#civildisobedience — Public Fediverse posts

ICE fascists invaded a factory without a warrant this morning and abducted at least two people (McCook, IL, 09/03/2026)

Video Source
https://reddit.com/comments/1w6gofe

#ice #iceout #eyesonice #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #NoConcentrationCamps #racialprofiling #defendimmigrants #illinois #crimesofice_videos_abduction

ICE fascists invaded a factory without a warrant this morning and abducted at least two people (McCook, IL, 09/03/2026)

Video Source
https://reddit.com/comments/1w6gofe

#ice #iceout #eyesonice #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #NoConcentrationCamps #racialprofiling #defendimmigrants #illinois #crimesofice_videos_abduction

ICE fascists invaded a factory without a warrant this morning and abducted at least two people (McCook, IL, 09/03/2026)

Video Source
https://reddit.com/comments/1w6gofe

#ice #iceout #eyesonice #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #NoConcentrationCamps #racialprofiling #defendimmigrants #illinois #crimesofice_videos_abduction

ICE fascists invaded a factory without a warrant this morning and abducted at least two people (McCook, IL, 09/03/2026)

Video Source
https://reddit.com/comments/1w6gofe

#ice #iceout #eyesonice #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #NoConcentrationCamps #racialprofiling #defendimmigrants #illinois #crimesofice_videos_abduction

ICE fascists invaded a factory without a warrant this morning and abducted at least two people (McCook, IL, 09/03/2026)

Video Source
https://reddit.com/comments/1w6gofe

#ice #iceout #eyesonice #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #NoConcentrationCamps #racialprofiling #defendimmigrants #illinois #crimesofice_videos_abduction

Good Morning #Canada
In 1967 we celebrated Canada's 100th birthday. In that same year the Republic of Rathnelly, a small neighbourhood near Casa Loma in Toronto, declared their independence. They created a flag, announced a Queen, and issued passports. It was a brilliant act of #CivilDisobedience meant to stop the planned Spadina Expressway that would have cut the #Community in half. I hope we see innovative protests to stop Ford's Hwy 413.

#CanadaIsAwesome #History
https://youtu.be/7dv6ErBS0DE

Fascist paramilitary held an unarmed family at rifle point, claiming "officer safety" and an "imminent threat" to justify the assault. (Anthony, NM, 8/11/26)

The family included women recording on smartphones and children who had already been sprayed with chemical irritants for asking questions.

Video Source
https://reddit.com/comments/1vmtyce

Possibly Related Report
https://iceout.org/en/reportInfo/136969

#ice #iceout #eyesonice #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #NoConcentrationCamps #racialprofiling #defendimmigrants #newmexico #crimesofice_videos_threatening #crimesofice_videos_misconduct #crimesofice_videos_chemical_irritants

Fascist Paramilitary using chemical irritants on legal observers, fled soon afterwards (630 Isham St, New York, NY 10034, 7/30/26)

Source:
https://iceout.org/en/reportInfo/134069

#ice #iceout #eyesonice #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #NoConcentrationCamps #racialprofiling #defendimmigrants #newyork #crimesofice_videos_chemical_irritants

Violent fascists at Delaney Hall concentration camp use chemical munitions after protesters left the "free speech zone" [Newark, NJ]

Video Source:
https://reddit.com/comments/1ttv49b

#ice #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #acab #newjersey #crimesofice_videos_concentration_camps #crimesofice_videos_chemical_irritants

Executive Director Ben Dziobek Pepper-Sprayed During Violent Fascist Paramilitary Crackdown on Doremus Avenue [Newark, NJ]

Video Source:
https://reddit.com/comments/1tnp11b

Ben Dziobek is a prominent New Jersey activist, political organizer, and the Executive Director of the [Climate Revolution Action Network (CRAN)](https://www.cran.org/). A dedicated advocate for environmental justice, youth empowerment, and civil liberties, Dziobek has become a leading voice in grassroots movements across the state. He recently drew national attention for his role in organizing against the conditions at the [Delaney Hall ICE detention facility](https://www.njaij.org/delaneyhallcontract) in Newark.

#ice #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp
#newjersey #crimesofice_videos_use_of_excessive_force #crimesofice_videos_chemical_irritants

Fascist paramilitary invaders abduct a community member and assault another with chemical irratants (Santa Barbara, CA - Date Unknown)

Source:
https://reddit.com/comments/1sj3f0h

#ice #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #california #crimesofice_videos_abduction #crimesofice_videos_chemical_irritants

Fascist Paramilitary Invaders Blasts Chemical Spray Directly Into Volunteer’s Eyes – No Warning (Tucson, AZ - 4/6/26)

Article:
https://tucson.com/news/local/border/article_909e6947-8797-457a-8067-f2a61ac059f0.html

If this angers you, organize to fight fascism.

#ice #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #arizona #crimesofice_videos_chemical_irritants

Who Will Be Romero Today?

On this day we remember Archbishop Óscar Romero, murdered on March 24, 1980, while celebrating Mass. The church remembers him not simply as a tragic victim, but as a martyr whose blood was joined to the blood of the people he refused to abandon. Vatican sources still name him what so many already knew him to be in life: a “voice of the voiceless,” assassinated at the altar because he would not stop speaking for the poor.

Romero was killed soon after one of the most fearless sermons of the twentieth century. Addressing soldiers and police, he said that they were killing their own campesino brothers and sisters, and that God’s law stood above the commands of violent men: “Thou shalt not kill.” He declared that no soldier is obliged to obey an order against the law of God, and he ended with that thunderous plea: “In the name of God… cease the repression!”

That is why Romero remains dangerous. He did not speak in abstractions. He did not bless power from a safe distance. He did not soothe the conscience of empire. He named the sin directly. He named the victims directly. He named the moral responsibility of those ordered to carry out injustice. And for that, he was silenced by a bullet at the altar. Yet even in death he was not silenced, because martyrdom is a form of speech the powers of this world do not know how to answer.

Ten years later, in 1990, his name was still summoning people into the streets. The flyer for the Washington march commemorating Romero’s assassination called for an end to U.S. war in Central America, a march from the Capitol to the White House, and even nonviolent civil disobedience after the rally. It named the demands plainly: end U.S. aid to El Salvador, withdraw U.S. advisers, stop repressing the people, end the war against Nicaragua, lift the trade embargo, normalize relations. That call was real, and it was public. It survives in archival collections even now.

And I remember that day not as a line in a history book but as something lived in the body. Ten years after Romero’s assassination, I was arrested outside the White House after I and other activists built a miniature Central American village there. We were trying, in our small and vulnerable way, to make visible what policy papers and patriotic speeches tried to hide: villages, families, campesinos, the poor, the disappeared, the threatened, the dead. We were insisting that Central America was not a chessboard for Washington, but a place of human beings made in the image of God.

Read the rest of the essay at PeaceGrooves.

Fascist paramilitary invaders & local police use chemical munitions on Americans who are trying to prevent an abduction (South Burlington, Vt - 03/11/26 - 7:15pm)

Americans surrounded a house targeted by fascist paramilitary invaders for hours. The fascist paramilitary invaders finally broke down the door & abducted the occupants. Americans surrounded their cars to prevent them leaving with the people they abducted, local police and the fascist paramilitary invaders deployed chemical munitions against the concerned Americans. Updates on instagram via @ pslvermont.

If this angers you, organize to fight fascism.

Source:
https://reddit.com/comments/1rra2rm

#ice #resistance #resist #usa #politics #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #vermont #crimesofice_videos_chemical_irritants

Here is something I wrote:

Time to read: ±15 minutes

https://pen.waltuh.cyou/autumn/the-paradox-of-ownership-in-the-digital-age

> The Paradox of Ownership in the Digital Age:
 How DMCA and DRM Limit Access and Undermine Preservation Efforts

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#dmca #drm #copyright #ownership #piracy #copyleft #fairuse #economics #invisibleHand #solutions #civilDisobedience #archive #library #preservation #publicDomain #art #writing #research #digitalRights

ICE agents pepper-spray Columbus mom, 3 kids inside moving vehicle

Source:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ee9k_2w5Jsg

#ice #resistance #resist #usa #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #abolishcbp #ohio #crimesofice_videos_chemical_irritants

Fascist paramilitary invaders deployed chemical munitions at peaceful neighbors on a busy intersection and blocked traffic for a large scale abduction operation (Tucson, AZ - 2/7/26)

Source:
https://reddit.com/comments/1r0ksl7

@crimes_of_ICE
@thepoliceproblem

#ice #resistance #resist #usa #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #abolishice #abolishdhs #abolishhsi #abolishero #arizona #crimesofice_videos_chemical_irritants

Fascist paramilitary invaders violate Minneapolis city orders and deploy cs gas in Powderhorn and Folwell Parks (Minneapolis, MN - date unknown)

Source:
https://reddit.com/comments/1qudhza

#politics #resistance #resist #usa #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #ice #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #Minnesota #crimesofice_videos_chemical_irritants

Fascist paramilitary invaders turning a peaceful protest into a warzone (Portland, OR - date unknown)

Source:
https://reddit.com/comments/1qu97wb

#politics #resistance #resist #usa #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #ice #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #Oregon #crimesofice_videos_chemical_irritants

Fascist paramilitary invader pepper sprays a women for recording an abduction in the Ventura Village neighborhood of Minneapolis (2/2/26)

Source:
https://reddit.com/comments/1qu1bhi

#politics #resistance #resist #usa #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #ice #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #minnesota #crimesofice_videos_chemical_irritants

Fascist paramilitary invaders using some sort of long range launch device (possibly a mortar) for chemical munitions at protests (Portland, OR - 1/31/26)

Source:
https://reddit.com/comments/1qtei2g

#politics #resistance #resist #usa #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #ice #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #oregon #crimesofice_videos_chemical_irritants

Brave Americans chant "Our Streets!" While fascist paramilitary invaders launch a massive amount of chemical munitions. (Portland, OR - 2/1/26)

Source:
https://reddit.com/comments/1qtsuw3

#politics #resistance #resist #usa #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #ice #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #oregon #crimesofice_videos_chemical_irritants

Fascist paramilitary invaders unload chemical munitions on peaceful protesters from the safety of their hideout (Portland, OR - 02/01/2026)

Source:
https://reddit.com/comments/1qu0eqe

#politics #resistance #resist #usa #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #ice #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #oregon #crimesofice_videos_chemical_irritants

Portland under siege by fascists, a 5 block radius saturated by chemical irritants after a non-violent march from City Hall, Americans stand their ground (Oregon - date unknown)

Source
https://reddit.com/comments/1qu0iaq

#politics #resistance #resist #usa #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #ice #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #oregon #crimesofice_videos_chemical_irritants

Fascist paramilitary invaders gassed thousands including children during the Labor Against I.C.E. Rally and March (Portland, OR - 1/31/26)

This was a mid-afternoon march with the Unions. It was peaceful and respectful until ICE got insecure and decided to be dicks about it. No warnings either.

Source:
https://reddit.com/comments/1qsljlw

#politics #resistance #resist #usa #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #ice #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #oregon #crimesofice_videos_chemical_irritants

Fascist paramilitary invaders used chemical munitions on a little girl and community members at a memorial bike ride/march for Alex Pretti. (Portland, OR - 1/31/26)

Source:
https://reddit.com/comments/1qt1tzr

#politics #resistance #resist #usa #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #ice #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #oregon #crimesofice_videos_chemical_irritants

Fascist Paramilitary invaders using an obscene amount of chemicals munitions on community members (Portland, OR - 1/31/26)

Source:
https://reddit.com/comments/1qsmzse

#politics #resistance #resist #usa #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #ice #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #oregon #crimesofice_videos_chemical_irritants

Chemical irritants and Pepper Balls used against protesters in downtown LA, ICE OUT protests (Los Angeles, CA - 1/30/26)

Source:
https://reddit.com/comments/1qrqfuf

#politics #resistance #resist #usa #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #ice #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #federalinvasion #california #crimesofice_videos_protest #crimesofice_videos_chemical_irritants

Fascist paramilitary invaders attack community in the aftermath of the beating and execution of a legal observer (Minneapolis, MN - 1/24/26)

Source:
https://reddit.com/comments/1qlthd2

#politics #resistance #resist #usa #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #ice #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #minnesota #crimesofice_videos_chemical_irritants

Fascist paramilitary invaders using using chemical munitions on community members after they brutalized and executed a person while they were on the ground. (Minneapolis, MN - 1/24/26)

Source:
https://reddit.com/comments/1qlt3kg

#politics #resistance #resist #usa #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #ice #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #chemicalWarfare #minnesota #crimesofice_videos_chemical_irritants

Minneapolis, MN: notoriously carcinogenic hexachloroethane smoke possibly deployed on residential streets

While local police are banned from using chemical irritants because of the danger they pose to the public, federal units operating in our city are using a loophole to deploy a poison that toxicity experts warn causes permanent lung damage and cancer.

Source:
https://eyesonice.substack.com/p/minneapolis-mn-notoriously-carcinogenic

#politics #resistance #resist #usa #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #ice #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #minnesota #crimesofice_videos_chemical_irritants

6 kids hospitalized because ICE threw a flash bang into their car. The father said they were not apart of the protest and he was just trying to get his family out of that situation. (01/15/26)

Source:
https://reddit.com/comments/1qdqozh

#politics #resistance #resist #usa #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #ice #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #minnesota #crimesofice_videos_chemical_irritants #crimesofice_videos_use_of_excessive_force

Children in hospital after fascist paramilitary invaders trows cs gas into car. Father had to plead for an ambulance to be called. (Minnesota - 01/15/26)

Shawn's six children, aged between six months and 11 years old, were said to have been taken to hospital with breathing problems after an ICE agent threw tear gas at the family car.

Source:
https://news.sky.com/video/fathers-six-children-in-hospital-after-ice-agents-throw-tear-gas-at-their-car-amidst-minneapolis-protests-13494538

#politics #resistance #resist #usa #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #ice #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #minnesota #crimesofice_videos_chemical_irritants #crimesofice_videos_use_of_excessive_force

Fascist Paramilitary invaders fire a pepper ball at a sitting member of Congress, Rep. Adelita Grijalva December 5, 2025 (Tucson, Arizona)

Source:
https://reddit.com/comments/1pf8886

#politics #resistance #resist #usa #authoritarianism #fascism #protest #civildisobedience #USAFascistShitShow #ice #icestapo #policestate #paramilitary #policemilitarization #arizona #crimesofice_videos_use_of_excessive_force #crimesofice_videos_chemical_irritants

State by State Pending and Recently Passed #AntiProtestLaws: #Louisiana

HB 737: #Vague ban on #ResidentialProtests

Broadly criminalizes participating in a protest within 50 feet of a residence that “threatens to disrupt, or harasses” an individual’s “right to control or use” their residence. The law does not make exceptions for protests that take place in #PublicParks or on #sidewalks—traditional public forums—that may be within 50 feet of residential buildings. Nor does the law require any intent on the part of protesters to target a specific residence or to harass or disturb specific residents. The law also does not require that a protest actually disrupt an individual's right to use their residence, only that it "threaten" to do so. It is also unclear what would constitute "harassing" an individual's right to use their residence, for the purpose of the law.

Full text of bill:
https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?s=24RS&b=HB737&sbi=y

Status: enacted

Introduced 18 Mar 2024; Approved by House 9 April 2024; Approved by Senate 20 May 2024; Signed by Governor Landry 18 June 2024

HB 383: Civil immunity for drivers who hit protesters

Limits the civil liability of drivers who injure or kill protesters who were unlawfully in the street. The law provides that if a driver hits someone who was illegally “blocking a roadway,” the driver cannot be sued for any injury, death, or damage if he “reasonably believe[d]” that he was in immediate danger of injury and was trying to “retreat or escape.” The sponsor cited a rise in protests across the country as motivation for the bill.

Full text of bill:
https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?s=24RS&b=HB383&sbi=y

Status: enacted

Introduced 29 Feb 2024; Approved by House 8 April 2024; Approved by Senate 20 May 2024; Signed by Governor Landry 11 June 2024

Issue(s): #DriverImmunity, #TrafficInterference

HB 205: New #racketeering penalties for protesters

Adds nonviolent protest-related offenses to the underlying crimes that can be prosecuted under Louisiana’s racketeering law, which carries steep penalties. Offenses that are now covered by the racketeering law include “simple #obstruction of a #highway of commerce,” “#riot,” “inciting to riot,” "institutional #vandalism," and “aiding and abetting others to enter or remain on premises where forbidden.” As such, individuals in a protest that merely makes movement on a #highway “more difficult” (a minor misdemeanor offense) could be charged with a violation of Louisiana’s racketeering law if they did so more than once and as part of an enterprise with others. Louisiana law defines “riot” broadly, requiring no actual violence or damage but three or more people engaged in a “#PublicDisturbance” that creates a “danger of injury or damage” by an “imminent threat of tumultuous and violent conduct,” so individuals who participate in tumultuous protests could likewise be charged with racketeering. The law also adds “criminal damage to a critical infrastructure” to the racketeering law, such that certain #CivilDisobedience actions near #pipelines and other #infrastructure, including sites under construction, could be covered as well. Racketeering violations are punishable by up to 50 years in #prison with #HardLabor and a one million dollar fine.

Full text of bill:
https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?i=245811&sbi=y

Status: enacted

Introduced 26 Feb 2024; Approved by House 2 April 2024; Approved by Senate 14 May 2024; Signed by Governor Landry 10 June 2024

Issue(s): #ProtestSupporters or Funders, Infrastructure, Riot, #Trespass

HB 127: Heightened penalties for #StreetProtesters and organizers

Increases existing penalties for impeding traffic and creates a new offense that could cover individuals who plan or organize protests that would impede traffic. Under prior law in Louisiana, engaging in conduct that makes movement on any road “more difficult” was a misdemeanor, punishable by six months in jail and $200. The law adds an offense of “#conspiracy” or “aiding and abetting” of others to engage in such conduct. As written, the new offense does not require that that the protest or other act actually take place or that it actually impede traffic. The law also increases the fine for both offenses to $750.

Full text of bill:
https://legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?s=24RS&b=HB127&sbi=y

Status: enacted

Introduced 22 Feb 2024; Approved by House 15 April 2024; Approved by Senate 16 May 2024; Signed by Governor Landry 10 June 2024

Issue(s): Protest Supporters or Funders, Traffic Interference

HB 727: NEW PENALTIES FOR PROTESTS NEAR GAS AND OIL PIPELINES

Targets protests around gas and oil #pipelines by expanding the definition of "critical infrastructure" and providing for the offense of "unauthorized entry of a critical infrastructure." Under the law, "critical infrastructure" is amended to include "pipelines," "any site where the construction or improvement of [pipelines or any other listed infrastructure facility] is taking place," as well as "all structures, equipment, or other immovable or movable property located within or upon" such facilities. Unauthorized entry onto critical infrastructure property as defined above is punishable by imprisonment with or without hard labor for up to five years and a fine of $1,000. As originally introduced, the law included a new crime of "conspiracy to engage in unauthorized entry" of a critical infrastructure facility, punishable by imprisonment with or without hard labor for up to five years and a fine of $10,000, such that individuals who only planned to hold a peaceful protest on infrastructure property could be prosecuted. The amended and enacted version of the bill removed the provisions on conspiracy, however. In addition, prior to the law's enactment, provisions were added to mandate that the law would not apply to "[l]awful assembly and peaceful and orderly petition, picketing, or demonstration for the redress of grievances or to express ideas or views regarding legitimate matters of public interest."

Full text of bill:
https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?s=18RS&b=HB727&sbi=y

Status: enacted

Introduced 26 Mar 2018; Approved by House 12 April 2018; Approved by the Senate 8 May 2018; Signed into law by Governor Edwards 30 May 2018

Issue(s): Infrastructure, #Trespass

#FirstAmendment #CriminalizingDissent
#Authoritarianism #Fascism #Clampdown #CriminalizingProtest
#CharacteristicsOfFascism #USPol #AntiProtestLaws #PipelineProtests #HeatherHeyer #UniteTheRight #DrivingDownProtestors

Anti-Trump Anti-Musk Protest in downtown Lewistown last week. Photograph by my husband. #civilrights #civildisobedience #protest #protestmovement #antitrump #antimusk #politics #pennsylvania #centralpennsylvania #smalltown #statecollege #harrisburg #mtunion #huntingdon #friend

A quotation from Thoreau

If the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine of government, let it go, let it go: perchance it will wear smooth, — certainly the machine will wear out. If the injustice has a spring, or a pulley, or a rope, or a crank, exclusively for itself, then perhaps you may consider whether the remedy will not be worse than the evil; but if it is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law. Let your life be a counter friction to stop the machine. What I have to do is to see, at any rate, that I do not lend myself to the wrong which I condemn.

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer
Essay (1849-05), “Resistance to Civil Government [On the Duty of Civil Disobedience],” Æsthetic Papers, No. 1, Article 10

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/thoreau-henry-david/…

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Excerpts from "From Taming to #Dismantling: #Degrowth and #AntiCapitalist Strategy" by Ekaterina Chertkovskaya, September 2020.

#SmallScaleRuptures

"As for ruptural transformation, this is not part of Wright’s vision of how to overcome capitalism. So far it has not featured in the work on degrowth either, which has largely followed Wright’s reasoning. A survey of the degrowth movement conducted at the fourth international degrowth conference in Leipzig (2014) found out that about 13% of degrowthers were oriented towards rupture. While this might be a minority position in the movement and while ruptures are to be cautious about, I would not fully dismiss rupture as a logic of transformation (and smashing capitalism, as its strategic logic). When speaking of ruptural transformation, Wright usually refers to it as a complete overhaul of the capitalist system, and as a direct attack on the state. However, rupture does not have to be understood this way, which Wright acknowledged also.

"There can be temporary or smaller scale ruptures and examples of smashing capitalism. Say, an act of #disobedience like blocking a coal plant or occupying a public space – something that is part of the degrowth imaginary – can be seen as an example of a #TemporaryRupture that #empowers and encourages other forms of #resistance. It includes, but also goes beyond resistance, by disrupting, even if temporarily, the rhythm of #ExtractiveCapitalism. Workers overtaking a bankrupt factory and making it a cooperative is another example of rupture and smashing capitalism, in a concrete organisation, such as #VioMe in Greece, #RiMaflow in Italy and the occupied factories in #Argentina. Had they been waiting for the legislation that would allow dismantling capitalism to come into place and support cooperative organisational forms, such pioneering examples of change would probably not exist. However, responding to the crises the way they did created a rupture that may encourage others to do the same, as well as demand policies that would allow cooperativisation. Thus, I would argue that temporary or smaller scale ruptures can be important, supporting interstitial and symbiotic logics of transformation."

Read more:
https://degrowth.info/en/blog/from-taming-to-dismantling-degrowth-and-anti-capitalist-strategy
#SolarPunkSunday #Dissent #CivilDisobedience #SmashCapitalism

@markusreuter

Based on the 2022 population estimate of non-occupied Georgia of about 3.7 million [1], the #ChenowethStephan statistical threshold of 3.5% of the population of a country in sustained #CivilDisobedience / #NonViolentProtest as the threshold for success is about 130 thousand. 100k is clearly a round number estimate, but would still give 2.7%.

We'll soon know if this case is consistent with the #ChenowethStephanThreshold .

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_%28country%29

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erica_Chenoweth

The Plan to Silence Dissent
Building off a bipartisan push to punish pro-#Palestine protesters, #Trump has a broad crackdown ready to implement—including deportations.

by Sophie Hurwitz
November 15, 2024

"Donald Trump has made it clear that there are groups he’d like to punish.

"Much attention has been paid to the president-elect’s planned crusades for his next term against #immigrants and #transgender people. But less discussed has been another group on the list: #protesters. Building off the bipartisan crackdown on #AntiWar student dissent last year, Trump has made clear he hopes to discipline, and potentially prosecute, #CivilDisobedience with increased force.

"In May, he promised a group of donors that 'any student that protests, I [will] throw them out of the country.' Trump hoped this would serve as a warning. 'You know, there are a lot of foreign students,” he continued. “As soon as they hear that, they’re going to behave.”

"This is more than just bluster. Reuters reported that sources said Trump hopes to follow through on the promise on day one of his administration, by signing an executive order prioritizing deporting 'international students who support Palestinian militant group Hamas and have violated the terms of their student visas.'

"In Trump’s first term, 'his instincts were to bring as much federal power as he could to bear on essentially peaceful protests,' Jamie Kalven, founder of Chicago’s Invisible Institute and a journalist who has studied First Amendment law for decades, told me. This time, there will be fewer guardrails. 'It was complicated enough before Trump was elected. Now you’re going to have various #demagogues in Congress and the Trump administration actually bearing down in various ways on universities and on university students, seeing it as the bastion of the #EnemyWithin.'

"Given how it’s been under #Biden, it unfortunately normalizes what Trump is then allowed to do.

"Many of the plans for targeting protesters are taken from tactics employed by Democrats in recent years. For years, #PalestinianRights activists in the US—and Palestinians in the US, whether activists or not—have often been smeared as terrorists and threatened with deportation and imprisonment. In 2023, a wave of protest was met with a #crackdown. The Department of Education pressured schools to stop pro-Palestine student organizing, as Mother Jones reported in September. Dozens of universities across the nation instituted strict new disciplinary codes prohibiting many forms of public assembly. Over 3,600 protesters were arrested."

Read more:
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/11/trump-pro-palestine-protest-hr9495-israel-gaza-student-activists-dissent/

#SilencingDissent #FreePalestine #StudentProtestors #FreeSpeech #Clampdown #HR9495 #StopHR9495 #CharacteristicsOfFascism #Fascism #Authoritanism #ProjectEsther #Project2025

A quotation from Thoreau, Henry David:

«
But if [the machine of government] is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law. Let your life be a counter friction to stop the machine.
»

Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/thoreau-henry-david/16481/

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