January 2018

Protesters at White House after Trump cancels TPS for Salvadorans, 250K+ face deportation

Submitted by Luke on Mon, 01/08/2018 - 16:27

On the 8th of January, Donald Trump's Homeland Security secretary Kisstjen Nielson announced that Temporary Protected Status for Salvadoran immigrants is being terminated. Now an estimated quarter million people risk deportation after Sep 2019, the formal end date for TPS. As word of this racist decision spread, protesters gathered at the White House.

15 sec video clip-speaker asks immigrant voters who stayed home in 2016 to boot GOP, Trump

Immigration

Photo cropped from image posted to Twitter by Brynna Quillin

Remembering Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr (video)

Submitted by a l c h y m e d i a on Fri, 01/05/2018 - 23:45

On the second anniversary of the execution of Shia civil rights and democracy activist Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr by the Saudi Arabian government, his god-son Mustafa and a colleague drove from Michigan and joined Code Pink to protest in front of the Saudi Arabian embassy. Despite a wind chill in the single digits, the late Sheikh's voice filled the street in a reminder of the continuing human rights abuses against Shia citizens in Saudi Arabia.

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Short interview at 16:35

Civil Rights/Equal Rights
Foreign Policy/Imperialism
Human Rights
Philosophy/Religion
Police/Legal/Prisons
Race/Racism
World Uprisings

Riders OBJECT to proposed DC Circulator route changes to favor private business over other riders

Submitted by Luke on Fri, 01/05/2018 - 00:49

On the 4th of January, riders of the DC Circulator objected at a public hearing to proposed April 2018 "major service changes" that would favor upscale development on the Potomac Waterfront over existing bus riders and over nonprofit and governmental agencies and their workers.

Video highlights of the hearing (5 min 15 sec)

Local News/Neighborhoods

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The hypocrisy of Trump on Protests in Iran vs protests of his inauguration

Submitted by Luke on Mon, 01/01/2018 - 20:00

As 2017 faded into 2018, Donald Trump tweeted messages of support for protesters in Iran, where protests over price increases have escalated into street fighting and broader antigovernment demands. The scenes from Iran being played on US corporate news TV look a bit like footage from the protests of Donald Trump's own Inauguration. Of course, Trump is tweeting support for one group of protesters while trying to have 188 people sent to prison for up to 65 years for protesting him.

Civil Liberites/Constitution
Commentary/Op-ed
Foreign Policy/Imperialism
Police/Legal/Prisons

DC 2017 on left, Iran 2018 on right: who does Trump want to jail for 65 years?

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Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 01/01/2018 - 13:41

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