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Saudi Embassy security gets rough with Code Pink protest of death sentences

Submitted by Luke on Thu, 12/03/2015 - 16:43

On the 3rd of December, Code Pink protested at th Embassy of Saudi Arabia against the many sentences of death by beheading recently handed down for political dissent. One of these sentences is for a poem condemning the country's oil industry. When protesters attempted to deliver a letter from the mothers of the condemned young men, the security guards responded with force to remove Code Pink from the embassy steps. Code Pink reponded by calling out Saudi Arabia for supporting Daesh (Isis) and the security guards for protecting funders of terrorism and war.

Video of the incident on the steps of the Saudi Embassy

Foreign Policy/Imperialism
Security guards at Saudi Embassy mandhandle Code Pink

DC government raids Va Ave tent city for second time

Submitted by Luke on Thu, 12/03/2015 - 16:32

On the 3rd of December in mid-afternoon, a trash truck and work crew were seen at the former Va Ave/Rock Creek Parkway tent city site. No tents remained and what appeared to be people's belongings were being loaded into the trash truck. It appeared that all campers had been driven off earlier in the day. A few days ago, twelve campers were reported to be still waiting for city promised apartments, unknown if every camper got one or not.

Housing/urban Issues/Gentrification
Local News/Neighborhoods

Lacy's reportback from police attack on French COP21 protest

Submitted by Luke on Mon, 11/30/2015 - 14:31

On the 29th and 30th of November, DC area activist Lacy Macauley was on the front lines in Paris as climate activists defied the government's protest ban. She reports that police in riot gear advanced on and beat seated protesters, kettled the protest, and made numerous arrests-only to suddenly lose interest in further arrests.

Lacy's video of cops clubbing seated protesters in Paris

Environment/Food/Health
Police/Legal/Prisons
Cops club seated protesters in Paris

WORLD CAPOEIRA GROUPS STAND WITH PALESTINIAN PEOPLE

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 11/29/2015 - 21:02

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 11/26/2015 WORLD CAPOEIRA GROUPS STAND WITH PALESTINIAN PEOPLEGroups to call attention to occupation of Palestine on November 29 Salvador, Bahía, Brazil - Heeding a call from the Capoeira Freedom Collective –Palestine (CFCP), Capoeira groups around the world will host solidarity rodas on the 29th of November –the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. Events are already planned among groups in Palestine, Brazil, England, the United States, Germany, Italy, Jordan, France and Spain.

Culture/Entertainment
Police/Legal/Prisons
World Uprisings

Global Climate March takes streets as cherry blossoms open in November

Submitted by Luke on Sun, 11/29/2015 - 17:35

On the 29th of November, the Global Climate March took to the streets of DC in solidarity with hard-pressed climate activists in Paris. There, the COP 21 climate change summmit starts on Nov 30, the 16th anniversary of the Battle of Seattle. Using the Nov 13 terrorist attacks as an excuse, the French police have banned all protest there. Activists deployed anyway in defiance of this ban, and on Nov 29 French police fired tear gas at them. Here in DC, as protesters marched past the Mall, cherry blossoms were opening out of season, underscoring the urgency of dealing with climate chaos. This has been the warmest year on average ever recorded by modern science.

Video of DC's Global Climate March

Environment/Food/Health

Some cherry trees have open blossoms as the Global Climate March passes in the background-in November

Marching against climate chaos as cherry blossoms pop in November

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