Free Talk Live - activist

Aaron Swartz' Death Fuels MIT Probe, WH Petition to Oust Prosecutor

thefatalepic — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:57:30 +0000

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has launched an internal probe of the events leading up to the suicide of internet activist Aaron Swartz, who was facing federal charges for allegedly hacking into the school's journal archives.

Furor over Swartz' death has reached the White House in the form of a petition asking for the removal of U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz who pressed the case against Swartz.

Columbia, MO Police Department is actively targeting activists

mflakne — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 16:01:53 +0000

Columbia, MO Police Department is actively targeting activists with public wanted posters.

Peppersprayed for Protesting Racist Dutch Christmas Tradition

JuzamDjinn — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:32:46 +0000

In Holland, Santa doesn't have elves. He has blackface helpers named "Zwarte Piet" (Black Pete). An artist who has been active protesting the racist tradition was peppersprayed, tackled, and arrested for wearing a t-shirt proclaiming "Zwarte Piet is Racism."

Teen Arrested For Asking Cop About Unwarranted Raids

mauiguy — Sun, 08 May 2011 19:01:16 +0000

Another sad case of Cops Gone Wild!
And a heroic young man.

Britain's Insane Police State Arrests Street Musician

Regulus — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 22:10:39 +0000

"We All Live in a Fascist Regime"
A peaceful person was arrested by the British police state for singing about our civilization's continuuing descent into a tyranny where free speech is no longer accepted by the control system.

British schoolboy's amazing speech on social justice

radonthompson — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 22:19:19 +0000

British schoolboy's amazing speech on social justice

Cory Doctorow at 10:07 PM Friday, Dec 10, 2010

"They can't stop us demonstrating, they can't stop us fighting back, and how ever much they try to imprison us in the streets of London, those are our streets. We will always be there to demonstrate, we will always be there to fight... We are no longer that generation that doesn't care, we are no longer that generation to sit back and take whatever they give us. We are now the generation at the heart of the fight back. "