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House committee proposes draft registration for women

Submitted by Luke on Fri, 04/29/2016 - 13:43

On the 28th of April, the House Armed Services Committee attached a provision permitting the President to order women to register for the draft to a $602M Pentagon budget bill. Men-only draft registration faces the possiblity of being overturned in court now that women can participate in combat positions in the military. An alternative bill to abolish draft registration entirely is scheduled for later consideration.Nobody has been prosecuted for refusing to register for the draft since 1987, and during Vietnam refusing to register was the safest and most effective way of defying the draft.

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Submitted by outfarpress on Thu, 04/28/2016 - 20:39
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Submitted by outfarpress on Thu, 04/14/2016 - 20:34
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Submitted by outfarpress on Thu, 04/07/2016 - 19:35
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Global Zero demands nuclear security summit discuss reducing nuclear warheads to zero

Submitted by Luke on Fri, 04/01/2016 - 17:30

On the 1st of April, Global Zero staged a protest in McPherson Square complete with a full size inflatable replica of a US nuclear missile. The protest was timed for the second day of Obama's nuclear security summit that has barricaded much of the Convention Center area. The protesters called out the summit for not considering global nuclear disarmnament as a solution to the danger that a warhead will be stolen by ISIS/Daesh or some other terrorist group. There are over 15,000 warheads, and terrorists or coup governments only need one to create a humanitarian and environmental disaster worse than Hiroshima, The dangers of dirty bombs and just plain accidents were also cited as reasons to destroy this global stockpile of death.

Video highlights of Global Zero's rally plus a clip of the security zone around the summit

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Global Zero rallies near nuclear security summit

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Submitted by outfarpress on Thu, 03/31/2016 - 20:26
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Submitted by outfarpress on Thu, 03/24/2016 - 20:08
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Tough,determined protest confronts Secret Service, marches on AIPAC

Submitted by Luke on Sun, 03/20/2016 - 19:49

On the 20th of March, a massive crowd of protesters including many from Occupied Palestine rallied at the White House before marching in force on the Convention Center, where AIPAC (American Israeli Political Affairs Comittee)was meeting. Secret Service tried to disrupt the initial rally by "closing" Penn Ave but the crowd refused to move. It was nearly an hour later that everyone finally did leave the disputed area, only to stream through the streets and confront attendees at AIPAC a few blocks away. One marcher recieved minor injuries in a confrontation with a very aggressive AIPAC attendee, but for the most part it was AIPAC that was forced onto the defensive. The protest was several times larger than the past few year's AIPAC protests and much more militant.

Video-Standing up to Secret Service, then marching on AIPAC and making their delegates run a gauntlet of booing protesters

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THIS is the only way the pro-Palestine march was leaving Penn Ave-at their intended time to march. Secret Service was utterly defeated in their attempt to push the previous rally into Lafayette Park.

March on AIPAC

Argentina Lower House Repeals Laws to Support Hedge Fund Debt Deal

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 03/16/2016 - 13:17

Argentina's lower house of Congress voted 165-86 to repeal two laws that blocked the country from settling its decade-long debt dispute with a group of "hold-out" investors. A US judge approved the $4.65 billion agreement on March 2 on the condition that Argentina's congress revoke the two laws.‎ Argentina's Senate now faces an April 14 deadline to also repeal the laws.

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Two arrested in banner drop on Reagan building over Honduras coup

Submitted by Luke on Mon, 03/14/2016 - 16:12

On the 14th of March, two people were arrested after a banner was dropped inside the Ronald Reagan Building opposing the involvement of USAID in the 2009 coup in Honduras. Two of their support team were at least detained as well, security guards used a pain hold on one of them. The banner remembered Berta Caceres, an Indigenous activist murdered by the coup regime's security forces last week. USAID has an office on the Mezzanine level in the building. Security guards failed in their attempt to prevent the protest from being photographed.

Video by Rex Neon

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Photo by Anya Parampil. USAID security tried to prevent this photo.

Banner Hang at Ronald Reagan Building against USAID funding coups and murder

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