Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Just finished reading Breakfast at Tiffany’s. The boy could write.
I like this sentence from apatosaurus:
With the next harvest so far away, we may be able to use this time to experience ourselves apart from tangible results.
Bundt cake (Taken with instagram)
!!!!!! UNDOCUMENTED YOUTH & ORGANIZERS ARRESTED FOR CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE IN MONTGOMERY ALABAMA YESTERDAY, IN DEFIANCE AGAINST HATE LAW HB 56. !!!!!! THEY NEED HELP BEING BAILED OUT
Martin Unzueta, long-time Chicago community organizer and parent participated in a civil disobedience in Montgomery, Alabama. He was arrested along with 3 other undocumented parents, and 10 undocumented youth protesting the increasing criminalization of immigrants.
They need funds to be bailed out, PLEASE DONATE IF YOU CAN:
https://action.dreamactivist.org/bail/
$1, $5, anything you can!
These people are fighting so that people in this country can have access to WATER and HEAT..and be treated with dignity. In 13 states the DREAM Act has passed, which generally means that states can set up private donation-based funds for undocumented youth to receive scholarships for college. In some states, their DREAM Acts also provide a pathway to citizenship. However, no such thing has passed in Alabama, and Alabama is in fact regressing. On top of the fact that many undocumented youth cannot go to college, their whole families are now being denied water, heat, and electricity. This is why these undocumented youth & parents have convened in Montgomery. It’s very important that they continue to do this work
What happened:
13 undocumented youth and parents, including Chicago organizer and parent Martin Unzueta, took a stand against hate perpetuated by HB56 in Alabama yesterday and were arrested in a civil disobedience in Montgomery. HB56 has allowed Utility companies to deny HEAT, WATER & ELECTRICITY to those who cannot present documentation!
The undocumented youth & parents- all organizers/DREAMers, publicly declared their undocumented status in defiance of HB 56, which is considered to be the harshest anti-immigrant bill in the country. It makes it possible for utility companies to deny anyone they presume to be undocumented gas, electricity, and water. If you cannot provide documentation, you do not get service. “We want to remind the immigrants of this state that they have a voice and it’s time to use it,” said Belen Rebelledo, an undocumented mother of three.
WHY
I am risking deportation because I’m tired of seeing the suffering of our children, tired of the lies of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. We do civil disobedience because we are not afraid of those who persecute us” said Martin Unzueta, community organizer at Chicago Community and Workers’ Rights who was arrested during the civil disobedience, and parent of two undocumented youth organizers of the Immigrant Youth Justice League.
The civil disobedience targets the climate of fear that undocumented immigrants are facing due to harsh anti immigrant laws like Alabama’s HB 56, and calls for the community to take action. HB56 passed. Under this legislation police are required to investigate the immigration status of people who are pulled over for routine traffic stops, and makes it a felony for undocumented immigrants to do business with the state. There have been wide- spread reports that undocumented immigrants are leaving the state and of children being harassed at school for their perceived immigration status.
The civil disobedience took place during a national convening of undocumented organizers part of the National Immigrant Youth Alliance.
Whats happening: Montgomery police chief Kevin J. Murphy said those arrested would be asked to provide documentation, which could lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement to be contacted.
CLICK THE LINKS BELOW FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20111115/NEWS/111115017/Arrests-made-immigration-law-protest?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFrontpage
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2011/11/07/363096/alabama-utilities-denying-service/
please repost!
Courage!
(via kelsium)
tumblrbot asked: WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE INANIMATE OBJECT?
A book.
Book destruction
The people’s library, approximately 5,000 volumes, is being destroyed.
NYC raid
Livestream of NYPD raid on OWS encampment.
STOP SOPA, SAVE THE INTERNET
Google knows it. Viacom knows it. The Chamber of Commerce knows it. Internet democracy groups know it. BoingBoing knows it. But, the Internet hasn’t been told yet — we’re going to get blown away by the end of the year. The worst bill in Internet history is about to become law. Law is very real here in the United States and legal language is often different than stated intentions — this law would give government and corporations the power to block sites like BoingBoing over infringing links on at least one webpage posted by their users. Believe the EFF, Public Knowledge, Google when they say this bill is about much more than copyright, it’s about the Internet and free speech everywhere.
The MPAA, RIAA, Hollywood knows that they have been flying in CEOs of as many companies as possible, recruiting people to get petition signups at malls in California, and here’s the big point— they know they have gotten their message through to Congress — the worst bill in Internet history, the one where government and their corporations get unbelievable power to take down sites, threaten payment processors into stopping payment to sites on a blacklist, and throw people in jail for posting ordinary content is about to pass before the end of this year. The only thing that is going to stop Hollywood from owning the Internet and everything we do, is if there is a big surprise Internet backlash starting right now.
PROTECT IP (S. 968)/SOPA (HR. 3261) creates the first system for Internet censorship - this bill has sweeping provisions that give the government and corporations leeway and legal cover for taking down sites “by accident,” mistakenly, or for NOT doing “enough” to protect the interests of Hollywood. These bills that are moving very quickly through Congress and can pass before Christmas aim to give the US government and corporations the ability to block sites over infringing links posted by their users and give ISPs the release to take any means to block peoples’ sites, including slowing down your connection. That’s right, some say this bill is a workaround to net neutrality and is bigger than net neutrality.
This is the worst piece of Internet legislation in history - the lawmakers who have been sponsoring (Leahy, Lamar Smith, Conyers) this bill need to be shamed by the Internet community for wasting taxpayer dollars on a bill that would break the very fabric of the Internet, create an Internet blacklist, kill jobs and great startup companies, huge blogs, and social networks.
This is dangerous to free speech, and to the power of ordinary people. With this level of control of the Internet, the Arab Spring might have been impossible.
