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Underground resistance fighters sabotage built sections of Dakota Access Pipeline

Submitted by Luke on Mon, 03/27/2017 - 13:40

On the 21st of March, RT Today reported that two sections of the partially-built Dakota Access pipeline had been disabled by warriors who appeared to be using cutting torches. In one place a hole was cut in the pipe, and a safety valve was melted down in another location. Energy Transfer Partners is whining about "coordinated physical attacks" as direct action ramps up.

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Surviving DC Cherry blossoms out after half killed by chaotic climate

Submitted by Luke on Sun, 03/26/2017 - 00:38

The warm February and early March in DC this year was followed by snowflakes and a hard freeze just four days before the cherry blossoms were forecast to peak(70% bloom). Those blossoms that were the earliest to open (about half) were killed by the cold and many of these still hang from the trees after turning brown. The other half were not so far along, survived, and are not open. This video shot March 25, the day the blossoms were said to reach peak this year.

Video shot from moving bike of cherry blossoms around Haines Point

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Submitted by outfarpress on Thu, 03/23/2017 - 19:50
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Anti-Trumpcare/anti-ICE marchers take to streets as Trumpcare vote delayed

Submitted by Luke on Thu, 03/23/2017 - 15:43

Update 3-23 4:30PM: House of Representatives puts off Trumpcare vote due to not enough votes to pass bill.

On the 23ed of March, protesters marched on Penn Ave as Congress prepared to vote on "Trumpcare" also known as the AHCA. After a die-in at Trump Hotel protesters marched on the White House. Some then took over the sidewalk in front of the White House in what may be the first civil disobedience at the White House in Trump's term.

Video compilation showing the events at Trump Hotel, the march and a bit of the CD

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Photo by Alejandro Alvarez

DC Residents protest, close Wells Fargo accounts on eve of DC DAPL divestment bill

Submitted by Luke on Mon, 03/20/2017 - 22:44

On the 20th of March, two DC residents closed their accounts with Wells Fargo over the bank's investments in the Dakota Access Pipeline and other socially irresponsible investments such as private prisons. A protest outside the bank supported them. A bill directing the DC government to divest their about $2 billion in accounts with Wells Fargo was scheduled to be introduced the following day, March 21 and this protest was in part to suppport this DC Divest campaign.

Related: Netherlands-based ING Bank sells off entire stake in DAPL

Video from the DAPL protest and account closing event at Wells Fargo

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Submitted by outfarpress on Thu, 03/16/2017 - 19:44
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13 arrested in Annapolis fracking protest

Submitted by Luke on Thu, 03/16/2017 - 14:50

On the 16th of March, 13 anti-fracking activists were arrested in front of the MD statehouse as they demanded the Senate pass a statewide, permanent ban on gas fracking. The bill has passed the House of Delegates by a veto-proof margin, but state Sen Mike Miller is reportedly sitting on the bill in the Senate. In addition, state Sen. Joan Carter Conway is suspected of planning to keep it off the agenda in committee

Video of protesters singing in front of the State House originally posted to Twitter by Chesapeake Climate Action Network

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A Food and Water Watch activist is arrested in front of the MD statehouse at a protest for the proposed statewide gas fracking ban

Native Nations Rising march erects tipi at Trump Hotel, marches on White House

Submitted by Luke on Fri, 03/10/2017 - 18:34

Update 3-15:San Francisco divests $1.2B from pipeline banks and funders

On the 10th of March, the Standing Rock Sioux backed by thousands of Native Americans and allies from all over Turtle Island marched from the US Army Corps of Engineers to the White House. The youth led the march, carrying tipi poles. At Trump Hotel they advanced onto the sidewalk and set up a full size, traditional tipi right in front of the hotel.

Video of the march featuring the tipi raising at Trump Hotel(4 min 10 sec)

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Raising the tipi at Trump Hotel

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FOX News runs vicious hatchet job on Native Nations Rising encampment against DAPL on Mall

Submitted by Luke on Thu, 03/09/2017 - 13:30

Update March 15:FOX Reporter Marina Maracco was identified on March 9 by Black Lives Matter activists as the person behind this sorry excuse for a news report. Activists demand FOX fire Maracco, no response as of 3-15.

On the 8th of March, FOX 5 News ran a slanderous hatchet job of a story about the Native Nations Rising camp on the Mall behind the White House. They mixed the story about Tipis behind the White House and the Dakota Access Pipeline with old B-roll from the Inauguration showing burning trash cans and riot cops, then ran interviews where protesters were criticized for not knowing irrelevant facts, like states other than North Dakota where the Dakota Access Pipeline passes or its exact length (1172 miles).

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