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On the 28th of November, pro-Gaza protesters showed up at the Capitol's Christmas tree lighting ceremony. Four were arrested for unknown reasons by Capitol Police.
On the 24th of November, DC's contribution to the Turtle Island-wide wave of Black Friday protests for Gaza was a march on Georgetown. On a day where upscale shoppers were expected to pack Georgetown's most upscale stores, marchers chanted pro-Palestine chants. In addition, marchers demanded "No shopping while bombs are dropping!"
On the day before "ThingsTaking," the busiest travel day of the year, pro-Palestine protesters returned to DC's Union Station for a die-in. This protest dramatized the mass murder of children and civilians under the storm of rockets and bombs Israel has devastated Gaza with.
On the 17th of November, protesters descended on DC's Union Station intent on shutting it down over the gaza genocide. When they got there, Union Station had shut themselves down, closing their doors to all but Amtrak ticket holders who could not be excluded.
On the 15th of November, an IfNotNow/JVP blockade of the DNC's doors was met with overwhelming police violence and pepper spray. At least one person was thrown down the stairs. Online trolls and pro-Israel members of Congress claimed that protesters were storming not blockading the building, video evidence says otherwise. Some even claimed this was an "insurrection." as MTG did a month ago, With Dems believeing their own hype, the DNC was evacuated.
On the 11th of November, protesters horrified by Israel's wholesale slaughter in Gaza held a die-in at the White House, complete with what appeared to be dead children in burial shrouds. This was on the day the death toll in Gaza(population is 1/2 children!) passed 11,000.
7 PM: The big march has wound through the streets around the streets near the White House. As the march ended, a crowd lingered near the White House until cops pushed them back. Not far away, the McDonald's closest to the White House got graffiti and a smashed window. McDonald's is on the list of top US corporations targetted for boycotts by the BDS (Boycott/Divestment/Sanctions) movement for their involvement in Israel's apartheid regime. Video of the march and some of the intensity afterwards 1 min 45 seconds
On the 26th of October Extinction Rebellion DC locked down at a Washington Gas "Project Pipes" construction site, shutting it down until they could be extracted.
Late afternoon on Oct 25, antiwar protesters descended on the US Department of state with noisemakers-and a 2020-style car caravan. State Department employees coming out received chants of "Quit Your Job!"
