I repost stuff from elsewhere

[sabotabby]

It's not like I don't read the newspaper every day, but if I didn't read LJ/my feeds, I wouldn't know about...

The Georgia Prisoners' Strike.

On Thursday morning, December 9, 2010, thousands of Georgia prisoners refused to work, stopped all other activities and locked down in their cells in a peaceful protest for their human rights.
...
· A LIVING WAGE FOR WORK
· EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
· DECENT HEALTH CARE
· AN END TO CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENTS
· DECENT LIVING CONDITIONS
· NUTRITIONAL MEALS
· VOCATIONAL AND SELF-IMPROVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES
· ACCESS TO FAMILIES
· JUST PAROLE DECISIONS
...
The Georgia Department of Corrections is at http://www.dcor.state.ga.us and their phone number is 478-992-5246

Or about Jody McIntyre, a student protester who was dragged from his wheelchair by police during the London protests. China Miéville is at his scathing best on the way the media covered it.

Or this story, brought to my attention by springheel_jack:

"One individual had two boxes attached, one box taped to his leg and one box seemingly taped to his forehead," he said.

"There were what seemed to be wires attached to them," he added.

Go on, guess what it was.

ETA: All this is SRS BUSINESS, so here's one that radiumhead found.





You're welcome.

Comments

[marnanel.livejournal.com]

Also, Richard Littlejohn is pretty high on the list of unpleasant people.

[sabotabby]

I know, right? What's with all of those uppity wheelchair-bound blokes acting like they can just go out in public and exercise their civil right to protest?

[pofflewomp.livejournal.com]

Christ, that is pure nastiness! What a shit!

[springheel-jack.livejournal.com]

That's well-written and effective. I can tell because it makes me want to set fire to his balls.

[lisechen.livejournal.com]

I actually lol'd.

[misfratz.livejournal.com]

... I hate my country. That is fucking repulsive.

[ironed_orchid]

It's even worse than it looks on paper because it's a reference to a recurring Little Britain skit about a guy in a wheelchair who manipulates his carer. So, yeah, pretty vile.