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[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

[pofflewomp.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm way too cowardly and shy to get into big fights with police. Although I was very tempted the other day when it was all going on only half an hour's walk away. I am going on my own, because I volunteered to do leafletting, poo! I won't even have Sausage doggie with me, although good thing, as the police might try to eat him or something. They patted him on the Demo we went on in October, though.

The government is getting rid of proper council housing tenancies, making it possible only to get short term tenancies, and allowing councils to charge higher rents, thus defeating the point. I am very lucky as I have a tenancy pretty much for life unless I do something silly like kill a neighbour, or not pay rent for a year. People are going to protest tomorrow by lying in cardboard boxes outside Downing Street, although I think they made sleeping in cardboard boxes illegal more or less long ago, and there will be hundreds of people sleeping in cardboard boxes around Downing Street soon anyway, what with all these insane benefits cuts.

[bike4fish.livejournal.com]

If cardboard boxes are illegal, how about bubble wrap?

[pofflewomp.livejournal.com]

Good question, though I think it's the sleeping in the streets bit rather than the wrapping that irks the powers that be...bubble wrap would be a good idea anyway, maybe under the cardboard, to keep one insulated...

actually I'm not sure what the law is at the moment, but people always have and alas still do sleep in the streets. There were far fewer homeless people recently than about ten years ago, thanks to the Big Issue and homeless shelters and support, but it looks like that is about to be reversed now with all the job losses and public spending cuts. Wah.