Minneapolis Unions & Activists Honor 92nd Anniversary of 1934 Truckers Strike
The 92nd anniversary of 'Bloody Friday' in Minneapolis honored memories of the fallen while tracing connections from 1934 strike to current day.
Tag: direct action
NYC Activists Maintain Boycott Against ‘Blood Money Rave’ Boiler Room
The fight for nightlife goes on as Boycott Room, a group of DJs, organizers and activists that have been calling for a coordinated boycott of the event series and video platform Boiler Room took another stand with protests and a counter-rave on July 10 and…
🦄 Global, Police, Protest & Direct Action
Terror Charges and the Criminalization of Pro-Palestine Activism in the Czech Republic
Despite a group claiming responsibility for a fire at a defense manufacturing facility connected to Elbit Systems, 11 pro-Palestine activists have been detained in a political "witchhunt."
Tractors on the Highways, Survival on the Line: Greece’s Farmers Rise Up
Farmers across Greece are blocking roads nationwide protesting unpaid subsidies, rising cots, and policies that are forcing them off their land.
🦄 Eco, Police, Protest & Direct Action
Federal Court Ruling Limits Police Qualified Immunity in Line 3 Excessive Force Case
Police officers who use excessive force on protesters are not entitled to qualified immunity and cannot use excessive force to prompt compliance, a federal appeals court ruled on Sept. 17.
Vandals Attack Caterpillar Building in Tucson on Nakba Day
Late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning, anonymous vandals smashed out at least five windows of the Caterpillar headquarters in Tucson, Arizona in solidarity with those observing Nakba Day.
🦄 Eco, Protest & Direct Action
Activists Attempt to Storm Tesla Gigafactory in Germany
Grünheide, Germany — Over a thousand environmental protesters broke through lines of polizei and reached the outside of Tesla’s only European factory on May 10 in an action opposing Tesla’s extreme water usage and planned expansion in the area.
The protest was organized by a…
Amazon Blocked, Wells Fargo Windows Smashed on Day of Action for Palestine in Minnesota
Maple Grove, MN — Pro-Palestine activists blockaded an Amazon distribution center in the northwestern Minneapolis suburb of Maple Grove as part of A15 Action, a global day of action against Israel’s war on Gaza. In a separate action in the Twin Cities, a Wells Fargo…
Palestinian Solidarity Activists Attack Downtown Berlin Weapons Industry Targets
Berlin, Germany — In the middle of the night on Sunday, March 17, a group of anarchist Palestinian solidarity activists spray painted a building in downtown Berlin containing the offices of two entities currently contributing to the ongoing genocide in Gaza. The activists used a…
Wells Fargo and PNC Bank Windows Smashed in ‘Stop Cop City’ Demo
Tucson, AZ — A Sunday night march through downtown Tucson in solidarity with the Stop Cop City movement ended with windows smashed at two downtown banks — a Wells Fargo and a PNC Bank. The proposed paramilitary police urban warfare school in Atlanta has drawn…
Blockade Protest Disrupts Raytheon at University of Arizona Tech Park
Activists in Tucson blockaded a facility where Raytheon designs munitions with the help of the University of Arizona.
🦄 Eco, Police, Protest & Direct Action
An Historic Direct Action in a Forest Outside Atlanta
DeKalb County, GA – In broad daylight Sunday, March 5, a group of about three hundred masked people wearing mostly camouflage and black clothing stormed the main police security outpost within the Weelaunee Forest at the proposed construction site of the ‘Cop City’ project. Demonstrators…