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Anti-fracking activists rally at White House ahead of Paris climate summit

Submitted by Luke on Tue, 11/03/2015 - 16:14

On the 3ed of November, Americans Against Fracking, National Nurses United, and other groups gathered at the White House to deliver the Global Frackdown letter demanding a ban on this destructive practice. Obama will be heading within a month to the Paris Climate Summit, and fracking is a major part of the US contribution to climate chaos due to the methane leakage it causes.

Environment/Food/Health

Huge banner drop against LNG export at Cove Point disrupts Monday Night Football

Submitted by Luke on Mon, 11/02/2015 - 22:46

Bank of America is one of the major investors in Dominion's LNG export project in Cove Point, MD. On Monday, the 2nd of November, members of We Are Cove Point suspended themselves and a banner from the top deck of the stadium as Charlotte Panthers played Monday Night Football against the Indianapolis Colts. The banner read "“BoA: Dump Dominion, WeAreCovePoint.org" and was visible to an audience estimated at 70,000 people.

Environment/Food/Health

Banner is in the red circle. Looks small because this is shot from other side of the stadium

Antifascist arrested for wearing mask at NPI protest

Submitted by Luke on Sun, 11/01/2015 - 13:50

On Halloween night, protests at the neo-Nazi National Policy Institute convention continued until the Nazis had to leave. At arount 10PM, all of the Nazis tried to flank the protesters by going around to the F st doors while protesters were on 14th st. Protesters saw this developing and charged over, getting there first. The resulting situation drew bike cops. Meanwhile, a few activists were still on 14th st. A white supremacist named Sam Dixon, former lawyer for the KKK, asked the police to arrest Sima for wearing a mask-and they complied.

Video of the "costume party" and the confrontation with the Nazis at F st as they left in a single large group

Police/Legal/Prisons
Race/Racism
Right Wing

The "Costume Party" outside the neo-Nazi NPI convention at National Press Club

Antifa "costume party" vs NPI Nazis at National Press Club

Neo-Nazis at NPI convention sprayed with silly string and caught smoking

Submitted by Luke on Sat, 10/31/2015 - 15:30

On Halloween, the 31st of October, the neo-Nazi American Policy Institute (NPI) Convention met at the National Press Club. Many well-known white supremacists were in attendance. To get in, they had to run a gauntlet of anti-racist protesters who not only called them out on their racism but also sprayed them down with Silly String. Later, one of the Nazis was observed smoking next to the Press Club's sign "no smoking within 25 feet of entrance" sign. Security guards made no attempt to interfere with this smoking violation.

Vidoe of silly string spraying and Nazis smoking under the no-smoking sign

Race/Racism
Right Wing

An attendee at the neo-Nazi "National Policy Institute" convention being sprayed with Silly String by anti-racist protesters

Silly String for Silly Nazis

Vivisection protesters descend on Skanska office, homes over U-Wa lab contract

Submitted by Luke on Fri, 10/30/2015 - 20:47

Skanska is one of the largest construction companies on Earth. Skanska USA has a $90M contract with University of Washington to build an underground primate research laboratory that may also be used against other animals. On the 30th of October anti-vivisection protesters showed up in front of their Arlington, VA office. That evening two Skanska executives received protests at their homes. This was part of the continent-wide #HauntSkanska campaign, which in turn is part of the No New Animal Lab campaign against University of Washington's under construction vivisection lab.

Video-protesters unfurl banner-state reason for this protest

Animal Rights
Haunting Skanska

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