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Great Zine On Collective Housing Strategies and Tactics

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 08/28/2014 - 20:09

Hey Folks! We have just finished writing a zine on living in an activist collective intentional community. It was written as a practical guide with tools and references to assist in achieving a more sustainable approach to strategies and tactics for reaching goals. We approach this work from the experience in our shared collective narrative in an effort to ground much of the theory in our practice.

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Breaking: Ceasefire in Gaza, Israel agrees to main Palestinian demands

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/26/2014 - 16:41

On the 26th of August, reports emerged that a long-term ceasefire has been reached in the Gaza War of Summer 2014. Israel has agreed to open it's borders to "humanitarian aid" to Gaza, and to allow Gaza fisherman to fish from a larger area in the Mediterranian Sea. Israeli demands for Palestinian disarmnament have been put off for later talks. If this ceasefire holds, the people of Gaza will not only have suceeded in forcing Israel to the table but may have won their demands in this war. There are a lot of #VictoryForGaza tagged posts on Twitter right now, and it appears Gaza may have won this war. though at a huge price.

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Code Pink protests at SecState Kerry's house for release of American journalist held by Egypt

Submitted by Luke on Mon, 08/25/2014 - 23:14

On the 25th of August, Code Pink and area Egyptians showed up outside the Georgetown home of US Secretary of State John Kerry. They were demanding that the US Embassy in Egypt take steps to demand that the illegal coup government of Egypt to release journalist Mohommed Soltan, who is a US citizen with family ties to Egypt. He has been effectively held hostage for a year, denied medical treatment for a bullet wound suffered while covering a protest, and has been on hunger strike. The government of Egypt receives nearly as much US aid as Israel, even though US aid to coup governments is illegal.

Video of the protest
Downloadable audio-Omar Soltan speaks on what the Egyptian coup regime did and is doing to his brother

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Video from Day of Rage Protest at the White House

Submitted by a l c h y m e d i a on Tue, 08/12/2014 - 22:43

A global action called by Palestinian Civil Society organizations to protest Israel's military campaign against the people of Gaza brought protestors to the White House in Washington DC.

 

The speaker is Andrew Kadi, Steering Committee member, US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation.

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Code Pink protests renewed US war in Iraq

Submitted by Luke on Mon, 08/11/2014 - 21:12

On the 11th of August, Code Pink staged a protest in front of the White House demanding an end to renewed US bombing in Iraq. Nobody trusts Obama with this anymore than George W Bush, and the US is known to fight for geopolitical influence and oil, not for human rights or to rescue refugees. We shall see when all the Yasizi refugees are off that beseiged mountain position in Iraq what Obama's true intentions are with this war. None of us thought in 1990 that we would still be protesting the Iraq War 24 years later!

40 sec video clip on Archive

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Gaza solidarity protest at Israeli Embassy

Submitted by Luke on Mon, 08/11/2014 - 14:28

On the 11th of August, Code Pink and other opponents of Israel's invasion and siege of Gaza showed up in front of the Israeli Embassy, opposed by exactly ONE counterprotester. An Egyptian delegation opposed to the coup regime there showed up in solidarity. Since the coup regime in Egypt assists Israel in mantaining the ongoing siege of Gaza this was entirely appropriate.

Video of Israeli Embassy protest on Archive

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Code Pink, VFP,Christian Peacemaker hold Gaza vigil at Holocaust Museum

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 08/10/2014 - 15:16

On the 10th of August, Code Pink, Veterans for Peace, and Christian Peacemaker teams showed up at the Holocaust Museum for a silent vigil for Gaza. Protesters have stood their ground after being "ordered" by security guards to move away from the museum.Holding the vigil there is an explicit comparison of the brutal behavior of Israel in Gaza to the way the Nazis treated European Jews during WWII. No other interpretation is possible.

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Gaza vigil at the Holocaust Museum-Photo by John Zangas

Pro-Gaza advocates face off with Zionists on "Day of Rage" at White House

Submitted by Luke on Sat, 08/09/2014 - 19:05

On the 9th of August, Palestinian Civil Society organizations had a call out for a "Day of Rage" and protests took place all over the world. One was in DC, where a pro-Gaza protest divided into two sections: one focussing on the Boycott-Divestment-Sanctions (BDS) call, and the other facing off with pro-Israel counterprotesters.

Video highlights of the protest

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Syria/Iraq/Gaza unity rally faces off against pro-Israel rally

Submitted by Luke on Fri, 08/08/2014 - 14:35

On the 8th of August, Syrians, Iraqis, and Palestinians gathered in front of the White House, holding funeral prayers for the people of all three countries to be followed by a rally and vigil. A pro-Israel protest also began to gather, and lots of cops were reported to be present.
Selected clips of confrontation, cut from Untold Carslyle Ustream video

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Lining up for prayers-photo by "Harris from the Post"

https://archive.org/embed/GazaIraqSyriaUnityRally5secClip882014VGA
https://archive.org/embed/GazaSyriaIraqUnityRallyShowdownClips882014VGA
https://archive.org/embed/Protest4UnityNight882014720p

Zionists, cops start trouble at huge Gaza march on White House, Washington Post

Submitted by Luke on Sat, 08/02/2014 - 19:33

On the 2nd of August, organizers estimated 30,000 people took to the streets in solidarity with the hard-pressed residents of occupied Gaza, Palestine. There were at least three ugly incidents,one involving Zionist provocateurs, one involving the US Park Police, and one involving both. On the other hand, the massive march went from the White House to the lying, deceiving Washington Post, demanding they stop printing Israeli propaganda and tell the truth about Gaza. Upon arrival, coffins were stacked against the windows of the Washington Post's building. We shall see if that makes it into tomorrow's print edition.
Video-police help Zionist provocateurs escape prior to march
Video- Pro Gaza protesters lay siege to the Washington Post
Video of confrontation with police over arrest

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The march sets out

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