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Environmental activsts rally against Trump's proposal to gut NEPA

Submitted by Luke on Tue, 02/25/2020 - 19:45

The 25th of Feb was the last day of the Department of the Interior's public comment hearings on Trump's proposal to gut the National Environmental Policy Act(NEPA). This is the law requiring such things as environmental impact statements for major projects. Trumps' proposal was called a "fox in the henhouse" as it would allow corporations to gain control of this process. This would turn the EPA into another FERC.

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Protesters rally as Supreme Court hears Atlantic Coast Pipeline case

Submitted by Luke on Tue, 02/25/2020 - 18:45

On the 24th of Feb, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the appeal of a lower court ruling forbidding the (fracked gas) Atlantic Coast Pipeline from crossing under the Appalacian Trail. Outside protesters demanded the Court reject the pipeline and ignore the whining from fossil fuel industry attorneys.

Video posted by Friends of the Earth as speaker warns ACP could carry enough fracked gas to create 20 coal plants worth of CO2 emissions 52 seconds

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Photo by Julia Peters

The Shortwave Report 02/21/20 Listen Globally!

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 02/20/2020 - 19:49

Dear Radio Friend,     This week's show features stories from NHK Japan, Spanish National Radio, Radio Havana Cuba, and Sputnik Radio.http://www.outfarpress.com/swr200221.mp3   (If you have access to Audioport there is a highest quality version posted up there {33MB} http://www.audioport.org/index.php?op=producer-info&uid=904&nav=&)        From JAPAN- A brie

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Beyond Extreme Energy disrupts FERC meeting, forces delay of Jordan Cove LNG decision

Submitted by Luke on Thu, 02/20/2020 - 17:57

On the 20th of Feb, Beyond Extreme Energy disrupted FERC's monthly pipeline and gas/oil facility permit issuing meeting. Twelve protesters were dragged out of the meeting. The protest delayed the start of the meeting and had the further effect of forcing a delay of Jordan Cove LNG export terminal permit decision.

Video: BXE disrupt FERC, a protesters is dragged out the door 1 min 22 sec

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Kremlin Annex protests Trump's pardons for corporate criminals and corrupt politicians

Submitted by Luke on Thu, 02/20/2020 - 08:20

On the 18th of February, "Kremlin Annex" protesters (exiled by sound permit fees to H st) demanded that Trump's Attorney General Bob Barr resign in the wake of Trump's pardons for major corporate criminals and corrupt politicians. Pardons for Trump's convicted team members like Roger Stone are expected next.

Update: Roger Stone gets 40 months prison, Trump tweets of possible pardon

Video: the scene as the Kremlin Annex began their protest of Trump's pardons 1 min 21 sec

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https://archive.org/embed/kremlinannex2182020540p

Canadian railroad blockades for Wet'su'weten spread to Seattle after Vancouver injunction

Submitted by Luke on Sun, 02/16/2020 - 23:50

On the 16th of February, the Canada-wide railroad blockades and sabotage that have forcibly halted most rail traffic (people and freight) in Eastern Canada and much of it elsewhere spread to the US with a solidarity rail blockade in Seattle.

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Railroad blockade in Seattle to support Wet'su'weten resistance to the Coastal Gaslink pipeline (Photo by Matt Remle via Twitter)

Statement by Venezuelan Embassy Protectors After Mistrial

Submitted by a l c h y m e d i a on Sat, 02/15/2020 - 14:19

The trial of the Embassy Protection Collective ended in a mistrial, after the jury deadlocked. According to the Partnership for Civil Justice, "Having spent outrageous sums of taxpayers $$ in overkill fed court prosecution of a misdemeanor case & heavily restricting the defense the jury could hear, Trump's DC Attys Office was still unable to convict."

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The Shortwave Report 02/14/20 Listen Globally!

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 02/13/2020 - 19:41

Dear Radio Friend,     This week's show features stories from Spanish National Radio, NHK Japan, Sputnik Radio, Radio Deutsche-Welle, and Radio Havana Cubahttp://www.outfarpress.com/swr200214.mp3   (If you have access to Audioport there is a highest quality version posted up there {33MB} http://www.audioport.org/index.php?op=producer-info&uid=904&nav=&)       &nb

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IMF and Word Bank Heads Debate Growing Debt Problems

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 02/10/2020 - 14:12

Washington, DC - The leaders of the World Bank and IMF discussed concerns of global debt levels at an event held today at the World Bank Preston Auditorium. "World Bank and IMF data asserts debt levels and vulnerabilities are at worrying levels," noted Eric LeCompte who leads the religious development coalition, Jubilee USA Network.

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Canadian Embassy, Ambassador's home get protests against RCMP pipeline raids on Wet’suwet'en land

Submitted by Luke on Sun, 02/09/2020 - 21:46

Early AM on the 7th of Feb, the RCMP assaulted unceded Wet’suwet'en lands seeking to push through the Coastal GasLink pipeline. 11 Indigenous land defenders and allies were arrested. The weekend brought further RCMP violence and arrests. On the 9th of February, DC area Indigenous people and their allies showed up at the home of the Canadian Ambassador and on the 10th of February at the Canadian Embassy demanding that RCMP withdraw from Wet’suwet'en land.

Video: Protesting at Canadian Ambassador's house, then the Embassy against the RCMP pipeline raids 3 min 40 sec

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Feb 9th: protest at the Canadian Ambassador's DC home

Outnumbered antifa delay, obstruct largest DC area Fascist march since Charlottesville

Submitted by Luke on Sat, 02/08/2020 - 21:47

On the 8th of February, between 100 and 150 members of Patriot Front marched under intense pressure from a few dozen anti-Fascist activists from the Lincoln Memorial to the US Capitol and finally the parking garage their vans were waiting in. Every step of the way MPD fought for them while severely outnumbered anti-fascists delayed, heckled, and obstructed their march.

Video-Patriot Front kept from WWII memorial, had shields and lots of police support 5 min 17 sec

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Patriot Front stopped by blockade just before the WWII Memorial.

The Shortwave Report 02/07/20 Listen Globally!

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 02/06/2020 - 19:41

Dear Radio Friend,     This week's show features stories from Sputnik Radio, NHK Japan, Radio Deutsche-Welle, and Radio Havana Cubahttp://www.outfarpress.com/swr200207.mp3   (If you have access to Audioport there is a highest quality version posted up there {33MB} http://www.audioport.org/index.php?op=producer-info&uid=904&nav=&)        From RUSSIA- On his progra

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