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Banks and Investors Call for New Debt Relief Rules In Wake of Argentina Hedge Fund Case

Submitted by imc-dc on Fri, 08/29/2014 - 11:08

The International Capital Market Association (ICMA), a group of banks and investors, will call Friday for reforms aimed at preventing repeats of the Argentina/NML Capital debt dispute. The ICMA's plan would reduce the ability of hold-out creditors to litigate and undermine debt restructuring, in part by using contract clauses to bind all bond-holders to debt restructuring that 75% of all holders agree on.

Civil Liberites/Constitution
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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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Housing/urban Issues/Gentrification
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Hundreds arrested in immigrant civil disobediance at White House

Submitted by Luke on Thu, 08/28/2014 - 17:18

On the 28th of August hundreds of immigrants and supporters organized by CASA de Maryland were arrested in front of the White House after marching there from the national headquarters of ICE, demanding that Obama end deportation of undocumented migrants by executive order.

Video of the march from ICE and the civil disobediance at the White House

Immigration

In front of the White House (photo by SOA Watch)

https://archive.org/embed/ImmigrationCDWH9282014720x480

Texas landowner speaks on TransCanada's bullying at Tar Sands Blockade film screening

Submitted by Luke on Thu, 08/28/2014 - 00:13

On the 27th of August, the film Above All Else, about the Texas tree sitting blockade against the southern leg of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline was shown for the first time in DC at the E St Cinema. The film showing was followed by a panel discussion about the pipeline and the tar sands blockade, featuring landowner Julia Trigg Crawford who recounted in person the bullying tactics TransCanada and their lawyers used to deter landowners from refusing to sell them easements to build the pipeline

Trailer on Vimeo for Above All Else

Landowner Julia Trigg Crawford speaks about TransCanada's brutal bullying tactics

Environment/Food/Health

Ferguson protesters at Dept of Justice demand arrest of Ofc Darren Wilson for murder

Submitted by Luke on Wed, 08/27/2014 - 23:57

On the 27th of August, protesters gathered in front of the Dept of Justice to demand the arrest of Ofc Darren Wilson in Ferguson for murdering Michael Brown. They also demanded accountability for all other killer cops, removing all military hardware from police possession, and body cameras on all cops, all the time. The rally effectively blocked the Constitution Ave doors of the Dept of Justice. The rally was followed by a march through Chinatown to a related event at Busboys and Poets.

Video-reading of demands at DOJ followed by quick march clip

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Police/Legal/Prisons
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