Voices of dissent; unapologetic, unbridled rage. This is a group blog and we welcome your contribution Tumblr (3.0; @subversivesoapbox)http://subversivesoapbox.com/““Because if it is the right thing to do, then we have every right to do it.” The crowd cheered as the chains on the gates were cut open and hundreds flooded onto the Gill Tract, several acres of University of California (UC) property that have been contested for more than a decade. They brought tools, straw, chickens in portable coops and 15,000 starter plants that had been growing in green houses around Northern California for the past several months before finding their home in this Class I soil in the sleepy bedroom community of Albany, just north of Berkeley.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://truth-out.org/news/item/9202-occupy-the-farm-dug-in-dug-up" target="_blank">Occupy the Farm Dig In, Dug Up</a> — me for Truthout today (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://susie-c.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">susie-c</a>)</em>http://subversivesoapbox.com/post/23264457901http://subversivesoapbox.com/post/23264457901Thu, 17 May 2012 18:25:10 -0700Occupy OaklandOccupy BerkeleyOccupy UCOccupy99 PercentOccupy the Farmynfb<p>Right-O. I’ve been a bit scarce lately…media ignoring Occupy has me down. </p> <p>Don’t forget we take submissions.</p>http://subversivesoapbox.com/post/23158180611http://subversivesoapbox.com/post/23158180611Wed, 16 May 2012 02:31:39 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2j0ghoyX71rrhlmwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://subversivesoapbox.com/post/22709426504http://subversivesoapbox.com/post/22709426504Wed, 09 May 2012 03:06:52 -0700ynfb<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3f0uv9mhX1qbb2xgo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I want to create my own on-the-go amplification system. This guy had an awesome set-up. Where does one even get a three-way megaphone-thingie like that?</p>http://subversivesoapbox.com/post/22560901737http://subversivesoapbox.com/post/22560901737Sun, 06 May 2012 18:41:11 -0700protest strategyGeneral StrikeMay DayphotosprotestoccupyOccupy Oaklandynfb<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ey8zSoVQ1qbb2xgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Besides being on an exceptionally cute dog, I like that this sign doesn’t purport to know this pooch’s political beliefs, as so many of these placard-on-baby-or-dog protest signs do.</p>http://subversivesoapbox.com/post/22554975233http://subversivesoapbox.com/post/22554975233Sun, 06 May 2012 17:21:12 -0700dogsprotestsignsgeneral strikeMay 1stMay DayOccupy Oakland99 percentynfb<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3f0pjSwIa1qbb2xgo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Justice is what love looks like in public”</p>http://subversivesoapbox.com/post/22486465597http://subversivesoapbox.com/post/22486465597Sat, 05 May 2012 18:42:05 -0700protest signssignsOccupy Oaklandprotestersjusticelovegeneral strikeMay Daymarchesynfb<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3exqkPiaZ1qbb2xgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“Decolonization is in my heart and my knife”</p> <p>You probably can’t tell in the photo, but beyond the fence in the background are a bunch of cops, waiting for protesters to unleash whatever is in their hearts and machetes. </p>http://subversivesoapbox.com/post/22481715492http://subversivesoapbox.com/post/22481715492Sat, 05 May 2012 17:22:26 -0700decolonizationstencil graffitiEast Oaklandprotestpolitical artgraffitiynfb<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3eznl1XE61qbb2xgo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Anarchist medic, Occupy Oakland General Strike on May Day.</p>http://subversivesoapbox.com/post/22417891472http://subversivesoapbox.com/post/22417891472Fri, 04 May 2012 18:40:00 -0700anarchistmedicGeneral StrikeMay DayMay 1stOccupyOccupy OaklandOWSprotestmarchesdemonstrationsphotosynfb<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ex38d8DA1qbb2xgo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Justice is blind.</p>http://subversivesoapbox.com/post/22412726099http://subversivesoapbox.com/post/22412726099Fri, 04 May 2012 17:21:43 -0700culture jammingjusticeOccupy Oakland99 percentMay Dayprotestmarchesdemonstrationsgeneral strikeynfb<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3f0al42Kr1qbb2xgo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3f0al42Kr1qbb2xgo2_500.jpg"/><br/> Here's their banner<br/><br/> <p> Hey extroverts, next time you’re thinking of attending a protest, buy a megaphone. These three protesters were having a blast, calling back and forth with their megaphones. Marches are a lot more fun if you have a way to amplify your voice, but I’d never seen three people trading off like this. Usually one person trades it around until they get tired, or get too nervous about whether or not the crowd will respond. But these three showed that more megaphones = more fun, as their calls felt as much like a jam session as a call to action.</p>http://subversivesoapbox.com/post/22358254004http://subversivesoapbox.com/post/22358254004Thu, 03 May 2012 18:39:27 -0700megaphoneproteststrategiesOccupy Oaklandmarchesgeneral strikeMay Dayynfb<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3f0jbVdQa1qbb2xgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Another photo of the Occupy Oakland general strike, here they are approaching Chinatown.</p> <p>I never thought to take a drum to a protest, even though they’re an essential element in keeping spirits high. Wouldn’t be that hard to make one, I imagine. Next protest, maybe turn over one of those empty paint buckets and see how it sounds.</p>http://subversivesoapbox.com/post/22352171159http://subversivesoapbox.com/post/22352171159Thu, 03 May 2012 17:21:12 -0700Occupy OakandGeneral StrikeoccupyOWSdrummersproteststrategymarchMay Dayynfb<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3f01k9Fkz1qbb2xgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Random sign in support of the May Day protest was left outside an apartment building in East Oakland.</p>http://subversivesoapbox.com/post/22294853680http://subversivesoapbox.com/post/22294853680Wed, 02 May 2012 18:39:52 -0700protestsignsOccupy OaklandMay Daygeneral strikeMay DayMay 1stynfb<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ev03nwEQ1qbb2xgo1_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ev03nwEQ1qbb2xgo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3ev03nwEQ1qbb2xgo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Decolonization ship at the May Day protest in East Oakland. I wonder how long it took them to build it. </p> <p>The protest was very focused on immigrants rights and indigenous peoples’ rights, so this boat fit right in.</p>http://subversivesoapbox.com/post/22288414255http://subversivesoapbox.com/post/22288414255Wed, 02 May 2012 17:21:48 -0700protestOccupy OakandimmigrantsrightsdemonstrationsmarchesOWSoccupyOccupy Oakland99 percentynfb<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3euthgP601qbb2xgo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Hey drummer, nice sign. At the general strike march, Occupy Oakland, May Day.</p>http://subversivesoapbox.com/post/22268799207http://subversivesoapbox.com/post/22268799207Wed, 02 May 2012 12:44:05 -0700May DayMay 1general strikeprotestsignsdebtoccupyOccupy OaklandOWS99 percentynfb<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3eu94CNGt1qbb2xgo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3eu94CNGt1qbb2xgo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3eu94CNGt1qbb2xgo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>These photos are to give you an idea of the number of people there. I don’t think there were as many as at the port shutdown, but still an impressive crowd. There were enough people that standing at the top of a hill and seeing for several city-blocks I still couldn’t quite see the end of it. Is this the return of Occupy? I suppose that will depend on if the media gives it any coverage.</p>http://subversivesoapbox.com/post/22268106002http://subversivesoapbox.com/post/22268106002Wed, 02 May 2012 12:31:52 -0700Occupy OaklandOccupygeneral strikeprotestmarchesdemonstrationsynfb<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m347smTFjU1rogvkmo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.” —Thomas Jefferson</p>http://subversivesoapbox.com/post/22013723760http://subversivesoapbox.com/post/22013723760Sat, 28 Apr 2012 17:21:12 -0700Make 'em runynfb<blockquote> <p>Of course, this cultural fantasy of the unknown Other violating “young girls” was often used in the American South to justify the lynching of African Americans because of their threat to white female purity. In fact the sexualization of Others has historically helped Christian invaders to justify brutalizing and dehumanizing native people; however, if you think I am reading too much into the passage from the report cited above, let us ponder the following statement: &#8220;Vice Chancellor Meyer expressed similar concerns in an interview conducted on Dec. 7. He explained, “our context at the time was seeing what’s happening in the City of Oakland, seeing what’s happening in other municipalities across the country, and not being able to see a scenario where [a UC Davis Occupation] ends well &#8230; <strong>Do we lose control and have non-affiliates become part of an encampment? So my fear is a longterm occupation with a number of tents where we have an undergraduate student and a non-affiliate and there’s an incident. And then I’m reporting to a parent that a nonaffiliate has done this unthinkable act with your daughter, and how could we let that happen?</strong>”&#8221; Once again, in this cultural fantasy, the administration sees itself as protecting the purity of its daughters by eliminating the threat posed by a violating Other.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://changinguniversities.blogspot.com/2012/04/ugly-face-of-austerity-pepper-spraying.html" title="Race, feminism, austerity and Pepper Spray" target="_blank">Read the rest of &#8220;The Ugly Face of Austerity: Pepper Spraying the Other&#8221;</a></p> <p><a href="http://reynosoreport.ucdavis.edu/reynoso-report.pdf" title="UC Davis Pepper Spraying Report" target="_blank">Read the just released report on the UC Davis Pepper Spray Incident</a></p> <script src="http://static.extension.fm/exfm.js" type="text/javascript"></script>http://subversivesoapbox.com/post/20987187401http://subversivesoapbox.com/post/20987187401Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:34:50 -0700occupyUCDavisOccupy UCpepper spraycopspepper spraying copynfb<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2a41nS5Al1qat9xfo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://motherjones.tumblr.com/post/20855329805/this-is-a-screen-shot-from-a-nasa-video" target="_blank">motherjones</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>This is a screen shot from a NASA video showing</span><span><a href="http://motherjones.com/blue-marble/2012/04/cryosphere-global-warming" target="_blank"> dwindling perennial Arctic sea ice from 1980 to 2012</a>.</span></p> </blockquote>http://subversivesoapbox.com/post/20878807951http://subversivesoapbox.com/post/20878807951Tue, 10 Apr 2012 18:39:24 -0700global warmingclimate changegraphsynfbhttp://subversivesoapbox.com/post/20871569498http://subversivesoapbox.com/post/20871569498Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:02:47 -0700Rick Santorumreproductive freedomabortionfunnyynfb<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/vp/46973330#46973330">Rachel Maddow: Michigan GOP circumvents democracy with shady vote corner-cutting</a>: <p>So…looks like Republicans have done away with democracy in Michigan. That’s ok, we weren’t using it.</p>http://subversivesoapbox.com/post/20682078254http://subversivesoapbox.com/post/20682078254Sat, 07 Apr 2012 17:20:26 -0700democracyRepublicansRachel Maddowynfb