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Code Pink protests at "Freedom Checkpoints" outside Concert for Valor

Submitted by Luke on Tue, 11/11/2014 - 23:05

On the 11th of November, on the 96th anniversary of the end of WWI, Code Pink showed up outside the police checkpoints and cattle chute fences of the so-called "Concert for Valor" on the Mall. Code Pink was protesting the US return to war in Iraq. During this protest, an incident inside drew a massive police response. I do not know if this was the incident where police pepper sprayed and arrested three people for jumping a fence, or yet another incident. Again, "freedom" American style.

Video-Code Pink at checkpoints

Liveleak video of fence jumper tackled by cops and rammed into tree

Anti-War/Peace

Net Neutrality activists blockade FCC Chair Tom Wheeler's driveway

Submitted by Luke on Mon, 11/10/2014 - 21:31

On the 10th of November, net neutrality activists decided to show FCC chairman Tom Wheeler just what the "slow lanes" he is proposing for websites that don't pay a premium to Big Cable and Big Phone would mean. They set up a physical slow lane just for him by staging a sit-in blocking his driveway as he attempted to get in his car and drive somewhere.

Youtube video posted by Popular Resistance

Science/Technology

Still from Popular Resistance video

3rd protest of fracking/gas export at Dominion pier site in Solomons, MD, One arrested

Submitted by Luke on Mon, 11/10/2014 - 15:54

On the 10th of November, opponents of exporting fracked gas out of Cove Point, MD returned to Dominion's pier construction site in nearby Solomons, MD site for the 3rd time in 8 days. Protesters arrived at 6AM and confronted trucks entering the site. Near the end of the protest,Leslie Garcia from Lusby, MD was arrested for attempting to deliver an eviction notice to the site. Lusby is immediately south of Cove Point and caualties there are expected if there is a serious accident with the proposed LNG export plant.

Video of the picket, civil disobedience, and die-in

Environment/Food/Health

Protesting at the Dominion pier site in the dawn fog

FERC employees kept out by lockdown, blockades on Day 5 of fracking protests

Submitted by Luke on Fri, 11/07/2014 - 11:21

On the 5th day of fracking and gas export protests at FERC, activists locked down in the driveway and blockaded all doors. The result was a huge crowd of FERC rubber stampers kept outside watching the protest. It took police at least 2 1/2 hours to clear just the driveway blockade, and someone at FERC was reduced to herding their employees like sheep as cops made and changed plans to try and get through the protesters.

Video of the 5th day of blockades at FERC focussing on the driveway lockdown

Same video in 1080p full HD quality

Environment/Food/Health

The hard lockdown in FERC's driveway. The steel reinforced lockbox was especially hard for the cops to defeat.

Net Neutrality protesters demand Obama fire FCC chair Tom Wheeler

Submitted by Luke on Thu, 11/06/2014 - 22:23

On the 6th of November, net neutrality protesters showed up at the White House demanding Obama fire or demote FCC chairman Tom Wheeler, a former Cable TV company lobbyist.

In the face of extreme public opposition to his plans to allow "paid prioritization" or website-paid Internet fast lanes, FCC chairman Tom Wheeler is attempting to use a "compromise" to reclassify Internet Service Providers as something other than neutral common carriers.

Video of the protest

Science/Technology
Strategy/Theory/Movement Issues

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