Race/Racism

Veterans hold Standing Rock solidarity "Stand-in" at Capitol after pipeline easement denied

On the 5th of December, DC-MD-VA Veterans Stand with Standing Rock held an all-day"stand-in" on the East side of the US Capitol. Congressman Grijalva was the keynote speaker, warning Trump not to attempt to undo Obama's Dec 4 refusal via the US Army Corps of Engineers to grant an easement to finish the pipeline.

Video-Congressman Grijalva speaks(6:29)

Congressman Grijalva speaks at NoDAPL event

Wells Fargo board member Elaine Cho gets home protest over Dakota Access Pipeline

On the 3ed of December, SURG DC and other opponents of the Dakota Access Pipeline marched from the Columbus monument at Union Station to the Capitol Hill home of Wells Fargo board member Elaine Cho. She is married to Senator Mitch McConnell(R-K), and her home in Kentucky received a simultanious protest from the SURJ chapter there. Wells Fargo has agreed to meet with Standing Rock elders but has yet to stop disbursing loan money to the Dakota Access Pipeline project and divest of their major financial interests in the "Black Snake" pipeline.

Video of the NoDAPL march on Wells Fargo board member Elaine Cho's home

Water protectors in front of Elaine Cho's house.

Marching on Wells Fargo board member Elaine Cho's house over DAPL funding

Climate First!, Greenpeace protest Citibank's funding of Dakota Access Pipeline

Dec 1, 2016 was a global day of action against the Dakota Access Pipeline(DAPL). Here in DC, Climate First! showed up at four Citibank branches demanding they divest from the project. The fourth and final branch had already been visited earlier the same day by Greenpeace. Citibank organized the loan package that is funding construction of the DAPL.

Video from Climate First!'s four Dec 1 NoDAPL Citibank protests

Reminding a Citibank branch that water is life!

Climate First! protests Citibank's DAPL funding

March and Rally for Standing Rock demands NO Dakota Access Pipeline

On the 27th of November, water protectors from Standing Rock and a huge crowd of allies marched from the Dept of Justice past Trump Hotel to the Washington Monument. Once there, speakers described the ongoing campaign, the strategy, and the brutal repression water protectors have received in the process of slowing down and hopefully stopping the Dakota Access Pipeline

Video of the march and some high points of the rally

March against the Black Snake, the Dakota Access Pipeline

Baltimore water protectors lock down, shut down Wells Fargo over DAPL

On Black Friday, the 25th of November, water protectors in Baltimore locked down inside a Wells Fargo bank branch, forcing them to close down for the day. Six activists were arrested after being cut out of the lockdown, which defeated the first tools used to try and cut them out. O ne activist indigenous to Mexico had to be taken to the hospital after being injured by police.

video including preroll of Nov 20-21 police attack at Standing Rock, the Baltimore march into Wells Fargo, the failed police attempt to cut the locks, and fire department cutting activists out of the lockdown

Still from Baltimore Bloc twitter video

NoDAPL Lockdown closes Wells  Fargo in Baltimore

#Disrupt J20: No Peaceful Transition to Trump's fascist regime!

On the Nov 14, Crimethinc and SubmediaTV published a video in multiple places made in the Anonymous style promoting the upcoming protests against Trump's inauguration on Jan 20, 2016. The video explicitly states "the parade must be stopped" and advises "wear black." For protesters to take and hold Penn Ave would probably force the cancellation of Trump's parade, much as extreme cold cancelled Reagan's second Inaugural parade.

DC Direct Action news remix of the Crimethinc/SubmediaTV video with music and some DC-specific clips added

#DisruptJ20

Justice for Terrence Sterling campaign continues

On the 21st of November, activists demanding justice for Terrence Sterling once again gathered at 3rd and M sts NW where he was murdered by police. On Sep 11, 2016 a DC cop shot him off his motorcycle for "erratic driving." Due to the pressure put on Mayor Bowser by Black LIves Matter activists this case has been referred to a grand jury for "investigation." No prosecution will result unless the pressure continues, so activists are still gathering at 3rd and M each Monday night at 7PM.

The memorial where a police officer rolled down his window and shot Terrence Sterling off his motorcycle

DC Stands with Standing Rock Coalition holds night of culture at Busboys and Poets

On the 21st of November, the DC Stands with Standing Rock Coalition held a night of prayer,drumming, singing, and culture in a packed room at Busboys and Poets. This was the day after a brutally violent police rubber bullet and water cannon assault on water defenders at Standing Rock injured almost 200 people.

Police attack Standing Rock water protectors, over 300 injured, 17 hospitalized

Overnight Nov 21-21, the Morton County Sheriff's Department opened fire with water cannon in subfreezing temperatures, with tear gas, and with rubber bullets on water protectors who had set out to clear a highway barricade held by police since the assault on the Treaty Camp which had blocked the route of the Dakota Access Pipeline.Over 300 people were injured by this storm of "less lethal" weaponry unleased by police probably empowered by Donald Trump's election.

Update Nov 22: Water Protector faces possible amputation, Reported injury count rises to more than 300, water protector Sophia Wilansky faces second surgery in attempt to save her left arm. She was critically injured by a "concussion" grenade thrown or shot by police. These grenades do not throw shrapnel as frags do but they are still high explosive devices and can inflict blast injuries at close range same as any other explosive device.

Youtube video of water cannon assault-both ground and drone(aerial) footage

Photo from "Indigenous" Twitter

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