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Code Pink disrupts GOP party celebrating takeover of Congress

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 01/06/2015 - 23:22

On the 6th of January, Code Pink lampooned and significantly disrupted a GOP dinner celebrating their takeover of both houses of Congress staged by the " Republican Jewish Coalition." Jewish members of Code Pink called that group out for not representing them as Jews and favoring Israel over the values of their own religion. Senator Sheldon Adelson, a casino billionaire with a reputation for bribery and money laundering was one of the scheduled guests. Another was Dick Cheney. Code Pink caught Karl Rove and Sen McCain at the door and made them run a gauntlet of protesters.

Video-Code Pink street theater GOP bigwigs running the gauntlet

Anti-War/Peace
Elections/Legislation/Government
Foreign Policy/Imperialism

Code Pink mocks Cheney's status as an internationally-recognized war criminal who cannot travel outside the US without risking arrest

Mexican president gets protest about "disappearances" during White House visit

Submitted by Luke on Tue, 01/06/2015 - 13:55

On the 6th of January, Mexican president Peña Nieto visited the White House. Outside were protesters against his government, which is known to have conspired with drug cartels to massacre 43 students from aúl Isidro Burgos Ayotzinapa Normal School in Iguala, Mexico.The students were handed over to the Guerreros Unidos crime syndicate after police stopped their busses, 43 out of about 100 teaching students were killed. Protesters are saying responsibility for this goes all the way to the top, and that Enrique Peña Nieto is not welcome in DC.

Foreign Policy/Imperialism
Police/Legal/Prisons
World Uprisings

Photo by RadikalTourGuideNYC

"Dance for Justice" in Dupont protests police brutality and murder

Submitted by Luke on Mon, 01/05/2015 - 20:39

On the 5th of January, a die-in at Dupont Circle remembering the victims of killer cops was followed by a "Dance for Justice" event. Simple dance moves and chants demanded an end to killer cops and reinforced particpants commitment to fight for justice and against police murder.

Video highlights of Dance for Justice 1 min 45 sec

Civil Rights/Equal Rights
Police/Legal/Prisons
Race/Racism

Native Americans protest at White House demanding veto of Keystone XL bill

Submitted by Luke on Sat, 01/03/2015 - 17:26

On Wednesday, the 7th of January, the Senate will hold a hearing on the GOP's bill to push through the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. The bill is expected to pass and be on Obama's desk by Friday, Jan 9. On Jan 3, Native Americans and their allies protested in front of the White House demanding that Obama veto this bill. In so doing he would be vetoing further theft and destruction of Native lands for the pipeline and vetoing the poisoning of water millions depend on.

Video highlights of the protest

Environment/Food/Health
Race/Racism

Washington "Moon-Times" claims DC cops spent $3M because of Ferguson protests

Submitted by Luke on Mon, 12/29/2014 - 14:05

The Unification Church(Rev Moon)-controlled Washington Times is claiming that DC Police have spent $3M because of the DC Ferguson protests. I can say from personal experience that this consists of following DC Ferguson protests through the streets and redirecting traffic to isolate protests. Perhaps police chief Cathy Lanier should think of this as a $3M fine against the DC Police for violating the rights of African-American city residents with jump-out tactics and illegal searches stemming from them.

washingtontimes(dot)com/news/2014/dec/28/in-dc-ferguson-inspired-marches-cost-police-3-mill/

Civil Rights/Equal Rights
Police/Legal/Prisons
Race/Racism

Vigil held for man shot by DC police, memorial then trashed by vigilante

Submitted by Luke on Fri, 12/26/2014 - 20:29

On the 26th of December, a vigil was held at 28th and Naylor Road (Anacostia), for 29 year old Raymond Robinson, who was shot and killed by DC Police on Christmas Eve. Police claimed he fired on them, but multiple witnesses said police fired first. Not long after the vigil, a man in a neighborhood Watch T-shirt desecrated tbe memorial.

Video clips of the vigil

Civil Rights/Equal Rights
Police/Legal/Prisons
Race/Racism

The memorial set up at 28th and Naylor-reads "Rest in Power"

Video: 2014 in Activism

Submitted by Luke on Fri, 12/26/2014 - 19:35

Video of political protests and activsm spanning 2014 in Washington DC and elsewhere. The biggest campaigns have been tar sands(and the Keystone XL), fracking (and gas export at Cove Point), the Palestine War and above all else Ferguson and police brutality. Also action against the TPP and TTIP trade deals and for net neutrality, and who can forget the massive People's Climate March in New York.

Video on Archive, 720P high definition also available on same page

Miscellaneous

DC Ferguson shuts down Pentagon City, DC cops shoot another person

Submitted by Luke on Wed, 12/24/2014 - 18:12

On the 24th of December, as shoppers raced to buy their last Yule gifts, civil rights protesters from DC Ferguson stormed the Pentagon City shopping mall and aparently shut down some of the shopping. Shoppers stood watching the protest, their minds diverted for the moment fromm spending. This is the second time DC Ferguson has occupied Pentagon City. Meanwhile, NBC News reports DC police opened fire on a man at 30th Street and Naylor Road SE and killed him. Police said he "matched a description" of a robber and fired on them first, but at least one eyewitness reports it was the police who fired first.

Youtube video of disruption in the Pentagon City mall

Civil Rights/Equal Rights
Police/Legal/Prisons
Race/Racism

Photo by Untold Carslyle

Hands Up Coalition DC defies NY Mayor's demand for protest moratorium

Submitted by Luke on Mon, 12/22/2014 - 20:24

On the 22nd of December, Hands Up Coalition DC gathered outside the US Dept of Justice to announce that there would be no moratorium on protests against killer cops. NY Mayor DeBlasio has attempted to demand such a moratorium, but protesters are telling him he can have it any time he wants by imposing a moratoriom on cops shooting, choking, and otherwise killing people. One woman said she wanted the DOJ and the White House to show the same concern for "our children" who are being gunned down by the police as for the police who were killed, and only then could there be a moratorium.

Video of the Dec 22 rally at the Department of Justice defying Mr Blasio's demand for a protest moratorium

Civil Rights/Equal Rights
Police/Legal/Prisons
Race/Racism

Civil Rights protesters block DC 295, march through Anacostia

Submitted by Luke on Fri, 12/19/2014 - 20:48

On the 19th of December, on 4 hours notice, civil rights protesters assembled in Anacostia,marched onto the 11th St Bridge, and held traffic. From there they marched onto DC 295 and blockaded traffic, though not holding any one line of cars directly for more than a few minutes. The cops themselves blocked traffic far longer, but the entire freeway action was deliberately limited to one hour. Local participants were nervous about mass arrests, so organizers reminded everyone of DC's "3 warning" law for arresting protesters.

After the blockade ended, protesters marched back into Anacostia and up Good Hope Road, bound for a 7PM youth summit to discuss next steps. Although in the streets, this march was structured as an educational event, and every effort was made to get cheering bystanders to join the march

Video of protesters on the 11th st Bridge and DC 295

Civil Rights/Equal Rights
Police/Legal/Prisons
Race/Racism

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