On the 14th of October, over 350 people participated in "Hands Across the Potomac, a protest against TransCanada's proposed Potomac Pipeline for fracked gas. After assembling in Shepherdstown, W Va for speakers, protesters marched onto the Rumsey Bridge over the Potomac, lining the downstream rail from W Va to MD.
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Trump tax cut speech for Heritage Foundation draws protest, "Tax Chicken" On the 17th of October, Donald Trump gave a speech for the Heritage Foundation at the Marriot at 901 Mass Ave. Organizers of the April 15th Tax March set up the "Tax Chicken" in the adjacent park, then they and other protesters marched onto the sidewalk where Heritage members and Trump supporters were filing in.
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Protesters lined Rumsey Bridge from shore to shore
VICTORY! Bolsonaro cancelled his appearance before this mobilization had to occur
On the 13th of October,extreme-right Brazilian congressman Jair Bolsonaro was forced to cancel his planned appearance at George Washington University after students began mobilizing against him. He is a far-right fascist planning to run for President of Brazil. In a recent scandal Bolsonaro called for the execution by firing squad of the curators of an LGBTQ art exhibit.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (Oct. 12, 2017) – The heavily armed private militias and alt-right groups that converged on Charlottesville during the August 12 “Unite the Right” rally engaged in highly coordinated and unlawful paramilitary activity that transformed the city into a virtual combat zone, a suit filed today claims.
A protester gets inside the Sheraton where the 4th round of NAFTA renegotiation talks are being held(photo by Flush the TPP)
On the 11th of October, the 4th round of NAFTA renegotiation talks opened at the Pentagon City Sheraton in Virginia. Outside, protesters demanded NAFTA be scrapped instead, and a banner across the street read "Fix it or Nix it. Similar posters appeared all over Capitol Hill and around the IMF and World Bank, which meet Oct 13-15.
Assembling in front of ICE to protest Trump's so-called "safe city" raids and terror
In the last week of September, ICE and Trump brazenly declared war on sanctuary cites such as DC, sending ICE to raid homes and detain over 450 people. Fourteen were taken by these terrorists here in DC. On Oct 4, immigrants and supporters marched from ICE headquarters to the Wilson Building to demand that Mayor Bowser take action to prevent further raids. So far she has been silent on this assault immigrant communities.
On the 3rd of October, Well Fargo CEO Tim Sloan had to face the music, testifying in front of the Senate Banking Committee about the fraudulent loans and unauthorized accounts Wells Fargo opened in the names of unknowing account holders. Meanwhile, protesters from DC Reinvest were outside calling out Wells Fargo for other offenses such as funding gentrification, pipelines and private prisons.
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Video clips from Richard Spencer's own Periscope clearly show MPD escorting the NazisOn the 7th of October, Richard Spencer's crew of neo-Nazis assembled at the Jefferson Memorial in DC before boarding what were reported as "four white Enterprise rental vans" for a return trip to Charlottesville, VA-and another torchlight march. Tourists heckled the Nazis at the Jefferson Memorial.
Photo by Code Pink
On Oct 5, Code Pink protested outside the Embassy of Saudi Arabia. A year ago on the same date, 140 people were killed and 500 wounded by the Saudis when they bombed a funeral in Yemen.
Code Pink posted this report:
A "Fuck off Kerkhoff" sticker at 12th and I sts in front of the Starbucks
Stickers condemning Jennifer Kerkhoff have appeared in a number of places around DC. She is the vicious prosecutor seeking to imprison 194 remaining DisruptJ20 defendents for 75 years each, and is responsible for Dane Powell having been in jail since July.
On September 15, 2017 at 10:45 in the morning, Officer Robert Choyce of the Prince William County Police Department fatally shot 15 year old Rubin Urbina yielding a crowbar. Choyce fired his weapon twice, striking Rubin in the chest both times.
According to reports, Rubin had called the police on himself as he was struggling with a psychotic episode.When the police arrived, they ordered Rubin to drop a crowbar. 15 year old Rubin did not comply. The police then shot him. Rubin died on the scene.
Inaugural People’s Congress of Resistance
Reposted from People's Congress of ResistanceOn Sept. 16-17, the People’s Congress of Resistance movement was inaugurated with a mass convening of grassroots organizers and frontline resistors at Howard University.
