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Oversight Board Reviews New Fiscal Plan for Puerto Rico

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/23/2018 - 16:06

Puerto Rico's oversight board reviews a new plan on economic growth and debt payments to the island's creditors in San Juan today.

Elections/Legislation/Government
Labor/Economics/Business

Stop Police Terror Project marches on National Day of Protest Against Police Brutality

Submitted by Luke on Tue, 10/23/2018 - 02:09

On the 22nd of October, the National Day of Protest Against Police Brutality, the Stop Police Terror Project and Black Lives Matter-DC marched against Mayor Bowser's "Resume Raiser" event hoping to catch her there, and then against the brand-new National Law Enforcement Museum. Mayor Bowser scuttled out the back door and escaped from her own event as Black Lives Matter spoke in front of the front door.

Video of the march on Mayor Bowser's event and the National Law Enforcement Museum

Police/Legal/Prisons
Race/Racism

Black Lives Matter at the National Law Enforcement Museum

Reportback from Women's March on the Pentagon

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 10/21/2018 - 22:10

The 21st of October featured Cindy Sheehan's Women's March on the Pentagon. Protesters assembled outside the Pentagon City shopping mall, and set off chanting "out of the shopping malls and into the streets." The march wound under the highway and through the streets around the Pentagon before finally ending in one of the Pentagon parking lots.

Video highlights of the march 2 min 16 sec

Anti-War/Peace

Protest remembering murdered Trans Women Marches into Columbia Heights restaurants

Submitted by Luke on Sat, 10/20/2018 - 17:33

On the 19th of October, Transgender activists and their allies gathered at the Columbia Heights Metro and marched into a variety of area restaurants. The protest was on behalf of the shocking number of transgender people who have been murdered, and focussed on the case of Jennefer Laude, a Filipina transgender woman who was murdered by a US Marine who claimed "self-defense" for strangling her to death after finding she was transgender.

The protest visited Chipotle, Starbucks, a branch of the notoriously homophobic Chick-Fil-A chain, and Z-Burger. Not surprisinly the worst issues with threats from staff were at Chick-Fil-A.

Video from all four stops of the protest for murdered trans women

Gender/Sexuality/Identity

Fists up for murdered transgender folks at Chipotle

The Shortwave Report 10/19/18 Listen Globally!

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/18/2018 - 19:31

Dear Radio Friend,     This week's show features stories from NHK World Radio Japan, Radio Havana Cuba, and Radio Deutsche-Welle.  http://www.outfarpress.com/swr181019.mp3        From JAPAN- The governor of Okinawa denounced the central government for pushing through the location of a new US military base. A Tokyo criminal court is questioning three former TEPCO executives concerning negligence before and during the nuclear accident at Fukushima in 2011.

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Iraq/Afghanistan
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