Occupy Movement

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Picket to Stop the Closure of Four Detroit Public Library Branches 2-4 PM UPDATE: The city plans to remove the library books on Tuesday, Jan. 3rd. Gather starting at 8AM to defend our libraries! December 27, 28, 29 & 30 Tuesday-Friday at Two Picket Locations: Lincoln Branch: 1221 E. 7 Mile Rd(4 blocks east of [...]

BAMN Newsletter #2, 12/22/11 Topics: Court Hearings Set for Affirmative Action Lawsuits in MI & CA; Occupy Cal; Climate Change Court Hearings Set for Affirmative Action Lawsuits in MI & CA Hearing for lawsuit against Prop 209 (ban on affirmative action in California) scheduled at 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco February 13, [...]

Eleven BAMN activists were arrested yesterday for occupying the Lincoln Branch Library on the Northeast side of Detroit to prevent it from being permanently closed, while dozens of supporters rallied outside the library. Pickets of Lincoln will continue from December 27 to December 30 to prevent equipment and books from being removed, while the fight [...]

Save the Detroit 11! Peaceful protesters who occupied the Lincoln branch are being held in Detroit jails tonight (12/22), and they are threatened with felony charges and the possibility of being held through Christmas. Call the Detroit Jail at 313-596-1100 and demand their immediate release! Save Detroit Libraries from being closed! All Out at 5:00PM [...]

As the Occupy movement shut down the Port of Oakland December 12 in conjunction with other port shutdowns across the West Coast, BAMN Attorney Monica Smith and Occupy Cal protesters spoke out at the Oakland courthouse demanding that UC-Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau and Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley not file criminal charges against the [...]

Speak the Plain Truth about Climate Change to the People of America and the World * No More Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico!   * Stop the North American KXL Pipeline! * No New Coal!   * No Turn to Nuclear Power Plants! The environmental crisis lurches towards catastrophe The crisis of global warming is exceeding [...]

Defend the Heroes of the Movement for Public Education: Chancellor Birgeneau and Alameda County DA: Drop All Charges Against Occupy Cal Protesters! RALLY AT COURTHOUSE Monday, December 12th Gather 8:30AM outside, 9AM fill the court (Dept. 107) Wiley Manuel Courthouse (661 Washington at 7th St.), near 12th St./Downtown Oakland BART Sign the petition at BAMN.com [...]

Below is a statement from BAMN’s sister organization in Britain, the Movement for Justice. ‘When you cut facilities, slash jobs, abuse power, discriminate, drive people into deeper poverty and shoot people dead while refusing to provide answers or justice, the people will rise up and express their anger and frustration if you refuse to hear [...]