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Skanska VP gets home demo against his company building vivisection lab

Submitted by Luke on Fri, 07/24/2015 - 14:22

On the evening of July 23, DC Stampede visited Mongomery Villager, MD, home of Martin Sharpless, VP of Skanska USA Building. They found most of his neighbors disapproved of his company's work at University of Washington (state) building a new vivisection laboratory. Four signed letters asking him to drop the contract.

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Code Pink confronts Ted Cruz over Iran nuclear deal

Submitted by Luke on Thu, 07/23/2015 - 18:08

On the 23rd of July, Ted Cruz spoke at a right-wing rally opposing the nuclear deal with Iran staged by "Concerned Women for America" in front of the White House. Another, more progressive women's group showed up to oppose him. Code Pink managed to get in Mr Cruz's face opposing his message of hate and refusal to negotiate, Concerned Women for America is a group that was known during the 1980's for anti-Gay protests, so for Ted Cruz to appear at their rally is a message of support for anti-LGBTQ bigotryt on his part.

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Apache Stronghold rallies at US Capitol against copper mining at Oak Flat

Submitted by Luke on Wed, 07/22/2015 - 21:19

On the 22nd of July, Apache Stronghold rallied in front of the US Capitol to demand passage of HR-2811, the Save Oak Flat Act. This act would reverse the late-night addition of the "SouthEast Arizona Land Exchange" to the 2015 National Defense Authorization Act(NDAA). Three politicians instrumental in addding this totally unrelated rider to transfer sacred Apache land to Resolution Copper LLC for a destructive copper mine to the NDAA were singled out by name and presented as devils in a banner. They are Senators John McCain(R-AZ), Sen Jeff Flake(R-AZ), and Rep Ann Kirkpatrick(D-AZ).

Update 7-22 10PM: After the rally, grandmothers and young women were threatened with immediate arrest and "escorted out" of the House office buildings after including Rep Paul Gosar in their visits to members of Congress. He hid behind a locked door and demanded Capitol Police remove all Apache people immediately.

Video-calling out McCain, singling out Kirkpatrick for betrayal(5 min 8 sec, 360x640, 36Mb)

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Apache Stronghold calls out Sen John McCain, Sen Jeff Flake, and Rep Ann Kirkpatrick for slipping the mining deal into the 2015 NDAA.

Calling out John McCain and Congresswoman Kirkpatrick for selling out Apache land

Apache Stronghold march against proposed Oak Flats copper mine arrives in DC

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 07/21/2015 - 19:56

On the 21st of June, Apache Stronghold marched into DC for a series of events demanding that a copper mine planned for Oak Flats be cancelled. This two-day series of events began with a sacred run from the north ariving down 16th Street at the White House. There they joined a second contingent of Apache and supporters waiting for them, held a rally at the White House and marched to the US Capitol to hold traditional ceremonies there. Apache Stronghold is here to support HR-2811, the Save Oak Flat Act, which would undo permission given to Resolution Mining LLC and Rio Tinto to mine copper on Apache land given to them in by Sen John McCain and reps Representatives Kirkpatrick and Gosar of Arizona.

Video of the sacred run, clip of the march, and scene from the US Capitol (1 min 30 sec)

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Apache sacred run and march on Capitol to save Oak Flat

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