tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75379663295554520172024-03-05T18:46:11.405-08:00riots to rebellionscompassxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13901406570963739677noreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537966329555452017.post-85587118972415980512010-02-18T14:23:00.001-08:002010-04-21T16:46:53.630-07:00Scams and Side HustlesMy latest idea is to transition to a blog about the many means of getting by. The economy has left me with a decent job that pays very little, I am just able to pay my bills and buy food without a dollar left to put into savings. Lately, I've been picking friends brains for ideas on lucrative side hustles. Most ideas that seem viable (meaning not requiring a whole lot of work) require a lot of risk, and are very illegal. I would never waste my time judging folks who are doing what they can to get by, in fact I believe I should be as supportive as possible as a means of solidarity with the masses scrapping by under this shit-system. So here I start the scam and side hustle blog.<br /><br />(update) <span style="font-weight: bold;">SCRATCH THAT IT'S BEEN DONE, KINDA</span> - <a href="http://www.scamplots.com/">Scamplots</a> -may need some tweaking...<br /><br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8521598.stm">PleaseRobMe website</a> via the BBC<br /><br />and the ATM skimmer<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6Zq1oIq87pY&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6Zq1oIq87pY&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>compassxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13901406570963739677noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537966329555452017.post-50919480344107870352009-12-18T13:53:00.000-08:002009-12-31T10:30:53.594-08:00Some Favoite Videos For the Hell of It...also known as the death of a blog.<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BmJUdLUo8HQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BmJUdLUo8HQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9ieWrWLjii0&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9ieWrWLjii0&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4sooNNv9qHg&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4sooNNv9qHg&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>compassxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13901406570963739677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537966329555452017.post-20657277765949841532009-12-08T11:30:00.000-08:002009-12-08T11:42:34.314-08:00Food Throwing as Protest<a href="http://gawker.com/5421210/in-defense-of-throwing-tomatoes-at-sarah-palin">Gawker posted</a> a great list of reasons throwing food is a legitimate form of protest. Their arguments include:<br /><br /><blockquote><strong>Throwing food at people has a long, messy history<br /><br /></strong><strong>A violent action without all that violence<br /><br /></strong><strong>It's democratic<br /></strong><br /><strong>Usually, the victim deserves it<br /><br /></strong><strong>It's hilarious<br /><br /></strong><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://sas.guidespot.com/bundles/guides_h7/assets/widget_axgfA_CQnjEjvEcxzWvA12.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 290px; height: 404px;" src="http://sas.guidespot.com/bundles/guides_h7/assets/widget_axgfA_CQnjEjvEcxzWvA12.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /></blockquote>compassxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13901406570963739677noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537966329555452017.post-20174473537097295682009-12-04T10:57:00.000-08:002009-12-04T11:06:32.759-08:00Honor Fred Hampton<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.chicagoreader.com/binary/da9f/HamptonMagnum.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 600px; height: 398px;" src="http://www.chicagoreader.com/binary/da9f/HamptonMagnum.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.racewire.org/archives/2009/12/forty_years_later_we_remember_fred_hamptons_life_and_legacy.html">On the anniversary of his murder.</a><br /><a href="http://www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/fhamptonspeech.html">Read his "Power Anywhere there is People" speech</a>compassxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13901406570963739677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537966329555452017.post-90399688034110266152009-10-18T17:11:00.000-07:002009-11-02T15:40:36.317-08:00Almost Ready To Quit...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://users.sch.gr/chrisev/gelio/images/image007.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 425px; height: 567px;" src="http://users.sch.gr/chrisev/gelio/images/image007.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">de vaartkapoen, brussels</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Closing in on a year of Riots to Rebellions, perhaps a transformation is in order</span>compassxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13901406570963739677noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537966329555452017.post-73148260029590150232009-10-16T14:41:00.000-07:002009-10-18T17:11:45.306-07:00On the Anniversary of John Brown's Insurrection<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.kansasheritage.org/InMemoryOfKS/images/JohnBrown2_jpg.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 391px; height: 460px;" src="http://www.kansasheritage.org/InMemoryOfKS/images/JohnBrown2_jpg.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">The true question is, Did John Brown draw his sword against slavery and thereby lose his life in vain? And to this I answer ten thousand times, No! No man fails, or can fail, who so grandly gives himself and all he has to a righteous cause. No man, who in his hour of extremest need, when on his way to meet an ignominious death, could so forget himself as to stop and kiss a little child, one of the hated race for whom he was about to die, could by any possibility fail. -Fredrick Douglass</span><br /><br /><a href="http://socialistworker.org/2009/10/16/harpers-ferry-insurrection">Read more!</a>compassxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13901406570963739677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537966329555452017.post-81722211273878832252009-09-28T10:47:00.000-07:002009-09-28T10:58:54.300-07:00The Women Militants of Asgarda<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggRNm5hFg4mjR7FUME7EC98f4hKFYa6af9kKELeakoJMxf9C5lBRzW4FnXbylwq5JBcN3xAx78gnW3l64CiAwg7aa6s4aF8PvdS-VUQq58UwZxRl3H1Foza7b5tW0Y67SkEkTuCnlESwl1/s1600-h/amazonwomen2fgfkhfghdtrderhkkk_thumb.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 344px; height: 187px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggRNm5hFg4mjR7FUME7EC98f4hKFYa6af9kKELeakoJMxf9C5lBRzW4FnXbylwq5JBcN3xAx78gnW3l64CiAwg7aa6s4aF8PvdS-VUQq58UwZxRl3H1Foza7b5tW0Y67SkEkTuCnlESwl1/s320/amazonwomen2fgfkhfghdtrderhkkk_thumb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386577643876916850" border="0" /></a><br /><blockquote></blockquote>IN THE UKRAINE, A COUNTRY WHERE FEMALES ARE VICTIMS OF SEXUAL TRAFFICKING AND GENDER OPPRESSION, a new tribe of empowered women is emerging. Calling themselves the “<a href="http://www.asgarda.org.ua/Special-features-of-martial-art-for-women.html" title="Asgarda">Asgarda</a>,” the women seek complete autonomy from men. Residing in the Carpathian Mountains, the tribe is comprised of 150 women of varying ages, primarily students, led by 30 year-old Katerina Tarnouska. Reviving the tribal traditions of the Scythian Amazons of ancient Greek mythology, the Asgarda train in martial arts, taught by former Soviet karate master, Volodymyr Stepanovytch, and learn life skills and sciences in order to become ideal women.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlqHsWZg8Dd4tfTNvnFbOTXZmXh29p7f4zUnjKniTOTFrSZUbqZ31oIWeqTHTHJwV0-FU-XKebk0QdINpPP386SegLwbXUkWhEOi-WNTTZxVn3DDGpY4_WfVcAaA4k2i5x8vF-Tp97t2Mo/s1600-h/asgarda_coverghjuklgjkuj_thumb.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 319px; height: 352px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlqHsWZg8Dd4tfTNvnFbOTXZmXh29p7f4zUnjKniTOTFrSZUbqZ31oIWeqTHTHJwV0-FU-XKebk0QdINpPP386SegLwbXUkWhEOi-WNTTZxVn3DDGpY4_WfVcAaA4k2i5x8vF-Tp97t2Mo/s320/asgarda_coverghjuklgjkuj_thumb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386578421267358258" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.planet-mag.com/blog/2009/art/jenna-martin/asgarda/#http://www.planet-mag.com/blog/2009/art/jenna-martin/asgarda/">Read more and view the pictorial by Jenna Martin</a>compassxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13901406570963739677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537966329555452017.post-73975939885155543972009-09-24T16:14:00.000-07:002009-09-24T16:36:40.209-07:00A Kid that Tells on Another Kid is a Dead KidIt is the 30th Anniversary of the "greatest teen rebellion movie of all time", <span style="font-style: italic;">Over the Edge</span>. The movie only lasted two weeks in the theater before it was pulled in fear it would incite riots. It stars a 14 year old Matt Dillon who, with his teen friends, attacks the confines of the planned suburban community, including police, teachers, their school, and of course, snitches. The film was loosely based on accounts from a town outside of San Francisco, where the youth rebelled against the bourgeois mediocrity and boredom they were facing.<br /><br />Check out this <a href="http://www.viceland.com/int/v16n9/htdocs/over-the-edge-134.php">Vice article</a> interviewing many involved in the making of the film.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiac0FL5Ylt7qm-N_LeplMXu-o18lnW_3lpgZFdYFVYxHmnANQ7GgTKF0g_2OA3FoxjwJo5HMr9-S5lS6cbJT_vM62p38O4mn8MWFdYV69TNzbXc25Sq_A0jwbZLid0YiGEK_XApnGXsPJb/s1600-h/2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 243px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiac0FL5Ylt7qm-N_LeplMXu-o18lnW_3lpgZFdYFVYxHmnANQ7GgTKF0g_2OA3FoxjwJo5HMr9-S5lS6cbJT_vM62p38O4mn8MWFdYV69TNzbXc25Sq_A0jwbZLid0YiGEK_XApnGXsPJb/s320/2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385181868913873458" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeeIZA4mgjTBVoiuuc35UnteR8ql1E8Vw0_hpBR27AaR6bnXgea-hx-id06o_bDknKg-9FICG7l9a3AjSl7wnhyw3jNVPjA300wrOV0IiAkKGNyRTollyqvmnBrkB6Cv9XMs81dMHc3wal/s1600-h/6.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 243px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeeIZA4mgjTBVoiuuc35UnteR8ql1E8Vw0_hpBR27AaR6bnXgea-hx-id06o_bDknKg-9FICG7l9a3AjSl7wnhyw3jNVPjA300wrOV0IiAkKGNyRTollyqvmnBrkB6Cv9XMs81dMHc3wal/s320/6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385179413911939826" border="0" /></a> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ereen__ld8g&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ereen__ld8g&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>compassxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13901406570963739677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537966329555452017.post-76775459928407021242009-09-17T13:45:00.000-07:002009-09-17T14:01:09.653-07:00The Shoe Thrower Speaks Out<span style="font-size:130%;">Muntazer al-Zaidi, otherwise know as the "shoe thrower" is out of prison and <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/sep/17/why-i-threw-shoe-bush">speaking out, unrepentant</a>. </span><br /><p style="font-style: italic;"></p><blockquote></blockquote><blockquote></blockquote><p></p><blockquote> <p>The opportunity came, and I took it.</p> <p>I took it out of loyalty to every drop of innocent blood that has been shed through the occupation or because of it, every scream of a bereaved mother, every moan of an orphan, the sorrow of a rape victim, the teardrop of an orphan.</p> <p>I say to those who reproach me: do you know how many broken homes that shoe which I threw had entered? How many times it had trodden over the blood of innocent victims? Maybe that shoe was the appropriate response when all values were violated.</p> </blockquote>May this hero serve as an example, and may what he did and the reasons he did it never be forgotten.<br /><div></div><blockquote></blockquote><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_reqFXSKq0s&hl=en&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_reqFXSKq0s&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>compassxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13901406570963739677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537966329555452017.post-76348480322569654382009-09-04T14:03:00.000-07:002009-09-04T14:18:56.472-07:00Van Jones on rioting<span style="font-size:130%;">The right-wing politicos have been having strokes over this Obama appointed 'green jobs' adviser for his alleged participation in Rodney King protests and riots in San Francisco. A <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/04/radicalization-obamas-green-czar/">Fox news</a> smear piece on Jones quotes him on the riots:</span><br /><blockquote><p>"Our moment had finally come! We were righteous, fired up, weren't takin' no more!" Jones wrote. "We were one thousand strong on Market Street, with the Bay Bridge shut down in rush hour traffic and the grounds around the state building swarming with angry mobs! Our rallying cry was for justice; our demand was that the System be changed!"</p><p>Jones continued, "Yes, the Great Revolutionary Moment had at long last come. And the time, clearly, was ours! So we stole stuff. Y'know, stole stuff. Radios, tennis shoes. Well, not everybody, of course."</p></blockquote><span style="font-size:130%;">Jones go on to make some valid points on the place of riots, that is, amongst a larger organized movement for social justice.</span><br /><blockquote><p>In his 2007 reflection on the aftermath of King's beating, Jones said he was among those who chanted "no justice, no peace" during the "understandable, unavoidable, even necessary" riots.</p><p>"These riots were not revolution; without revolutionary values and revolutionary organization, they were merely sharp outcroppings of the systemic chaos that social injustice breeds," Jones wrote. "But flashpoints of rage can never substitute for radical social vision or grassroots coordination."</p></blockquote><span style="font-size:130%;">I am happy to see a man like this in our government, let there be a 1000 more like him.</span>compassxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13901406570963739677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537966329555452017.post-43157094251386764452009-09-03T15:40:00.000-07:002009-09-03T15:45:46.035-07:00Riot Fun<object id="otvPlayer" width="400" height="268"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Tough financial times lead to...<span style="font-style: italic;">the smash and grab</span>.<br /></span><param name="movie" value="http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/static/flash/embeddedPlayer/swf/otvEmLoader.swf?version=&station=wpvi&section=&mediaId=6996090&cdnRoot=http://cdn.abclocal.go.com&webRoot=http://abclocal.go.com&site="><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><br /><param name="allowNetworking" value="all"><br /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><br /><embed id="otvPlayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allownetworking="all" allowfullscreen="true" src="http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/static/flash/embeddedPlayer/swf/otvEmLoader.swf?version=&station=wpvi&section=&mediaId=6996090&cdnRoot=http://cdn.abclocal.go.com&webRoot=http://abclocal.go.com&site=" width="400" height="268"></embed><br /><br /></object>compassxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13901406570963739677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537966329555452017.post-5274395950556817142009-09-02T09:49:00.001-07:002009-09-02T09:58:19.792-07:00Anti-Pollution Riots In China<h2 style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The Cost of Capitalism...</span><br /></span></h2><h2 style="font-weight: bold;"><blockquote><h2 style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">"Up to 10,000 Chinese villagers have clashed with police in eastern China in the latest incident in a wave of social unrest caused by fears over industrial pollution. </span></span></h2> <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The riot in the eastern coastal province of Fujian comes a week after two high-profile cases of lead poisoning involving more than 2,100 children raised public concerns over the environmental cost of China's headlong rush for economic growth.</span><br /></span></blockquote></h2><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/sep/02/anti-pollution-riot-china">Read more</a>, and still <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/6126874/China-riot-10000-villagers-clash-with-police-over-industrial-pollution.html">more</a></span>compassxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13901406570963739677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537966329555452017.post-91241012693853459612009-08-31T10:53:00.001-07:002009-08-31T11:15:50.260-07:00Riot Art<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.thebreedersystem.com/files/photos/1173115030.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 348px; height: 404px;" src="http://www.thebreedersystem.com/files/photos/1173115030.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Riot</span> - Stelios Faitakis</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.theoakbook.com/images/RIOTS%281%29.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 332px; height: 369px;" src="http://www.theoakbook.com/images/RIOTS%281%29.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Riots Work!</span> <span style="font-size:85%;">artist unknown</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.jjhines.us/images/afterThe%20Riots21.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 475px; height: 403px;" src="http://www.jjhines.us/images/afterThe%20Riots21.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">After the Riot</span> - JJ Hines</span>compassxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13901406570963739677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537966329555452017.post-15443001726868333612009-08-17T09:41:00.000-07:002009-08-17T09:58:59.938-07:00Prison Riots Should Come As No SurpriseSevere prison overcrowding, and general horrid conditions (such as locking human beings in cages for 20 hours a day) produces anti-social behavior, of course. Riots historically have been then only tactic to shed light on these conditions and produce change.<br /><br />Prison riots in the last week include:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-prison10-2009aug10,0,2160318.story">Chino, California</a><br /><br /><a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/17/content_11895771.htm">Mexico City, Mexico</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/joepublic/2009/aug/17/prison-overcrowding-riots-warning">Ashwell, England</a><br /><br />Also see Riots to Rebellions past post on <a href="http://riotstorebellions.blogspot.com/2009/02/prison-riots.html">Prison Riots and Attica!</a>compassxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13901406570963739677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537966329555452017.post-80560031247956014842009-08-14T10:12:00.000-07:002009-08-14T10:16:01.850-07:00We Shall Over Strum<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2jypsw3FNPV04KjU0Yg0SRQltX5dhz55tpI7ql6P51RyJa7R840NxYDbWhAJ21-TWFoQooC_a2K3FImTZK6DT1A0zOBfYOdUglMH3M0RDsxWdlS_HBrrUha0w9Q4VhQMUe9jrQ3oamAzj/s1600-h/40yrs.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 372px; height: 439px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2jypsw3FNPV04KjU0Yg0SRQltX5dhz55tpI7ql6P51RyJa7R840NxYDbWhAJ21-TWFoQooC_a2K3FImTZK6DT1A0zOBfYOdUglMH3M0RDsxWdlS_HBrrUha0w9Q4VhQMUe9jrQ3oamAzj/s320/40yrs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369869396938159650" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://blogs.laweekly.com/fish/">Mr. Fish</a><br /><br />A call for new tactics?compassxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13901406570963739677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537966329555452017.post-74968957910124524602009-07-02T10:29:00.000-07:002009-07-02T11:01:54.551-07:00Obama Endorses the Brutalizing of CopsI can't help myself, it's very rare to hear a U.S. president celebrate a moment of violent rebellion against cops, or any manifestation of the state (has it ever happened before?...i'm thinking maybe the John Brown rebellion?). I am in no way deluded into thinking that Obama is even tacitly a supporter of liberatory riots, nor am I now hopeful that the man will lend his support to GLBTQ community in any real way.<br /><br />I just think it's cute.<br /><br /><blockquote><a href="http://epgn.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Local-+national+LGBT+leaders+mark+Stonewall+at+White+House%20&id=2873812-Local-+national+LGBT+leaders+mark+Stonewall+at+White+House&instance=top_story">President Obama welcomed</a> about 200 LGBT leaders from around the country, including three local activists, to the White House June 29 for a reception to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, during which the president reiterated his support for LGBT-rights issues.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Obama spoke to the crowd for about 15 minutes, encouraging LGBT and ally individuals to continue the fight that began in New York City 40 years ago the previous day</span>, when hundreds of LGBT people fought back against a police raid at the Stonewall Inn, spurring what is considered the birth of the modern LGBT-rights movement.</blockquote>compassxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13901406570963739677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537966329555452017.post-32701437175075631782009-06-25T11:38:00.000-07:002009-06-27T21:48:41.519-07:00Riot Art<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Nf1x_tTCUI3TaAbjs-fein4P45XypgZ4kA4qM7ZoaP69RPKhnqL6rgqLmO8z08tQ0eUfyoe298IeXdXRqe5nuq3vFrswZyB-PM6Mb6cpDY5dbIuxBVkZJRziLU1E7B8ZTPWcPwaAnNjB/s1600-h/1240793471-stonewall_was_police_riot.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 290px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Nf1x_tTCUI3TaAbjs-fein4P45XypgZ4kA4qM7ZoaP69RPKhnqL6rgqLmO8z08tQ0eUfyoe298IeXdXRqe5nuq3vFrswZyB-PM6Mb6cpDY5dbIuxBVkZJRziLU1E7B8ZTPWcPwaAnNjB/s320/1240793471-stonewall_was_police_riot.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351337602075597826" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_KNGpIfNq3_1jmKDdElGjNrMQIc8VyAdCvhZkjGFR79PGNkFvmXoSzFCKKmr8mLQP6kdIq58OYjM9Q2cNqQkJ3T-LvoxaozOrRMy4hyvJnSRFAj9q7ZNMh0ZgC0uww4a8qKkua2npmp8b/s1600-h/.jpeg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 281px; height: 187px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_KNGpIfNq3_1jmKDdElGjNrMQIc8VyAdCvhZkjGFR79PGNkFvmXoSzFCKKmr8mLQP6kdIq58OYjM9Q2cNqQkJ3T-LvoxaozOrRMy4hyvJnSRFAj9q7ZNMh0ZgC0uww4a8qKkua2npmp8b/s320/.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351337503494690802" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Sylvia Rivera, Stonewall Vet</span> <span style="font-size:85%;">by. S. Tooley</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWwF0EFtvO2_ElyenOIH5iopIH3HJZJi5z-rxY6ViI6J9BDQrotOhW8MhbteMCqmM1HQfhp9iUt6cRbwfP3JK3rkbqEEB-4Cz3L9B2TAJSgP-JQDZ3y4expFTk2FGejGzdEbrNeRpthM9Q/s1600-h/WHITE%2520NIGHT%2520FLYER.preview.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 246px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWwF0EFtvO2_ElyenOIH5iopIH3HJZJi5z-rxY6ViI6J9BDQrotOhW8MhbteMCqmM1HQfhp9iUt6cRbwfP3JK3rkbqEEB-4Cz3L9B2TAJSgP-JQDZ3y4expFTk2FGejGzdEbrNeRpthM9Q/s320/WHITE%2520NIGHT%2520FLYER.preview.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351337678234125986" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Post 'White Night Riots' Poster</span>compassxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13901406570963739677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537966329555452017.post-79320077661047046362009-06-22T10:50:00.000-07:002009-06-23T22:05:47.672-07:00Stonewall Heroes<a href="http://outhistory.org/wiki/Main_Page">Outhistory.org</a> has released NYC police reports from June 28, 1969, the beginning of the <a href="http://www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/stonewall_riots.html">Stonewall Riots</a>. The records reveal new, exciting information about the spark that spurned the "gay revolution". Such gems include:<br /><ul><li>the vicious participation of women who "did shove and kick" police officers</li><li>a police officer "being bitten on the right wrist by a Stonewall rebel"</li><li>a resistor using a rolled up newspaper to strike a officer "in the left eye" causing the cop "to fall to ground sustaining a fractured left wrist”</li><li>Straight ally, and folk singer David Van Ronk assaulted an officer and was arrested as well</li></ul><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisbn3Kl95ZRGKm0UIOiYp1lDqTL5wDx7TO23ORooizUDYb18ji6LN_lHuDyyAzyhkW3H-TNBdpEN6mkdTm2jOoOAe-ZTNwflKolP0zpBO_jkOZ534iwDSQjAGkViUxpOlizoptyJCxQxQQ/s1600-h/PhotoStonewall_riots.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 218px; height: 144px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisbn3Kl95ZRGKm0UIOiYp1lDqTL5wDx7TO23ORooizUDYb18ji6LN_lHuDyyAzyhkW3H-TNBdpEN6mkdTm2jOoOAe-ZTNwflKolP0zpBO_jkOZ534iwDSQjAGkViUxpOlizoptyJCxQxQQ/s320/PhotoStonewall_riots.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350218534766171970" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Let's give our highest adoration to the mighty Stonewall rioters on the 40 anniversary of the rebellion that flaunted to the world that queers too will strike back with demands for respect, justice and equality.compassxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13901406570963739677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537966329555452017.post-60650684142862079252009-06-16T13:45:00.000-07:002009-06-17T09:20:45.284-07:00Iran is Burning<a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iran-protester15-2009jun15,0,7099947.story">On the election riots in Iran...</a><p><a href="http://www.maxajl.com/?p=1362">From <span style="font-style: italic;">Jewbonics</span></a>: hundreds of thousands–perhaps millions–of Iranian Mousavi supporters are <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zF1ejawjTY" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/www.youtube.com');">out </a>in the street, agitating for reform. They are politicized. They think their votes weren’t counted. They know that they are banned from demonstrating. And they know that the Islamic Republic has authorized the use of live ammunition (there have already been civilian deaths, which may lead to further strengthening of the movement).</p> <p style="font-style: italic;">An energized populace in Iran, willing to defy illegitimate state edicts, can only lead to good, fraud or no fraud.</p><p><a href="http://www.registan.net/index.php/2009/06/15/iran-isnt-the-only-country-rioting/">Iran isn't the only country rioting</a></p><p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBZn9piZz6YJBdR7yX1AXpfnwSWCnFRLBJpV-3udm82W6Ch4d9kjM2fzHHJMRLCGSe381eqVSvXuP6aUtPhyphenhyphen8E5FO6HrrZkgQ7WI1y1mD7OL1TGr4udFAZAwJJIL5qFoXuUlZsuSEe9Dfg/s1600-h/riotsintehranburn-225.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBZn9piZz6YJBdR7yX1AXpfnwSWCnFRLBJpV-3udm82W6Ch4d9kjM2fzHHJMRLCGSe381eqVSvXuP6aUtPhyphenhyphen8E5FO6HrrZkgQ7WI1y1mD7OL1TGr4udFAZAwJJIL5qFoXuUlZsuSEe9Dfg/s320/riotsintehranburn-225.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348031130840769170" border="0" /></a></p>compassxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13901406570963739677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537966329555452017.post-4464531756721943082009-06-09T14:06:00.000-07:002009-06-09T16:04:57.947-07:00" "<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizcacuiepavDlQJ7-UO6NMrbuR73rLm9Us3ZsAMCbKOtne_AoFFpROHYCMLmb1H4LBmh8_TvTDI5V8sAdGLrwino5jI9CfBOH7BZM0Vg_V_CKUARtY7QaCGsV7jFnjB-bjDiKBXWy4TP_8/s1600-h/00095fpf-vi.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 386px; height: 289px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizcacuiepavDlQJ7-UO6NMrbuR73rLm9Us3ZsAMCbKOtne_AoFFpROHYCMLmb1H4LBmh8_TvTDI5V8sAdGLrwino5jI9CfBOH7BZM0Vg_V_CKUARtY7QaCGsV7jFnjB-bjDiKBXWy4TP_8/s320/00095fpf-vi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345437259675869106" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="body"><br />People who treat other people as less than human must not be surprised when the bread they have cast on the waters comes floating back to them, poisoned.</span> <br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">James Baldwin</span></span><br /><span class="bodybold"> <span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><br /></span>compassxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13901406570963739677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537966329555452017.post-16599308064347729092009-06-08T09:34:00.000-07:002009-06-08T09:39:45.781-07:00Water Riots<a href="http://www.somalilandglobe.com/596/mob-runs-riot-as-part-of-hargeisa-runs-out-of-water/"><strong></strong>Water riots</a> occurred in Hargeisa, Somaliland for the fourth time this week because ordinary citizens feel helpless and hopeless as a result of finding no means to achieve their legitimate demands.<br /><br />With the authorities showing lack of perspective planning and failure to deal with the incessant water problems letting parts of Hargeisa, the capital city, reel under severe water crisis, residents have resorted to staging agitations as the only ultimate weapon to get a solution. <br /><br /><strong></strong>compassxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13901406570963739677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537966329555452017.post-40041029953149320632009-06-01T10:43:00.000-07:002009-06-18T10:06:53.252-07:00The Fashionable RioterPlease allow me a moment to give props to the riotous fashionistas. Good fashion is a privilege, and perhaps a shallow pursuit being that global capitalism is strangling millions to death. <span style="font-style: italic;">But</span>, one of this blogs' aims is to promote the riot aesthetic. So today we celebrate those who, despite their desperate situations, took a moment to look good--damn good.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.dadalos.org/int/menschenrechte/grundkurs_mr5/Apartheid/apartheid/widerstand/Aufstand_Sowjeto.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 450px; height: 229px;" src="http://www.dadalos.org/int/menschenrechte/grundkurs_mr5/Apartheid/apartheid/widerstand/Aufstand_Sowjeto.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Soweto, South Africa</span> <span style="font-size:78%;">(update)</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDUGQhkZx1Te4yb8cUtgrinG4Z9nml9Qvvluvp8C-EO3pU0OoowohlyVhxzXKXWo8kibod8EU91-8oAhFsJ9Td993RUtOmzRbJqCEKR840_EH3383DQt7OyWuZGyKsqMLYIe3OuOLuLIAz/s1600-h/49.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDUGQhkZx1Te4yb8cUtgrinG4Z9nml9Qvvluvp8C-EO3pU0OoowohlyVhxzXKXWo8kibod8EU91-8oAhFsJ9Td993RUtOmzRbJqCEKR840_EH3383DQt7OyWuZGyKsqMLYIe3OuOLuLIAz/s320/49.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342420895746594370" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhudRTmGO2oLsStlPDhN9nT2_q1CFOQr24ZKx0dOypQIYhQxbr3W0Kwb2hK6Lqo9bwExVPkReBs4wXnw7SUMYIXNeXRcuK1kYyXZFuVDYFX8iNbeZMNsFm9iZOoMXl7tr3ykgZxMc_XGT5P/s1600-h/24.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 210px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhudRTmGO2oLsStlPDhN9nT2_q1CFOQr24ZKx0dOypQIYhQxbr3W0Kwb2hK6Lqo9bwExVPkReBs4wXnw7SUMYIXNeXRcuK1kYyXZFuVDYFX8iNbeZMNsFm9iZOoMXl7tr3ykgZxMc_XGT5P/s320/24.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342421099337021138" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-_qOuBuGJ4kSAjdKr9bN2jpIUE_EbVv9X5QGAjYBtzQPllgFR1CxAleQtNQ676j-EmZanTRW8tjf-RwS0uIqmZplHptFM8lSnAu0ouVxCLARTMVzauAmH7FChLYn9osr-Bzf9FhJRYVBr/s1600-h/48.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 209px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-_qOuBuGJ4kSAjdKr9bN2jpIUE_EbVv9X5QGAjYBtzQPllgFR1CxAleQtNQ676j-EmZanTRW8tjf-RwS0uIqmZplHptFM8lSnAu0ouVxCLARTMVzauAmH7FChLYn9osr-Bzf9FhJRYVBr/s320/48.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342420987347606050" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Paris 68'</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.swampland.org/minicine/2003/weather_underground3.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 450px; height: 312px;" src="http://www.swampland.org/minicine/2003/weather_underground3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Weatherman/Days of Rage</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.studiolum.com/wang/mexican-revolution-mexico-revolucion-en-el-sur-1912-750.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 442px; height: 302px;" src="http://www.studiolum.com/wang/mexican-revolution-mexico-revolucion-en-el-sur-1912-750.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Mexican Revolution</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPUuSLuaj_h_46IHcN8J2DFpTwa9Rldgg_5m8zVRFMlu2DAX_fAMvTarJfuEMwbStuQvIVI9frTNmgYVRCzYYHztIxkNttkIr2XQjYxttwz7W_ql1noX_2yY4hOS9CtUNeKJ9LTMw7kYQQ/s1600-h/capt.lhr10503121214.pakistan_judge_suspended_lhr105.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 235px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPUuSLuaj_h_46IHcN8J2DFpTwa9Rldgg_5m8zVRFMlu2DAX_fAMvTarJfuEMwbStuQvIVI9frTNmgYVRCzYYHztIxkNttkIr2XQjYxttwz7W_ql1noX_2yY4hOS9CtUNeKJ9LTMw7kYQQ/s320/capt.lhr10503121214.pakistan_judge_suspended_lhr105.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342420805635537122" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Lawyers in Pakistan</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1wBIMWEyeifD0IxdrdU3aYOtb8L3QhzAYCYqRHerHvcg8ZgHzg-IotqR39S3C28OkdVbTCDYqPxNr4KTKHZHmSh0R-H3G8BlkuWA7en14JY1M8QYV4schVymozREsK7ZgwHDUhAhRTqtL/s1600-h/g20-protestors-2009.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 231px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1wBIMWEyeifD0IxdrdU3aYOtb8L3QhzAYCYqRHerHvcg8ZgHzg-IotqR39S3C28OkdVbTCDYqPxNr4KTKHZHmSh0R-H3G8BlkuWA7en14JY1M8QYV4schVymozREsK7ZgwHDUhAhRTqtL/s320/g20-protestors-2009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342420735277381794" border="0" /></a><br />G20<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU_fxu_-SH0AIGXW0_arRq4WJOalm34p9ruzVbuSCRkS5JGKHJM2HU75W922csgxgrNgd3grS_eP67OpymN-yYquZ6SDfvOqgt6A8l_jDR71pEo9BQC4YKXJLMkmJSLFo6yX3RB2Q5Qg9h/s1600-h/protest_inspiration.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 210px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU_fxu_-SH0AIGXW0_arRq4WJOalm34p9ruzVbuSCRkS5JGKHJM2HU75W922csgxgrNgd3grS_eP67OpymN-yYquZ6SDfvOqgt6A8l_jDR71pEo9BQC4YKXJLMkmJSLFo6yX3RB2Q5Qg9h/s320/protest_inspiration.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342420613006184834" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Paris?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">* Pardon the over representation of men here, I had a hard time scavenging the diversity of riot pics that I know exists somewhere...</span><br /><br /><a href="http://boulevardier4eva.wordpress.com/2008/12/10/black-bloc-fashion-ya-basta-enough-already/">Blog post on Fashion and the Black Block</a> and the place I harvested a few of these images, <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >The Boulevardier</span> (thanks)compassxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13901406570963739677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537966329555452017.post-76396596369845887832009-05-27T21:13:00.000-07:002009-05-28T10:56:47.852-07:00Our Riot History: Streetcar War of San FranciscoIn 1907, shortly after the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">disastrous</span> S.F. earthquake, streetcar workers went on strike against United Railroad (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">URR</span></span>) demanding a eight hour workday and a salary hike. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">URR</span></span> immediately brought in strikebreakers along with armed guards rather than <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">negotiate</span> with the strikers.<br /><br />When <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">URR</span></span> attempted to run the streetcars staffed by strikebreakers, strikers and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">sympathisers</span> threw stones and blocked the road. In response, armed strikebreakers began shooting into the crowd. Pitched battles where fought throughout the city with riotous masses pelting the cars with stones and bricks and the strikebreakers shooting back. At one point strikers took over an abandoned streetcar and sent it crashing into the barracks where the strikebreakers slept. By the end of the first day three where dead and over a dozen where wounded, mostly strikers and their <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">sympathisers</span>.<br /><br />The battles and sabotage continued for nearly four months with many more casualties. In the end <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">URR</span></span> broke the strike, but the savage tactics of the company left the city bitter. In 1912 a popular movement for a publicly-owned streetcar line pushed <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">URR</span></span> out of S.F.<br /><br /><a href="http://blog.streetcar.org/2008/07/strike.html">Read more</a>, and with <a href="http://friendlyfirecollective.info/files/May09/StreetcarWars%28web%29.jpg">graphics</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB5QtYRRtVj2nOwb5QWYGd9xuAW0Tlihbx0LY5R6V3h2tyu8KZ4M3WOPTZH7qKZ4Wes7ICtBxqTk6xR39uJV70vtnBqiQo2pUZFzfxbwX2c2P0LuXZkQH0jZCTsgDPbe5yBTBeiTPW-h5c/s1600-h/strike-2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB5QtYRRtVj2nOwb5QWYGd9xuAW0Tlihbx0LY5R6V3h2tyu8KZ4M3WOPTZH7qKZ4Wes7ICtBxqTk6xR39uJV70vtnBqiQo2pUZFzfxbwX2c2P0LuXZkQH0jZCTsgDPbe5yBTBeiTPW-h5c/s320/strike-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340729801743739810" border="0" /></a>compassxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13901406570963739677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537966329555452017.post-44772028157696874112009-05-27T12:45:00.000-07:002009-05-28T10:57:24.793-07:00Tea Farmers Attack Police Station<span class="articolo_inside"><span style=""><a href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-05/26/content_7941775.htm">Hundreds of tea farmers</a> attacked a police station in Yingde, China on Saturday after rumours spread that one man had been killed in custody for fighting for farmers' rights.<br /><br /></span></span>They attacked the station with stones, bricks and hoes, and set police vehicles on fire.<br /><p>The riot was brought under control four and a half hours later. It's only one of a string of recent incidents where citizens have attacked police stations.</p><blockquote>"The case should teach grassroots governments a lesson," said Xu Binbin, a lecturer of public administration with South China Normal University. <p>"This kind of violence is happening more and more at the grassroots level and grassroots governments should play a more effective role in dealing with complaints," he said.</p></blockquote>compassxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13901406570963739677noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7537966329555452017.post-35505743267263291522009-05-20T15:32:00.000-07:002009-05-28T10:59:35.738-07:00Intimidated by Queer Riots<a href="http://www.towleroad.com/2009/05/exclusive-sf-mayor-gavin-newsom-asked-court-to-delay-prop-8-ruling.html">S.F. mayor Gavin Newsom</a> has asked the California supreme court to delay announcing its decision on proposition 8, legalizing gay marriage. Newsom is concerned that the ruling would fall on the anniversary of the <a href="http://riotstorebellions.blogspot.com/2009/01/harvey-milk-white-night-riots-and.html">White Night Riots</a> (May 21st 1979), and could possibly demand a repeat performance if queer folks rights are trampled on once again. Newsom understands that queer anger, and anger by long oppressed folk needs to be respected. He knows San Francisco can not afford to have another 15 + police cruisers torched...but perhaps the gay community cannot afford not to torch them...it's not for me say. <br /><br />I'm hoping the court does the right thing, the police cruisers will eventually have to burn regardless.compassxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13901406570963739677noreply@blogger.com0