INVETERATE RELIGIOUS NUTCAKE PROFESSES NONVIOLENCE WHILE ISSUING COY, THINLY-VEILED THREATS AGAINST DOCTORS, DEMOCRATS, PRO-CHOICE MOVEMENT

After a momentous comeback show at the Supreme Court, Randall Terry And His Fabulous Fail Train staged an encore performance at the National Press Club. While claiming to draw inspiration from Martin Luther King, he simultaneously issued dire warnings of "convulsions" and attempted to draw parallels between fetuses and Holocaust Jews, while also taking a moment to mock his fellow Catholics. Still photography by Isis, via Flickr. | Video by Mike Flugennock: Nobody Here But Us Chickens, streaming out of YouTube, 05mins. 29secs.

What if you were raped and no one believed you?  Now--what if you were raped by the police?  What if their superiors failed to investigate the crime?  What if instead of punishing the rapists, they charged you with the crime of lying about police "misconduct"?

This is what happened to Camille Williams, a black Twin Cities woman.**  Raped by Minneapolis Police Officers Paul Gillies and Miquel Barnes almost two years ago, Williams was subsequently charged with the crime of falsely reporting police misconduct--a charge levied so that, audio recordings tell, the MPD could avoid a civil lawsuit.  After a two and a half week trial, Williams was found guilty by a 6-person Hennepin County jury on Monday, despite allegations of jury misconduct (including one juror sleeping during the trial).  On Tuesday, when Williams was scheduled to be sentenced, the defense successfully argued for a postponement until August 14 based on several pending motions aimed at overturning the decision.

"I didn't lie about a damn thing and here I am, accused of a crime!" Williams says.  Gillies and Barnes, meanwhile, continue to walk the beat.

**Although the rape survivor's name has been reported by corporate media outlets, we are changing it here, even though the callous disregard for survivors of sexual assault (whether proven in the courts of the perpetrator or not) by uncritical pro-police media has already resulted in harm.  Also: Note that the article below may trigger strong and difficult emotions/memories, especially for survivors and others affected by sexual assault and police brutality.

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The central thesis of Resistance Behind Bars is truly profound. In clear, non-academic language, Law argues that recent scholarship documenting and radically criticizing the increased incarceration rates and mistreatment of women prisoners "largely ignores what the women themselves do to change or protest these circumstances, thus reinforcing the belief that incarcerated women do not organize." Alongside academia, Law also harshly criticizes radical prison activists, arguing that "just as the civil rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s downplayed the role of women in favor of highlighting male spokesmen and leaders, the prisoners' rights movement has focused and continues to focus on men to speak for the masses." Read More | Related: In This Culture of Discipline and Punishment - Your Panopticon is Watching You!

The Tran's & Womyn's Action Camp is happening now!! Come on out for a day or until Friday.
You can find information on:

workshops:  http://twac.wordpress.com/workshops-2/
directions:  http://twac.wordpress.com/logistics/

I hope that Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter and Police Commissioner Charles H. Ramsey will make our city the gold standard when it comes to enforcing the FACE Act. They should both read these words that President Bill Clinton spoke when he signed the FACE Act into law in 1994:

“No person seeking medical care, no physician providing that care should have to endure harassments or threats or obstruction or intimidation or even murder from vigilantes who take the law into their own hands because they think they know what the law ought to be.”

90 people walked raising awareness "drop by drop"

June 10, 2009 — The rains came... and so did the walkers! After gathering in the parking lot at Bakers Square and registering, we had a short rally and about ninety walkers set off on the three miles to Alliant Techsystems. The rain was relatively heavy, but our spirits were high and we received many friendly honks and waves. We had a big WAMM Walk Against Weapons sign leading and many individuals wore Walk Against Weapons signs on their backs or around their necks; it was quite an impressive sight... in the rain.

Woman Against Military Madness and AlliantACTION organized the fundraising walk for WAMM from Bakers Square, around the Eden Prairie Shopping Center, to ATK's corporate headquarters. Thousands of suburbanites witnessed this year's WALK AGAINST WEAPONS. Read More & Photos | WAMM Online

On Saturday, June 6 at 10 a.m., a memorial was held at the federal courthouse in Urbana to correspond with the funeral of Dr. George Tiller in Wichita, Kansas and similar memorials that were held across the country. On Memorial Day, Tiller was gunned down at his church by an anti-abortion activist in what many are calling a vicious act of domestic terrorism. In Urbana, a group of approximately 25 people gathered to honor Tiller and take a stand for women’s reproductive rights.

Growing up in Wichita, I remember the summer of 1991 when Operation Rescue kicked off its so-called “Summer of Mercy” by protesting Dr. Tilller’s clinic. Tiller had become a lightning rod for the movement for his providing of late-term abortions. At the church where my now wife (who was then and remains pro-choice) was attending, youth were being recruited to lie down in the road and block traffic along Kellogg Avenue. Read More

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Dr. Tiller was shot down and killed Sunday, in a devastating attack on the right of women to control their bodies. On Tuesday June 2nd, a speak out against the assassination of long-time Kansas abortion provider, Doctor George Tiller, was held at City Hall in San Francisco's Civic Center. On Wednesday June 3rd, a memorial for slain abortionist Dr. Tiller took place at CSU East Bay campus, 25800 Carlos Bee Blvd, Hayward, CA. University Bookstore lawn.

A quote from terror: “A great day for the unborn children scheduled to be murdered by Babykilling Abortionist George Tiller. George Tiller reaped what he sowed and now has been cast alive into everlasting torment and fire for the innocent blood he has shed. Psalm 55:15 Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them.” RevSpitz 5:19 pm… Source: http://www.ksn.com/news/local/story/Tiller-murder-suspect-on-his-way-back-to-Wichita/slaic0m57Uue5ZdPX72vVg.cspx?p=Comments The sick author of this quote: RevSpitz is Rev. Donald Spitz of Pro-Life Virginia, P.O. Box 2876 Chesapeake VA 23327 the Webmaster for the domestic terrorist group: Army of God It was made as a psychotic praise in relation to the incident of the morning of May 31, 2009, Dr. George Tiller, the controversial woman’s health provider who was known for offering late term abortions, was shot to death in his church in Kansas. This was done following years of threats and vandalisms, some as recent as this month.

The event is a result of national, state and local organizations seizing the historic opportunity for health care reform in this nation. More than 75 organizations and countless individuals have already joined in the excitement. This event will build toward health care reform efforts on the national scale. States around the nation will be holding events around the country in April and May to build to a June 25th national event with tens of thousands of people in Washington D.C

WHERE: Planned to start: at Pratt Park (E. Yesler Way & 20th Ave. S.)
End at Westlake Center (4th Ave. & Pine St.)
WHEN: Saturday, May 30, 2009, from 12:30 - 3:30
March will start at Pratt Park in Seattle's Central District and conclude with a rally at Westlake Center in Downtown.

Yesterday, I hopped on a 90 Metrobus in the hopes of escaping the downpour. Little did I know that the unsuspecting bus I was boarding was actually an anti-abortion vehicle of shame!

The bus was wallpapered, front to back, on both sides, with this “FREE Abortion Alternatives” Ad, pictured. The ad, for a local crisis pregnancy center, offers free pregnancy tests, counseling, and “services” to pregnant women at four D.C.-area locations.

The Sexist My Beef With Anti-Abortion Ads MISLEADING ANTI-ABORTION ADS ON METRO – VIOLATING WMATA POLICY Metro Customer Complaint Form

Boston, May 10, 2009.- Nearly 60 people demonstrated around the Suffolk County Jail in Boston (known as South Bay House of Corrections) in protest for the detention of immigrants in that facility. The signs and the chants indicated what the protesters wanted: an end to the represion of immigrant workers and their families, legalization, family reunification. All this in the context of the commercial celebration of Mother's Day. The prisoners were fully aware of the presence of the demonstrators and banged their cell windows furiously.

On Mothers Day, May 10, Code Pink marched on the "children's arms expo" on the Mall. When Code Pink members tried to enter, police simply CLOSED that entrance! About 1/2 hour later, police grabbed one Code pink member and arrested her without warning. TEXTHERE | WSQT Broadcast Audio

"We will not be silent" On Mothers Day a 30 minute Silent Vigil was happening in Portland Oregon ...on the sidewalk, outside the Rhododendron Gardens. The music was edited in latter and was sung by "A Suspended Mind." This Silent Vigil was organized by "Code Pink" and local peace activists and organizations around the world. [ Read More | video link from the vigil | Mother's Day Proclamation ]