (D, F N or Q to Coney Island/Stillwell) 11AM – Bring a blanket.
Photos by John Montgomery
January 6, 2007 — Over 1000 people gathered in Nancy Pelosi’s district, on Ocean Beach in San Francisco, to spell out the message “IMPEACH!” “America is a great country,” said event organizer Brad Newsham, a local cab driver and author. “But President Bush has betrayed our faith. He mislead us into a disastrous war, and is trampling on our Constitution. He has to go. Now. I hope Nancy Pelosi is listening today.”
