Tag: social action

Activists Shut Down Chicago Intersection to Protest Police Training Conference

By Aaron Cynic, Chicagoist | Report published in Truthout Arrestee is walked to a police truck as activists shut down the intersection of Michigan and Wacker to protest the Illinois Tactical Officers Training Conference. (Photo: Aaron Cynic / Chicagoist) Fifteen people were arrested Sunday afternoon after locking down the intersection of Wacker and Michigan to protest a police tactical… Read More Activists Shut Down Chicago Intersection to Protest Police Training Conference

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The true cost of mass incarceration exceeds $1 trillion

Carimah Townes  Criminal justice reporter at ThinkProgress. Contact me: ctownes@thinkprogress.org Sep 12 In recent years, the bipartisan push for criminal justice reform has been fueled in large part by the astronomical price tag that comes with mass incarceration. Locking people up in federal, state, and local correctional facilities costs the government a whopping $80 billion, and taxpayers end… Read More The true cost of mass incarceration exceeds $1 trillion

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DN: Activists Shut Down Five Pipelines Carrying Tar Sands Oil Into U.S.

Breaking: Activists Reportedly Shut Down Five Pipelines Carrying Tar Sands Oil Into U.S. Originally posted at democracynow.org This is viewer supported news Climate activists are claiming they have shut down all tar sands oil coming into the United States by manually turning off pipelines in Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota and Washington state. According to a statement posted… Read More DN: Activists Shut Down Five Pipelines Carrying Tar Sands Oil Into U.S.

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Post-Capitalism and the City

Paul Mason Author: Postcapitalism — A Guide to Our Future | Producer: #ThisIsACoup documentary Keynote at Barcelona Initiative for Technological Sovereignty CCCB, 7 October 2016: The idea of postcapitalism consists of two hypotheses, about the unique effects of information technology. First, that information technology is preventing the normal adaptation process, whereby capitalism — as a complex system — reacts to crisis, to… Read More Post-Capitalism and the City

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What Happens Once the Protesters Go Home?

October 7, 2016 Richard D. Bartlett This is part 3 of a 4-part series of conversations with activists from France, New Zealand, Spain, Tunisia and Taiwan. Originally published in P2P Foundation. https://blog.p2pfoundation.net/happens-protesters-go-home/2016/10/07# Rich: I have been tracking these movements for five years now. They turn up, they learn something, they do something, people have an experience and then the moment… Read More What Happens Once the Protesters Go Home?

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