(E&EGreenWire) – After the news conference, and as diplomats gathered for the climate conference president’s assessment of how close countries are to agreement, Monckton quietly slipped into the seat reserved for the delegation of Myanmar and clicked the button to speak. Read the rest of this entry »

(Aljazeera) – UN climate summit gets ‘occupy’ warning

S Africa police not to tolerate “criminal acts” as activists demanding “climate justice” gear up for protest in Durban Read More Here

(Guardian) – The shocking truth about the crackdown on Occupy

The violent police assaults across the US are no coincidence. Occupy has touched the third rail of our political class’s venality Read More Here

(ABCNews) – What to Do If You Get Pepper Sprayed

“It’s quite painful and the [intense burning] can last a while,” said Robert J. Kaminski, an associate professor in the department of criminology and criminal justice at the University of South Carolina. Read More Here

(Aljazeera) – Pepper spray nation

With most of the UC board of regents being in the 1%, student demonstrators should expect more police brutality. Read More Here

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