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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Gordon Hirabayashi, Historic Resister of US' arbitrary and indefinite detention dies
Submitted by copwatch on Thu, 01/05/2012 - 8:00pm[Only a few days after President Obama signed into law provisions for arbitary and capricious seizure and indefinite detention of US citizens--throwing out habeus corpus and other "Constitutional rights"--one of the most prominent and courageous opponents of such a repressive policy--the US' detention of Japanese American citizens during World War II--has died. --Frontlines ed.]
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Gordon Hirabayashi, shown in 1985, was vindicated in his challenges to internment.
Stop the Attack on Civil Rights at Occupy Eureka
Submitted by copwatch on Tue, 12/20/2011 - 11:02amPlease phone and email the numbers & addresses below!
*Demand Return of All
Property including Signs,
Literature,Banners.*
*Insist the Police Respect
Our Right to Protest,
Stop Abusing Us & Stop
List of OCTOBER 13 Events in Solidarity with Hunger Strike!
Submitted by copwatch on Wed, 10/12/2011 - 2:10amLos Angeles
Thursday, October 13th, 5-7pm: Vigil to Support the Hunger Strikers! 200 North Spring Street. Los Angeles, CA 90012 (We will be in front of City Hall, 1st and Spring Street on the North Steps). Click here for more info
San Diego
Thursday, October 13th, 5-7pm: Vigil to Support the Hunger Strikers! On the Corner of University & Fairmount in East San Diego. Click here for more info
Santa Barbara
Thurs, Oct 13th EMERGENCY Eureka Rally: Support Prisoner Hunger Strike - Demand End to Torture!
Submitted by copwatch on Tue, 10/11/2011 - 10:04amSupport the Prisoner Hunger Strike -
Demand an End to Torture
October 13th Rally in Solidarity
A Reading of Prisoners' Letters
Thursday Oct 13th 3:00–7:00pm Urgent RALLY In Solidarity With Prisoner Hunger Strike!
In front of the Humboldt County Courthouse and Jail!
825 5th St. Eureka, CA
Wear Orange, if possible!
Oct 14th EMERGENCY ACTION to Support CA Prisoner Hunger Strike, San Francisco
Submitted by copwatch on Tue, 10/11/2011 - 8:36amMedical condition of hunger strikers deteriorates, some days away from death
October 11, 2011
Join the emergency action to support the California Prisoner Hunger Strike on Friday, Oct. 14, 10:30 a.m.‐1 p.m., at McAllister and Van Ness in San Francisco and tell CDCR and Gov. Jerry Brown to meet the strikers’ five core demands
by Isaac Ontiveros, Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity
Sat & Sun (10/1 & 10/2) Show Support for Prisoner Hunger Strike Outside Pelican Bay!
Submitted by copwatch on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 3:42pmCalifornia prisoners are on hunger strike again! The hunger strike that started on July 1 of this year in support of 5 demands, has been resumed by thousands of prisoners at Pelican Bay, Calipatria, CCI Tehachapi, Centinela, Corcoran, Chuckawalla Valley State Prison, Ironwood State Prison, Salinas Valley State Prison.
The prisoners say that the California Department of Corrections has retaliated against prisoners for participating in the strike and made only nominal policy changes in response to the strike. Prisoners say it is necessary to continue to put pressure on the CDCR to meaningfully change long-term solitary confinement policies and practices. Up to date information can be found at http://prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity.wordpress.com/.
Oct.5th Sacramento Demo: Support the Prisoner Hunger Strike! End Long-Term Solitary Confinement
Submitted by copwatch on Thu, 09/29/2011 - 10:29pmOctober 5th: in Sacramento
12pm to 2pm
CDCR Headquarters,
1515 S St.
More info call: 415-238-1801
Support the Prisoner Hunger Strike! Support the Five Demands!
All out to Sacramento!
In SOLIDARITY, a group of us will be leaving Eureka on Tuesday night (10/4) to participate in the Oct.5th demo. We'll stay the night in Oakland and rideshare with Bay Area folks to Sacramento on Wednesday morning! We will return to Eureka on Wednesday night (10/5).
If you want to go, please contact Redwood Curtain CopWatch at 707.633.4493 or email copwatchrwc@gmail.com.
VIDEO from Legislative Hearing on Torture & the SHU at Pelican Bay
Check it out! This is NOT a boring meeting. This meeting (Aug 23, 2011) could have only happened due to the courage and strong acts of prisoner hunger strikers!
http://www.calchannel.com/channel/viewVideo/2949
(part 1 of 2)
http://www.calchannel.com/channel/viewvideo/2950
(part 2 of 2)
(part 2 of 2)
Free Speech Radio [AUDIO]: Aug 23rd Rally and Legislative Hearing On Torture in Pelican Bay SHU
Submitted by copwatch on Fri, 08/26/2011 - 10:05pmhttp://fsrn.org/audio/prisoner-advocates-rally-sacramento-reform-system/9021
Prisoner advocates rally in Sacramento for reform of system
Wed, 08/24/2011
This summer prisoners across California went on a hunger strike to protest what they call degrading treatment in the state’s facilities. Yesterday, a committee at the State Capitol heard from prisoners’ families and those formerly incarcerated on the conditions in isolation units - one of the primary concerns of prisoners at Pelican Bay.
For FSRN, George Lavender reports.
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Indiana: Solidarity with Wabash Valley SHU Protests. Emergency call-in days August 1 and 2!
Submitted by copwatch on Mon, 08/01/2011 - 10:08amFrom NYC Anarchist Black Cross
The call-in days are Monday, August 1 and Tuesday, August 2nd. Wabash Valley administration can be reached at (812) 398-5050. The Indiana Department of Corrections commissioner can be reached at (317) 232-5711
On the morning of 7/16, a member of the Aryan Brotherhood was stabbed by other prisoners. The attack took place at Pendleton Correctional Facility in the Maximum Security area of the prison. The administration used the stabbing as a justification for putting every prison in the state on lockdown and conducting system-wide searches, raids, and beatings. Since the lockdown began, inmates at the Secure Housing Unit at Wabash Valley had been denied access to water for bathing, sanitation, and cleaning their cells.
Protests Grow in Solidarity With California Prisoners As Hunger Strikes Enter Third Week, Democracy Now! July 15, 2011
Submitted by copwatch on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 12:40pmPolice State Much? by Cindy Sheehan
Submitted by copwatch on Sat, 07/23/2011 - 11:43pm“Totalitarianism is patriotism institutionalized.”
Steve Allen
“Patriotic” Americans are still berating me for “demeaning” my son’s “sacrifice.” A typical message goes something like this:
“Your son died to give you the right to spew your filth against this country. If it wasn’t for the military and people like your son, you wouldn’t have the freedom to protest.”
Mon, July 18th- Mobilize to Sacramento; Demonstrate Outside Dept. Of Corrections!
Submitted by copwatch on Fri, 07/15/2011 - 10:07pmMOBILIZE to SACRAMENTO:
This MONDAY , July 18th from 1-3pm. Demonstration outside CDCR Headquarters 1515 S. St. Sacramento
RIDES from East Bay: Meet at West Oakland BART, 9:30 am
Meeting at NOON in Sacramento at Freemont Park on 15th & Q
For more info, for rides: Call Manuel (415-637-8195) or Linda (510-219-0297).
If you are in Humboldt or Del Norte County and want to go to Sacramento, please immediately contact Redwood Curtain CopWatch at 707-633-4493.
SUPPORT the HUNGERSTRIKERS!
"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.
March 21st: RALLY & COURT SUPPORT for Protesters of Road Widening Through Richardson Grove
Submitted by copwatch on Wed, 03/16/2011 - 11:19pm
CALTRANS is preparing to widen Hwy 101 thruRICHARDSON GROVE STATE PARK for increased industrial trucking & militarization. We will stop them!
CalTrans' plan threatens our rural lives and involves cutting & crushing ancient redwoods' roots, cutting 56 trees in the state park, & possibly changing old-growth forest on private property into road bed.
RALLY To Stop Highway Expansion Through Richardson Grove This Monday, February 21st
Submitted by copwatch on Thu, 02/17/2011 - 11:11pm
Richardson Grove Action Now invites all to a rally on Monday, February 21st, to stop the highway expansion through Richardson Grove State Park.
Expose CalTrans' lies and misinformation campaign!
Monday's rally will begin at NOON in the Garberville Town Square.
Rideshares to and from Garberville.
Bring anything you want to express yourself!
Resist Invasion!
For more info contact Richardson Grove Action Now, call
(707) 602-7551 or email rgroveactionnow@gmail.com.
Richardson Grove Action Now literature exposing CalTrans LIES and misinformation coming soon!
Richardson Grove Action Now pamphlet: http://www.box.net/shared/6xyyml02vu
RIDESHARE INFO:
Feb 12-15: Richardson Grove Action Camp!
Submitted by copwatch on Fri, 02/11/2011 - 1:52am
ACTION CAMP will be at RICHARDSON GROVE STATE PARK beginning Sat, Feb 12
The Richardson State Park is on Hwy. 101, 7 miles south of Garberville.
After dropping gear and things at the camp, we will be parking in the driveway of French's camp, down the road southbound and across the street from the Patriot Gas Station.
Mon, Feb 7th: RALLY at CalTrans, NO Highway Expansion Thru Richardson Grove!
Submitted by copwatch on Thu, 01/27/2011 - 12:53pm
Mass RALLY at CalTrans in Eureka
NO ROAD WIDENING THROUGH RICHARDSON GROVE!
Protect the forest and our future. Resist Invasion.
Monday, Feb 7th NOON
CalTrans District 1 Headquarters
1656 Union St. (Union and Wabash)
Eureka
Bring anything you want to express yourself!
For info or to get more involved contact Richardson Grove Action Now: (707) 602-7551, rgroveactionnow@gmail.com
Republicans Attack Birthright Citizenship of Babies Born to Undocumented Parents
Submitted by copwatch on Sat, 01/08/2011 - 2:26pmState Lawmakers Outline Plans to End Birthright Citizenship, Drawing Outcry
By JULIA PRESTON Published Jan 5, 2011
WASHINGTON — Conservative legislators from five states opened a national campaign on Wednesday to end the automatic granting of American citizenship to children born in the United States of illegal immigrants.
At a news conference here timed to coincide with the start of a new Congress, Republican state lawmakers introduced two model measures curtailing citizenship rights for children of illegal immigrants. The legislators said the measures would be introduced in at least 14 states.
PEOPLES' VICTORY- Jan 1st Oscar Grant Committee Action -by Frank Runninghorse Jan 2, 2011
Submitted by copwatch on Thu, 01/06/2011 - 2:01am2nd Anniversary of Oscar Grants Foul Killing marked by Vigil/Rally at Fruitvale BART.
On new years day 2011, a racially diverse crowd of 150-175 people marked Oscar's murder at the hands of BART police with statements from Grant family members, reminiscences of Oscar, and pledges from family and community alike to carry on and intensify the struggle to get justice for all of the many victims of unjust police violence. The Vigil/ Rally was called by the Grant family with solidarity from the family of Derrick Jones ,another unarmed black man from the east Oakland neighborhood near Fruitvale BART who was recently shot up and killed by the OPD.
The "Oscar Grant Committee to Stop Police Brutality and State Repression" that includes Oscar's 'Uncle Bobby' and family friend Jack Bryson among its active members, played a prominent role in organizing and sponsoring the event. The event was organized in a little over two weeks time, using the OGC's and Grant family's network of contacts.
Bay Area Protest In Support of Striking Georgia Prisoners Demands for Human Rights
Submitted by copwatch on Sun, 01/02/2011 - 4:01pmLocal Oakland activists show solidarity for striking Georgia prisoners
Supporters of the Georgia prison strikers rally in front of the Wiley W. Manuel Courthouse in Oakland.
January 1st Community Rally: Justice for Derrick Jones and Oscar Grant!
Submitted by copwatch on Fri, 12/24/2010 - 8:51pmSocial Justice Activists & All Other Outraged People!
On Jan 1st two years ago, Oscar Grant was Murdered at the Fruitvale Bart Station by the BART police. The "Oscar Grant Committee To Stop Police Brutality and State Repression" will be joining with the Families of both Oscar Grant and Derrick Jones, as well as others, to commemorate their slain loved ones and Demand Justice and an END TO POLICE TERROR.
Make a New Years resolution to stand up to racism and unjustified police
shootings and brutality. Join us and make a difference!
Meet at Fruitvale BART station at 12:00pm NOON.
For more info, contact the Oscar Grant Foundation: 510.599.6357
Derrick Jones Didn't Have To Die! [photos, then article]
Submitted by copwatch on Fri, 12/24/2010 - 1:04pmDecember 11, 2010 by readers of Revolution, revcom.us
In the face of brutality and repression, there is a mood of resistance in Oakland that is building.
During the rally at the Fruitvale BART Station, where Oscar Grant was murdered, this youngster had the courage to wave a flier for Derrick Jones in the faces of the Oakland police “protecting” the station from the protesters. – Photo: Felix Barrett
Letter of Support for Prisoners On Strike! from Redwood Curtain CopWatch and PARC
December 17, 2010
To The Prisoners of the Georgia Department of Corrections
To Elaine Brown
To Concerned Coalition to Respect Prisoners’ Rights
To The Georgia Department of Corrections
To Governor Sonny Purdue
What Part of ‘Killed_Unarmed_Black_Man = Murder’ Doesn’t OPD Understand? (2 articles, video)
Submitted by copwatch on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 12:00am...If we win any justice for Derrick Jones it will only come through the same protests and mobilizations. This will have to start with people getting the word out and mobilizing--in churches, in streets and in schools. It will come through not being afraid to stand up and speak out, even if we have to yell over carols at City Council meetings.
Demanding Justice for Derrick Jones By Francois Hughes December 15, 2010
OAKLAND, Calif.--Some 75 protesters gathered at a City Council meeting on December 14 to protest the killing of Derrick Jones and the inaction of the city government in the face of racist police murder. 
Video and Photo
