Newswire

Embassy of Venezuala goes carbon-neutral as US cuts power, water

Submitted by Luke on Thu, 05/09/2019 - 15:20

With PEPCO having cut off electrical service to the Embassy of Venezuala, Venezuala now has the world's first carbon-neutral embassy right here in Washington DC. The Embassy Protection Collective says they have once again made lemonade from lemons.

Environment/Food/Health
Foreign Policy/Imperialism

Photo by Pronouns are Yankee/go/home @queeralamode

Big May DC Bike Party takes to the streets

Submitted by Luke on Thu, 05/09/2019 - 14:49

On the 8th of May, another DC Bike Party took to the streets. As is often the case for May this was a big ride with hundreds of riders participating. The DC Bike Party departs from Dupont Circle on the second Wednesday of each month April-Dec.

HD video-DC Bike Party May 2019 4 min 41 sec

Culture/Entertainment

DontMuteDC holds another huge go-go at 14th and U

Submitted by Luke on Thu, 05/09/2019 - 14:21

On the 7th of May, another #DontMuteDC go-go night took over the streets at 14th and U. This one may have been the largest yet based on videos shot from the air.

Video from a rooftop or drone supporting estimate of 3,000 participants 28 sec

Culture/Entertainment
Housing/urban Issues/Gentrification
Local News/Neighborhoods

Coup supporters beat and choke activist attempting food delivery to beseiged Embassy of Venezuala, power cut off

Submitted by Luke on Wed, 05/08/2019 - 17:36

Early morning on the 8th of May, activists supporting the Embassy Protection Collective attempted to deliver food to the besieged defenders of the Embassy of Venezuala. Supporters of US backed, self-declared Venezualan "President" Juan Guaido and his failed coup attempt beat and choked at least one of the activists trying to deliver food. They also used bright lights in an attempt to block anyone from getting video or photos of their violence.

Video from ground level of assault originally posted to Twitter by Max Blumenthal 47 sec

Update May 8: Power cut off to Embassy, Secret Service and utility workers seen entering manholes, raising fears that water would be cut off too. Several arrests of supporters outside. The US does to the embassy what they do to Venezuala

Foreign Policy/Imperialism

VOICES Coalition sets up pipeline octopus on Mall

Submitted by Luke on Wed, 05/08/2019 - 15:23

On the 6th of May, the VOICES coalition set up an "octopus" of mock fracked gas pipelines on the Mall near 3rd st NW and Madison Drive NW. The pipelines symbolize FERC's abuses of power such as approving eminent domain for private gain and totally ignoring both climate and local impacts of fracking and pipelines.

Video showing the entire pipeline octopus 58 sec

Environment/Food/Health

Pages

Newswire

more