Posts Tagged ‘Civil Liberties’
Center for Constitutional Rights: NYPD Stop And Frisk
Tuesday, August 6th, 2013Lawyers’ Committee Honors Life and Legacy of Medgar Evers, 50th Anniversary of His Assassination
Wednesday, June 12th, 2013Today, June 12, 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of civil rights leader Medgar Evers, who worked tirelessly to secure equal rights in the state of Mississippi. After becoming the first state field secretary of the NAACP in Mississippi, Evers organized and participated in voter-registration efforts, demonstrations, and economic boycotts of companies that practiced discrimination. Evers also worked to investigate crimes perpetrated against African Americans.
Protected: NYPD Guilty …
Wednesday, January 9th, 2013NYPD Guilty … UPDATE
Tuesday, January 8th, 2013
Which Ones Want to Censor the WORD?
Wednesday, March 14th, 2012At the D:F/M faculty meeting today, irate Colleagues expressed plans to censor the WORD? They said they were upset that the department’s dirty linen was being exposed across the spectrum of the Internet.
A Talk by Carl Dix
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
This Is Happening Whether “They” Like It Or Not!
Monday, February 13th, 2012DON’T SUPPRESS OWS!
Supported by: Occupy Wall Street General Assembly; Occupy Cleveland GA; OWS Anti-War Working Group & 700 signers online including Boots Riley and Scott Olsen from Occupy Oakland.
Additional Pics from the February 4 GA Meeting of OCCUPY WALL STREET
Monday, February 6th, 2012
Two video photographers capturing a moment in history. Have no idea what the plans are for their footage.
A Call for Mass Action Against the Suppression of the Occupy Movement
Sunday, February 5th, 2012
The Atrium, Wall Street Area, Meeting With General Assembly, OCCUPY WALL STREET. Saturday, February 4, sometime after 7 p.m.
I’ve been working with an ad hoc group that wants to do a mass action rally against the blatant political suppression – via NYPD – of OCCUPY WALL STREET in New York City and the attack on the movement in general across the country. The purpose of the nonviolent rally is a quick infusion of visible energy and support to OWS in this time of crisis, to stir up the spirit of millions in the wake of the NYPD attack on Zuccotti Park, evicting OWS. I was concerned that though the spirt of OCCUPY is manifest, the NYPD eviction could be interpreted as a defeat for OCCUPY and that the movement has been thwarted.
Members of the ad hock group believe that a quick response is necessary as a response to the police eviction. So, I was there in the Atrium with the ad hoc group seeking approval to move forward with the plans: An interesting experience for this writer who did not participate directly in the Zuccotti Park action. Most of the 50-plus GA members seemed generally supportive of what we wanted to do. There were at least four who didn’t and, based on the rules formulated by OCCUPY, one could block the support. And, of course, there were four.