Tacoma SDS

destroy the prisons! destroy the banks! smash ICE!
sometime last weekend anarchists attacked wells fargo bank in arcata california. wells fargo is an investor in the GEO group. the GEO group is a corporation that runs private prisons in many countries throughout the world. one such prison is the ICE northwest detention center in tacoma.

On Friday, 28 August 09 a Judge will rule in the above lawsuit. GEO, owner and operator of the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma has sued to prevent the release of key building and construction plans to Timothy Smith, Chairperson of the Bill of Rights Defense Committee - Tacoma.

GEO cites all the typical boogeypeople for their suit including homeland security, intellectual property, and even exemptions to the Public Records Act
link http://www.mrsc.org/Subjects/Legal/prd/prd.aspx

A roadside bomb Tuesday killed two soldiers of a Fort Lewis Stryker brigade sent to southern Afghanistan to battle the Taliban, the Pentagon announced Sunday.

Pfc. Jonathan C. Yanney of Litchfield, Minn., and Spc. Troy O. Tom of Shiprock, N.M., became the first members of 5th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division killed since it deployed in June.

Human Rights Watch released a report yesterday that indicates hundreds of Iraqi gay men have been kidnapped, tortured and murdered since the beginning of 2009. The report claims that Iraqi authorities have not acted to stop militias that are actively targeting men suspected of engaging in homosexual conduct and may be complicit in some attacks.

Already, military operations in Afghanistan have turned public opinion against the United States and have unintentionally given legitimacy to the Taliban, who are now more able to benefit from their position as a symbol of resistance to US occupation. Since the invasion, the US has bombed a significant number of civilian targets, including an unprecedented number of weddings. In August 2008, the bombing of the village of Azizabad left ninety-one civilians dead, sixty of whom were children.

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_detention_pepper_spray.html?sou...

Guards use pepper spray on immigrant detainees
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SEATTLE -- Federal officials say guards from the private company that runs the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma used pepper spray to control immigrant detainees who were refusing to follow orders.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Lorie Dankers says detainees weren't responding to orders Sunday night to go to bed.

Fort Lewis investigates claims employee infiltrated Olympia peace group
BY JEREMY PAWLOSKI

OLYMPIA – Fort Lewis plans an inquiry into claims by members of an Olympia
antiwar group that a civilian employee of the fort infiltrated and spied on the
group for nearly two years.

Members of Olympia Port Militarization Resistance say that John J. Towery posed
as an anarchist and took part in the antiwar group's activities from 2007 until
last month.

A Fort Lewis spokesman said Monday that an officer has been appointed to conduct
an inquiry into the allegation.

Critical Mass July is on! Meet up at the corner N 9th St and N Madison St. on July 31 at 6pm. Not sure where to go? Check the magical Google Maps: link

But what is Critical Mass?

Critical Mass bike rides are spontaneous, leaderless rides that begin at specific times and locations in various cities around the world. Since no one organizes the rides, the rides have no agreed agenda or demands. They aren’t a protest. Instead, when we ride on Critical Mass, we’re living the world we would like to see–filling the streets with bikes, laughter, human speed, clean air, engagement and life. At Critical Mass, we can bike down the street safe from speeding cars–together–empowered by our numbers. Critical Mass is a celebration.

Critical Mass rides sometimes enrage car drivers because bike traffic competes with car traffic for space on the road. Cars have their critical mass 29 days of the month when bikes get crowded out. It’s called rush hour! Critical Mass is a single day when bike traffic briefly outnumbers car traffic. Maybe in 50 years, bikes will outnumber cars everyday. As concerns about global warming increase, people are searching for alternatives like bikes. A community of cyclists is developing–demanding respect and some space on the road.

Walkers will stop at churches on 142-mile trek to raise awareness about the need for ‘sane, humane way’ to treat immigrants

Immigration-reform advocates are planning a pilgrimage from the Church of the Assumption in Bellingham to the Northwest (Immigration) Detention Center in Tacoma.

Participants will be praying for comprehensive immigration reform, hoping to bring attention to the need for what they call a fair, just, family-centered approach to U.S. immigration laws.

Gas bottles have been placed around the Fabris site by workers who have threatened to blow the place up unless compensation is paid.

The workers at the factory in Chatellerault, south-west of Paris, were said to be "calm and determined".

Workers at New Fabris gave a 31 July deadline for Renault and Peugeot, which provided 90% of the plant's work, to pay them 30,000 euros (£26,000) each.

Renault and PSA Peugeot said it was not their responsibility to pay workers.