Don't Tread On Me: Protesting the Josey Fundraiser (video)

On October 28, 2012 the Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police threw a fundraiser for the fired Officer Josey. Many different groups and communities came together to protest, so great was the outrage. You can see in the video the solidarity of the people opposing helping this woman beating cop.

Below is the video of Josey attacking the completely innocent Aida Guzman:

Mike Salvi's video of the event:


Las entrevistas en español:

El 28 de Octubre de 2012 el sindicato policial de Filadelfia tuvo una fiesta para recaudar fondos para ayudar al oficial despedido Josey. Se unieron muchos grupos y comunidades diversas para protestar lo, tan grande fue el escándalo. Se ve en el vídeo la solidaridad entre las personas oponiéndose a ayudar a este policía que golpea mujeres.

Vote for Nobody's Jim Babb at Democracy Unplugged (video)

At this Democracy Unplugged (http://www.democracyunplugged.net/) forum for alternative parties the Vote for Nobody Campaign (http://www.anti-politics.ws/) participated for the first time. While the other presidential candidate's representatives talked about their vision of what the government should be and do, Jim Babb extolled the virtues of nonvoting and a stateless society.

Please also visit the Boycott the 2012 Presidential Election website (http://electionboycott2012.org/), a group on the left with a similar goal for this election.

Lemonade and Raw Milk Rebels (Video)

They came to Washington DC from cities and small towns, from near and far, to break the law. Their crime? Selling raw milk and lemonade without permits nor licenses. Fortunately, the civil disobedience went well. Unlike last year the police didn't interfere and the protest went off with no one arrested.

 

 

Explicación de lo que hicimos en español:

Police State Checkpoint Nullification in Upper Moreland, PA

The problem with these checkpoints is that they're warrantless, arbitrary searches. This goes against all standards of civilized behavior and is not tolerable in a free society.  Not only are checkpoints violating our rights they're not effective. "Traditional police patrols are three times more likely to locate genuinely impaired drivers than these suspicionless checkpoints," according to James Babb, founder of the Valley Forge Revolutionaries. "So not only are these checkpoints blatantly immoral and illegal, they're also a waste of police time and tax dollars. It's long past time someone took a stand for fiscal responsibility, the rule of law, and plain common sense."  That's exactly what happened on Friday night:

A note on staying out of trouble and keeping the activism going, don't talk to the police. Stay alert for the tricks they use to provoke a problem that they then use as an excuse to arrest or threaten to arrest activists for. I want to thank my fellow checkpoint nullifiers for having the discipline and level headedness that kept us all safe from the police.

Jeremy Scahill - America's Covert Wars (video)

Jeremy Scahill is an investigative journalist, public speaker and award winning author. Scahill's work focuses on the use of private military companies. This is his speech given at the Brooklyn Peace Fair on April 28, 2012.

Scahilll is a Puffin Foundation Writing Fellow at The Nation Institute and a frequent contributor to The Nation. He also serves as a correspondent for the national radio and television program, Democracy Now!

He is the author of the best-selling book, Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army, which won the George Polk Book Award.