In August of 2015, a group by the name of “Minnesota 10,000 for Southern Heritage”, received a permit to rally at the capitol in support of the confederate flag.
A facebook event to counter-protest the permitted confederate flag rally, named Unity Against White Supremacy &…
In mid-August 2015, the Obama administration gave the green light for Royal Dutch Shell to start drilling for oil in the Arctic Ocean, off Alaska’s northwest coast.
The well is approximately 70 miles from the coast of Alaska and is thought of by oil companies…
In St. Paul, a new chapter of the Black Lives Matter organization recently held it’s first event. They organized #BlackFair, a march on the Minnesota State Fair.
The marchers met at Hamline park in St. Paul and listened to a host of speakers. The speakers…
Ep. 17: #StockMarkets #ChinaMeltdown #NYSE #Stingrays #MansurBallBey #BlackLivesMatter #Macedonia #Greece #RefugeeCrisis #Nauen #Heidenau #YouStink #Beirut #ClimateChange #COP21 #China #AirPollution #MidwestUnrest #MinneapolisPolice
EPISODE 17:
#China #NYSE | This past Monday China’s stock market took a free fall, diving 8.5% and losing all of its 2015 gains.…
Unicorn Riot went to Hole In The Day Lake in Minnesota to talk to Anishinaabe-Ojibwe natives who were exerting their Treaty Rights and gathering wild rice off reservation.
According to the local bands of Anishinaabe, they retain the right to “hunt, fish, and gather,” on…
“At the end of the day, we don’t need police to protect our community, because we’re going to protect our community ourselves.” – LittleJohn (Baltimore Bloods member)
The publicized deaths of young black men like Michael Brown, Eric Garner and Freddie Gray at the hands…
#StopWMM #Antifa | In Liverpool, UK a proposed “White Man March” was cancelled after antifascists took the streets in opposition. The fascist march, called by National Action, was met by an overwhelming amount of Anti-fascist counter protesters. The Anti-fascist network called for a “diversity of…
During Episode 16 of “Deprogram”, Lorenzo and Niko were joined by Elisabeth Epps, an activist from Denver who spoke out about police intimidation tactics that she and others have recently experienced.
The Denver Police Department is no stranger when it comes to controversial policing tactics…
In Episode 16 of our weekly live show “Deprogram”, we interviewed Pascoe Sabido about the #Endegelaende direct action against coal mining in Germany.
Over 1,000 activists marched into an open pit Lignite Mine in Germany. While Germany continues to break renewable energy records, they also continue…
Unicorn Riot spoke to Janene Yazzie, a human rights advocate and local community activist from the Navajo Nation. The interview starts by reviewing a recent viral video showing Navajo communities members chasing off Sen. John McCain.
Translation: “No Mccain. Water is life.”
Janene states,
“John…
Ep. 16: #Snowden #NSA #ATT #Windows10 #Surveillance #Whiteclay #SesameStreet #StopWMM #Antifa #ChelseaManning #FightForDyett #SaveDyett #sHellNo #Pentagon #Guantanamo #RadazzHearns #Navajo #DefendDenver #Endegelaende
EPISODE 16:
#Snowden #NSA #ATT | More Snowden documents have thrown a spotlight back onto the NSA’s spying programs using telecommunication giants AT&T and…
INTERNATIONAL REPORT #6 [Nigeria, South Africa, Taiwan, Philippines, Turkey, Burundi]:
The Deprogram International Report is a breakdown of protests from across the globe in the last two weeks. By analyzing different struggles we can gain a better context for struggles here at home. We hope…
Local community members and allies led by “American Indian Movement” flags marched from Pine Ridge reservation into Nebraska to protest the continued funneling of alcohol from the unincorporated town of Whiteclay.
Members of the Oglala Lakota tribe, which inhabit Pine Ridge, have stated to Unicorn…
We talk to Dustin S. who witnessed the Enbridge eminent domain trial in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Enbridge has being trying to get an easement from Jame’s & Krista Botsford to run an 20 inch oil pipeline called the Sandpiper through their land. The…
Ep. 15: #FergusonRemembers #MoralMonday #HighwayShutdown #Tarnac #EPADisaster #AnimusRiverSpill #AndreGreen #ZacharyHammond #MigrantCrisis #Greece #Chicago #NotMyStonewall #NoPipelines #EminentDomain #NoTarSands
Episode 15:
#FergusonRemembers #MoralMonday #HighwayShutdown | To commemorate the anniversary of the killing of Mike Brown, a weekend of healing, organizing, and actions occured in Ferguson and throughout…
On Sunday night in Indianapolis, 15 year old Andre Green was driving a car that was targeted by police as being stolen. According to police, they attempted to pull the car over and some passengers fled, they shot Andre as he exited the vehicle. The…
Tarnac 9 activists accused of “criminal association for the purposes of terrorist activity” for allegedly sabotaging high speed rails in France have had their terrorism charges dropped. This is worthwhile, because the Tarnac 9 claim to have been targeted, because the state places the…
To commemorate the anniversary of the killing of Mike Brown, a weekend of healing, organizing, and actions occurred in Ferguson and throughout St. Louis. Although the peaceful marches and vigils for Mike Brown, Vonderitt Myers, and the countless others who fell victim to police killings…
On Episode 14 of Deprogram, Unicorn Riot spoke with Elizabeth Mount about her experience in Portland during the #ShellNo protest. Elizabeth tells about what it was like and what motivated her to be one of the few who hung suspended from St John’s Bridge over…
A private security firm called ZeroFOX created threat assessments of the #BaltimoreUprising protests. Activists who shared information on social media sights were deemed “high” threats.
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Anonymous’ Million Mask March is entering its fourth year of a world wide call to protest against the establishment. In cities throughout the world people are organizing for the massive protest on November 5th, 2015.…
On August 2nd, 2015, over 1,700 migrants stormed the Eurotunnel attempting to cross into the UK. The world is seeing its largest migration of humans since WWII and Europe is bearing the brunt of the flow. With war ravaging through the Middle East and North…
According to Missouri training documents the Missouri National Guard, under State Partnership Program with Republic of Panama, trains how to extract cell phone data using a “Universal Forensics Extraction Device” (UFED).…
On July 31st, 2015, hundreds of Minneapolis residents marched through downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota to raise awareness around the death of Sandra Bland other Black women who died in police custody or were killed by police.
The ‘Sandra Bland Solidarity Action’ was led by Black women…
Activists kayaked out to block Shell’s Ice Breaker from entering Portland’s port for repairs. The ice breaker made it into port, and now is being blockaded by activists hanging from a bridge by ropes.
Shell needs the ice breaker to continue the exploration which was…
The Unistoten camp has continued to stand in the path of various pipeline projects in so-called British Columbia. Recently Chevron has tried to start mapping on their territories and the RCMP has tried to enter the territory but has not been allowed on Unistoten’s unceded…
One of the biggest crackdowns in China for decades happened this month. Starting July 10th, with the Wang Yu law firm and expanding over 19 provinces, Chinese authorities detained over one hundred human rights lawyers. State newspapers reported that they were detained on suspicions that…
“This Black Lives Matter movement, and what I saw at this convening, was that it’s really helping people be on this journey to really loving ourselves as Black people.” – M. McDowell
Michael McDowell, an organizer with Black Lives Matter Minneapolis was kind enough to…
Globo TV reporter David Romero broke a case in which he exposed the ruling National Party’s theft of $90 Million from the Honduran Social Security Institute (IHSS). The National Party used the stolen money to fund Honduras current president Juan Orlando Hernandez’ presidential run in…
The Intercept reported that Black Lives Matter activists were tracked by federal agencies. The information release from The Intercept states that Federal agencies were tracking anyone who associated themselves with the Black Lives Matter movement and pulling information from a wide variety of public social…