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Suspicious Fire In Brooklyn Church Destroys Hurricane Relief Supplies
By Erin Clarke
NY 1, December 24, 2012
A $1,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest in connection with a fire at a church in the Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn Sunday that fire officials say may have been deliberately set.
Postal Workers Hold Second Hunger Strike as House-Senate Negotiate Future of Postal Servce
Postal workers declare 'victory' after holding six-day hunger strike
Postal workers began a hunger strike Monday outside the Capitol. They're protesting cuts that could eliminate thousands of jobs and reduce postal service.
FBI Documents Reveal Secret Nationwide Occupy Monitoring
Partnership for Civil Justice
December 22, 2012
FBI documents just obtained by the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) pursuant to the PCJF’s Freedom of Information Act demands reveal that from its inception, the FBI treated the Occupy movement as a potential criminal and terrorist threat even though the agency acknowledges in documents that organizers explicitly called for peaceful protest and did “not condone the use of violence” at occupy protests.
Zapatista March: The Deafening Silence of Resurgence
End of Mayan Calendar Memorialized: Silent Marches of Tens of Thousands Remind 'We Are Here so Are Lack of Health Care, Education, Housing, Land, Food, Indigenous Rights, Women's Rights, Gay Rights, Dignity, and Justice'
Five First Nations block tarsands highway in the name of Idle No More, Attawapiskat Chief Spence
Photo courtesy of Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation
'Extraordinary': Three Weeks Later, Keystone Blockaders Still in Texas Jail
"I think what they are doing is extraordinary"
Activists Matthew Almonte and Glen Collins. (Photo: Tar Sands Blockade)
Occupy Eugene Sues Over Protest Restrictions
The group says the GSA permitting process is unconstitutional
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There is a lot of good news to share this holiday season!
Justice for some. Charges against 8 Occupy Atlanta protesters who were arrested last year have been dismissed. And a federal court recently ruled that peace activists could sue the military for infiltrating them and violating their first and fourth amendment rights.
Justice for some. Charges against 8 Occupy Atlanta protesters who were arrested last year have been dismissed. And a federal court recently ruled that peace activists could sue the military for infiltrating them and violating their first and fourth amendment rights.
Relief for others. Strike Debt mailed their first round of debt relief letters to inform the people whose debt they've purchased that they no longer owe that debt. This will come as a terrific holiday surprise to the recipients. And to keep this successful campaign going,Strike Debt is offering holiday cards for people who want to make a donation to them as a gift to a family member or friend.
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