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Indigenous-led day of action w 130+ arrests kicks off week of climate protests

Submitted by Luke on Mon, 10/11/2021 - 16:08

On Oct 11, while some settlers celebrated lost seafarer Columbus, Indigenous activsts and their friends descended on the White House for a massive civil disobedience demanding an end to Federal approval of any new fossil fuel projects. Police violated the usual rules of civil disobedience twice, leading to one extraneous arrest-and one unarrest after the supporters crowd fought back.

Video: The CD, a police outrage, and the resulting near-battle 4min 23 sec

Environment/Food/Health

Action began early with direct action against the Andrew Jackson statue. This monument to the author of the Trail of Tears needs to come down NOW.

Embassy of Japan gets protest against funding for coal projects

Submitted by Luke on Mon, 10/04/2021 - 21:59

On Oct 4, protesters showed up at the Embassy of Japan, demanding the new Prime Minister put a stop to recent increases in funding for coal projects outside the country.

Environment/Food/Health

One person hit by bulldozer in violent police/DPW eviction of L and M st tent emcampments

Submitted by Luke on Mon, 10/04/2021 - 15:04

On the 4th of October, DC Mayor Bowser suddenly moved up an eviction of the L and M st unhoused encampments scheduled for two days later. MPD and DPW attacked with bulldozers and trash trucks, and one person was struck when an occupied tent was partially bulldozed. Earlier, an Indymedia vidoegrapher was told by cops he could be run down by a bulldozer that was about to move a tent to a trash truck.

Update: Bowser's tent removal program SUSPENDED after occupied tent bulldozed.

Video: tent resident DOWN, cops get violent after occupied tent bulldozed 48 sec

Video: Dozer trashes tent after videographer warned of potentially being run down 1 min 56 sec

Video-Mike Murillo's clip of scene after attempt to bulldoze occupied tent 15 sec

Housing/urban Issues/Gentrification
Local News/Neighborhoods

Mayor Bowser's position on the unhoused

Pro choice protesters block 1st st NE,face off with theocrats at SCOTUS

Submitted by Luke on Mon, 10/04/2021 - 14:22

On the 4th of October, the US Supreme Court began a new session. Christian Fundamentalist made exclusively religious arguments in their antichoice protest outside while pro-choice activists chanted against them and blockaded 1st st. Several of the pro-choice activists were arrested.

Video of dueling protests and the pro-choice civil disobedience at SCOTUS 3 min 54 sec

Gender/Sexuality/Identity

Closeup of part of the civil disobedience

Women's March marches on Supreme Court, faces off with counterprotesters

Submitted by Luke on Sat, 10/02/2021 - 20:09

On the 2nd of October, the Women's March marched on the US Supreme Court to condemn their decision to uphold the Texas near-ban on abortion. Marchers were measured in thousands, counterprotesters in dozens. The cops penned the march into a dangerously narrow space by the Supreme Court while shouting matches were the limit of interaction with the right-wingers.

Video-marching on SCOTUS and confronting theocrat counterprotesters 4 min 31 sec

Gender/Sexuality/Identity

The Women's March coming up Capitol Hill

Truist Bank makes 2nd failed attempt to evict Adams-Morgan Plaza using old/revoked permit

Submitted by Luke on Fri, 09/24/2021 - 22:56

On Friday, Sep 24, Truist Bank launched a predawn assault on Adams-Morgan plaza and its defenders. They showed an old and revoked permit, and MPD said the "big boys downtown" said they were "good to go" but the assault reportedly failed, with the defenders still holding the plaza later that day.

Housing/urban Issues/Gentrification
Local News/Neighborhoods

Truist's hired guns again tried and failed to evict Adams-Morgan plaza at 18th and Columbia Road(Photo by rvltn)

Protesters halt eviction and fencing of Adams-Morgan plaza

Submitted by Luke on Wed, 09/22/2021 - 17:07

At Noon on the 22nd of September, Truist Bank had planned to evict unhoused people from the plaza at 18th and Columbia Road and fence the area off. They got an unpleasant surprise: activists were holding the plaza, and the delay allowed city officials to call them out for attempting to build the fence without a permit. Had the fence been up before the inspectors arrived it would probably have been allowed to stay.

Video of the occupation of Adams-Morgan Plaza 2 min 13 sec

Housing/urban Issues/Gentrification
Local News/Neighborhoods

The plaza at Noon Sep 22, when it was "supposed" to be fenced off

Extinction Rebellion sinks house in tidal basin over climate chaos

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 09/22/2021 - 16:29

Early AM on Sep 22, Extinction Rebellion DC sank a mock house in the Tidal Basin to dramatize the effects of rising sea levels. Park Police arrested their swimmer who allegedly guided the house for "operating a vessel without a permit. That house is not a boat, but boats will soon be needed by DC residents if climate chaos keeps pushing up sea levels

Video from Ford Fischer's clips 1 min 21 sec

Environment/Food/Health

Welcome Back Congress march demands citizenship for all and climate action

Submitted by Luke on Tue, 09/21/2021 - 22:45

On the 21st of September, thousands of migrants and supporters marched on the US Capitol. On the way they made a pit stop at ICE headquarters, demanding ICE be abolished entirely. Biden is facing considerable pushback for his Trump-style campaign of deportations, most recently of Haitians.

Welcome Back Congress March stops at ICE to demand their abolition 24 sec

Environment/Food/Health
Immigration

Photo by Rafael Morataya

Trumpers, fascists hold rally for J6 defendents behind walls of cops

Submitted by Luke on Sat, 09/18/2021 - 17:34

On the 18th of September, hundreds of Trump supporters (MAGAts) and assorted fascists held their so-called "justice for J6" rally in front of the US Capitol. Huge numbers of cops protected the Capitol from them, and them from the general public. One counterprotest was held up close, and a larger one at Freedom Plaza

Update Sep 21: It is being reported that the man arrested with a gun was an off-duty CBP officer. CBP officers of course are fascists-their core job is racial enforcement. Same shit as at J6.

Video-cops, other fascists and counterprotesters at the Capitol 1 min 29 sec

Race/Racism
Right Wing

Riot cops and counterprotesters at the US Capitol

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