This video is a good reminder of our history. Abby Martin believes history is kept from us and works to reveal it.
Category: Democracy
Sep 24 2015
Buffy Saint Marie has a song for today
Aug 18 2015
BLACK LIVES MATTER
Alex Landau, an African American man, was raised by his adoptive white parents to believe that skin color didn’t matter. But when Alex was pulled over by Denver police officers one night in 2009, he lost his belief in a color-blind world—and nearly lost his life. Alex tells his mother, Patsy Hathaway, what happened that …
Jul 06 2015
THE FIGHT CONTINUES – STOP TPP
FlushTheTPP.org is an action campaign to Stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). OCCUPY BELLINGHAM joined this fight in December 2012 at the Peace Arch for a cross border rally. We invite you to join. OCCUPY BELLINGHAM worked hard to prevent the passage of “FAST TRACK”. Since it passed we now have our work cut out …
Jun 19 2015
ACT OUT! INTERVIEW with Kshama and others
Apr 17 2015
BE THE CHANGE
Mar 07 2015
FCC Passes Net Neutrality Rules
It’s only been a little more than a year since Verizon Wireless defeated the FCC in DC Circuit Court. That ruling–that the FCC had no authority to enforce its “open-internet” or Network Neutrality Rules–was a serious blow to innovators, independent journalists and researchers, and the internet community as a whole. The event seemed like an …
Feb 20 2015
FAST TRACK PROTEST REPORT
OCCUPY BELLINGHAM has been very busy this past week. On Tuesday we participated in a rally to oppose FAST TRACK for TPP. We carpooled to Mt. Vernon and rallied at Representative DelBene’s office. OCCUPY BELLINGHAM brought all our TPP banners. Debbie made a third banner about FAST TRACK that got the most exposure (behind the speakers). …
Feb 08 2015
TAR SANDS RESISTANCE
Over the past four years, the Unist’ot’en clan of the Wet’suwet’en nation have literally built a strategy to keep three proposed oil and gas pipelines from crossing their land. Concerned about the environmental damage a leak could cause on land they’ve never given up, they’ve constructed a protection camp to block pipeline companies. As opposition …