Monthly Archives: October 2010

At about 8:30 PM on October 30, animal rights activists showed up in the alley outside the home of Goldman-Sachs executive Michael Paese, 1632-B 19th st NW-and promptly ran into violence. Audio-a phone call for an update interrupted by the … Continue reading →

Jon Stewart’s “Rally to restore Sanity” bore a message of insult for both the teabaggers AND for progressive activists. Code Pink was furious and their march was effectively to be a counterdemonstration based on their alert. Many liberal and progressive … Continue reading →

Halloween is always a bad time to be a customer or finanacial enabler of puppy-killing Huntingdon Life Sciences. Nomera, Astra-Zenica, and Bayer found that out with lobby invasions on Oct 29 in DC, and Sanofi-Aventis got protesters in front as … Continue reading →

On the 23ed of October, protesters leaving a SHAC-UK(sentencing) solidarity protest at the Georgetown home of Abbot Fund Vice President John Richardson were threatened by police with arrest for tinted windows in a car, for “incommoding” and for refusing to … Continue reading →

Oct 21 was the start of the global days of action in solidarity with the SHAC defendants in the UK. In DC, like many cites, protesters showed up at Huntingdon Life Sciences customers, funders, and others whose business dealings keep … Continue reading →

On Oct 19, as part of National Primate Liberation Week, protesters showed up at NIH on the Old Georgetown Road entrance, demanding that NIH cease and desist the use of primates other than human volunteers in medical research. According to … Continue reading →

On the 14th of October, an estimated 75 US Capitol Police ambushed animal rights protesters outside Goldman-Sachs at 101 Constitution Ave NW, possibly in response to a false report of a gunshot inside. Some brandished automatic rifles and at least … Continue reading →

On October 9, a second night march against the IMF and World Bank meetings was met with police violence and and an illegal mass detention where people were detained and released singly. Video on Liveleakof the police trap Longer video … Continue reading →

On Oct 8, a noisy late-night march with drums, etc visited the Mayflower and Concordia hotels in DC, both hosting delegates to the IMF and World bank meetings. Video-Night March against the IMF and World Bank After dodging cops all … Continue reading →

On the 8th of October, as the IMF and World Bank meetings got underway, an estimated 300 protesters took to the streets, carrying “chains of debt” to the IMF and World Bank, maching with them to the White House-and finally … Continue reading →