On May 4th, 2014, a new cross-movement formation called STOMP (Stop Oppressive Militarized Policing) held a community speak-out in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood. That same weekend, Boston was host to “Urban Shield” – a massive, annual SWAT training that brings to together police agencies from across Massachusetts to try out the latest militarized tactics and…
NATO-Free Future Veterans of Iraq and Afghan war return their medals by throwing them at Chicago convention center as NATO meets. Photos by Ellen Davidson Anti-NATO protesters have their say. Photos by Ellen Davidson On May 20th, as the NATO Summit began at the McCormick Place Convention Center in downtown Chicago, we marched with…
An Interview with Hashmeya Muhsin al-Saadawi Electrical Utility Workers Union in Iraq Banners at 2012 May Day march in Basra, Iraq. Iraqi unions demonstrated on May Day 2012 at a difficult historical moment. Still operating without a labor law that sanctions their organizing, and under the consolidation of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s growing police/military powers,…
On May 5, Field Organizer Ali Issa gave a brief presentation to about 50 people at the American Friends Service Committee Friend’s Center in Philadelphia entitled “Iraq’s Tahrir Square” about the pro-democracy movement there. Ali also got the chance to connect with delegates that had recently visited Afghanistan with Voices for Creative Nonviolence and…
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