Fighting back for Trayvon Martin

[blake 3:17]

Lots of actions being planned. Please post announcements or reports!

A link to a petition from the NAACP and MoveOn : http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/open-a-civil-rights-case.fb28?source=s.fb&r_by=564872

[Jimmie Higgins]

California East Bay: 4pm on Sunday - Downtown, Oscar Grant Plaza. Haven't heard about anything in S.F. yet, but I'm sure there will be something there too.

[bcbm]

hoodie rally in madison, wi: https://www.facebook.com/events/490185657728508/

justice for trayvon rally in milwaukee, wi: https://www.facebook.com/events/693789653981163/

[MarxArchist]

California East Bay: 4pm on Sunday - Downtown, Oscar Grant Plaza. Haven't heard about anything in S.F. yet, but I'm sure there will be something there too.

I'm sure McDonald's will board up it's windows this time. I haven't had time to put my ear to the ground yet but as of now, at 1:40 in the morning, I don't think the same amount of anger is here as we had from the Oscar Grant case. I may be wrong.

[blake 3:17]

A map of actions across the US: http://bodywithout.org/justicefortrayvon/justicefortrayvon.html

[blake 3:17]

Vigil tonight in Toronto by the Don Jail: www.facebook.com/events/566125440093227/

[Fawkes]

Here (nyc) there's something going on in Union Square at 2 then a bigger rally there again at 6.

[B5C]

Seattle:
6:00PM 7/14/2013 at Westlake, 4th and Pine.

https://www.facebook.com/events/208132129342937/

[Ele'ill]

several actions planned in portland

[blackstone]

Actions on Wednesday, July 17th. Please repost.

Albuquerque, NM: There will be a Candle Light Vigil at 7:00pm on Wednesday at the Bataan Park. Bring Your Own Candles!

Boston, MA: 7 - 8p. Community Circle Discussion Group: Supreme Court Decisions & the Trayvon Martin Trial Verdict. http://bit.ly/13tFt4K

Chicago, IL: Trayvon Martin Teach-In Wednesday at 7 pm. http://bit.ly/12DzWNC

Louisville, KY: 7p. Vigil/Balloon Release. Waterfront Park. http://bit.ly/1bHHN00

Montreal, Canada: A demonstration for Trayvon Martin is being held in Montreal on Wednesday night at 8 pm:http://on.fb.me/13L6urV

Orlando, FL: March for Trayvon WEDNESDAY AT 6 Lake Eola Park.

Raleigh, NC: 8:00p. Duke University East Campus near the Duke Statue.

Tallahassee, FL: Florida State University. Join us tomorrow as we blackout the union for Trayvon Martin, wear all black to Union Wednesday to show respect and support!

If you know of any, please let us know.

Please show solidarity support to each other's work. Let's keep the momentum going!

For Text Updates: text "united4racialjustice" to 23559

[Leftsolidarity]

There is a continuously updated list here:

http://peoplespowerassemblies.org/justice-for-trayvon-martin-actions/

[Sasha]

some stupid boneheads tried to provoke a "race"riot, they failed through the admirable restraint of the protesters:
VVDVPLFy91c

i would have kicked the fuckers all over the tarmac...

[Le Communiste]

An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind

[Sasha]

Rolling over and take it will leave us dead and the world hopeless.

[Rusty Shackleford]

There have been at least 4 demonstrations in the sacramento area since saturday now. one lpanned for this saturday as well.

[Ele'ill]

what are these protests doing

[Rusty Shackleford]

what are these protests doing

mobilizing people. if people say a bunch of random shit, people just just walk away with nothing though.

[Ele'ill]

mobilizing people. if people say a bunch of random shit, people just just walk away with nothing though.

mobilizing people to do what

[Rusty Shackleford]

mobilizing people to do what


get organized, or at least active.

its not some major existential question that cannot possibly be answered in any way. getting people to do shit increases the likelihood more people will do shit.

fuck fatalism and spontaneity is a dream.



people are owning this. providing a medium to own it is only a good thing.


maybe im being a bit too coarse here though.

[Ele'ill]

get organized, or at least active

I don't think either of these happen, not in a meaningful sense anyways

[Le Libérer]

My view from the podium today at the Justice for Trayvon rally. Over 400 people attended.
http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g17/tmt45z9/trayvon_zps1703787b.jpg

18 months ago, a Confederate Flag flew from the monument. We have much work to do.

[Rusty Shackleford]

I don't think either of these happen, not in a meaningful sense anyways

baby steps.

[Ele'ill]

baby steps.

it just appears to be an endless amount of baby steps



also then there is this that imo is poorly timed, maybe not I dunno, but most folks have at least mostly resorted back to their daily activities this seems like mostly a passive aggressive after the fact retort whispered under the breath that some folks somewhere specific will carry out which is where it will remain

http://pugetsoundanarchists.org/content/726-call-block-everything-trayvon-highways-bridges-ports-trains


7/26: Call to Block Everything for Trayvon: Highways, Bridges, Ports, Trains

Sun, 07/21/2013 - 7:13pm

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From: #Block4Trayvon (https://block4trayvon.wordpress.com/about/)
The Zimmerman verdict reminds us that in the United States Black life is given no value by the forces of law, order, and property. While #hoodiesup shows a historical force drawn up in opposition, the direction of the protests is still uncertain. Some demonstrators call for a federal civil rights suit, while others draw attention to the larger structural oppression faced by black and poor people. Some want to stay focused on a single vigilante, while others draw the connection to Oscar Grant, Sean Bell, Amadou Diallo, and Rodney King. Some want to ignore the institution of the police, while the rest of us know that Zimmerman is a wannabe cop, and that every cop is a wannabe Zimmerman.
https://block4trayvon.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/cropped-b4theader1.jpg
Leaders urge peace, calm, and obedience. But even if peaceful rallies result in a federal suit against Zimmerman, will that change what brought us into the streets in the first place? Do we mean it when we say, “Never Again”? What would it take to actually stop all this misery?
Every movement that’s ever meant anything has given itself the means to disrupt daily life. If there is a common thread that runs through Civil Rights to Black Power, this is it. The simple question is how to become a force. Moments of disruption teach us new ways to relate to each other and our cities. Most importantly, they teach us that we are powerful. A determined people doesn’t have to rely on wannabe cops or politicians. That’s why the cowards caution us to obey the law over the call in our hearts. They know this—and it terrifies them.
“I’m not shocked, I’m outraged.” The murder of a black teen is not the exception, but the norm; we are coming to fists with normal life in America. Hence, #hoodiesup must disrupt the places that sustain this normal: cities, highways, trains, ports, social media—all the flows that compose the false harmony of America. The sit-ins in Pittsburgh and Florida, the marches blocking streets around the country, the highway takeovers in Oakland, LA, and Houston, all share a wisdom: every place that politics and commerce carry on as if nothing has happened is ripe for disruption. Block everything!
Friday, 7/26 | Everywhere | #Block4Trayvon
Highways, Bridges, Ports, Trains
#Block4Trayvon

[RedBen]

some stupid boneheads tried to provoke a "race"riot, they failed through the admirable restraint of the protesters:
VVDVPLFy91c

i would have kicked the fuckers all over the tarmac...
thank you for calling them boneheads.