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Vegan activists disrupt shopping at Rockville Whole Foods store

Submitted by Luke on Sun, 08/09/2015 - 16:53

On the 9th of August, Vegan activists from Direct Action Everywhere entered the Whole Foods on Rockville Pike in MD and staged a noisy speakout at the back of the meat section. Protesters charged that ALL animal products sold as "humane" at Whole Foods are just as fraudulent as the now notorious eggs from caged hens, and that these labels are meaningess.

Youtube video of Aug 10 in-store protest

Animal Rights

Hundreds "Bike around the Bomb" against nuclear weapons

Submitted by Luke on Sun, 08/09/2015 - 16:12

On August 9, 1945, the US dropped the second atomic bomb of WWII on Nagasaki, Japan. On August 9, 2015, hundreds rode in Global Zero's "Bike Around the Bomb" protest ride around the periphery of the part of DC that would be severely damaged by the smallest nuclear weapons in existance. Similar rides were conducted in cities all over the world. Several organizers spoke before the ride against efforts by the GOP (and AIPAC) to scuttle a nuclear deal with Iran that would block that country from building nuclear weapons. They warned that the alternative to the treaty may well be war.

Video of the ride

Anti-War/Peace
Biking around the Bomb

StopCopTerrorDC marches on eve of Michael Brown Murder anniversary.

Submitted by Luke on Sun, 08/09/2015 - 00:10

The 8th of August was the day before the 1 year anniversary of the murder of Michael Brown by cops in Fergerson, MO, It was also the day DC police (MPD) killed an African-American woman right here in DC. That night StopCopTerrorDC shut down streets from U st to I-395 to protest the continuing wave of police crime, violence, and outright murder of Black and Brown people throughout the US.

Video highlights of the march

Police/Legal/Prisons
Race/Racism

4 1/2 minute die-in blocks I-395 and NY Ave

StopCopTerrorDC on the march

The Shortwave Report 08/07/15 Listen Globally!

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Elections/Legislation/Government
Environment/Food/Health
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Media
Military/Weapons
Science/Technology
World Uprisings

Racist FOX News, other media push crime stories to counter Black Lives Matter

Submitted by Luke on Wed, 08/05/2015 - 14:09

All this Summer FOX News has led almost every broadcast with lurid crime stories. Just yesterday someone shooting out the back window of their own car in an argument became the lead story on FOX, complete with white tourists saying they felt safer with so many cops in that part of town. This drumbeat has been in most of the major media, but FOX especially ever since the Battle of Baltimore was fought over the murder of Freddie Grey by police. There is the real possiblity that this is an organized effort to rebuild support for police on the part of media outlets owned by the wealthy whites whom police protect.

Local News/Neighborhoods
Police/Legal/Prisons

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