Civil Liberties

Occupy protestors march down South Road

Jeff Miles — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:35:26 -0600

The CVS/Norlina building at Greensboro & Weaver Streets in Carrboro has been occupied

Ruby Sinreich — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:55:36 -0600

Building Occupied! - blog post from triANARCHY

BrianR — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:49:21 -0600

carrborocommune Livestream - live audio broadcast from inside CVS building

BrianR — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:43:55 -0600

Phone Banking Against Amendment 1

Jake Gellar-Goad — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:46:12 -0600

This landed in my inbox earlier today from the Orange County Democratic Party:

"Phone Banking Against Amendment 1

The Coalition to Protect All N.C. Families will be conducting a phone bank at the offices of the Orange County Democratic Party (209 Lloyd Street, Suite 310, Carrboro) in order to identify our supporters, i.e. those who want to defeat Amendment 1. We will be in the office from 7pm to 9pm on Wednesday, February 1st. We hope that you will join us in educating NC and defeating Amendment 1."

The "Marriage" Amendment and the Jewish Community

Ruby Sinreich — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:51:06 -0600

From chkehilla.org:

The "Marriage" Amendment and the Jewish Community. Sun., Feb. 5, 10-11:30 a.m., Chapel. A discussion about the proposed constitutional amendment to limit LGBT and other relationships in North Carolina. Presentation by Dr. Maxine Eichner on the meaning of the proposed constitutional amendment and its potential effects on gay couples and non-married opposite sex couples.

Race to the Ballot - Chapel Hill

Damon Seils — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:08:07 -0600

Race to the Ballot, a statewide campaign to raise awareness of the effects of Amendment One, the current hate campaign against gay and lesbian North Carolinians, will arrive in Chapel Hill on February 16.

Maybe Corporate Personhood is a Good Thing ... ??

Geoff Gilson — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:00:23 -0600

No, no, really (he says, doing his very best, over-the-top, under-the-weather Ricky Gervais). Bear with me for a sec. If those who advocate for corporations to be persons (*cough* *hack* -- the 1%) follow through consistently with their political beliefs (granted, with Gingrich and Romney as standard-bearers, not very likely – but this is my satirical piece, so let me finish) …

Anyways, if corporations are persons (especially those megadeath Wall Street banks), then it follows (a la Tea Party Republicans in Mississippi) that they are persons from the point of their conception.

Now, bearing in mind that it can take years, if not decades, for corporations to be incorporated (and, therefore, start to pay taxes), long after they have been conceived, I would say that most of America’s corporations (keep thinking, megadeath Wall Street banks) owe gazillions in back taxes. Cha ching!

Open Letter to Town Council, Mayor, Manager, Chief of Police Regarding Yates Incident

Alex Kotch — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:46:08 -0600

At the Town Council meeting Monday night, I and many others felt frustrated, after issuing our statements and as the Council was deliberating, unable to respond to or correct the circuitous discussion between council members, Chief Blue, Mr. Stancil, Mayor Kleinschmidt, and Attorney Karpinos.

Town Manager's Memo on Yates Raid: What Controversy?

ethan — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:15:22 -0600

Two months later, Chapel Hill Town Manager Roger Stancil has published his memorandum to the Town Council, outlining his "conclusions, actions and recommendations" related to the occupation of and subsequent police raid at the Yates Motor Company building on W. Franklin St. last November. It's an impressively bland endorsement of paramilitary police action, largely devoid of content. Stancil wastes no time in reaching the conclusion you may have expected him to reach—that the police did everything right and nothing wrong—and that if anything needs to happen as a result of these events, it's that the CHPD should adopt a new media relations policy.