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Protest Against the US Embargo of Venezuela (video)

Submitted by a l c h y m e d i a on Sat, 08/10/2019 - 22:37

On August 10, 2019, protesters gathered in front of the White House to protest Trump's executive order declaring a total economic embargo of Venezuela.

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Foreign Policy/Imperialism
Human Rights

Kremlin Annex protesters call out Trump for Proud Boys' chairman on his re-election team

Submitted by Luke on Fri, 08/09/2019 - 00:37

On the 8th of August, Kremlin Annex protesters called out Donald Trump not only for his general promotion of hatred and violence but specifically for his elevation of Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio. The Proud Boys are an avowedly Fascist group known for extreme violence such as group beatings, rather like the original Nazi Stormtroopers.

HD Video including the callout over the Proud Boys chair getting a post in Trump's 2020 campaign 1 min 59 sec

Elections/Legislation/Government

Open City cafe fires server for objecting to Trump pin, Trumpers threaten arson anyway

Submitted by Luke on Thu, 08/08/2019 - 17:53

Back on July 26, a Texas tourist showed up at the Open City cafe at Washington National Cathedral with a pro-Trump "Keep America Great" pin. A server objected to this racist message, the tourist demanded a refund and got it. Afterwards the server was fired for expressing their free speech over this racist pin. Not satisfied with the firing, Trump supporters have been threatening to burn the cafe to the ground.

Right Wing

McAuliffe's book tour faces second round with Cville survivors at National Press Club

Submitted by Luke on Wed, 08/07/2019 - 01:54

On the 6th of August, former VA Governor Terry McAuliffe's "Beyond Charlottesville" book tour returned to DC. The big question going in was just how much he would stink up the National Press Club by evading survivor's questions. This time the moderator did her best to hold the former Governor to the questions, but at one point survivors did have to interrupt him. Afterwards, one of the car survivors called McAuliffe an "artful dodger."

Ford Fischer's video originally posted to Twitter of Charlottesville survivors interrrupting former Va Governor Terry McAuliffe 1 min 33 sec

Police/Legal/Prisons
Race/Racism

Security objects to distributing fliers "too close" to the National Press Club's building

Cville car attack survivors disrupt and discredit Terry McAuliffe's "Beyond Charlottesville" book talk

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 08/02/2019 - 00:42

On Aug 1, former Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe showed up at Politics and Prose to promote his new "Beyond Charlottesville" book. Several people who had been badly wounded in the Aug 12 2017 car attack by white nationalist James Fields got control of the Q&A session and hammered him for profiting off their injuries and donating profits to police instead of to those left with permanent injuries and huge medical bills by the attack. He answered their questions with the police, MPD escorting the survivors out of the building.

HD Video: the book talk breaks down into chaos, fed-up survivors begin chants 6 min 36 sec

Race/Racism

Former VA Governor Terry McAuliffe responds with the cops to questions about his handling of "Unite the Right" in Cville

CCNV Summer Fundraiser: Supporting Our Homeless Neighbors

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/25/2019 - 16:32

 CCNV Summer Fundraiser: Supporting Our Homeless Neighbors Everyone is welcome to come out for the CCNV Summer Cookout & Fish Fry Fundraiser. All proceeds will go toward the upkeep of the building and to benefit the nearly 1000 homeless DC residents who reside there. We will have freshy fried whiting fish, flavored to perfection, hamburgers or cheeseburgers, all beef hot dogs, and all the trimmings. Ice cold bottles of water and your favorite chips and sodas on the side.

Housing/urban Issues/Gentrification
Local News/Neighborhoods
Miscellaneous
Poverty

Mueller's testimony draws Kremlin Annex protesters to White House

Submitted by Luke on Thu, 07/25/2019 - 03:07

In recent months Wednesdays have not normally been one of the days the Kremlin Annex/impeachment protesters are in front of the White House, but with much of the US riveted on Mueller's testimony before Congress, they made a special appearance on July 24. About halfway through the protest, the SS closed Penn Ave-and the Park Police then told them they could not protest in Lafayette Sq either for lack of a different permit.

Environment/Food/Health

Scene in front of the White House shortly before the street closure

Extinction Rebellion blockades Capitol Hill tunnels with superglued protests

Submitted by Luke on Wed, 07/24/2019 - 01:16

On the 23rd of July, with the the Sanders/Cortez climate emergency resolution going nowhere, Extinction Rebellion returned to Capitol Hill. Multiple teams converged on the tunnels connection House office buildings to the US Capitol. They arrived all at once and as the commotion started it quickly became clear that protesters had superglued themselves across the access doors to at least one tunnel. There were 17 reported arrests (prior report was 16), but the blockades held for over two hours.

HD Video: Superglued blockaders hold tunnel entrance 2 min 4 sec

Environment/Food/Health

Extinction Rebellion Uses Superglue to Call On Congress To Declare A Climate Emergency

Submitted by a l c h y m e d i a on Tue, 07/23/2019 - 23:39

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Civil Liberites/Constitution
Environment/Food/Health
World Uprisings

Beyond Extreme Energy protests fracked gas export facilities at FERC's monthly meeting

Submitted by Luke on Thu, 07/18/2019 - 16:43

On the 18th of January, Beyond Extreme Energy showed up outside FERC, the Federal Energy "Regulatory" Agency. They were there to demand that possibly retiring FERC commissioner Cherly Lefleur vote against all proposed fracked gas export facilities-and against Canadian and other foreign pipeline companies using eminent domain for private gain against US residents.

Environment/Food/Health

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