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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"It is a subterranean fire. You cannot put it out."
Submitted by copwatch on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 9:03pmMay Day turns 125 years old this year. tells the story of the fight for the eight-hour day--and of the Haymarket Martyrs who gave their lives for it.
April 29, 2011
ON MAY 1, 1886--125 years ago this month--hundreds of thousands of workers were taking the streets of cities around the U.S. to demand an eight-hour day.
The epicenter of this great labor struggle was Chicago, where the eight-hour movement inspired defiant protests and strikes--and inspired fear and repression from bosses and their loyal servants in law enforcement.
The 2010 LA Pico-Union Rebellion
Submitted by copwatch on Sun, 09/26/2010 - 7:39pmMonday, Sept 20 2010 Contributed by:Frotchie
On September 5th, 2010, Manuel Jamines was murdered by cops. LAPD Rampart Division police gunned him down, in broad daylight and in cold blood, at the corner of 6th and Union Ave in Pico-Union, a working class neighborhood in LA known for its Guatemalan and indigenous population. Manuel was a 37-year-old indigenous man from Guatemala working as a day laborer in the US. He didn’t speak English or even Spanish very well, and he had three small children in his home country. The pig who shot him, Frank Hernandez, was notorious in the community as a violent, racist, unpredictable hazard. Locals call him El Pelon, or “The Bald One.”
HAPPY MAY DAY! - from Critical Resisance, Strategy & Struggle to ABOLISH the Prison Industrial Complex
Submitted by copwatch on Sat, 05/01/2010 - 9:57amDear Friends,
Happy May Day!
Today all over the world people are coming together to demonstrate the power of political and economic solidarity; to challenge anti-immigrant racism; to celebrate spring and rebirth; and to affirm our capacity to build a society founded on interdependence.
We know that in the United States, this "other labor day" isn't officially recognized or celebrated in every community. Reclaiming May Day is an important tactic for building alliances with communities worldwide.
West Coast Days of Action Against State Violence! April 8-9
Submitted by copwatch on Mon, 04/05/2010 - 9:37pmfrom Indybay
Portland Actions Inspire Call-Out from the Bay to the Sound: No More Police Killings!
After the recent uprisings in Portland in response to two police murders, a call has gone out for "West Coast Days of Action April 8th and 9th, From the Bay to the Sound: No More Police Killings!" The call to action reads in part: "Organize protests and autonomous actions in your own city!" Announced actions thus far include non-violent civil disobedience at Embarcadero BART station in San Francisco on April 8th and a march against police brutality in Seattle on April 9th.
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