MD

Storage unit construction over Moses Cemetary SHUT DOWN by protest

Submitted by Luke on Fri, 09/04/2020 - 18:52

On the 4th of September, protesters descended on the Bethesda site where graves are potentially being dug up for a self-storage facility. Moses cemetery began as the spot owners of three plantations dumped the bodies of those who died at their unpaid work, and later was taken over by Macedonia Baptist Church. With protesters coming, Bethesda Self Storage or their contractors sent their workers home for the day.

Local News/Neighborhoods
Race/Racism

Protesters blocked this access road to the area of construction. Had the site been active, this would have prevented dump trucks from passing.

Tenant activists run off second illegal eviction attempt in two weeks

Submitted by Luke on Mon, 08/10/2020 - 18:37

On the 10th of August, DC area Tenant organzers defeated their second illegal eviction attempt in PG County just over the DC line in less than two weeks. Again the landlord told tenants he was going to throw their belongings into the street and change the locks with no court order. Again activists showed up en masse, and again the landlord scuttled away in defeat.

Video-Tenant activsts deter illegal eviction simply by their presence 48 sec

Housing/urban Issues/Gentrification
Local News/Neighborhoods

Housing activists run off attempted illegal eviction in Chillum, MD

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/31/2020 - 17:54

On the last day of July, landlord Bob Miley showed up in Chillum, MD with the intent of illegally evicting tenants of a house he "owns." He saw from the end of the block that the area was packed with protesters and beat a hasty retreat. With no court order he could not get police help for his failed attempt to change the locks.

Video: defending the house, and reading the laws the landlord is violating 4 min 38 sec

Housing/urban Issues/Gentrification
Local News/Neighborhoods

Extinction Rebellion protests COG climate report w noisy car protest in Rockville

Submitted by Luke on Tue, 07/21/2020 - 15:24

On the 21st of July, Extinction Rebellion Mont County held a rally and noisy car protest at the County Executive Building in Rockville, MD. They were protesting a excuse-riddled COG climate reportS on greenhouse gases. The report claims downward trends in CO2 emissions since 2005 but leaves out the role of the Great Recession in suppressing demand for fossil fuels. If the report included the pandemic error it would claim even more reductions. This makes those reductions strictly temporary and of little meaning.

Video: what's wrong with the COG report, and the honking car caravan 1 min 15 sec

Environment/Food/Health

Car caravan circles in front of the Montgomery County County Executive Building

MoCo County Exec Erlich gets home demo over planned destruction of Moses Cemetary

Submitted by Luke on Fri, 07/17/2020 - 00:58

On the 17th of July, protesters showed up at the Takoma Park home of Montgomery County Executive. They are demanding he put an end to plans for the Montgomery County Housing Opportunities Commission to build a storage unit over the burial ground. Already it is paved over for a parking lot, this proposal would dig up graves if not stopped.

Video-singing "This is the scene of a crime" at Erlich's house 1 min 9 sec

Civil Rights/Equal Rights
Race/Racism

Protest against destruction of Moses Cemetary/Bethesda African Cemetary at Erlich's house

Protesters in Baltimore topple Columbus statue, dump it in the harbor

Submitted by Luke on Mon, 07/06/2020 - 01:02

On July 4, anti-racist protesters yanked down the statue of slave trader and father of colonialism Christopher Columbus in Baltimore's Inner Harbor. They then tossed part of the statue in the harbor, throwing Columbus back into the sea to start his deportation back to Europe.

Video compiled from various Twitter clips 35 sec

Race/Racism

Breaking: Washington Football Team discussing dumping their racist name

Submitted by Luke on Fri, 07/03/2020 - 14:58

On the 2nd of July, word leaked that Fedex was considering yanking their sponsorship of Fedex Field over the Washington Football Team's racist name. Racism is incredibly "politically toxic" right now, and someone at Fedex must have deemed that name an unacceptable risk. With the team's finances at stake, Dan Snyder is finally "discussing" changing the football team's name.

Race/Racism
Sports

Confederate statue toppled, shattered at Frederick Cemetary

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 06/30/2020 - 23:37

On the 30th of June, the Frederick Post reported that the Confederate statue at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Frederick, MD had been torn down and smashed to pieces. They also report that this comes just days after white power stickers were found in nearby Baker Park.

Race/Racism

Cropped/reduced resolution version of Frederick Post's photo of the "irrepairably damaged" Confederate statue

MD anarchist defies Hogan's string of stay at home arrests by heading to the hills

Submitted by Luke on Mon, 05/04/2020 - 00:57

As of May 2, WUSA and other media outlets report that 35 people have been arrested in MD for defying Governor Hogan's stay-at-home order. In response, a MD anarchist shot a "fuck you" video for the Governor-from the Rocky Mountains, about 2,000 miles farther than Hogan wanted anyone in MD travelling. When police states become unmanagable, people have retreated into the mountains for centuries.

Video-Saying "F you" to Hogan's stay at home from the mountains 1 min 40 sec

Environment/Food/Health
Police/Legal/Prisons

Student activists backed by Extinction Rebellion defy lockdown in Rockville climate protest

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 04/21/2020 - 23:20

On the 21st of April, MOCO Students on Climate backed by Extinction Rebellion protested in Rockville against a digital meeting of the Board of Education after the scool board ignored 700 signatures on a petition demanding action on climate change. A convoy of 20 honking cars circled the building the digital meeting originated from, and school security had to intervene to stop the horns due to an audio conection inside the building being used by some part of the meeting.

Environment/Food/Health
Youth Education

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