Pete and Ademo from CopBlock recently released a video of their interactions with rude city clerks in Manchester. Now, they encounter a rude and threatening fireman in Manchester who is attempting to protect the parking enforcer from being talked with by a group of activists outside district court:
Is it a coincidence that his name is Dan GOONan?
Ron Paul spoke tonight at Keene State College, and as is being reported nationally, was “mic checked” by Occupy Keene at the end of his speech. The occupiers said:
“We are the 99%! We will be heard! There are criminals on Wall Street who walk free, there are protesters in jail…There’s something wrong with this system. We are the 99%! We will be heard!”
He handled it graciously by smiling throughout and then by asking them if they feel better. He was also sure to point out his agreement with the Occupy Wall St. movement, saying,
“I’m very much involved with the 99. I’ve been condemning the 1%…the people on Wall street got the bailouts and you guys got stuck with the bill and I think that’s where the problem is.”
Here’s video of the Mic Check and Ron’s response, courtesy of Nick Ryder:
Arrested with seven other liberty activists for chalking at the police station in Manchester, FreeConcord.org’s Garret Ean refuses to take the plea deal and goes to trial. Read a detailed analysis of the trial from Free Manch. Here’s the raw footage:
And here’s a post-trial interview by Pete Eyre of CopBlock.org who wore his hat through the entire trial, including when he was called to the witness stand!: (more…)
Free Keene TV‘s Michele Seven reports in from Occupy Wall St. and asks why you aren’t there. I support what Michele is doing, but I have enough on my plate here in Keene. The real question, is where are all the supposed New York liberty people? Are they there? If not, why not? I’ll be at Occupy Keene tomorrow. Here’s her blog from facebook:
Well I am sitting in a coffee shop in Brooklyn with a freestate friend who has generously put me up while I am here in NY for the OWS outreach that I have committed to doing since first hearing about this occupation. (more…)
Dave Ridley reports on the launch of Free Manch. He interviews one of their bloggers, Kellie about the differences between Free Manch and Free Keene:
There were a few anarchists in the town where I grew up, and a lot more in the city nearby. But perhaps because these individuals were not as organized as Keeniacs, the activism in which I participated seemed to live or die with my action.
I could get a few of my friends together and shout from a megaphone and sign-wave in Rittenhouse Park. We would go “Robin-Hooding,” where individuals feed parking meters for strangers in an attempt to “cost” the State the “revenue” of the ticket. But even in a city of 1.5 million, there were only a handful of us doing activism on a regular basis. “What’s the deal?” I wondered.
Featuring FK’s Ian and Ademo:
Here’s the original report in German, and the translation below thanks to Rochelle Pitkäniemi:
How big should the influence of government be? This question dominates the election campaign in the USA. For the Republican presidential candidates it’s clear: as small as possible. They are currently outdoing each other with savings proposals. Going the farthest are the representatives of the libertarian movement. They want to get rid of all taxes, the central bank, and the Department of Education. Health insurance and social security should be a completely private matter and American troops should be pulled out of foreign countries.
In New Hampshire, a state way in the Northeast of the USA, the libertarians are especially strong. the so-called “Free Staters” are even working there for a peaceful take-over of the state. Max Akermann visited some of them. (more…)
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