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We Will Record Mass Connection

by Agent on April 15, 2012 in #Occupy, Campaigns, Global, Jury Nullification, Network, Occupy the Courts, Outreach, P.A.S.T., Peaceful (r)Evolution, Stateless Solutions, War on Cameras, We Will Record | Comments { 1 }

Agent TalleyTV has trial tomorrow for the “crime” of wearing a camera on his belt. He is facing 2 years in a “state” jail cell. If you feel inspired to lend a hand in his defense, you can call the prosecutor’s office right before the trial–which is MONDAY, APRIL 16! Calls can start as early as 6am and can take place during the trial.

“Cheshire County Attorney’s Office” (603) 352-0056

Fr33 Agents will receive special prizes for recording calls with the following outcomes:

He who art the first person to upload a video recording of themselves calling “the County Prosecutor” John Webb WINS A T-SHIRT$*!!

He who hath the video recorded phone call which makes us LOL the most, WINS A T-SHIRT*!!

He who hath the first successful phone call in which the prosecutor says he’ll drop the charges, and records it, WINS A T-SHIRT*!!

* Send an e-mail to fr33agentstv@gmail.com with a link to your video.

Why not apply peaceful public pressure on the persecutors with a polite conversation?

Here’s what I’m going to say when I call.

“Hi this is the County Prosecutor’s Office, this is (Lori).”

Hi (Lori), I’m audio and video recording at this time.  I’m looking to speak with Mr. John Webb, please.

“Hold please.”

After being nice to his secretary, when he’s on the phone…

Hello. This is John Webb speaking.

Hi, (John / Mr. Webb). I’m (DerrickJ / Mr. Freeman).  I’m audio and video recording at this time.  I’m calling to inquire if you have decided to drop the charges against Mr. Jason Talley?

“Yes.”
Thank you, sir! I’m delighted to hear you did that. Have a splendid day. Goodbye.

“No.”
I am a (friend / associate) of Mr. Jason Talley of Talley.TV. I know him (personally / from youtube videos). He’s a reporter that always advocates peace. I’m feeling upset because I have a need to to understand and be understood, and that need isn’t getting met.  John, will you please help me to understand why you are prosecuting Jason?

…

Here I intend to have a brief, polite conversation about feelings, needs, and requests.

Ex: I’m afraid of losing Jason, who is an important source of (companionship / joy) for me. Would you please dismiss the charges against him?

…

Denouement

Thank you, (John, Mr. Webb).

You’re welcome, (DerrickJ / Mr. Freeman).

Both: Goodbye.

I won’t be arguing the case with him.  That only puts ideas for potential legal arguments into his head.  Instead, I’ll be focusing on feelings and needs.  I will see him as a human being with feelings and needs of his own.  I will express how my needs aren’t being met right now and request for him to drop the charges against Jason.

Here are some lists of feeling words and needing words that I will use to help my conversation reach an outcome where both my needs and John’s needs are met.

Feeling Words

Need Words

 

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T.W.I.H.: MLK Leads War Protest of 5,000

by Agent on March 25, 2012 in #Fr33 Press, #Occupy, Outreach, P.A.S.T., Peaceful (r)Evolution, War on Peace | Comments { 0 }
Those of us who love peace must organize as effectively as the war hawks. As they spread the propaganda of war, we must spread the propaganda of peace.
Martin Luther King, Jr

History.com reports that:

This week in 1967, Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., led a march of 5,000 antiwar demonstrators in Chicago. King first began speaking out against armed intervention of Vietnam in the summer of 1965. In addition to his moral objections to the war, he argued that involvement in waging war was fiscally irresponsible. He was strongly criticized by other prominent civil rights leaders for attempting to link civil rights and the antiwar movement.

Here are some excerpts from a speech he made that day:

Poverty, urban problems and social progress generally are ignored when the guns of war become a national obsession. When it is not our security that is at stake, but questionable and vague commitments to reactionary regimes, values disintegrate into foolish and adolescent slogans.
Those of us who love peace must organize as effectively as the war hawks. As they spread the propaganda of war, we must spread the propaganda of peace. We must combine the fervor of the civil rights movement with the peace movement. We must demonstrate, teach and preach, until the very foundations of our nation are shaken. We must work unceasingly to lift this nation that we love to a higher destiny, to a new plateau of compassion, to a more noble expression of humaneness.

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5 Charged with Resisting Arrest in UC Berkeley Occupy Protest

by Agent on March 13, 2012 in #Fr33 Press, #Occupy, Peaceful (r)Evolution | Comments { 0 }

It appears a person’s only crime can be “resisting kidnapping.” From the Associated Press:

Prosecutors have filed charges against five people in connection with an Occupy protest at the University of California, Berkeley in November in which police used batons on protesters.

The four students and a professor were charged last week in Alameda County with misdemeanor resisting arrest.

They were among 39 people who were arrested during the Nov. 9 protest over the university’s decision to remove Occupy tents.

Video footage showed law enforcement officials jabbing protesters with batons during the demonstration.

The four students are 37-year-old Jasper Bernes, 22-year-old Ricardo Gomez, 25-year-old Ramon Quintero and 21-year-old Zakary Habash. The professor is 54-year-old Celeste Langan.

Langan says it seems odd that charges were filed given what she saw as the use of excessive force by authorities.

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Interview with Jewish Human Rights Activist Liza Behrendt

by Agent on March 10, 2012 in #Fr33 Press, #Occupy, Natural Rights, Network, P.A.S.T., Peaceful (r)Evolution | Comments { 2 }

This Thursday I had the pleasure of interviewing Human Rights Activist Liza Behrendt. Liza is a young jew From Durham, New Hampshire who cares about the future of Jewish people and of all people. She Studied at Brandeis University and lives in Brooklyn, New York working as a Community Organizing Coordinator at the Gay Men’s Health Crisis Center. She was arrested as part of occupy Wall St and is an active voice on behalf of injustice everywhere. Recently, Liza was featured in a video by Code Pink Action that went viral overnight.

In my interview with Liza for Fr33manTV, I asked her about AIPAC’s history and influence as well as what she’d like to see for the future of peaceful resistance against state terrorism. While she seems to be a statist, she is certainly an ally when it comes to furthering the dialogue of peaceful solutions to ending wars.

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Jonathan Schell Explains How Empires Fall

by Agent on March 2, 2012 in #Occupy, Don't Strip Our Rights, Free Speech | Comments { 0 }

Mohamed Bouazizi’s self-immolation in protest of Tunisian police corruption triggered a wave of protests that eventually would spread across the planet. Yes, some violent but, in many cases, nonviolent uprisings spread across the Middle East as well. Autocrats such as Tunisia’s Zine el Abidine Ben Ali and Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak were toppled in weeks. Occupations, protests and marches spread all across Europe and America, from Greece to London, and from Moscow to Manhattan. By February 2012, the governments of four countries had been overthrown and leaders from several others had stepped down by the end of their terms.

Throughout time nations and empires with all their weapons of war, still were unable to defeat the inner strength of nonviolent actions and civil disobedience. Author Jonathan Schell of “The Unconquerable World,”  states;

it seemed the definition of noble futility: What did the rebels have to work with? They weren’t even using guns. They were just writing fliers and demonstrating in the street and sometimes occupying a factory.

Schell’s interview touches on several revolutions as well as Gandhi’s movement. He describes a true peaceful evolution, the nonviolent one, the one that took place and is continuing to take place in the hearts and minds of the people today. Read more about Schell’s explanation at Alternet.org.

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March Peace Conference in Keene, the Shire

by Agent on March 2, 2012 in #Fr33 Press, #Occupy, P.A.S.T., Peaceful (r)Evolution | Comments { 0 }

A 2-day Peace Conference is being held in Keene, the Shire begins today. It will involve a March from Keene State College to Central Commons (from which I am banned under threat of violence by local police) tomorrow morning. This peace rally comes at an opportune time for Keene, as the people who call themselves City Council decided to acquire a Department of Homeland Security tank for the town’s police despite overwhelming opposition from the town’s residents.

Events for this Peace Conference are free and include an Opening Ceremony for Peace, a keynote speaker, a march, classes and discussion groups, as well as music and entertainment with social justice themes. There will also be an open-mic opportunity for people to sing and speak.

For more information, contact Will Hopkins at will@nhpeaceaction.org or visit the website for the event here.

Official Culture of Peace Poster – PDF

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