Dec 22 2012
Let’s sing!!!! Let’s dance!!!!
We are about to pass the Anniversary of the Occupy Bellingham Camp Eviction which happened on December 28, 2011. We will “celebrate” this anniversary at the Federal Building with cake (Let them eat cake) at 4:00 pm during the peace vigil.
This tune just about says it all when we consider what the Occupy Movement was and still is about.
Enjoy.
Dec 20 2012
INFORMATION TABLE – INSIDE
We had a lot of fun this summer meeting passers by, working on banners, making buttons, planning actions.
Mark, Terry and others made this for the anniversary freeway banner drop
The Bellingham Library lawn made a good setting. Average citizens walked by (we were there during the property tax payment period). Judges and lawyers as well. We were surprised how many people expressed support for the Occupy Movement and came over to talk.
We made new friends from Spokane Occupy (thanks to Marcia and Mark) who came over to help with NO Coal actions We ran into “Old” Occupy members and gained new members.
It became a time for catching up and getting to know each other and forming a vision. Then it got cold, the leaves fell, the wind came in and rain came down so we thought in order to continue this work we should find an indoor setting.
We will have our table at the Bellingham Cordata Food Co-op tomorrow (Friday, December 21 from 1:00 – 3:00). Come to a GA at 5:30 at the public Market to find out how you can participate
Dec 18 2012
DRONES: BOON OR BANE
Coming Thursday , December 20 at 5:00 PM at the Restore. 2309 Meridian Street, Bellingham (Resources meeting room, above the Restore)
The Whatcom County Greens will be hosting the first of three presentations on unmanned aerial vehicles, commonly known as drones, and the problems posed by a proliferation of UAVs internationally, as well as in local skies. Major concerns of the presenters include the weaponized uses of drones by the US Defense Department and the CIA, resulting in a ruthless expansion of counterterrorism tactics at the expense of international law and ever mounting civilian casualties.
County organizers for the Greens believe that the time for activism and dialogue on drone manufacturing and extrajudicial execution applications is long overdue. Also missing from most discussions is recent Congressional legislation that directs the Federal Aviation to enable drones to fly throughout US airspace by September 2015, despite crowded skies and the threats this technology presents to aviation, as well as personal privacy and possible law enforcement misuse.
“The potential for abuse is vast,” warns Constitutional lawyer and writer Glenn Greenwald. “The escalation in surveillance they ensure is substantial, and the effect they have on the culture of personal privacy—having the state employ hovering, high-tech, stealth video cameras that invade homes and other private spaces—is simply creepy.”
Part One of the Whatcom Green Party drone series will include a video presentation, focusing on armed UAVs and drone warfare – killing by remote control – its repercussions and its blatant lack of political and domestic scrutiny.
A half-hour social time with appetizers will start at 5:00 PM, with the presentation running from 5:30 to 7.
Dec 17 2012
Prosecution of the Whatcom County Mic Check: The Odyssey Continues
Ten Young faces charges in the only Mic Check Prosecution in the country. Right here in the City of Subdued Excitement.
Some 20-30 other individuals, many identifying with Occupy Bellingham, exercised their First Amendment Right to Free Speech at the Whatcom County Council Meeting on 02/28/1012 – doing so in an Open Public Speaking Forum. Only Ten Young is presently being charged with a crime, ostensibly because he was the leader, spoke with a booming voice and appeared menacing – dressed all-in-black. This despite the fact that the only crime committed was the assault upon one of two videographers seated in the press section, this assault being lead by the man pictured below. This man, in a Letter to the Editor published in the Bellingham Herald on 03/08/2012, claimed those participating in Public Comment with “One Voice” of “actually being lawless thugs”.
Please attend the 9:00 AM hearing tomorrow in some courtroom on the 4th floor on the Whatcom County Courthouse, if at all possible. Those of us there will be protesting Prosecutorial Misconduct, demanding the observance of our First Amendment Rights and expressing Solidarity with Ten Young.
http://www.facebook.com/events/401126579967730/ <–This is a link to the next Facebook Event in the Whatcom County Mic Check Saga. If you can attend please go to the Event Link and select the “Going” option. Expect a packed courtroom.
Those wishing to read the testimony of witnesses to the assault can find some of them posted as Comments to the Letter to the Editor on the Bellingham Herald Site – Link Below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYorbYxkVP8&feature=youtu.be <–YouTube Video of the Whatcom County Mic Check – new and improved with captioning of the Mic Check text itself
Dec 04 2012
SUPER HERO LIGHTED BIKE PARADE
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7
Help us light us downtown streets during the December Art Walk in our lit-bicycle parade. Decorate your bike with extra lights and reflectors – then put on you superhero cape and join us for a fun filled night.
The parade starts at the Public Market on Cornwall at 6:00 PM.
We’ll finish up with refreshments and entertainment from 7-8 PM back at the Public Market.
For more details, visit everybodyBIKE.com or call 671-BIKE
Dec 01 2012
This song is about the Nov. 1999 World Trade Organization (WTO) Conference and the protests that happened on that day. I will let you sort out those details by listening to the song.
Occupy Bellingham will be at the Peace Arch park today protesting another blow to democracy, freedom and the takeover by vulture corporations. Protesting the Trans Pacific Partnership.
Those of you who can’t make it might enjoy this song to be with us, in spirit, today
MARCH ON
Nov 24 2012
CROSS BORDER RALLY – PEACE ARCH PARK
Cross-Border Action:
The People’s Round on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
Saturday, December 1, 2012 1:00pm
Peace Arch Park I Surrey, BC & Blaine, WA
(Carpool from Bellingham – Meet at Bus Station Sculpture, Corner of Railroad and Magnolia 12pm)
Canada & Mexico have joined the Trans-Pacific Partnership FTA, a new trade & investor rights deal being written by multi-national corporations with the United States & 8 other Pacific Rim countries.
The 99% can not afford another NAFTA, another bad sequel!
Help “Flush The TPP” !
Join the cross-border movement towards just and sustainable trade,
human rights and corporate responsibility!