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Photo Credit: Brian Nguyen "An update on Joshua Clover and the Davis/Banker’s Dozen: Rejecting a plea deal for 80 hours of community service, calling the charges against them “a sham,” the group entered their not-guilty pleas (May 10th) in Yolo County Superior Court and now have a new court date set for June 1 at 8:30 a.m., with the legal assistance of San Francisco lawyer J. Tony Serra, who has defended both the Black Panthers and Hells Angels in the past, according to The New York Daily News."~Harriet Staff/poetryfoundation.org How to Help:

"We appreciate any and all support from our extended community. Help us to end the repression of political dissidence.

Donate to our legal fund.

Sign our petition.

Call, fax, or write the Yolo County D.A. and ask him to drop all charges.

Call or write Chancellor Katehi, demanding that she immediately cease the criminalization of protest on the Davis Campus.

Come support us at our arraignment on June 1st, 2012 (conflicting reports of 8:30am/1:30pm check with Yolo County Superior Court or watch for updates closer to the date of arraignment) Yolo County Superior Court, Dept. 9 213 Third Street Woodland, CA  95695 

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Like Davis Antirepression Crew on facebook to stay up to date."~DavisDozen.org

Photo Courtesy of: @DavisARcrew/Davis Antirepression Crew(facebook)

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On #M12 93,000 Californians lost extended unemployment benefits. #Occupy

One of the reasons Californians should still be Occupying, as if school tuition increases, locking up students and professors for protesting on campus, and police brutality weren't enough on May 12th 93,000 (according to CBS News) lost extended unemployment benefits. According to the US Bureau of labor (Feb 2012) almost 11% (That's about 4,147,000 people) of the entire state of California is unemployed. This number 11% is calculated by taking a sample of unemployed families every month across the nation and measuring the amount of change over time. To read more on how the US Gov. calculates unemployment and to try to make an educated decision on whether or not you think 11% is the actual number go here: Bureau of Labor Statistics.  Here is the article from CBS:  (CBS News) MERCED, Calif. - "A lot of Americans are still suffering from the investment disasters of 2008. Back then, Congress extended unemployment benefits to 99 weeks in many states -- but tomorrow, that extension ends and 236,000 Americans are about to get notices that the checks are over, as CBS News correspondent John Blackstone reports.

At the Community Action Agency in Merced, Brenda Callahan-Johnson is bracing for a flood of long-term unemployed seeking emergency food, housing and financial aid.

"A lot of these people are not going to know that they are not getting unemployment until they get the letter in the mail, and they're going to be scared," Callahan-Johnson told CBS News.

Tomorrow 93,000 Californians are losing extended unemployment benefits.

Callahan-Johnson told CBS News correspondent John Blackstone that she had never seen anything like this.

"In 19 years, I have never had this many cuts in unemployment at the same time," she explained.

In California's agricultural heartland, Merced is being hit hard by federal law that cuts extended benefits in states where unemployment has fallen. In the last year, California's rate has dropped from 11.9 percent to 11 percent. But, in Merced, it's 20 percent.

"Merced County is experiencing dire unemployment," Callahan-Johnson said.

While finding work in Merced is difficult, finding places where people used to work is easy. One plant, which made ladders, closed in October -- taking with it 140 jobs.

The closed Pepsi bottling factory once employed 40. Sixty people used to make parts for Toyota at another closed location." Continue reading: Thousands to lose long-term unemployment benefits, even where it remains sky-high

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"November 28th – In solidarity with UC Davis , UC Berkeley, CUNY Schools and all students who are defending their right to protest against rising tuition cost and out of control student debt. We ask you to STRIKE! No work, no school – please join together in a central area of your choosing and stand up against the VIOLENCE and SUPPRESSION that is happening in our schools.

Please abide by the Pledge of Non-Violence to Participate in the Student Strike:

We are an open, participatory, democratic, horizontal, peaceful, and nonviolent movement.

We are not a leaderless movement, we are a movement of leaders.

As a nonviolent movement, we have agreed to refrain from violence against any person, from carrying weapons, and from destruction of property.

We reject violence, including property destruction, because we recognize that it undermines popular support and discourages the broadest possible participation among the 99%.

We believe nonviolence promotes unity, strength of message, and an environment in which everyone’s voice might be heard.

We affirm that it is the personal responsibility of every individual participant in our movement to promote and maintain nonviolent discipline and to intervene to prevent violent action by anyone in our movement."~OccupyColleges (http://occupycolleges.org/all-student-general-strike-november-28-2011-2/) There is a running list of over 50 colleges that will be participating in this general strike tomorrow. #Solidarity

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"DAVIS, CA - The backlash from the UC Davis pepper spray incident is now impacting a Davis business owner who said he had nothing to do with the situation.

According to Jose Delgado, an unknown person has made more than 40 orders to his Domino's store, on the 2000 block of Lyndell Terrace. The person is requesting the orders be sent to a former residence of Lt. John Pike, the officer named in the pepper spraying of peaceful protesters at UC Davis on Friday. 

The first order was placed on Friday night around 9 p.m..  A Domino's worker delivered to the address provided, but a man answered the door and said he didn't order the pizza, Delgado said.

On Saturday, the same situation occurred. When more orders were placed on Sunday, Delgado realized the orders were fake and refused service.

A report was filed with the Davis Police on Tuesday. According to the report, the unknown person provides Lt. John Pike's personal cell phone number and Pike's phone number at the UC Davis Police Department when requesting the order. At least ten orders were made online on Tuesday, according to the incident report.

Delgado estimates he lost about $200 due to the fake pizza orders. He said he is disappointed and upset.

The fake orders continued through Wednesday."~News10/KXTV

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Yo! #Lt.Pike check out: California Penal Code Section: 12403.7 (a)(8)(g) #occupyUCD

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#OccupyUCD pepper spray outrage #n21 #OccupyDavis #occupyedu 1-"Chalk messages mark the spot where non-violent protestors were pepper-sprayed by police at an "Occupy UCD" rally on campus in Davis, California, November 21, 2011." REUTERS/Max Whittaker 2-"UC Davis students protest at an "Occupy UCD" rally on campus in Davis, California, November 21, 2011." REUTERS/Max Whittaker 3-"UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi (C) leaves an "Occupy UCD" rally on campus in Davis, California, November 21, 2011. " REUTERS/Max Whittaker 4-"UC Davis students re-establish their Occupy encampment on campus in Davis, California, November 21, 2011." REUTERS/Max Whittaker 5-"UC Davis students protest at an "Occupy UCD" rally on campus in Davis, California, November 21, 2011." REUTERS/Max Whittaker 6-"UC Davis students hold up posters with various slogans during an "Occupy UCD" rally on campus in Davis, California, November 21, 2011." REUTERS/Max Whittaker 7-"UC Davis students protest at an "Occupy UCD" rally on campus in Davis, California November 21, 2011." REUTERS/Max Whittaker

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There's a tumblr for the pepper-spraying cop!

The hot #OccupyWallSt news of last week was this video of a cop, just hangin' out, pepper-spraying UC Davis students en masse the way you'd distractedly spritz Raid under the fridge.

If you hadn't heard of it, now there'll be no excuse: the act's become a meme featuring the cop coolly pepper-spraying his way through history, art and pop culture, like Quantum Leap for an evil cult that hates eyes. So you can enjoy all the magic in one go, here's the Tumblr: Pepper Spraying Cop.

A few favourites for the road (HIGH FIVE FOR THE WHERE'S WALDO ONE, I hate that guy*):

Via @gassho.

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*While poring over a Where's Waldo? book in childhood, and over a typical moment of frustration, it suddenly occurred to me that Waldo would be a really crappy friend. He'd take you to crowded, unfamiliar and random places, then hide. Feeling betrayed, I quickly relinquished the search. Someone worth loving would never put you through that.

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"It all becomes a meme in the end." -- Abraham Lincoln