Doylestown, Pennsylvania: Solidarity With The Teachers and Residents of Oaxaca! Keep The Fire Alive!

  • July 16, 2016 3:03 am

from It’s Going Down

We dropped a banner over a busy bypass outside of Doylestown, Pennsylvania. The banner reads “Solidarity with the teachers and residents of Oaxaca! Keep the fire alive!”

Today marks two months since the National Coordinating Body of Education Workers (CNTE) began the strike on May, 15. The teachers and residents of Oaxaca continue to fight against neoliberal educational reforms implemented by Enrique Peña Nieto. Since then, the Oaxaca community has faced fatal state repression and discrimination. We stand in solidarity with our compañerxs who continue to fight on the barricades. We extend our love and commemoration to the ones we have lost. Wherever we may be, we stand with you.

Graffiti: RIP Alton Sterling ACAB

  • July 15, 2016 2:12 pm

from Instagram
Spotted on North 2nd Street, near Callowhill

Maroon Sues DOC and Wins! Settlement Reached

  • July 11, 2016 8:49 pm

from Free Russell Maroon Shoatz

Settlement reached in Shoatz v. Wetzel

July 11, 2016: Pittsburgh PA —A settlement has been reached in the case of Shoatz v. Wetzel, which challenged the 22-year solitary confinement of Abolitionist Law Center client and political prisoner Russell Maroon Shoatz. This brings an end to litigation begun in 2013. In February 2014, following an international campaign on behalf of Shoatz, he was released from solitary confinement.

In exchange for Shoatz ending the lawsuit the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) has agreed that it will not place Shoatz back in solitary confinement based on his prior disciplinary record or activities; Shoatz will have a single-cell status for life, meaning he will not have to experience the extreme hardship of being forced to share a cell following decades of enforced isolation; a full mental health evaluation will be provided; and the DOC has paid a monetary settlement.

Russell Maroon Shoatz had the following to say about the settlement: “I have nothing but praise for all of those who supported me and my family for all of the years I was in Solitary Confinement, as well as helped to effect my release. Since joining the struggle for Human Rights in the mid 1960s, I have always chosen to fight! Frederick Douglass was right when he said ‘Power concedes nothing without a demand.’ So have no doubt that I see this Settlement as anything but the latest blow struck, and you rest assured that I will continue in the struggle for Human Rights. Straight Ahead!”

Graffiti: Fuck The Police

  • July 11, 2016 2:44 pm

from Instagram


On 31st & Fairmount. Saw this on the way home today from North Philly. #ftp

Graffiti: Fuck 12 RIP Alton Sterling Fuck 12

  • July 11, 2016 4:43 am

from Instagram

#RIPAltonSterling #Fuck12 #blacklivesmatter #destroywhitesupremacy
from Instagram

#Fuck12

Black Lives Matter & RIP Philando Castile FTP

  • July 9, 2016 5:23 pm

from Instagram

Seen in North Philly #repost @mrgrtnolan #blacklivesmatter #americawasnevergreat #amerikkkawasnevergreat

from Instagram

Seen in South Philly #rip #philandocastile #ftp #repost @randonzachary

oaxaca resiste benefit show

  • July 9, 2016 2:23 pm

from Facebook

There is a huge human rights violation happening right now in Oaxaca, Mexico. They are shooting students and teachers just because they disagree with the new education reform. We are trying to raise money for those in need of medicine, medical bills for the hundreds that have been injured and for the funeral expenses for those that have passed. The government is corrupt and is periodically targeting and killing innocent students and teachers. We need all the help we can get, and we need all of you.

The money raised from these shows will be personally delivered to the people in need by Virus, a member of Massacre 68 (named after the mass killing of students in 1968). Lets stand together and help those suffering from a corrupt, brutal government.

Bands :
old lines. (baltimore)
prisoner. (VA)
N.E.G

[July 16 at 7PM in South Philadelphia]

Graffiti: RIP Alton Sterling Fuck White Comfort

  • July 8, 2016 3:12 pm

from Facebook

West Philly, July 8th 2016

Graffiti: Death to White Supremacy! FTP

  • July 8, 2016 6:09 am

from Facebook

SW Philly.. 49th & Chester..

Philadelphia, USA: Attack on a construction site as part of the month for the Earth and against capital

  • July 5, 2016 10:59 pm

from Contra-Info

Everywhere the wild is pushing back against civilization. Even in the cities, wildness flourishes in forgotten places, slowly widening the cracks in this civilized order.

On a warm spring night, we went to a construction site where there was once a wild and abandoned place. We did what we could to hinder the progress that has befallen that area: removing survey stakes and dividers, stealing and destroying pieces of what was being built, and smashing the machines that homogenize and commodify the land.

We don’t know what they intend to build on the site and we don’t care. Any domestication of wild places infuriates us.

We took this action as a contribution to the month for the earth and against capital.

Philadelphia
Spring 2016

*Wooden Shoe Benefit* Fred Beans/Little State/A Day Without Love/Khalil A.

  • July 2, 2016 3:20 am

from Facebook

Super cool trendy hip hip ACOUSTIC show wow!

Fred Beans: (big heart, small ego, observational fuzz pop)
https://fredbeans.bandcamp.com/

Little State: (forever young, nostalgic melodies)
https://littlestate.bandcamp.com/album/demo

Christa Wilcox: (quite familiar, quite personal)
https://christawilcox.bandcamp.com/album/personal

A Day Without Love:
https://adaywithoutlove.bandcamp.com/

Khalil Abdellah: (chill boi, chill world songs)
https://m.soundcloud.com/khalilabdellah

This show will be ACOUSTIC
5$
All door money will be donated to the Wooden Shoe, a fantastic safe space/volunteer run organization.

Respect the space, respect the ppl

[July 9 at 3pm at Wooden Shoe Books 704 South St]

Police Intimidation Last Night in Lead Up to DNC

  • July 1, 2016 4:56 pm

from Facebook

“The attack on comrade Rufus Farmer last night was nothing short of the legal snatching of Blk/Brown bodies that occur daily in our communities under police occupation/militarization especially, when recording their interactions. They proved our bodies are nothing to be respected, and we’re just commodities to create more capital in an oppressive system that wants nothing more than to see our blood distributed into the soil like fertilizer.
Rufus Farmer is guilty of nothing short of living while Blk, breathing while Blk, walking while Blk, speaking while Blk, and demanding his freedom, while Blk.
The officer stated to him, “I’m going to take you somewhere there isn’t any cameras.” Which was the back of the precinct, pulled him to his knees on the croncrete, shoved his knee into his chest and throat area, and broke his toe, gave him a bogus citation for $300 and parking ticket for allegedly leaving his car unattended. They stated to him the knew he wasn’t a criminal because they know he’s a “professional protester,” what ever that means.
This happened at the hands of the 25th district, which is one of the two most violent districts in this city, as cited in the 2015 DOJ report, and they lived up to that reputation. 
The Kenney administration will not get away with criminalizing citizens with this citation act and the 25th district will see the people’s response, we must all stand in unity when anyone in our activist community have been assaulted, as we know they are the voices of the voiceless, and they speak words that empower all those in hearing distance. The Brown community thanked our comrades for their voices and have already stated they will stand with us in court, with the video footage they have.
And lastly, Rufus Farmer was wearing a Free Mumia Abu-Jamal shirt!”

Basic Digital Security for online rebels

  • June 30, 2016 2:18 pm

from facebook

Basic Online Security
The first of a series of digital security basics workshops brought to you by radicante media, a tech-media collective

Everyone from corporations like Sony to our government to your mother is getting hacked.
Corporations and governments are using your regular internet activity to track you and build increasingly more precise profiles of groups and individuals.

Snowden’s leaks now have shown the government is collecting ALL of your browsing activity.

This is an introductory workshop with an overview of everyday internet security basics. We’ll introduce some common threats and give an overview of how we can easily introduce some tools and behaviour to keep us safer online.

This workshop is for people with basic computer knowledge (checking email, web browsing, etc.)

[July 6th from 7pm to 9pm at A-Space 4722 Baltimore Ave]

Negotiated Management Policing in Philadelphia

  • June 23, 2016 3:58 am

from Praxis

“The only thing we want is for these events to go off without a hitch. We certainly don’t want any violence. People have a right to protest. Our job is to protect their right to protest.” – Charles Ramsey, Philadelphia Police Commissioner from 2007 to 2016

Regardless of how much patriotic propaganda surfaces about Philadelphia, the city fails to fully suppress the pervasive histories of violence against radical dissidents throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. The reign of Frank Rizzo throughout the 1970s, the 1985 MOVE bombing, and the heavy-handed repression of protesters at the Republican National Convention in 2000 all serve as examples of Philadelphia’s most polarizing incidents. However, political policing practices have changed considerably over the past fifteen years. PPD leaders are increasingly aware of the damaging effects that repression against protesters has on the legitimacy attributed to the police. Although we continue to see abusive policing tactics in response to dissent throughout the country, Philadelphia’s police increasingly emphasize the softer side of political repression, posing new challenges for radical dissidents.

Our Moves for DNC – Training Dates, Hotline and More

  • June 19, 2016 6:11 pm
 from Up Against The Law

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First off….Laws are Changing

We highly advise that you keep abreast of the many changes to laws regarding protesters by checking the ACLU’s DNC Page here https://www.aclupa.org/issues/freespeech/dnc/

 

 

Go Deeper  – Get Fully Prepped for Protest

 

Attend our Know Your Rights Training

Four public Know Your Rights trainings will specifically address protests for the DNC. These trainings will provide activists with Know Your Rights information for protest in Philadelphia during the DNC.

ALL TRAININGS TO BE HELD AT ARCH STREET METHODIST CHURCH, CORNER OF BROAD AND ARCH ST., 55 N. BROAD ST 19107.

 

  • Saturday, July 9, 2016: 2:00pm-4:45pm
  • Saturday, July 16, 2016: 2:00-4:45pm
  • Wednesday, July 20, 2016: 6:30pm-8:30pm
  • Saturday, July 23, 2016: 2:00pm-4:45pm

Hotline starts July 23

Arrest Hotline 484-758-0388

Beginning Saturday, July 23, 2016 throughout the DNC, and after if needed, we will staff a 24 hour arrest hotline.

hotline-blingThis phone hotline will be used by legal observers and protesters to report arrests and incidents of police misconduct. Folks arrested can also call into the hotline to report their own arrest. We will make every effort to contact friends and loved ones of those arrested to keep them informed as to what is happening to folks. We will help direct folks to jails for jail support, and we will track all arrestees through the jails/bail hearings until they are released.

We will be working with the NLG/ACLU organized and trained legal observers (the green hats!) to assist us in reporting arrests and gathering information from potential witnesses/video/photo evidence.

 

Lawyers are Ready

For folks that are arrested, Up Against the Law has teamed up with approximately 20 private criminal defense attorneys who have agreed to represent protesters arrested during the DNC. These attorneys are some of the best criminal defense attorneys in the city and have been vetted in advance to advocate for activists in the way that activists choose.

Up Against the Law will continue to support anyone post arrest during the DNC by working with the attorneys to gather evidence, maintain contact, and assist with communication between lawyers and activists. This will include post arrest meetings with Up Against the Law and lawyers and making ourselves available to answer simple questions (not legal advise) regarding any pending criminal/civil cases.

 

WHAT WE DO NOT DO:

We do NOT have a bail fund or post bail for anyone arrested.

We strongly encourage all groups to have their own bail fund. If bail is needed, we are happy to explain the bail process which we do in our trainings. Philadelphia does not use bail bonds. Bail is paid directly to the courts. Bail can be posted 24/7.  Cash only after 5pm, credit/debit cards, cash, certified checks can be used to post bail M-F, 8:00am-5:000pm.