On Tuesday, the Madison City Council was due to vote on a proposal from Mayor Paul Soglin, that would limit use of public benches downtown to one hour and prohibit people from lying on benches, public sidewalks or right-of-ways for most of the day and night.…
Posts tagged as “protest”
Green Party to Participate in Protest Against Proposed Keystone XL Pipeline in D.C. on February 17th
The following is the text from a press release by the Green Party:
GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES
http://www.gp.org
For Immediate Release:
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Obama hints in his 2013 State of the Union address that he might approve the pipeline; Greens promote the ‘Green New Deal’ and say environmental groups must stop allowing Dems to take support for granted; Obama’s “executive action” to curb climate change won’t work if he keeps promoting more oil and gas production
Green Party response to the 2013 State of the Union, with 2012 presidential nominee Jill Stein (Green Party Livestream) http://livestre.am/4l4JE…
Global Greens support for the Occupy Movement, Arab Spring, and other democratic movements
From a Green Party of the United States announcement, as posted at onthewilderside.com:
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Third Global Greens Congress, meeting in Senegal, passes statement of support for the Occupy Movement, Arab Spring, and other democratic movements
US Greens attend the meeting, which also passes “Rio+20 Summit” resolution in advance of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development
The third Global Greens Congress, meeting in Dakar, Senegal, last weekend, has adopted a statement of support for popular democratic movements around the world, including Arab Spring, the Spanish Indignants, and the Occupy Movement.…
Freedom Socialist Party: Enough already!
Everywhere you look people are marching in the streets, conducting general strikes, defying cops, occupying banks, joining each other’s protests.…
Illinois Green congressional candidate joins Coalition of Imokalee Workers demonstration
Green congressional candidate Laurel Lambert Schmidt will be present today at a demonstration outside of Trader Joe’s, in favor of the Coalition of Imokalee Workers‘ attempts to organize tomato pickers, as reported here:
La Grange, IL —
Activists from Near West Citizens for Peace and Justice, Third Unitarian Social Action and Fair Food Chicago will host an informational picket of the Trader Joe’s store in La Grange from noon to 1 p.m.
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Occupy movement shows significant pro-freedom leanings
I went by the Occupy San Francisco camp outside the Federal Reserve building at 101 Market Street yesterday. This thing is really going strong. Although it was late at night, there were maybe 30-40 people camped there, many sleeping, some sitting around talking, etc.…
UPDATE: FL Libertarian Party Chairman Surrenders Driver’s License in Real ID Protest, Notifies Police
From an email sent to IPR by the Libertarian Party of Florida
VIDEO UPDATE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOTOenwxsQI
PRIOR RELEASE:
Fla. Libertarian Party Chairman to Surrender Driver’s License in Real ID Protest
CLEARWATER – Libertarian Party of Florida Chairman Adrian Wyllie will surrender his driver’s license in protest of Florida’s implementation of the Real ID Act at noon on Tuesday, May 17 at the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles office at 29399 Hwy 19 North in Clearwater (map).…
South Carolina Green Party endorsed Rally for a Moral Budget
Gregg Jocoy at Green Party Watch:
Daisy Deadhead, a Green Party member in Greenville SC, has posted a number of photos of a Green Party endorsed “Rally for a Moral Budget” at her blog, Daisy’s Dead Air.…
Wayne Root: Comparing the Life of a Government Employee with the Private Sector
By Wayne Allyn Root, Former Libertarian Vice Presidential Nominee and Best-Selling Author of “The Conscience of a Libertarian”
The world is backwards. It should be the taxpayers striking in the streets of Wisconsin.…
