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…
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…
From January 2015 to August 2015, Greece has had over 124,000 migrants/refugees land on their territory. As the migrant crisis continues to be exacerbated by the ongoing conflict in Syria and Afghanistan, people leaving those areas are coming up against another brute force, that of…
EPA accidentally spilled 3 million gallons of mine waste turning the Animus River orange, which leads into the Colorado. The state of Colorado and the Navajo Nation have declared State’s of Emergency. According to President Russell Begaye of the Navajo Nation, the nation has been…
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…
Interview with @AlienA23P about the new Windows 10.…
The Jade Helm 2015 military exercise “in unconventional warfare involves United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) with other U.S Armed Forces units in multiple states, including Arizona, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico and Utah. Troops engaging in the exercise will assume the roles of either…
The Future of Life institute, “a volunteer-run research and outreach organization working to mitigate existential risks facing humanity,” published an open letter July 28th warning against a military arms race focused on Autonomous Weapons. The letter gave an example of an autonomous weapons as, “armed…
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…
Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) leaked documents related to the ongoing Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement. KEI warned that the intellectual property section of the agreement would, “harm consumers and in some cases block innovation”.…
@Netzpolitik journalists face treason charges after releasing what German has declared state secrets. The charges have created outrage as Germany tries to criminalize whistle-blowers. The leaked documents showed the governments plans to ask for more money to expand online surveillance and to form a special…
Puerto Rico’s debt default has become official as it’s economic death spiral we mentioned in Episode 10, has hit another milestone as the island defaults on its debt for the first time in history. On Monday, it paid all of it’s debt except that owned…
The infamous Idaho #AgGag law has been overturned, giving investigative journalists the freedom to now investigate animal cruelty.…
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 House of Representatives passed the Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act. If this bill passes the Congress and is signed into law, it then voids out Connecticut, Maine, and Vermont states laws that require GMO labels.…
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…
Last week we talked about the tragedy in #Suruc. In the following days, members of the PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) allegedly killed 3 Turkish police in response to perceived Turkish support of ISIL. Turkey then retaliated with mobilizing its (NATO-supported) air force to bomb both…
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…
Joseph Buddenburg, 31, and Nicole Kissane, 28, are being charged with Conspiracy under the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act for allegedly releasing over 5,000 minks. The two supposedly traveled across the country liberating animals from factory farms. Regardless of the fact that these companies kill through …
Ep. 13: #Flint #UnistotenCamp #BlackLivesMatter #RexdaleHenry #AETA #AnimalRights #Honduras #DavidRomero #China #HumanRights #Turkey #PKK #NoGMO #ElNino #Aquifer #ShellNo #SamDubose #UrbanFarms #GardeningAsResistance #M4BL
EPISODE 13:
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#Flint | Residents in Detroit & Flint march from Detroit to Flint, Michigan to raise awareness, not only about the…
Residents of Michigan marched from Detroit to Flint to raise awareness, not only about the water shutoffs plaguing Detroit, but also the reports of high levels of copper and lead in Flint’s water supply. Flint water has been so corrosive that General Motors reported that…