Tacoma SDS

By Tim Dobson

On October 23, an estimated 30,000 university students took over Rome’s streets. Marching to the chant of “Berlusconi is a piece of shit”, students passed the train station, receiving cheers from young Kurdish immigrants.

The students then joined up with young people from the Horus social center, which was brutally cleared out by the police a few days earlier. The students were met with a large police presence.

ACT NOW FOR SURVIVAL: WE CAN ALL LIVE WITHOUT TRIDENT

All weekend: CAMP OUT!
Aug 9: Film festival and making connections
Aug 10: Nonviolence training, spokescouncil, and direct action planning
Aug 11: CD at Naval Base Kitsap, family-friendly vigil

The Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action invites you to gather with us August 9-11, to remember the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and to join in nonviolent direct action in our campaign to close the Bangor Trident submarine base, home of the largest stockpile of nuclear weapons in the U.S.

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A paralyzed refugee claimant named Laibar Singh was denied refugee status by the Canadian government. He is supposed to be sent back to India, where it is believed he will be persecuted by Punjab separatists. He sought sanctuary in an Abbotsford Sikh temple. 1000 people protested at the airport, blocking traffic and causing delays. Surrounding the taxi that Singh was inside, the deportation office decided to delay his deportation for the time being.

OLYMPIA, WA – At 9:00 pm on November 13th the continued campaign to end the militarization of Olympia's port reached a crescendo tonight when nearly 40 women contained military equipment at the Port of Olympia. The women chanted, “No force is necessary, we are non-violent, no weapons on