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Kayaktivists deploy anti-Dominion banner at Solomons opening of Tiki Bar

Submitted by Luke on Fri, 04/15/2016 - 22:23

On the 15th of April, the "Tiki Bar" in Solomons, MD opened for the year, drawing a huge crowd to tiny Solomons, MD. As the partying began, activists opposing Dominion's under-construction LNG/fracked gas export plant at nearby Cove Point paddled in from seaward and deployed a banner reading "Dominion=Disaster." This is the literal truth due to the extreme size of explosions resulting from accidents at other LNG plants, none of them in populated areas like Lusby and Cove Point.

Video shot from another kayak showing the banner deployment, both HD 1080p and half HD 540x960 available

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Kayaktivism at Solomons against Dominion's LNG export dreams

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Disablity protest at White House draws 49 citations, cops don't want to handle wheelchairs

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 04/11/2016 - 18:42

On the 11th of April, police cited 49 disability activists with ADAPT but declined to arrest anyone after the activists occupied the area outside the waist-high pen fence used as a secondary barrier at the White House. Activists were chanting "our homes, not nursing homes" at several points in the protest.

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Submitted by outfarpress on Thu, 03/31/2016 - 20:26
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Climate activists protest Japanese funding for massive coal power plant in Indonesia

Submitted by Luke on Thu, 03/31/2016 - 16:21

On the 31st of March, climate activists showed up at the Japanese Embassy to demand that the Prime Minister Abe reject plans for Japanese governmental funding of the planned Batang coal burning power plant in Indonesia. For four years Indonesian activists have stopped the plant and defended the land at the price of arrests and human rights violations. No bank will touch it, so now funding is being sought from the Japanese government.

Video from the protest at the Japanese Embassy

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Protesting Japanese funding for coal burning Batang power plant in Indonesia

7 arrests at FERC in fracking protest

Submitted by Luke on Mon, 03/28/2016 - 00:56

On the 25th of March, seven anti-fracking protesters were arrested after blockading the driveways of FERC, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. At first they set up in front of FERC cooking up pancakes on a solar grill, while inviting FERC to send out someone to discuss the destruction of the Holleran family's maple trees to make way for a fracked gas pipeline. When FERC ignored them, they escalated, setting up a picket line from which seven activists broke away to blockade FERC's driveway.

Video by Eleanor of "Pancakes not Pipelines" action

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Pancakes not Pipelines-7 arrested at FERC

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Submitted by outfarpress on Thu, 03/24/2016 - 20:08
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Code Pink blockades Trump speech at AIPAC. cops get rough, arrest one

Submitted by Luke on Tue, 03/22/2016 - 01:00

On the 21st of March, Donald Trump spoke at AIPAC along with all the other candidates except Bernie Sanders. A huge crowd jammed the area around the Verizon Center where at least Trump's speech was held. Code Pink managed to get to a strategic position limiting access to the doors and blockade it with a sit-in. The only way past was to squeeze behind the cops until cops removed other barricades to create an alternate route for the Trump supporters and other facists at AIPAC. Some of the seated blockaders were kicked-pushed and thrown by cops, one was arrested.

Video of Code Pink's blockade and rough police behavior

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Code Pink's strategically positioned blockade on the sidewalk leading to the doors of the Verizon Center.

Landowner assaulted after confronting FERC meeting over Spectra's pipeline

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 03/17/2016 - 18:06

On the 17th of March, Nancy Vann of Resist AIM Pipeline from NY was violently removed from the room after daring to speak out at FERC's monthly meeting. She was knocked to the ground when security guards in the process of forcibly removing her denied her access to her cane. Her property was condemned by Spectra Energy for their Algonquin Incremental Market (AIM) project. This time around, FERC was not sucessful in preventing photos and video from escaping the hearing room. They are known for aggression against photographers but this time they were not sucessful in concealing their violence and aggression.

Video of FERC security's violent assault on Nancy Vann

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Still from the video that got out of the FERC meeting

FERC security goons assault owner of land condemned for Spectra pipeline

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