December 13, 14 and 15th 2011 - Daily Blog (#OWS)

Occupy Wall Street Sign of the Day

So, light posting today - still getting ready for trial. :(

4:00 PM: They raided the tree people....

4:40 PM: What Occupy owes to feminism.

5:01 PM: Boots Riley update on yesterday's action.

#OccupyLA focused on the SSA terminals (Port of LA/LB is 30 miles long), and shut those down. Bam. #OWS
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In case people didn't know- #OccupyPortland, #OccupyLongview, and #OccupyVancouver also shut their ports down yesterday. Salute. #OWS

5:31 PM: NYPD targets media.



11:44 AM: Wednesday - December 14, 2011 - still working - light posting.

12:38 PM: Pics from the West Coast port shut down.

Wednesday's sign of the day:



The crowd in Oakland....



Boot Riley!



Punkboyinsf!



OakFoSho!



Oakland necessities...



The tree people!



The home made press pass (pretty good job Spencer):



J'Tao and Spencer together (I really think the work of both of them together makes the Citizens' Press coming out of Oakland the best going).



Party at the Port (aatching people dance at the port brought Emma Goldman's famous quote to mind):



1:19 PM: TIME Magazine names protester person of the year.

1:22 PM: Squatter occupying a home arrested for burglary.

2:10 PM: Glenn Greenwald on the upcoming Bradley Manning trial:

Since his arrest last May in Iraq, Manning has been treated as one of America's most dastardly traitors. He faces more than 30 charges, including one – "aiding the enemy" – that carries the death penalty (prosecutors will recommend life in prison, but military judges retain discretion to sentence him to die).

The sadistic conditions to which he was subjected for 10 months – intense solitary confinement, at one point having his clothing seized and being forced to stand nude for inspection – became an international scandal for a US president who flamboyantly vowed to end detainee abuse. Amnesty International condemned these conditions as "inhumane"; PJ Crowley, a US state department spokesman, was forced to resign after denouncing Manning's treatment. Such conduct has been repeatedly cited by the US as human rights violations when engaged in by other countries. . . .

In sum, the documentsManning is alleged to have released revealed overwhelming deceit, corruption and illegality by the world's most powerful political actors. And this is why he has been so harshly treated and punished.

Despite pledging to usher in "the most transparent administration in history", President Obama has been obsessed with prosecuting whistleblowers; his justice department has prosecuted more of them for "espionage" than all prior administrations combined.

The oppressive treatment of Manning is designed to create a climate of fear, to send a signal to those who in the future discover serious wrongdoing committed in secret by the US: if you're thinking about exposing what you've learned, look at what we did to Manning and think twice. The real crimes exposed by this episode are those committed by the prosecuting parties, not the accused. For what he is alleged to have given the world, Manning deserves gratitude and a medal, not a life in prison.

2:17 PM: Disturbing news re: rigged elections.

2:49 PM: I just said on twitter I'm not voting - fuck this government, I'm done!



Thursday, December 15, 2011

6:52 PM: If a Tree Falls (documentary about Earth Liberation Front).

7:07 PM: Cop tases 14-year-old girl while her hands are in the air.

8:07 PM: If you're more oppressive than Germany, maybe it's a problem?

9:08: To Occupy Oakland - Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?


Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor by thefastlane2hell