Tagged: protests

This is not something to sleep on. Sign it you douchenozzle. The "Harper Government" is making major changes to our legal landscape and I for one find it deeply disturbing. Not even getting into the whole "Harper Government" name change either... This is Canada, not Harperland.

Many of you may have noticed all of the "censored" blogs on the front page here at wordpress... and there are probably countless other sites that have gone on blackout or have posted a link for stopping SOPA and PIPA. I think this is a brilliant show of protest but for people like you and [...]

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TIME picked " The Protester " as its Person of the Year for 2011. Cover art by Shep Fairey.

For the sake of this article, I'm going to define protest music as: songs whose lyrical content can be interpreted as political, and standing against some sort of established system of behavior, and which have been used to rally against said systems. People make political music into protest songs; artists do not write protest songs. Metallic adjectives grew like weeds in Zuccotti Park, formerly Liberty Plaza Park, when I visited. Loud stands out: one can (or could, as of November 6, 2011) hear Occupy's drum circle (I counted upwards of 50 individual drums) from two New [...]

NOFX 's Fat Mike has revealed he recently closed his Bank of America account as part of a nationwide US campaign to boycott Wall Street financial institutions. The 44-year-old veteran punk rocker, who recently performed at an Occupy protest in San Francisco, confirmed on Twitter that he had closed his BoA account earlier this month and joined the New Resource Bank , which says it is for people who are "leading the way to a more sustainable world." Burkett, who sold his San Francisco mansion in 2008 [...]

Let's take a look at some numbers. To date, there have been 4,062 protesters arrested since the Occupy Movement began on September 17, 2011. [ Source. ] Surely, those responsible for destroying the national and even global economy must at the very least be facing a similar rate of prosecution, right? Even despite the fact that protesters are largely peacably exercising their right to protest and the Wall Street crowd have been indulging in economic fraud? Eh. Not so much. According to a new report [...]

Anne Hathaway was among the crowd that gathered at Union Square for an Occupy Wall Street demonstration. Activists campaigning against corporate greed staged a high-profile march on Thursday to mark the movement's two-month anniversary and the actress was spotted among the hundreds who descended upon Manhattan's Union Square to demand change. A photo of Hathaway dressed in a hooded raincoat and sunglasses was posted on Twitter by a fellow protester, who wrote, "Anne Hathaway supports students! Love!" [...]

If you keep up with the news you know Pakistan is largely a cesspool of state-sponsored violence, political corruption and religious extremism. Rarely is much heard from the opposition. I wasn't even sure there was one, save for a few strident (and now dead) journalists. But indeed there is a liberal, secular voice with the people. As explained in this morning's NY Times , a satyrical but earnest song is gathering steam. The song, "Aalu Anday," which means "Potatoes and Eggs," comes from a group of three young men who call [...]

Changes by Hi54lofi on Mixcloud I made this mix tape about 10 months ago, but I was listening...

Over the last couple of months, we've been dropping free downloads off the OST of the Quashiq Mukherjee film Gandu . We've made three tracks available so far - the title track 'Gandu' , 'Rickshaw' , and 'Neel Chhobi' . The fourth track, 'Protest', treads a fine line between RHCP-esque-alt and straight-up rap-rock. Get it below (registration required). The film's soundtrack was provided by ( now erstwhile ) Kolkata alternative rock act Five Little Indians , and the OST features seven songs which are performed live by The Gandu Circus. Check out the trailer of [...]

Chicago Tribune (MCT) -- CHICAGO - Joan Baez is calling from Paris the morning after a sold-out concert, and she's seen the news reports coming out of Chicago. "You have a number of activities going on in town, I understand," she says with an understated laugh. She's not talking about Mayor Rahm Emmanuel's new budget or the Cubs' pursuit of Theo Epstein. Instead, the "Occupy Wall Street" protests that spread to Chicago recently are her focus - and what...

joseph arthur has written a protest song called "we stand as one". with the occupy movements taking hold across the country folks are wondering where the new protest songs are coming from to reflect these times. it's easy to go back to classics by pete seeger or bob dylan as the soundtrack for modern day protest. but when a new song comes along as powerful as this, you need to chime in. download the song here . Check out the video and the lyrics below. Here's what joe says about the song: [...]

Another great gesture from the music community to the Occupy Wall St protesters. Here's Sean Lennon and Rufus Wainwright covering Madonna's "Material Girl" for the OWS protesters - only they change the words up a slight bit to make it appropriate for the occasion.

via occupy la media team / mikeywally By now, all of you have surely heard of the #occupy protests, and many of you have probably gotten involved in them. Tactics used by the non-violent movement have included marches, chants, demonstrations, and volunteering for arrest; sometimes, however, people have been arrested en masse without volunteering. In light of the events in Oakland last night and recent developments indicating Occupy L.A. may be told to leave their encampment at City Hall , a criminal defense lawyer in the L.A. area (who is a [...]

It's bad enough many of our public places are only quasi-public, meaning that they are privately owned public parks. So if you are one of those private owners, who do you prevent future #occupy movements? By changing the rules. Property owners are moving to change an old zoning law that has allowed anti-Wall Street protesters to camp out in Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan around the clock. ... Real Estate Board President Steve Spinola said his organization, which represents institutions and people involved in NY real estate, [...]

That blog title's a rhetorical question, before anyone has a tr00-kvlt breakdown in the comments. Pretty much everyone knows that Adam "Nergal" Darski is one of the judges on TV talent show, The Voice of Poland, but we reckon significantly fewer people will have seen this video of the Behemoth frontman taking part in a rendition of [...]

Read all about it via the National Post HERE . Occupy Toronto online - facebook | twitter

Filed under: News , I Fought the Law Brett Le Blanc, The Independent Florida Alligator Not many people plan on getting arrested on purpose, but such was the case with Elias Anthony McDaniel, the 56-year-old son of rhythm and blues legend Bo Diddley who was cuffed for trespassing in a plaza named after his father, according to the Independent Florida Alligator . McDaniel, who was taking part in [...]