Memories on a Throwback Thursday

Memories on a Throwback Thursday

These rediscovered images from October 15 & 16, 2012—capturing Occupy protests that had shifted from Zuccotti Park to Trinity Church near Wall Street—were taken by photojournalist Giles Clarke. Found on a long-lost flash drive, the photographs resurface nearly 13 years later as a vivid reminder of a unique moment in New York’s protest history.

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May Day Rebellion: Workers vs. the Billionaire Class

May Day Rebellion: Workers vs. the Billionaire Class

Trump and his billionaire profiteers are trying to create a race to the bottom—on wages, on benefits, on dignity itself. This May Day we are fighting back. We are demanding a country that puts our families over their fortunes—public schools over private profits, healthcare over hedge funds, prosperity over free market politics.

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Free Steven Donziger and Clean Up the Amazon from Chevron's Crimes

From Steven: As time for my pardon from President Biden runs low — there are now only two weeks left for a decision — I want to remember the environmental tragedy in Ecuador that forms the backdrop for my campaign.

The pictures document what might be the worst ecological calamity created by a single oil company in history. They also make me sick to my stomach. These are three of the roughly 1,000 oil waste pits left by Chevron in Ecuador’s rainforest; most have been there for 50 years or more. The pits are full of cancer-causing toxins that are piped into the rivers and streams used by Indigenous and farmer communities for their drinking water, bathing and fishing. A large portion of the now $12 billion Chevron owes the communities will be used to remediate these pits. Thousands of people have either died of cancer or face a grave risk of death due to this totally substandard and preventable system of oil extraction. Chevron built this system to maximize profits knowing it would kill.

I took more than 250 trips to this region from my home in New York over two decades to try to help those harmed force Chevron to fund a lifesaving clean-up. When Ecuador’s Supreme Court ruled in 2013 that we won the legal case, Chevron refused to comply and instead had me jailed in the US on a baseless contempt of court charge in the nation’s first corporate criminal prosecution. It was pure retaliation by the oil industry and a brazen violation of the rule of law. Chevron also had me barred from leaving the country, preventing me from meeting my clients and stalling a final resolution of the case. By jailing me, Chevron also denied the communities they poisoned their right to counsel. The pits are still there. Vulnerable people continue to get sick and die. Don’t just take my word for it. More than 100 leading civil society groups in the world support the communities and my demand for a pardon.

A pardon will enable me and other lawyers to bring the judgment to fruition. It will send a clear message that corporations cannot jail their critics. To learn more or to help, please go to FreeDonziger.com and call the White House at 202-456-1111 to urge action.

Anarchists To Organize Demonstration Outside Brooklyn Federal Jail Holding Luigi Mangione, Sean Combs

Anarchists To Organize Demonstration Outside Brooklyn Federal Jail Holding Luigi Mangione, Sean Combs

On the noisiest night of the year, organizers with New York City's Anarchist Black Cross ask folks to join them outside the Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. They invite revelers to come, not in an appeal to authority, to speak truth to power, or any other contrivance, but rather to stand with others and show direct solidarity to those on the other side of the wall.

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Twelve Myths About Direct Action

Twelve Myths About Direct Action

Direct action—that is, any kind of action that bypasses established political channels to accomplish objectives directly—has a long and rich heritage in North America, extending back to the Boston Tea Party and beyond. Despite this, there are many misunderstandings about it, in part due to the ways it has been misrepresented in the corporate media.

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