" #PalestineAction has won permission to challenge its controversial ban by the UK government under #terrorism legislation. In a major decision, the High Court ruled that the proscription of the group should be reviewed."
Louis Rossmann is a hero. More of us should take this kind of direct action. Standing up, resisting, this is the way we make things better. We work together because no one is going to save us from a system that seeks to maximize profit at every possibility.
We save us.
"Futurehome CEO threatens police action after I offer $5,000 bounty to free his ransomed customers"
#Enshitification #Capitalism #Resist #FreeSoftware #DirectAction
#DigitalRestrictionsManagement
Today in Labor History July 17, 1944: Two ammunition ships exploded at Port Chicago, CA (now known as the Concord Naval Weapons Center). The explosion killed 322 sailors, including 202 African-Americans assigned by the Navy to handle explosives. The explosion could be seen 35 miles away in San Francisco, across the Bay. In response, 258 African-Americans refused to return to the dangerous work, initiating what would be known as the Port Chicago Mutiny. 50 of the men were convicted and sentenced to hard labor. 47 were released in 1946. During their court proceedings, Thurgood Marshall, working then for the NAACP, prepared an appeal campaign, noting that only black men had been assigned to the dangerous munitions loading job. At the time, navy had over 100,000 black sailors, but no black officers. Beginning in 1990, a group of 25 Congressional leaders began a campaign to exonerate the mutineers. However, Congress did not exonerate the men until 2019.
In the 1980s, activists regularly protested at the Concord Naval Weapons Center against U.S. arms shipments to the Contras in Nicaragua. These shipments were supposedly secret, and illegal under the Congressional Boland Amendment. The base shipped 60,000 to 120,000 tons of munitions each year to U.S. forces and allies, including the Contras. On September 1, 1987, a weapons train deliberately ran over veterans who were blockading the tracks, including Brian Willson, who lost both of his legs, and a portion of his frontal lobe, in the collision. Days later, activists dismantled the train tracks. And for years after, activists maintained a 24-hour vigil at the site. The FBI had been surveilling Willson for more than a year as a “domestic terrorist,” even though all of his activism and protests had been entirely nonviolent. The train crew had been told to not stop the train, even if protesters were on the tracks.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #brianwillson #portchicago#ConcordNavalWeaponsCenter#nicaragua #contras #sandinistas #directaction #civildisobedience #domesticsurveillence #fbi #mutiny #weapons #disaster #racism #blm #naacp #thurgoodmarshall #terrorism #BlackMastadon
I LOVE THIS.
An underground group calling themselves the San Francisco Bay Area Bench Collective is installing unsanctioned benches at bus stops. The city can’t be bothered to install them, so these folks stepped up and did it.
City officials interviewed by NBC moaned and groaned about who’s gonna clean the benches and what about liability and that makes me love this group even more.
#guerrillaKindness#directAction #sfba
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/san-francisco-mystery-benches/3908902/
🧵 3/3: I erroneously mentioned a decision from the #SupremeCourt earlier regarding #PalestineAction. The case has only reached the Court of Appeal, denying a suspension of the proscription until a wider legal challenge takes place on July 21.
This changes everything: it means that legal recourse is not exhausted and that time to put pressure is NOW.
#nonviolent #directaction #internationallaw #genocide#Gaza
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/palestine-action-ban-high-court-challenge-b2782581.html
This is neat...
Now with a lot of helpful replies. Using metal tubes, like brake or compressor lines, can help make your craft project even neater! 😉
Baptiste André, Rima Hassan, Reva Viard and Pascal Marieras are on board the ‘Madleen’ which is fast approaching Gaza. According to the Israeli military and sources in Israeli media, the vessel is soon due to be forcibly intercepted, likely within 24 hours. The crew on the ‘Madleen’ call on the President of the French Republic to ensure their safe passage and to respect the sovereign rights of the Palestinian people over their own territorial waters. As signatory to the United Nations Charter, the Rome Statute, and the United Nations Conventions against Apartheid and Genocide, the French Republic is obliged to ensure their safe, unimpeded passage as they attempt to deliver humanitarian aid and do all that it can to end the genocide.
#FreedomFlotilla #Gaza #BreakTheSiege #AllEyesOnGaza #AllEyesOnDeck #DirectAction #EndTheBlockade #BreakIsraelsSiege @palestine @israel
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