March 2017

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).

Environment/Food/Health
Race/Racism

Women strike from all labor, march against Trump and his policies

Submitted by Luke on Wed, 03/08/2017 - 13:55

On the 8th of march, women all over the US staged a general strike known as the “Day without women.” In this area the strike closed among the PG County school system and a DC chain of charter schools. Some of the strikers marched on the White House against Trump’s re-imposition of the “Mexico City” global gag rule against global health providers who accept US funds ever discussing abortion with patients.

Video of the march on the White House against the abortion gag rule

Video from the second march, from Dept of Labor demanding fair wages for women and tipped workers

Gender/Sexuality/Identity

Marching up 15th st against Trump's abortion gag rule

Second protest of Muslim Ban at CPB, five arrests reported

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 03/07/2017 - 15:16

On the 7th of March, protesters assembled at the Ronald Reagan Building for a second protest against Trump's "Muslim Ban 2.0." There is a report on the DisruptJ20 Twitter feed of five arrests. Presumably those were in a civil disobedience, but those cases should be watched closely due to current aggressive prosecution of protesters against Trump's fascism.

Civil Liberites/Constitution
Civil Rights/Equal Rights

Photo by Katie Egan

Muslim Ban 2.0 draws protesters to White House in spite of police interference

Submitted by Luke on Mon, 03/06/2017 - 23:26

On the 6th of March, Trump signed "Muslim Ban 2.0" which is mostly the same as the first Muslim ban except for not exempting Middle Eastern Christians overtly and exempting Iraq due to threats to mirror-image the ban against US mercenaries. Protesters responded by gathering at the White House. In response, police closed Penn Ave and then about 2/3 of Lafayette Park, forcing protesters to march back. Later yet a journalist was detained and harassed by Secret Service, only to be released without charges.

Video showing police closing the park and protesters sticking it to Trump's new Muslim Ban anyway

Civil Liberites/Constitution
Civil Rights/Equal Rights

"Never Again" is NOW!

DC antifascists confront puny "March4Trump" that never filled its permit zone

Submitted by Luke on Sat, 03/04/2017 - 16:35

On the 4th of March, Trump supporters held a national series of "March4Trump" events all over the US, but the DC march was supposed to be the focal point. Instead, DC turnout fizzled with one twitter poster estimating perhaps 50 Trump supporters on site. DC area antifascists converged on their location for a disruptive game of anarchist soccer.

Video-anarchist soccer and confronting the March4Trump

Race/Racism
Right Wing

Antifascist and Rainbow flags set up as a game of anarchist soccer gets going

Hundreds rally at the White House demanding resignation of Atty General Jeff Sessions

Submitted by Luke on Thu, 03/02/2017 - 21:25

On the 2nd of march, hundreds gathered at the White House to demand that Trump's Atty General Jeff Sessions resign rather than merely recuse himself from the investigation of the Trump campaign's ties to Vladimar Putin and Russian intelligence agencies. There are many other issues with Session, notably his past as a Ku Klux Klan sympathiser and being passed over for positions in the past due to his racism.

Elections/Legislation/Government
Foreign Policy/Imperialism

Photo by Collin Rees

Mass March in Annapolis demands statewide ban on gas fracking

Submitted by Luke on Thu, 03/02/2017 - 19:45

On the 2nd of March, MD residents gathered in Annapolis to demand that the General Assembly pass and Governor Hogan sign legislation to ban gas fracking outright in MD. A moratorium on fracking expires this fall, and Governor Hogan has pledged to start fracking in MD "as soon as possible."

Video of the march to ban fracking in MD

Environment/Food/Health

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