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Solidarity protest held for J20 defendents at DC Superior Court

Submitted by Luke on Mon, 11/27/2017 - 17:40

On the 27th of November, a protest was held outside DC Superior Court in soiidarity with J20 (Inauguration protest) defendents facing up to 65 years in prison. One message of the protest was that "a vote to convict is a vote for Trump" driven home by a chant. It has also come out that police already had decided to carry out the mass arrest prior to the march ever leaving Logan Circle.

Video highlights of the J20 solidarity protest

Police/Legal/Prisons

Fur Free Friday: Finnish Embassy gets protest against breeding oversize foxes for fur trade

Submitted by Luke on Fri, 11/24/2017 - 18:33

Nov 24, Black Friday was also Fur-Free Friday this year. Here in DC, animal rights activists descended on the Finnish Embassy, demanding an end to a breeding program to produce foxes up to 5 times their normal body weight for the fur trade. These "Frankenfoxes" can barely stand or move due to their excessive weight, but the fur industry cares for nothing but profits.

Video overview of the protest at the Finnish Embassy

Animal Rights

Anti Keystone XL activists visit Wells Fargo branches on Black Friday

Submitted by Luke on Fri, 11/24/2017 - 18:11

On Black Friday, the 24th of November, activists from Climate First! visited two local branches of Wells Fargo. They were there to deliver letters to management asking that Wells Fargo divest from the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.

Environment/Food/Health

The Shortwave Report 11/24/17 Listen Globally!

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/23/2017 - 19:54

Dear Radio Friend,             The latest Shortwave Report (November 24) is up at the website http://www.outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml  in 3 forms- (new) HIGHEST QUALITY (160kb)(33MB), broadcast quality (13MB), and quickdownload or streaming form (6MB) (28:59) Links at page bottom   (If you have access to Audioport there is a highest quality version posted up there {33MB} 

Elections/Legislation/Government
Environment/Food/Health
Foreign Policy/Imperialism
Iraq/Afghanistan
Media
Military/Weapons
World Uprisings

FCC to end net neutrality,DC protests coming Dec 7 at Verizon stores

Submitted by Luke on Wed, 11/22/2017 - 14:24

FCC Chairman Agit Pai has announced plans to revoke net neutrality protections as early as December this year. Once this takes place, ISP's will be able to block popular websites unless people pay for "social upgrades," "media upgrades," "entertainment upgrades," etc. With Cable TV subscriptions plummeting, Big Cable and Big Telcos are keen to apply that business model to the Internet. As usual, Tor will defeat their blocking.

Protests at Verizon stores will begin on Dec 7, including two stores here in DC

Science/Technology

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