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According to the Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee (LP-DOC) the United States Parole Commission has denied parole to the 64-year old indigenous human rights activist and artist serving two consecutive life terms after being convicted on faulty testimony and flawed evidence in 1977, Leonard Peltier. He has been in prison for most of his adult life and is not due to receive another parole hearing until he is 79 years old in 2024. 

A popular documentary film was produced in 1992 by Robert Redford called "Incident at Oglala: The Leonard Peltier Story" that explores the case in detail. 

The July 28 parole hearing left supporters and activists in limbo for three weeks as they anticipated with hope as Leonard had worked very hard, along with his supporters, to present a good case for well-earned parole.

Peltier's original case is over the deaths of two Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) agents, Ronald Williams and Jack Coler, on June 26, 1975, after they followed a vehicle onto the Jumping Bull ranch. The person driving the vehicle, at the time, was allegedly a resident of Pine Ridge who was wanted for the theft of a pair of boots.

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It all started this morning.  With a declaration of war between two collective houses:

"....We expect to meet you in a splashing good fight. Be Ye There, or Be Ye Square."

It ended in a pitched battle in the roundabout at 7th and Main, that stop traffic, reclaimed our streets for something other then just the same old consumption and capitalism.  A bus-driver stopped his bus in the roundabout and demanded a balloon and threw it into the melee. Traveling kids, collective members and some not-so innocent by-standers, all liberated the stuffy through-fare of commerce for a bit of fun, and some much needed cooling down on this 100 degree day.

The Fun Liberation Front, is everywhere, is no where, is everyone, no one, and any one. Take up this name and liberate your day from wage-slavery, traffic cops, consumption, and boredom. See you in the streets.

 ACLU News Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  August 20, 2009

CONTACT:   John Culver, ACLU Cooperating Attorney, 303-716-0254

Mark Silverstein, ACLU Legal Director, 303-777-5482 ext 114

 Denver sued for indiscriminate mass arrest during DNC; class action claim also alleges Denver illegally denied arrestees access to attorneys

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Join Mercy For Animals for a delicious free vegan dinner and screening of a gripping new HBO documentary Death on a Factory Farm about the laws, politics, and production of pork in Ohio.

This eye-opening exposé reveals that nothing is as it seems in the halls of justice, or down on the farm.

Monday, August 24, 2009

Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm

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UPDATE: The UCIMC will be hiring a part-time AmeriCorps Program Director to oversee the AmeriCorps program. Please see: (http://ucimc.org/content/call-applications-americorps-program-director-ucimc-0).  Applications are due by September 15th.  Please submit them to Nicole@ucimc.org.

 

The UCIMC has been awarded 8 State AmeriCorps starting in Fall of 2009!  We will be hiring for the following positions (click to view position description, or download them using links at the bottom of this article).  To apply, submit a resume and cover letter to nicole@ucimc.org by the date indicated below:

Positions:

District attorneys across the Colorado summarily rejected a legislative proposal to lower the degree of penalty for most non-violent crime. They do this in spite of empirical evidence that such legislation would augment public safety and lower costs sustained by the Department of Corrections. They do this because they are fundamentally not public servants with the publics beast interest at heart but rather politicians who care more for re-election then the public they falsely serve.

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Urbana-Champaign Big Broadband (aka UC2b), a collaborative effort between the University of Illinois and the cites of Urbana & Champaign, have made their proposal public and invite feedback. Originally, this proposal was to be made public by August 5, 2009, but has only just today been released. The proposal is for American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds, to lay the foundation for a longer term project of connecting every home, business, school, library, church and public building within Champaign & Urbana to a high-speed, fiber-optic network.
The UC2B Committee has posted the documents relating to this proposal here: https://wiki.cites.uiuc.edu/wiki/x/Vhk3Ag
This federal proposal will be submitted Friday August 14th. Interested individuals and organizations in Champaign and Urbana are invited to read and submit feedback as soon as possible to:

Fred Halenar

Denver, CO (Thursday August 6, 2009) — I'm two blocks away and ten minutes early, and I can already tell that the corner of Broadway and Stout is chaos. Scores of people stand on either side of street. Most hold signs. Some carry balloons.

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The RNC8 is the name given to a group of eight political organizers who worked to help organize a grassroots response to the 2008 Twin Cities Republican National Convention, and who have faced dubious charges of terrorism under Minnesota's version of the Patriot Act in response to their political organizing. Activist efforts on behalf of the RNC8 has resulted in some of the charges being dropped though other charges still remain.

The struggle on behalf of the RNC8 extended its way to Chicago, when Susan Gaertner, the prosecutor who is pressing charges against the RNC8, came to Chicago to receive an award from the American Bar Asssociation. RNC8 supporters and activists protested Gaertner during the awards ceremony and stood to support the RNC8.

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Light rail ticketing machines were disabled at three stations in Denver last night, with their screens broken and stickers left behind: "Free Rides! (A)" 

We did this as a gift to our neighbors, free rides for a bunch of people, and to say "hey, this is what anarchy is about."

A ticket-cop gets on the light rail. "Ticket please."

"Don't have one, the machines are out of service."

They should be out of service every day!

With a wave to our comrades getting busy the world over, we want to say the best actions are also anarchist outreach.

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when: 

Mon, 08/10/2009 - 20:51 - 23:54

where: 

FreeGeek Columbus

The 2nd Month Arawak City Indie Cinema

This Month: Too Hot For Summer Time

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Dennis Dixon, longtime Chicago activist and political organizer, was assaulted on the Chicago Transit Authority on June 27, and has been hospitalized with serious injuries, including a fractured skull, brain swelling, crushed eye socket and sub-dural hematoma. Dixon has undergone physical and cognitive therapies, but his health situation has grown increasingly complicated, which have encompassed breathing difficulties and even required surgery.

The community of Chicago political activists who know Dixon have worked to help him out, setting up a website of support, an online donation form, a Facebook group, and organizing fundraiser events for Dixon, who is unemployed and has no health insurance. Activists have also highlighted the vagaries and cruelties of the American "health care" system documenting how Dixon has been treated.

Chicago Indymedia coverage: Activist Dennis Dixon Brutally Beaten, Hospitalized, Needs Community Support | Dennis Dixon Blog Up and Running — Funds Desperately Needed

Friday's Gaza Protest Rally is Huge Success!

Update, New: PROTEST Israeli Massacre! Friday, Jan 2, 2:30pm 18th & Euclid

Thank Cleveland City Council for Passing the Domestic Partnership Registry!

Support Swells for Chicago Union Workers' Factory Occupation

Cleveland ABC is Working on Building The Community

Take Back the Tech Campaign in Central America

IWW Midwest Wobfest November 8-9

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised