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Animal rights activists take direct action against DC area Skanska execs

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 07/07/2015 - 14:37

On the last weekend of June, animal rights activists showed up at the home of Martin Sharpless, VP of Skanska Building, which is trying to build a new vivisection lab at University of Washington (state). Chalked messages were left all over the surrounding streets. Also visited was the Montgomery County, MD office of Skanska Building USA.

Animal Rights

The street in front of the home of Martin Sharpless, VP of Skanska Building

Greek voters defy EU and IMF, vote "no surrender" on austerity

Submitted by Luke on Mon, 07/06/2015 - 00:29

On the 5th of July, voters in Greece went to the polls for Syriza's referendum on the now-withdrawn IMF offer of even more austerity in return for more bailout loans. In spite of closed banks and dwindling supplies on grocery store shelves, Greek voters chose by over 60% to reject the austerity terms.

Globalization/Anti-globalization

The people of Greece celebrate victory over the IMF in the July 5 referendum (photo reposted from Popular Resistance)

July 4 pot legalization march faces fences, checkpoints, troops

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 07/05/2015 - 13:54

Every July 4 there is a cannabis legalization march from the White House to a concert on the Mall near 23ed st. The march demands an end to all federal, state, and local laws persecuting pot users. Since 2002 the march has had to pass through police checkpoints to get to the concert site. This year there were an unusual number of troops and military vehicles in the streets as well as all those "Freedom American Style" bag search checkpoints.

Video of the pot parade on the Mall(2 min 15 sec)

Drugs
Police/Legal/Prisons
Pot parade passes fence, troops, checkpoint

The Shortwave Report 07/03/15 Listen Globally!

Submitted by outfarpress on Thu, 07/02/2015 - 19:47
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Anti-War/Peace
Elections/Legislation/Government
Environment/Food/Health
Foreign Policy/Imperialism
Iraq/Afghanistan
Media
Military/Weapons
World Uprisings

Code Pink offers swing dance lessons at White House in Iran warmongering protest

Submitted by Luke on Wed, 07/01/2015 - 00:23

On the 30th of June, Code Pink showed up in front of the White House in opposition to continuing threats of war against Iran. This time around, they offered swing dance lessons to anyone who was interested. Several passersby and tourists took them up on the dance lessons.

Video of Code Pink's dance lessons (39 sec)

Anti-War/Peace

Protesters at DOJ lay flowers for those tortured to death in US custody

Submitted by Luke on Fri, 06/26/2015 - 23:37

On the 26th of June, Amnesty International, Witness Against Torture, and others showed up at the Dept of Justice to denounce continuing US torture. The DOJ was called out not only for refusing today to prosecute torture at Guantanimo Bay and elsewhere but also for explicitly authorising it during the Bush years. During the protest, flowers were laid on the concrete barrier planters outside DOJ memorializing those who died under torture in US custody.

Video of protesters laying flowersat DOJ and of the tools of force-feeding at GITMO

Anti-War/Peace
Police/Legal/Prisons

Blockade defends Baltmore homeless camp as cops show up to evict

Submitted by Luke on Fri, 06/26/2015 - 14:02

On the 26th of June, cops and city workers were met with barricades as they arrived to evict a homeless camp under a Baltimore freeway overpass. The campsite is at Martin Luther King Ave and Mulberry st, sheltered by the freeway overpass. Using civil disobedience, activists sought to defend the camp from this assault by the forces of wealth and urban removal.

Video of the blockade by Harris from the Post,originally uploaded to Vine

Housing/urban Issues/Gentrification

Photo by Harris from the Post

The Shortwave Report 06/26/15 Listen Globally!

Submitted by outfarpress on Thu, 06/25/2015 - 20:51
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Anti-War/Peace
Commentary/Op-ed
Elections/Legislation/Government
Environment/Food/Health
Foreign Policy/Imperialism
Media
Military/Weapons
World Uprisings

Sen Feinstein confronted at TPP fast-track clears cloture vote

Submitted by Luke on Tue, 06/23/2015 - 16:29

On the 23ed of June, the Senate voted to cut off debate on the "fast-track" bill for the TPP, TISA, and TTIP trade treaties. The proposal only needs 50 votes to pass in Wednesday's final vote. Beyond Extreme Energy confronted Sen Dianne Feinstein in her office over her support for TPP fast-track while other activists took up a position on the corner of the Capitol grounds. Just after 11:30AM, the 60th vote to cut off debate was cast.

Globalization/Anti-globalization

Photo by Beyond Extreme Energy

Museum Square tenants rally against mass eviction in Chinatown

Submitted by Luke on Tue, 06/23/2015 - 15:58

The residents of Museum Square, one of the last Section 8 rentals in Chinatown are facing mass eviction followed by demolition and condo construction. Bush Companies (of Williamsburg, Va.), the landlord, offers only an option to buy the building for nearly ten times what the DC government assessed it as being worth for property taxes. On the 23ed of June, the tenants staged a mass protest against the planned evictions. They were backed by the National Alliance of HUD Tenants.

Video highlights of the rally (2 min)

Housing/urban Issues/Gentrification
Local News/Neighborhoods

DC Ferguson marches in solidarity with Charleston, S Carolina against racist terror

Submitted by Luke on Sun, 06/21/2015 - 23:32

On the 21st of June, DC Ferguson marched in solidarity with African-Americans in Charleston, S Carolina. On June 17, a white supremacist invaded the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston and opened fire. Nine people were killed and one more person wounded. Signs in the DC march read "Stop the war on Black America."

Video of the march-1 min 27 sec

Race/Racism

DC Food Justice Bike Tour enters Gtown Ben and Jerry's with labor demands

Submitted by Luke on Sun, 06/21/2015 - 22:37

On June 21, the DC Food Justice Bike Tour visited a number of locations with economic and food justice significance. The first was a Ben and Jerry's outlet in Georgetown, where the Milk with Dignity campaign is seeking higher wages for dairy workers in Vermont. This campaign is following in the footsteps of the sucessful Coalition of Immokalee Workers campaign for higher wages in tomato fields. Ben and Jerry's is a major customer of the dairy factory farms in Vermont, just as Burger King is a major customer of tomato producers.

Video of activists entering Ben and Jerry's

Environment/Food/Health
Labor/Economics/Business

Entering the Ben and Jerry's in Georgetown with a letter concerning worker conditions in Vermont's dairy factory farms

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