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http://www.alternet.org/activism/popular-resistance-percolating-across-country-inspiring-activism-corporate-media-always?paging=offPopular Resistance Is Percolating Across the Country -- Inspiring Activism That the Corporate Media Always Ignores
Another courageous protest involved seven undocumented immigrants who blocked the Broadview Detention Center where immigrants are being incarcerated. They blocked the doors to the detention facility, linking arms together using pipes, chains, and locks. They were protesting the record-high deportations under President Obama, and the lack of leadership from Illinois representatives to call for a suspension of deportations. On the West coast, the always creative Backbone Campaign supported allied faith communities with a giant banner lift over the private for-profit immigration detention center asking Who Would Jesus Deport? and an inflatable lady liberty exposing the unjust policies that break up families.
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The heart of the conflict faced in the United States is the inequity of an unfair economy supported by a corrupt two party system. This week there was a very creative protest in New York City against the worlds richest man, Carlos Slim of Mexico. Hes made his billions with the help of government allowing a monopoly on phone service resulting in Slim gouging the public. Now he gives a small percentage of that wealth back in philanthropy and people applaud him. But, the protesters were very effective, laughing out loud whenever he spoke. They responded when someone asked Why is everyone laughing? with Because Slims philanthropy is a joke! and followed with mocking kazoos.
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Protests are mounting in the United States against the abusive Guantanamo Bay prison where more than 100 of the 166 prisoners at Guantanamo are participating in a hunger strike and two-dozen are being brutally force fed. These prisoners have been held without trial for over 10 years, and even though 88 have been approved to leave, they remain. The Green Shadow Cabinet came out with a statement describing how Obama could close the prison (and why Congress is not an excuse) and what you can do on the 100th day of the hunger strike this Friday. Show solidarity with these prisoners who are being abused by the US government.
Several planned actions are listed at the end of the article.
deutsey
(20,166 posts)I hope these actions are a growing trend.
mother earth
(6,002 posts)alterfurz
(2,473 posts)Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them. -- Frederick Douglass
Beyond a certain point there is no return. This point has to be reached. -- Kafka
Here in Wisconsin, King Scott continues his crusade to help the peasants find out their Douglass limit, and reach that Kafkaesque point. Almost there now?--those of us old Badgers who don't have all that much time left sure hope so!
BrotherIvan
(9,126 posts)Love the image as well. They all better watch their heads.
MsLeopard
(1,265 posts)Let it spread across the nation before it's too late. Though I fear it's too late for peaceful change..... K&R
mountain grammy
(26,613 posts)L0oniX
(31,493 posts)closeupready
(29,503 posts)Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)labor actions of food workers in Chi, Detroit & mid-West. The stories are old with little follow-up by MSM.
The big issue is community and legitimacy in our post mass media times: What constitutes community and the legitimacy it confers? Would we recognize it if we saw it?