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Environmental activsts rally against Trump's proposal to gut NEPA

Submitted by Luke on Tue, 02/25/2020 - 19:45

The 25th of Feb was the last day of the Department of the Interior's public comment hearings on Trump's proposal to gut the National Environmental Policy Act(NEPA). This is the law requiring such things as environmental impact statements for major projects. Trumps' proposal was called a "fox in the henhouse" as it would allow corporations to gain control of this process. This would turn the EPA into another FERC.

Environment/Food/Health

Protesters rally as Supreme Court hears Atlantic Coast Pipeline case

Submitted by Luke on Tue, 02/25/2020 - 18:45

On the 24th of Feb, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the appeal of a lower court ruling forbidding the (fracked gas) Atlantic Coast Pipeline from crossing under the Appalacian Trail. Outside protesters demanded the Court reject the pipeline and ignore the whining from fossil fuel industry attorneys.

Video posted by Friends of the Earth as speaker warns ACP could carry enough fracked gas to create 20 coal plants worth of CO2 emissions 52 seconds

Environment/Food/Health

Photo by Julia Peters

Beyond Extreme Energy disrupts FERC meeting, forces delay of Jordan Cove LNG decision

Submitted by Luke on Thu, 02/20/2020 - 17:57

On the 20th of Feb, Beyond Extreme Energy disrupted FERC's monthly pipeline and gas/oil facility permit issuing meeting. Twelve protesters were dragged out of the meeting. The protest delayed the start of the meeting and had the further effect of forcing a delay of Jordan Cove LNG export terminal permit decision.

Video: BXE disrupt FERC, a protesters is dragged out the door 1 min 22 sec

Environment/Food/Health

Kremlin Annex protests Trump's pardons for corporate criminals and corrupt politicians

Submitted by Luke on Thu, 02/20/2020 - 08:20

On the 18th of February, "Kremlin Annex" protesters (exiled by sound permit fees to H st) demanded that Trump's Attorney General Bob Barr resign in the wake of Trump's pardons for major corporate criminals and corrupt politicians. Pardons for Trump's convicted team members like Roger Stone are expected next.

Update: Roger Stone gets 40 months prison, Trump tweets of possible pardon

Video: the scene as the Kremlin Annex began their protest of Trump's pardons 1 min 21 sec

Elections/Legislation/Government
https://archive.org/embed/kremlinannex2182020540p

Statement by Venezuelan Embassy Protectors After Mistrial

Submitted by a l c h y m e d i a on Sat, 02/15/2020 - 14:19

The trial of the Embassy Protection Collective ended in a mistrial, after the jury deadlocked. According to the Partnership for Civil Justice, "Having spent outrageous sums of taxpayers $$ in overkill fed court prosecution of a misdemeanor case & heavily restricting the defense the jury could hear, Trump's DC Attys Office was still unable to convict."

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Civil Liberites/Constitution
Elections/Legislation/Government
Foreign Policy/Imperialism
Human Rights
Police/Legal/Prisons

Canadian Embassy, Ambassador's home get protests against RCMP pipeline raids on Wet’suwet'en land

Submitted by Luke on Sun, 02/09/2020 - 21:46

Early AM on the 7th of Feb, the RCMP assaulted unceded Wet’suwet'en lands seeking to push through the Coastal GasLink pipeline. 11 Indigenous land defenders and allies were arrested. The weekend brought further RCMP violence and arrests. On the 9th of February, DC area Indigenous people and their allies showed up at the home of the Canadian Ambassador and on the 10th of February at the Canadian Embassy demanding that RCMP withdraw from Wet’suwet'en land.

Video: Protesting at Canadian Ambassador's house, then the Embassy against the RCMP pipeline raids 3 min 40 sec

Environment/Food/Health
Race/Racism

Feb 9th: protest at the Canadian Ambassador's DC home

Outnumbered antifa delay, obstruct largest DC area Fascist march since Charlottesville

Submitted by Luke on Sat, 02/08/2020 - 21:47

On the 8th of February, between 100 and 150 members of Patriot Front marched under intense pressure from a few dozen anti-Fascist activists from the Lincoln Memorial to the US Capitol and finally the parking garage their vans were waiting in. Every step of the way MPD fought for them while severely outnumbered anti-fascists delayed, heckled, and obstructed their march.

Video-Patriot Front kept from WWII memorial, had shields and lots of police support 5 min 17 sec

Race/Racism
Right Wing

Patriot Front stopped by blockade just before the WWII Memorial.

"Reject the Coverup" protest held after GOP Senate "acquits" Trump

Submitted by Luke on Thu, 02/06/2020 - 01:01

On the 5th of February, protesters rallied outside the US Capitol after the Senate refused to remove Donald Trump from office. While the GOP says Trump was "acquitted" in actuality there was no witnesses and no evidence, thus no real trial. This is rather like someone committing a major felony, then ensuring members of their own crew are both judge and jury, blocking any conviction.

Video clip: Protesters chant "Trump is Guilty" 8 sec

Elections/Legislation/Government

People's State of the Union pushed away from Capitol for Trump's speech

Submitted by Luke on Tue, 02/04/2020 - 21:35

On the 4th of February, cops pushed Refuse Fascism's "People's State of the Union" protest away from the Capitol. First they were pushed to the Supreme Court, then most of the way to Union Station. Protesters denounced the blatent self-serving abuse of power by Trump and that fake impeachment "trial" with neither witnesses nor evidence.

Video: People's State of the Union continues as cops repeatedly push it back 3 min 25 sec including Ford Fischer's clip of Luke on WWII and "we intend to win" today's war against fascism

Elections/Legislation/Government

People's State of the Union on the Capitol steps

Protesters rally as Senate votes for no witnesses at impeachment "trial"

Submitted by Luke on Sat, 02/01/2020 - 01:21

On the last day of January 2020, protesters rallied outside the US Capitol as Senators voted 51-49 mostly on party lines NOT to hear witness testimony, meaning the "trial" consists only of opening and (maybe) closing arguments.

Elections/Legislation/Government

A real trial has witnesses and evidence

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