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Poor People's Campaign Direct Action at HHS

Submitted by a l c h y m e d i a on Mon, 06/18/2018 - 23:01

A contingent of activists from the Poor People's Campaign marched to and delivered testimony at the Department of Health and Human Services, highlighting the plight of immigrant families separated by the Trump administration, health care and housing for all and other issues faced by poor people in this country.

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Families Belong Together Rally protests CBP, ICE ripping children from parents

Submitted by Luke on Fri, 06/15/2018 - 00:26

On the 14th of June, migrant rights activists gathered for the "Families Belong Together" protest against the Trump/Sessions policy of separating families at the border, where screaming children are dragged away from their parents. DHS has admitted the sole purpose of this intentional torture of children is to deter others from crossing the border. Many of the protesters invoked Nazi Germany and called Trump's policy "evil."

Video: speakers including two members of Congress describe the prisons and invoke past horrors

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This is not the first time small children have been dragged from their parents and interned in camps

DC Resistance Iftar condemns Trump's Muslim ban and support for oppressive regimes

Submitted by Luke on Wed, 06/13/2018 - 16:31

On the 12th of June, multiple organizations held the DC Resistance Iftar on Freedom Plaza. Iftar is the Islamic traditional sunset breaking of the fast during Ramadan. Community Iftars around issues of concern to all are part of this tradition. Before the sun set on the DC Resistance Iftar, speakers condemned Trump's travel ban US support for the brutal regime in the Phillipines and the ongoing siege of Gaza.

Video including part of the statement by Jerome Succor Aba read out at the Iftar

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Waiting for sunset

Jobs With Justice 2018 May Day Parade

Submitted by a l c h y m e d i a on Mon, 05/28/2018 - 15:57

Jobs With Justice DC observed International Worker's Day 2018 with a May Day parade to construction sites in DC to bring awareness of subcontractors such as Power Design Inc. with a history of wage theft. Also highlighted were gentrification and the displacement of DC historic communities of color as well as salary abuses among restaurant and domestic workers. Video Link

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Protesters rally as Supreme Court Hears Trump's Muslim Ban case

Submitted by Luke on Wed, 04/25/2018 - 19:12

On the 25th of April, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Trump's Muslim Ban case as protesters gathered outside. A Japanese-American speaker warned of the ugly precent set by the 1944 Supreme Court Korematsu_v._United_States case. In that case, the Supreme Court upheld the wholesale mass incarceration of Japanese-Americans during WWII. If the Supreme court overturns the Muslim Ban, Trump will suffer s serious strategic defeat, the loss of a core campaign promise.

Video featuring comparison by Japanese-American speaker to internment in WWII

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Two DC Marches Remember 50th Anniversary of MLK's assasination

Submitted by Luke on Thu, 04/05/2018 - 02:01

On the 4th of April, marchers took to the streets across the US to remember the 50th anniversary of the murder of civil rights leader Dr Martin Luther King. Two of these marches took place in DC.

Video highlights of both marches

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Setting out from the MLK Memorial for the rally2endracism, about 7:30AM

Impeachment, anti-Muslim Ban, GLBTQ marches against Trump join at Trump Hotel

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 01/27/2018 - 19:19

The 27th of January was the anniversary of Donald Trump signing Executive Order 13769, also known as Muslim Ban 1.0. This triggered massive airport protests and urban marches a year ago. This year in DC, the march gathered at the White House to oppose Trump's current Muslim Ban, and was met there by the "People's March on Washington," a much larger march, from the WWII Memorial demanding Trump be impeached.Both marched together to Trump Hotel, where they joined with WERK for Peace's "intersectional" GLBTQ dance party.

Video showing how the three marches worked together

Speaker at WERK For Consent demands DC decriminalize sex work

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In front of Trump Hotel by WERK for Peace, just after the other marches joined forces with them

Women's March 2018 Video

Submitted by a l c h y m e d i a on Wed, 01/24/2018 - 21:09

Video from the 2nd Women's March, on the first anniversary of the inauguration of Donald Trump, January 20, 2018.

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J2018 protests hit the streets on anniversary of Trump's Inauguration

Submitted by Luke on Sat, 01/20/2018 - 20:12

Jan 20, 2018, much of the Federal government's non-cooercive portions shut down on the anniversary of Trump's Inauguration. ICE, the FBI, and the military are not included in the shutdown. Meanwhile, protesters hit the streets all over DC. There was a satirical vigil for a broken window at the same Starbucks that got trashed on J20-2017, another Women's March, and a culminating banner drop between the flagpoles in front of Union Station.

Video of the satirical vigil for the broken Starbucks window

Video of the Union Station banner drop

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Banner drop at Union Station

Black Lives Matter DC selected to be Grand Marshalls at MLK Day parade

Submitted by Luke on Mon, 01/15/2018 - 20:49

On the 15th of January, Black Lives Matter DC marched in the annual DC MLK day parade. Black Lives Matter DC also had the honor of being selected as grand marshalls in the parade this year.

Video highlights of the Black Lives Matter contingent

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DC Black Lives Matter in the house!

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