26 detenidos en el cuarto día de protesta contra los recortes en educación | Comunidad Valenciana La cuarta jornada de protestas estudiantiles en Valencia contra los recortes presupuestarios en educación se prolongó hasta bien pasada la medianoche en forma de una asamblea en la que participaron unas 300 personas. La cita tuvo lugar en la Facultad de Geografía e Historia, después de un día que se ha saldado con 26 detenidos, cinco de los cuales son menores, por parte de las fuerzas de seguridad que actuaron con mayor contundencia que en los días anteriores. La dureza de las cargas policiales ha provocado una cascada de críticas. Incluso la oposición ha pedido la comparecencia del ministro del Interior en el Congreso de los Diputados. Y mientras, la mecha de las movilizaciones ha prendido en las redes sociales, desde las que ya se han convocado movilizaciones en Madrid y Sevilla. Hubo 17 heridos leves, 11 de ellos agentes, según el balance policial de las 21.30 del lunes. La protesta de los institutos se trasladó a la Universidad. Testimonios sobrecogedores
Edward Murray: Occupy Vancouver Picks Up the Tab The media's latest attempt to undercut the message of Occupy movements all across the globe is by touting the "cost" of these protests. Many sources are reporting that Occupy movements are costing cities hundreds of thousands of dollars in police overtime because apparently it takes an entire precinct to make sure that 50 people don't sleep through the night. When an internal city memorandum stated that Occupy Vancouver had cost its city nearly a million dollars in taxpayer money, the organizers did something brilliant: they broke down the cost of what they were doing for the city of Vancouver. Referencing a recent press release from the Occupy Vancouver Communications Committee, activist Eric Hamilton-Smith noted "...over 37,000 meals were served, $672,000 of primary medical care was provided, and 30 people were housed for 37 days at a time when beds at primary shelters were not available." This is absolutely brilliant, and I suggest that all other Occupy movements take note of this.
Occupy Wall Street's 'occucopter' – who's watching whom? | Noel Sharkey and Sarah Knuckey The police may soon be watching you in your garden picking your vegetables or your bottom. As police plans for increasing unmanned aerial surveillance take shape, there is a new twist. Private citizens can now buy their own surveillance drones to watch the police. This week in New York, Occupy Wall Street protesters have a new toy to help them expose potentially dubious actions of the New York police department. In response to constant police surveillance, police violence and thousands of arrests, Occupy Wall Street protesters and legal observers have been turning their cameras back on the police. But police have sometimes made filming difficult through physical obstruction and "frozen zones". Now the protesters are fighting back with their own surveillance drone. Pool is attempting to police-proof the device: "We are trying to get a stable live feed so you can have 50 people controlling it in series. This is clever stuff and it doesn't stop there.