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Whole Foods, Trader Joes picketed over union-busting berry producer Sakuma

Submitted by Luke on Sat, 10/24/2015 - 17:17

On the 24th of October, the IWW, , DC Fair Food, Three Part Harmony Farm, and DC Stampede showed up outside the Whole Foods at 14th and P st and the Trader Joes on 14th st for informational pickets. They were asking both chains to drop Driscoll's Berries and asking customers to refuse to buy them. Driscoll's is a major distributor for Sakuma, a berry producer known for wage theft, union busting, and even an armed raid on a camp where their workers were living.

Video of both pickets(34 sec)

Labor/Economics/Business

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Light brigade protests CISA Internet surveillance bill

Submitted by Luke on Fri, 10/23/2015 - 01:01

On the 22nd of October, the Light Brigade showed up at the US Capitol to protest the CISA internet surveillance/data sharing bill. CISA is a bill to allow greatly increased data sharing between US Internet services and the US government plus all kinds of immunity from lawsuits and accountablity for the resulting privacy breaches.

Science/Technology

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Migrants march on White House demanding end to "family detention"

Submitted by Luke on Fri, 10/23/2015 - 00:21

On the 22nd of October, migrants and their sopporters marched on the White House demanding that President Obama comply with court orders demanding an end to "family detention" of migrant mothers and their children. A Federal court has ordered an end to this outrageous violation of human rights, but the Obama admninistration is expected to appeal rather than comply.

Video-the march followed by a migrant mother explaining what detention was like

Immigration

Police/Legal/Prisons

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The Shortwave Report 10/23/15 Listen Globally!

Submitted by outfarpress on Thu, 10/22/2015 - 20:08

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Anti-War/Peace

Elections/Legislation/Government

Environment/Food/Health

Foreign Policy/Imperialism

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AHF protests Pharma's attempt to kill low income drug pricing program

Submitted by Luke on Thu, 10/22/2015 - 14:25

On the 22nd of October, Aids Healthcare Foundation (AHF) showed up outside the offices of PHARMA to protest efforts by brand-name drugmakers and those Congresscritters to kill off the 340B program that provides reduced-price drug access to programs serving the poor. Some of the protesters wore pig noses symboilizing Pharma's greed. Pharma is the pharmaceutical industry lobby known or such things as injecting drug patent extension language into trade deals like the TPP. Now they are being hammered for trying to deny people who are not wealthy access to drugs treating diseases like HIV. Gilead was singled out for charging $28,500 a year for HIV treatment Stribild.

33 Sec video of the picket

AIDS

Environment/Food/Health