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<H2><A
href="http://www.popularresistance.org/the-tasks-of-the-people-powered-movement-for-2014/">The
Tasks Of The People-Powered Movement For 2014</A></H2><IMG
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alt="2014 the Year Everything Changed"
src="http://www.popularresistance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/2014-the-Year-Everything-Changed1-150x150.jpg"
width=150 height=150> In this stage of movement development, which can take many
years, the primary task of the people-powered social movement is to build
national consensus through broad and deep grassroots organizing. The power
holders are currently in a crisis management mode. They continue to defend their
policies while shifting positions and taking countermeasures to undermine people
power. During this stage public opinion is shifting, majorities oppose the
current situation and are beginning to see that new alternative solutions must
be put in place. People-powered activists are in a battle with the power holders
for the hearts and minds of super-majorities of the people. We ended our last
article with a key point that we need to highlight here: our goal is to build a
mass movement, which has the support of super-majorities of Americans and has
mobilized up to 3.5% of the population. Therefore, the target of our protests is
not the government or a corporation, the target is the people: to educate and
mobilize them. We want to show that there is an effective movement speaking to
the people’s concerns and putting forth views that they support. We protest the
power holders to expose their actions but do not expect them to be capable of
addressing our concerns adequately in this stage. <A
href="http://www.popularresistance.org/the-tasks-of-the-people-powered-movement-for-2014/">-more-</A><BR><BR><BR>
<H2><A
href="http://www.popularresistance.org/four-tips-to-follow-the-money-in-your-state/">Four
Tips To Follow The Money In Your State</A></H2><IMG
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class="attachment-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt=1follow
src="http://www.popularresistance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/1follow-150x150.jpg"
width=150 height=150> Not since the Gilded Age has money dominated American
politics as it does today. Untold millions move through political action
committees and their steroidal siblings, super PACs, through opaque nonprofit
groups run out of PO boxes, much of it intended to keep average voters in the
dark about who is influencing their elections. And as the 2014 election year
begins, with control of the House of Representatives, the US Senate and 38
governorships at stake, you can expect ever more of this campaign cash — secret
and not — flooding into local, state and federal races. As the “dark money”
reporter for Mother Jones, it’s my job to shine as much light on this cash
bonanza as I can. I do this using every tool and trick at my disposal:
databases, experts, plugged-in sources and good old-fashioned door knocking.
Here are four easy-to-use tips for following the money in your state — and
throwing some sunlight on the mega-donors trying to sway your elections. <A
href="http://www.popularresistance.org/four-tips-to-follow-the-money-in-your-state/">-more-</A><BR><BR><BR>
<H2><A
href="http://www.popularresistance.org/heres-why-it-firms-are-concerned-about-nsa-leaks/">Here's
Why IT Firms Are Concerned About NSA Leaks</A></H2><IMG
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class="attachment-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="NSA 2"
src="http://www.popularresistance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/NSA-2-150x150.jpg"
width=150 height=150> Why did IT firms meet with Obama about the NSA? The
National Security Agency scandal exposed by whistleblower Edward Snowden has
cost American technology companies billions of dollars in lost revenue as
governments and companies in its important export markets of Asia refuse to
entrust the handling of sensitive data to US companies. An analysis of financial
filings from technology giants IBM and Cisco by The Independent on Sunday
reveals the two businesses have seen sales slump by more than $1.7bn (£1.03bn)
year-on-year in the important Asia-Pacific region since Mr Snowden revealed in
June that US companies had been compromised by the NSA's intelligence-gathering
in the clandestine Prism program. "US companies have seen some of their business
put at risk because of the NSA revelations," said James Kelleher of equity
research firm Argus Research. China is high on the list of those countries now
shunning US companies. <A
href="http://www.popularresistance.org/heres-why-it-firms-are-concerned-about-nsa-leaks/">-more-</A><BR><BR><BR>
<H2><A
href="http://www.popularresistance.org/tar-sands-facing-aboriginal-legal-onslaught-in-2014/">Tar
Sands Facing Aboriginal Legal Onslaught In 2014</A></H2><IMG
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class="attachment-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt=1tar
src="http://www.popularresistance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/1tar-150x150.png"
width=150 height=150> All six First Nations in the oilsands area have requested
a statutory review of the Lower Athabasca Regional Plan, the government's
attempt to balance development and environmental values. Those same bands, along
with many others, have also rejected the province's plans to centralize and
control aboriginal consultation. One major band — the Fort McKay First Nation —
has pulled out of the Joint Oilsands Monitoring program, the showpiece
federal-provincial effort to monitor environmental change in the oilsands. Even
the Lubicon Cree First Nation are back in court, with another try in a
decades-long attempt to win a reserve and get some royalties on energy extracted
from what they say is their land. <A
href="http://www.popularresistance.org/tar-sands-facing-aboriginal-legal-onslaught-in-2014/">-more-</A><BR><BR><BR>
<H2><A
href="http://www.popularresistance.org/cutting-corners-at-fukushima-with-duct-tape/">Cutting
Corners At Fukushima With Duct Tape</A></H2><IMG
style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN-RIGHT: 10px"
class="attachment-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Fukushima workers 3"
src="http://www.popularresistance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Fukushima-workers-3-150x150.jpg"
width=150 height=150> When he climbed to the top of the 10-meter-high tank Uechi
found white adhesive tape covering an opening of about 30 centimeters. After
using a blade to remove the tape he applied a sealing agent on the opening and
fit a steel lid fastening it with bolts. According to instructions he was to use
four bolts, though the lid had eight bolt holes. According to the employee, his
colleagues later told him that the use of adhesive tape was a usual practice to
deal with the problem of sealing in radioactive water. “I couldn’t believe that
such slipshod work was being done, even if it was part of stopgap measures,”
Uechi told The Asahi Shimbun. Among other makeshift cost-cutting measures was
the use of second-hand materials. Uechi also said that wire nets were used
instead of reinforcing bars during the placement of concrete for storage tank
foundations. In addition, waterproof sheets were applied along the joints inside
flange-type cylindrical tanks to save on the sealing agent used to join metal
sheets of the storage tanks. Rain and snow had washed away the anti-corrosive
agent applied around clamping bolts, reducing the sealing effect, Uechi added.
<A
href="http://www.popularresistance.org/cutting-corners-at-fukushima-with-duct-tape/">-more-</A><BR><BR><BR>
<H2><A
href="http://www.popularresistance.org/transformative-activist-training/">Transformative
Activist Training</A></H2><IMG style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN-RIGHT: 10px"
class="attachment-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt=1earth1
src="http://www.popularresistance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/1earth1-150x150.jpg"
width=150 height=150> We have begun building a movement to fundamentally
transform our society and nonviolently challenge global capitalism. And we need
YOU to help us instigate a transformation of consciousness throughout our
society that is the absolute prerequisite for making social, economic, and
political transformation possible. Even when progressives win one battle through
enormous expenditure of time and money, they often fail to teach their
supporters a larger understanding of the world, much less to present a coherent
strategy for how to change the larger picture of economic, political and social
dysfunction. As a result people end up settling for their particular “win” and
feel too exhausted to go on to yet another struggle. We can change that! <A
href="http://www.popularresistance.org/transformative-activist-training/">-more-</A><BR><BR><BR>
<H2><A
href="http://www.popularresistance.org/bosses-waged-economic-terrorism-against-boeing-workers/">Bosses
Waged Economic Terrorism Against Boeing Workers</A></H2><IMG
style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN-RIGHT: 10px"
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alt="Boeing How do you spell extortion"
src="http://www.popularresistance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Boeing-How-do-you-spell-extortion-150x150.jpg"
width=150 height=150> In November of 2013 Boeing workers’ members of IAM
District Lodge 751 AFL-CIO rejected a contract with deep concessions by a 67% to
33% margin. A major issue was pensions. Boeing bosses were demanding the
freezing of pensions and other concessions as they moved workers from a defined
benefit plan to a defined-contribution savings plan. Yesterday, January the
third 2014, these same workers voted to accept these drastic concessions by a 1%
margin. What happened in just over a month? What has happened is what always
happens when the bosses are faced with that first line of resistance, the
rejection of a concessionary contract. What is really a gang composed of Boeing
execs, aircraft industry bosses and politicians----- in this case representing
the Democratic Party, one of the capitalist’s two major parties------and the
union hierarchy got together and orchestrated a major assault on the Boeing
workers and their families. They have waged a terror attack of immense
proportions. <A
href="http://www.popularresistance.org/bosses-waged-economic-terrorism-against-boeing-workers/">-more-</A><BR><BR><BR>
<H2><A
href="http://www.popularresistance.org/this-spring-worldwide-wave-of-transformation/">This
Spring: Worldwide Wave Of Transformation</A></H2><IMG
style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN-RIGHT: 10px"
class="attachment-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Worldwide Wave of Action"
src="http://www.popularresistance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Worldwide-Wave-of-Action-150x150.jpg"
width=150 height=150> On the anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther
King, April 4, 2014, the spirit of MLK will rise again. We will engage a
worldwide wave of action, “from every village and every hamlet, from every state
and every city. From every mountain side…” We will “let freedom ring.”
Anonymous, Occupy and the 99% Movement have set up the dominoes for an
unprecedented worldwide wave of action. The tipping point is near. We are
calling on all Anons, nonAnons, collectives, organizations and conscious
individuals to take autonomous nonviolent direct action throughout the global
spring. For a sustained three-month cycle, we will swarm corrupt targets and
rally around solutions to the vast problems we are confronted by. <A
href="http://www.popularresistance.org/this-spring-worldwide-wave-of-transformation/">-more-</A><BR><BR><BR>
<H2><A
href="http://www.popularresistance.org/the-nonviolent-roots-of-syrian-rebellion-students-united-against-tyranny/">The
Nonviolent Roots Of Syrian Rebellion: Students United Against
Tyranny</A></H2><IMG style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN-RIGHT: 10px"
class="attachment-thumbnail wp-post-image"
alt="Syria Student throw papers with names of political prisoners"
src="http://www.popularresistance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Syria-Student-throw-papers-with-names-of-political-prisoners-150x150.jpg"
width=150 height=150> When a group of students staged the first demonstration at
the Damascus College of Science in April 2011, they could not imagine that would
be the beginning of the future Union of Free Syrian Students (UFSS). The Union,
which has played a fundamental role in the Syrian uprising, remains one of the
most relevant youth groups developing civil resistance in the country. “At that
first demonstration, 50 of us had planned to gather to demand freedom, justice
and dignity,” one of the organizers said to Syria Untold. “We were amazed when
we saw hundreds of students show up.” After that first protest, which was
recorded and widely shared online, professionalization and self-protection
became a goal for the students. It became clear that there was an urgent need to
protect demonstrators by concealing their identities on camera, which led to an
increasing effort in hiding people´s faces on pictures and videos. Today, most
of the Union’s work focuses on humanitarian and health aid, as well as on
reporting and media activities. They evolve in response to the reality on the
ground, which has evolved from a peaceful civil uprising to increasing
militarization and Islamization, amid international indifference. In spite of
everything, the Union, as many other civil activists, continues to resist all
those trends, aiming for a future of freedom, justice and dignity. <A
href="http://www.popularresistance.org/the-nonviolent-roots-of-syrian-rebellion-students-united-against-tyranny/">-more-</A><BR><BR><BR>
<H2><A
href="http://www.popularresistance.org/the-man-from-the-north-baking-the-bread-of-revolution/">The
Man From The North: Baking The Bread Of Revolution</A></H2><IMG
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class="attachment-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt=1bread
src="http://www.popularresistance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/1bread-150x150.png"
width=150 height=150> There is a formula for revolution. The corporate-political
elite are following it to perfection: steal the money, corrupt the power,
imprison the people, starve the children, poison the water, pillage the
resources, enslave the workers, eviscerate justice, stalk the citizens, stifle
dissent, and inject terror in the bloodstream of society. Massive unrest and
movements for social change are natural reaction to such conditions. With these
ingredients, we’re cooked. Either we’ll revolt like cattle lunging to escape the
slaughterhouse, or we will wage struggle for revolution in a process as natural
as the alchemy of bread baking. It is unbelievable that the powerful don’t
understand: if they mix the living yeast of humans into the flour of our earthly
existence, apply pressure and heat . . . poof! We will rise toward life,
nourishment, and sustenance of our communities. <A
href="http://www.popularresistance.org/the-man-from-the-north-baking-the-bread-of-revolution/">-more-</A><BR><BR><BR>
<H2><A
href="http://www.popularresistance.org/keep-our-focus-on-economic-inequality-no-bait-and-switch/">Keep
Our Focus On Economic Inequality: No Bait and Switch</A></H2><IMG
style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN-RIGHT: 10px"
class="attachment-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Capitalism is not democracy"
src="http://www.popularresistance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Capitalism-is-not-democracy1-150x150.jpg"
width=150 height=150> At CounterPunch, Jason Hirthler identifies one of the most
important dynamics in the modern political world: "For every social advance, an
economic price paid." Hirthler examines the real-life aftermath of the social
breakthroughs and advances represented by the social justice campaigns of Martin
Luther King, the ending of apartheid under the aegis of Nelson Mandela, and
racial symbolism in the election of the first black American president, Barack
Obama. In every case, Hirthler notes, genuine social achievements were followed
by a brutal and ruthless expansion and entrenchment of 'neoliberal' economics --
that is, the aggrandisement of elite power and privilege. One of the most
glaring examples detailed by Hirthler is what happened after the genuinely
astonishing and significant triumph of Mandela and the ANC: the share of South
Africa's wealth owned by whites has actually increased since the ending of the
apartheid, thanks to the ANC's betrayal of its own economic principles and its
capitulation to the existing economic power structure. <A
href="http://www.popularresistance.org/keep-our-focus-on-economic-inequality-no-bait-and-switch/">-more-</A><BR><BR><BR>
<H2><A
href="http://www.popularresistance.org/seven-amazing-overpass-light-brigade-videos/">Seven
Amazing Overpass Light Brigade Videos </A></H2><IMG
style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN-RIGHT: 10px"
class="attachment-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt=1rev
src="http://www.popularresistance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/1rev-150x150.jpg"
width=150 height=150> One of the coolest sights on a nighttime highway is a
Light Brigade message. And the only thing better than stumbling across one of
the guerilla grassroots network’s “bridge actions” is seeing it unfold in
time-lapse video. Here are seven of our favorites by Dusan Harminc, who has
spent some quality time documenting the actions of the Milwaukee-based Overpass
Light Brigade (OLB). <A
href="http://www.popularresistance.org/seven-amazing-overpass-light-brigade-videos/">-more-</A><BR><BR><BR>
<H2><A
href="http://www.popularresistance.org/900-weathiest-finished-paying-social-security-tax-on-jan-2/">900
Weathiest Finished Paying Social Security Tax On Jan 2</A></H2><IMG
style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN-RIGHT: 10px"
class="attachment-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Social Security Checks"
src="http://www.popularresistance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Social-Security-Checks-150x150.jpg"
width=150 height=150> A small, elite group of US citizens has already met their
2014 financial obligation for Social Security two days into the New Year, and
will no longer be required to contribute any of their income to the federal
program. Nearly all working Americans will continue to pay the social security
tax through the duration of 2014. The 900 wealthiest, however, have fulfilled
their responsibility for the whole year on Thursday by earning $117,000 – the
maximum total social security is allowed to take from an individual income each
year - on the first and second days of the month. Teresa Ghilarducci, an
economics professor at the New School for Social Research, wrote that if
everyone eligible paid all year long, “the Social security system would be
solvent indefinitely and they still would be the richest and prettiest in all
the land.” <A
href="http://www.popularresistance.org/900-weathiest-finished-paying-social-security-tax-on-jan-2/">-more-</A><BR><BR><BR>
<H2><A
href="http://www.popularresistance.org/take-action-to-demilitarize-your-police/">Take
Action To Demilitarize Your Police</A></H2><IMG
style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN-RIGHT: 10px"
class="attachment-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt=1ol
src="http://www.popularresistance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/1ol-150x150.jpg"
width=150 height=150> We've watched for decades as local police have become more
and more militarized. It has led to a culture of police brutality that is
encouraged because officers face little if any consequences. It's time for
communities to demand that their local police de-escalate and de-militarize.
Perhaps you can be the first in the nation to take this issue to your local
government and take action to de-militarize your police, whether it's in your
town or city or on your campus. Share what you do so that others can do the
same. Contact us at info@popularresistance.org if you are working on this so we
can share your work. <A
href="http://www.popularresistance.org/take-action-to-demilitarize-your-police/">-more-</A><BR><BR><BR>
<H2><A
href="http://www.popularresistance.org/state-of-conflict-north-carolina/">State
of Conflict: North Carolina</A></H2><IMG style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN-RIGHT: 10px"
class="attachment-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Moral Monday protest"
src="http://www.popularresistance.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Moral-Monday-protest-150x150.jpg"
width=150 height=150> First it was Wisconsin. Now it’s North Carolina that is
redefining the term “battleground state.” On one side: a right-wing government
enacting laws that are changing the face of the state. On the other: citizen
protesters who are fighting back against what they fear is a radical takeover.
This crucible of conflict reflects how the battle for control of American
politics is likely to be fought for the foreseeable future: not in Washington,
DC, but state by state. This week on Moyers & Company, “State of Conflict:
North Carolina.” At the heart of this conservative onslaught sits a businessman
who is so wealthy and powerful that he is frequently described as the state’s
own “Koch brother.” Art Pope, whose family fortune was made via a chain of
discount stores, has poured tens of millions of dollars into a network of
foundations and think tanks that advocate a wide range of conservative causes.
Pope is also a major funder of conservative political candidates in the state.
Pope’s most ardent opponent is the Reverend William Barber, head of the state
chapter of the NAACP, who says the right-wing state government has produced “an
avalanche of extremist policies that threaten health care, that threaten
education [and] that threaten the poor.” Barber’s opposition to the legislature
as well as the Pope alliance became a catalyst for the protest movement that
became known around the country as “Moral Mondays.” <A
href="http://www.popularresistance.org/state-of-conflict-north-carolina/">-more-</A><BR><BR><BR></DIV><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>
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