Monthly Archives: December 2010

2010 in Review: a video compilation

From storming PEPCO at “Funk the Warming” to storming hotels full of IMF delegates, from fur protests in freezing snow to a tent city in triple-digit heat, it’s been quite a year in DC! Video-2010 in Review This video mixes … Continue reading

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Wal-Mart reps, Dick Knapp get and duck the hard questions

On December22, three days before Christmas, DC’s ANC 4B03 commissioneer Monique Michelle held the first public meeting on opening Wal-Mart stores in DC to which any Wal-Mart execs actually showed up. Video on Liveleak Both they and landlord Fooulger-Pratt’s Senior … Continue reading

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Protest at home of Dick Knapp(Foulger-Pratt) against Wal-Mart

On December 16, about two dozen protesters showed up at the home of Dick Knapp, senior Vice President of Foulger-Pratt, the developer planning to lease Wal-Mart a prime spot on Georgia Ave in DC. Video on Liveleak Many of the … Continue reading

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Over 100 arrested in Veterans for Peace antiwar protest

On December 16, the Veterans for Peace antiwar/pro-Wikileaks protest in front of the White House led to over 100 arrests. Liveleak: Video of the protest Liveleak: Same video in 720p HD Youtube video below: David Swanson’s video of the same … Continue reading

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Wal-Mart is no-show at “community input” hearing

On Dec 7, Pearl Harbor Day, over 100 residents listened as an invader threated to bring absolute devastation to Georgia Ave. Wal-Mart’s rep didn’t even show up as others trumpeted the “economic miracle” of Wal-Mart to a mostly outraged crowd. … Continue reading

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HLS protesters hit Fortress investor Nomura, three HLS customers

The Siege of Fortress continues in DC, injunctions be damned! All the cops seem to have gone to Goldman-Sachs, where protesters had given police the injunction-required notice of intent to appear, but protesters hit another Fortress stockholder, Nomura, instead. Protesters … Continue reading

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DC marches against censorship at the National Portrait Gallery

On December 2, what looked like 100 people marched from the Transformer gallery on P srt to the National Portrait gallery protesting the removal from the gallery of a video by David Wojnarowicz that offended the Catholic League and Republican … Continue reading

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