Redwood Curtain CopWatch, based in the north coast of California, is part of a larger movement of self organized CopWatch groups throughout the US. Our local efforts seek to intervene in the drastic rise of the presence, militarization, and violence of the police, and build support networks based on self-determination, caring, and concrete needs.
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January 1st, 2012: Oscar Grant 3rd Anniversary Memorial March and Rally
Submitted by copwatch on Mon, 12/19/2011 - 11:40pmJanuary 1st, 2012: Oscar Grant 3rd Anniversary Memorial March and Rally
Stand Up to the Watchdogs of the 1%--Your Local Police Department!
1pm March from Oscar Grant Plaza at 14th & Broadway to Rally at Fruitvale BART
The Quality of Whose Life?
Submitted by copwatch on Sat, 06/04/2011 - 7:53am
Linocut by Art HazelwoodThe Quality of Whose Life? Part 2
Submitted by copwatch on Thu, 10/28/2010 - 5:41pmBy Paul Boden Organizing Director, Western Regional Advocacy Project
What images do the words "quality of life" bring to mind? A peaceful beach? A beautiful park? A farmers market full of healthy produce? In the realm of policing, the phrase "quality of life" carries different connotations. It means a veteran getting hauled in for sleeping on the sidewalk, a homeless woman being prohibited from resting on a park bench, or even brutal scenes like these from San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Fresno.
Those Who Ignore the Past Are Bound to REPEAT IT -from PEOPLE PROJECT blog
Submitted by copwatch on Sun, 07/18/2010 - 11:59amThis is from a July 6, 2005 PLAZOID. The Plazoid was a brilliant independent, self-published pamphlet/zine that circulated in Arcata in the mid 2000's.
SOON Nazi authorities and the police began to consign members of other groups to the new camps: homosexual men arrested as criminal offenders; Jehovah's Witnesses who refused to obey demands to cease their activities; women accused of prostitution; people labeled "asocial" because they were homeless, begged, or for some other reason did not fit into Nazi society.
Feeling for the Edge of your Imagination: finding ways not to call the police, by Caroline 2010
“So I continue… seeking to make, or to create, revolutionary connections between the full identity of my love, of what hurts me, or fills me with nausea, and the way things are: what we are forced to learn… trained to ignore”
- June Jordan
Feeling for the Edge of your Imagination: finding ways not to call the police http://imaginealternatives.tumblr.com/
Dear friends, family, acquaintances and people with whom I share house party dance floors and supermarket lines,
A few weeks ago, an acquaintance of mine attended a police lineup, pointed at someone, and sent them to jail or prison. Last night, a friend’s roommate called the cops about something happening outside, and the effect of that action was a young man getting tasered.
Zapatista in the U.S.
Submitted by copwatch on Sat, 04/25/2009 - 12:43amThe Other United States: repression, marginalization and grass-roots resistance in the US
Alejandro Reyes - 16-april-2009 - num.576
Radio Zapatista, KPFA, berkeley, california
Between February and April 2008, the informational campaign EZLN: The Fire and the Word travelled through over 11,000 miles of the United States, visiting 25 cities in 10 states. The main purpose of the campaign was to share the history and current reality of the Zapatista struggle, especially with the country’s youth.
