January 2018

Metro gets an earful on bad service, high fares, and revenue-based policing at board meeting

Submitted by Luke on Wed, 01/31/2018 - 23:06

On Jan 31, Save Our System, No Justice No Pride, Black Youth Project 100, and others packed Metro's board meeting. Speakers charge Metro is trying to "solve their problems on the backs of the riding public, and trying to fund themselves by soaking poor residents while developers ride for free with huge projects made possible by Metro.

NJNP Steering committee member Latinxrex speaks on limited Metro service forcing some to trade sex for housing close to jobs

Gender/Sexuality/Identity
Housing/urban Issues/Gentrification

Photo by Save Our System

State of the Union protesters boo Trump's motocade, march in the streets

Submitted by Luke on Wed, 01/31/2018 - 01:41

Trump's State of the Union address drew protesters who lined both probable motorcade routes, booring as his motorcade passed. As soon as it did, protesters turned their backs on Trump's SOTU and left, some dispersing and others marching away. There were even calls for a TV boycott of the speech in an effort to deplatform Trump.

Video of the protest, the motorcade being booed, and protesters marching away

Elections/Legislation/Government
Right Wing

Protesters boo Trump's motorcade as it passes on Constitution Ave.

Capitol Pride agrees to restructure, boots board member who called NJNP "terrorists"

Submitted by Luke on Tue, 01/30/2018 - 15:14

Protest WORKS: on Jan 24, under pressure from No Justice No Pride, the Capitol Pride board announced "substantial changes" in its leadership, including the removal of a board member who slandered No Justice No Pride as "terrorists." In addition, Capitol Pride has agreed to impose "sponsorship guidelines" that hopefully will mean the end of such sponsors as Wells Fargo.

Gender/Sexuality/Identity

No Justice No Pride blocks Wells Fargo in 2017 Pride Parade (photo by Dylan Comstock)

Impeachment, anti-Muslim Ban, GLBTQ marches against Trump join at Trump Hotel

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 01/27/2018 - 19:19

The 27th of January was the anniversary of Donald Trump signing Executive Order 13769, also known as Muslim Ban 1.0. This triggered massive airport protests and urban marches a year ago. This year in DC, the march gathered at the White House to oppose Trump's current Muslim Ban, and was met there by the "People's March on Washington," a much larger march, from the WWII Memorial demanding Trump be impeached.Both marched together to Trump Hotel, where they joined with WERK for Peace's "intersectional" GLBTQ dance party.

Video showing how the three marches worked together

Speaker at WERK For Consent demands DC decriminalize sex work

Civil Liberites/Constitution
Civil Rights/Equal Rights
Elections/Legislation/Government
Immigration

In front of Trump Hotel by WERK for Peace, just after the other marches joined forces with them

Family, supporters of Bijan Gaisar protests his death at US Park Police hands

Submitted by Luke on Sat, 01/27/2018 - 00:36

On the 26th of January, Bijan Gaisar's family and friends spoke at a massive protest in front of the US Dept of the Interior, demanding the names of the two US Park Police officers who shot him dead. On Friday, Nov 17, 2017, US Park Police approached his vehicle with drawn guns after a chase that began over a fender bender in which he had been the victim, struck from behind. At the end of the chase, he may have seen the guns, reacted, and tried to escape with his life.

Video-Bijan's sister speaks out at the rally complete speech, 7m 39s

Police/Legal/Prisons
Race/Racism

Kurds march on White House as US ally Turkey bombs Kurdish town of Afrin

Submitted by Luke on Fri, 01/26/2018 - 14:56

On the 26th of January, DC area Kurds and their supporters marched on the White House to demand that the US not support Turkey's offensive against Rojava and instead impose a no-fly zone.For a week US ally Turkey has been bombing and shelling the Kurdish town of Afrin, even though the Kurdish YPG was the main fighting force in the regional war against Daesh(ISIS). Turkey's theocratic President Erdogan may of course prefer Daesh to autonomous Kurds.

Video of the Kurdish march and rallies raw clips by Lacy Macauley

Foreign Policy/Imperialism

Photo by Noflyzone4Afrin

The Shortwave Report 01/26/18 Listen Globally!

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 01/25/2018 - 19:00

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

Women's March 2018 Video

Submitted by a l c h y m e d i a on Wed, 01/24/2018 - 21:09

Video from the 2nd Women's March, on the first anniversary of the inauguration of Donald Trump, January 20, 2018.

Civil Rights/Equal Rights
Elections/Legislation/Government
Gender/Sexuality/Identity
Human Rights
Right Wing

Associate of Jack Posobiec with history of racist and sexist Internet activity identified as finance manager in DC School system.

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 01/24/2018 - 01:22

John Goldman is a finance manager working for the DC Public Schools who has a history of posting racist and pro-rape screeds under the name "Jack Murphy." He has been positively identified by a number of photographs, at least one showing him with known fascist and Deploraball organizer Jack Posobiec. That photo was taken at an "escape the room" event and clearly shows John Goldman AKA Jack Murphy with Jack Posobiec. As of this posting, John Goldman has reportedly been placed on "adminstrative leave" while the schools figure out what to do about the stench his Internet activity has raised.

Right Wing
Youth Education

J2018 protests hit the streets on anniversary of Trump's Inauguration

Submitted by Luke on Sat, 01/20/2018 - 20:12

Jan 20, 2018, much of the Federal government's non-cooercive portions shut down on the anniversary of Trump's Inauguration. ICE, the FBI, and the military are not included in the shutdown. Meanwhile, protesters hit the streets all over DC. There was a satirical vigil for a broken window at the same Starbucks that got trashed on J20-2017, another Women's March, and a culminating banner drop between the flagpoles in front of Union Station.

Video of the satirical vigil for the broken Starbucks window

Video of the Union Station banner drop

Civil Liberites/Constitution
Civil Rights/Equal Rights
Elections/Legislation/Government
Gender/Sexuality/Identity
Police/Legal/Prisons
Race/Racism

Banner drop at Union Station

ICE deportation orders against immigrant activists draw DC protest

Submitted by Luke on Fri, 01/19/2018 - 19:36

On the 19th of January, migrant rights activists held a protest demanding that ICE and other agencies cease and desist targetting known organizers for deportation orders. One of the speakers was Maru Mora Villalpando of Northwest Detention Center Resistance, who received a no-warning deportation order even though ICE did not have a active case against her.

Immigration

Photo by Lacy MacAuley

Charges dropped against all but 59 of the J20 defendents

Submitted by Luke on Thu, 01/18/2018 - 19:28

On the 18th of January, the US Attorney's Office filed a "notice of intent to proceed" against only 59 of the until now 188 remaining defendents from the DisruptJ20 protests a year ago. They have stated they want to focus on a "smaller core group" so this fight is by no means over. The remaining 59 J20 defendents need your support now as much as ever.

Police/Legal/Prisons

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