“The public will be astonished to learn that in the British justice system a protester can now be convicted of criminal damage for disrupting an arms factory and then be sentenced as ‘terrorists’ without having been convicted of terror charges and with this having been kept secret from the jury.”
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Today in Labor History May 15, 1969: Police fought students in the Battle for People's Park at the University of California Berkeley, California. The battle was over a small strip of land that the students had claimed as community commons. Governor Ronald Reagan sent in National Guards to reclaim the Park. Police gunfire killed a bystander, James Rector, and wounded 60 others, including Alan Blanchard, who was blinded for life. Street fighting continued for 17 days. Another 150 demonstrators would be shot and wounded. The battle for the park has continued ever since, with the university continuing to claim ownership and threatening to turn the park into everything from units of student housing to a parking lot. The defenders of the park have done numerous direct actions over the past 55 years to defend the park, provide mutual aid, provide free food and clothes to unhoused folks, and offer community classes. In 1992, cops shot and killed Park Defender Rosebud Denovo, after she broke into the basement of the residence of UC Berkeley Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien. As recently as 2024, the cops have attacked, beaten, and/or arrested park defenders. Also in that year, the California Supreme Court sided with the University and its plans to build student housing on the park. In 2025, the university announced that the new housing would be named after Disability Rights activist Judy Heumann.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #PeoplesPark #berkeley #students #protest #activism #homelessness #reagan #PoliceBrutality #police #acab #studentprotest #university #UCBerkeley #judyjeumann
Yesterday I attended the first major protest against AI data centres in Vancouver. There was a solid turnout, more than I expected for an event organized by a teen who'd never run a protest and just put out some Instagram posts and physical posters on a few main streets. At least 300, maybe over 400 people? I'm trying to be conservative in my guesses.
Speaking to the crowd, the top concerns were the social and cultural effects of AI (misinformation, disconnection, undermining the arts), then environmental concerns (Vancouver is already under water restrictions due to drought; fossil fuel buildup for AI; etc), then prioritization (why is money and space going to this instead of housing, healthcare, etc). A few other topics came up less often, like economic effects.
The group shut down traffic on two of Vancouver's biggest streets, Granville and Broadway, including the Granville Street Bridge. They also passed through Granville Island, one of the most-visited tourist destinations in Canada.
#cdnpoli #canada #vancouver #britishcolumbia #ai #noai #datacenter #protest #protestsign #telus
Speaking to the crowd, the top concerns were the social and cultural effects of AI (misinformation, disconnection, undermining the arts), then environmental concerns (Vancouver is already under water restrictions due to drought; fossil fuel buildup for AI; etc), then prioritization (why is money and space going to this instead of housing, healthcare, etc). A few other topics came up less often, like economic effects.
The group shut down traffic on two of Vancouver's biggest streets, Granville and Broadway, including the Granville Street Bridge. They also passed through Granville Island, one of the most-visited tourist destinations in Canada.
#cdnpoli #canada #vancouver #britishcolumbia #ai #noai #datacenter #protest #protestsign #telus
Three U.S. senators have called for an overhaul of federal agents’ use of tear gas and pepper spray, citing a ProPublica investigation that found at least 79 children were hurt by these chemicals during Trump’s immigration crackdown.
#News #Congress #Law #Senate #ICE #Immigration #Protest #Children #Health
Another week, another demonstration by #Albania to lazy Americans about how you really #protest against #JaredKushner #IvankaTrump, #Trump #EdiRama
background: the #nepobaby couple want to build a #MarALago style resort on a pristine #flamingo habitat
Albanians have been pretty emphatically saying "fuck no"
it's called the #FlamingoRevolution
Albania I salute you, you fucking rock!
💪 😤 🇦🇱
I'm standing -like putting my hands up, expressing my 1st Amend #rights -this is a rubber bullet, which they were saying they weren't shooting🚨-obviously were💔-shot some sort of canister thru my pants -a huge bruise on my thigh -shot me in leg -chest..."
"NJ AG says ppl wearing protective gear who didn't leave the area 1/2 MI from DH (an empty IND road)🚨put the public at risk.
Standing around🚨is a big threat to “the public” these days."
-T Ben-Ora
#ICE #Protest #USPol
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/delaney-hall-ice-protests-dhs-restores-family-visitation/
Today we find an anti- #MAGA #protest in...
#JaredKushner and #IvankaTrump, with assist from Donald #Trump and Albanian Prime Minister #EdiRama, want to build a resort on a nature preserve
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The sentences for Palestine Action activists convicted of criminal damage, but then sentenced on the basis of 'terrorist connections' (something that was not revealed to the jury during its deliberations) are to be appealed.
These attacks on democracy & protest must be halted, but its by no means clear that this appeal will be successful; but if it is, we can expect this to work its way towards the Supreme Court at the behest of the Home Office!
#politics #protest
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/sep/03/pro-palestine-activists-who-were-sentenced-as-terrorists-launch-appeal
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This is a most excellent #protest sign for No Kings Day in the USA! It was created by a 16-year-old. https://www.threads.com/share/BCNA44rcu3/
© Marcia Freddi
#street #streetphotography #fotografia #fotografiaderua #urban #urbano #cidade #protest #woman #people #brazil
#street #streetphotography #fotografia #fotografiaderua #urban #urbano #cidade #protest #woman #people #brazil
Legal observers filmed ICE in public, the fascists tailed and boxed them in and slashed their tire in retaliation. (Portland, OR, 10/7/2026)
The observers bravely caught the whole thing on video. They just filed an administrative complaint demanding the officers be held accountable.
Video Source
https://reddit.com/comments/1ximrkw
ACLU press release
https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-releases-video-of-ice-agent-slashing-observers-tire
#ice #iceout #eyesonice #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #NoConcentrationCamps #racialprofiling #defendimmigrants #humanrights #dueprocess #Oregon #crimesofice_videos_misconduct #crimesofice_videos_use_of_excessive_force
© Marcia Freddi
#street #streetphotography #fotografia #fotografiaderua #urban #urbano #cidade #protest #woman #people #brazil
#street #streetphotography #fotografia #fotografiaderua #urban #urbano #cidade #protest #woman #people #brazil
Im so happy to be alive in these amazing times. History is being written all over the world. 👏💖
https://loops.video/v/iXT5P4_GAk
#mastodon #fediverse #norge #planetearth #protest
Ya boy was out there doing it again. Et j'ai pu convaincre deux amis d'aller avec moi ! En attente de l'acte III. On lâchera pas !
#mouvementlyceen #giletsjaunes #cgt #lfi #24octobre #17octobre #france #nantes #frpol #protest #leftism #anticapitalism #gauchisme #gauchiste #anticapitaliste
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The arrests of peaceful protestors demonstrating against the proscription of Palestine Action continued in London today;
The problem is now that the Met. have decided Sarah Helm's post did not meet the criteria for police action, others are using that form of wording (although as pointed out previously the thresholds for on-line & public statements are different).
So, are the Police being 'over-zealous' of *just* doing the Govt.s bidding?
#protest #PalestineAction
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/31/protest-against-palestine-action-ban-outside-us-embassy-in-london