Palestine activists descended on Senator Ron Wyden’s August 5 town hall in Portland to take him to task for his support of S.720, the Israel Anti-Boycott Act, which expands violations to include working with or using information from the United Nations and the EU to work on boycotts of Israel. Punishments include criminal fines up […]
Posts Tagged ‘picnics’
Megaphones and picnics — Ron Wyden’s limited ideas on the right to free speech
August 13th, 2017 Awake Goy
Arrests: Forests Are For Picnics Not For Pipelines
July 31st, 2017 Awake Goy
Massachusetts – It was a beautiful day for picnics in Otis State Forest on Saturday, as the non-violent direct action group Sugar Shack Alliance hosted a large public rally at Lower Spectacle Pond in Sandisfield, Massachusetts. As the rally was happening, an entirely different kind of picnic, a well-coordinated act of civil disobedience was unfolding along […]