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danps commented on the diary post Shalersville speaks out against fracking by danps.
Thanks for the kind words, HotFlash! We’re not really set up for help at the moment, and what we need is sustained focus on the issue. So keep informed, and maybe drop some encouragement in the comments at SAF from time to time.
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danps wrote a new diary post: Shalersville speaks out against fracking
On Tuesday a group of Shalersville, Ohio residents attended a meeting of its trustees to voice their objections to fracking. Video of all the statements can be seen at the Shalersville No Fracking web site. There was a three minute speaking limit so the clips are short. (If you cannot watch video where you are, this is a rough transcript [...]
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danps commented on the diary post Home rule goes up against the fracking industry – and the political system by danps.
Please send me an email to dan at pruningshears dot us if you’re willing to be a resource in this effort. I think your legal knowledge on this issue (and in general) would be a huge help!
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danps commented on the diary post Home rule goes up against the fracking industry – and the political system by danps.
That’s the whole other post part of “While a sympathetic judge might well go along with them – and that’s a whole other post” Ohio has home rule written into its Constitution, which may provide a protection PA lacks. I guess we’ll see. If it turns out to not be the case, then civil disobedience [...]
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danps commented on the diary post Home rule goes up against the fracking industry – and the political system by danps.
Yes, Ohio. Thanks for stopping by to comment!
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danps commented on the diary post Home rule goes up against the fracking industry – and the political system by danps.
Shooter, you’ve kind of missed the point of the essay. Assume we like being poor; shouldn’t that be our right? Are we allowed to make decisions on our own or do we have to have the state forcing this on us? As for the money and jobs argument, I’d like to see some documentation – particularly [...]
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danps commented on the diary post Home rule goes up against the fracking industry – and the political system by danps.
Absolutely. Not sure about PA, but home rule is in the Ohio Constitution (in letter if increasingly not in spirit). It got put in there in 1912 along with some other good stuff.
Activists a century ago left us a pretty great inheritance. I hope we can live up to their example.
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danps wrote a new diary post: Home rule goes up against the fracking industry – and the political system
No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this post The fight against fracking in Ohio comes at a time when the state is approving new wells at a rapid pace . Local activists are organizing in an environment where the ground is constantly shifting under their feet – sometimes literally.Anti-fracking activism has been influenced by developments both [...] -
danps commented on the diary post Keeping 1 percent values out of a 99 percent movement by danps.
One of the reason we starting writing on this topic back in February was because we saw violence advocates getting traction with their “diversity of tactics” nonsense and we wanted to start making the case against it before the spring. We were thinking more of the May G8/NATO meetings then scheduled for Chicago, but in general [...]
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danps commented on the diary post Keeping 1 percent values out of a 99 percent movement by danps.
Thanks very much Janet!
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danps commented on the diary post Keeping 1 percent values out of a 99 percent movement by danps.
Thanks much for the kind words, Wendy!
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danps commented on the diary post Keeping 1 percent values out of a 99 percent movement by danps.
Thanks!
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danps wrote a new diary post: Keeping 1 percent values out of a 99 percent movement
This was published with considerable feedback from affinis, JuliaWilliams, okanogen and lambert. My sincere thanks to them for their help. The purge of livestreamers and other transparency advocates at Occupy Oakland has been largely successful, and last weekend produced one of its predictable results. At the weekly Fuck the Police march there was a huge spike in vandalism ( http://bit.ly/HCWm6z | GönzÖakland" href="http://twitter.com/GonzOakland/status/186607450785447936">via) over previous ones, [...]
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danps commented on the diary post How disorganization is damaging Occupy by danps.
Thanks Wendy. There’s some great comments in the cross post here.
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danps commented on the diary post How disorganization is damaging Occupy by danps.
Thanks much for the kind words, John.
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danps commented on the diary post How disorganization is damaging Occupy by danps.
Well, I was trying to give the most generous possible interpretation. And, well, at one of my cross posts there wasn’t much generosity perceived. Kind of became a bit of a shitstorm, actually.
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danps wrote a new diary post: How disorganization is damaging Occupy
This was published with considerable feedback from affinis, Jasper, JuliaWilliams and lambert. My sincere thanks to them for their help. A few weeks ago Occupy Oakland (OO) began to emphasize secrecy (or security culture) over transparency, which resulted in livestreamers being attacked as snitches or quasi-authorities. In addition, large group of transparency advocates have been ostracized as racists with little or no due process. The [...]
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danps commented on the diary post Provocateur tactics and the subversion of Occupy by danps.
Dissed by who?
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danps commented on the diary post Provocateur tactics and the subversion of Occupy by danps.
If you were to try to craft a 200 or so word mission statement type thing outlining the harassment you experienced and what kind of steps could be taken to prevent it (or reduce its incidence), how would you put it? I think the first hand experience of folks like you is really important, and [...]
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danps commented on the diary post Provocateur tactics and the subversion of Occupy by danps.
Thanks for the rec and the feedback, HFC. I understand why you’re put off of OO at the moment, but I hope you feel the impulse to go back. We need folks willing to stand up to that kind of bullying and not be cowed by it, and we also need to figure out effective [...]
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