Monthly Archives: February 2011

On the 27th of February, Wisconsin’s union-busting governor Scott Walker came to DC for the annual meeting of the National Governor’s Association at the JW Marriott. Outside was a fiesty picket line of union workers and supporters, demanding he kill … Continue reading →

On Feb 26, enough protesters to fill most of Dupont Circle to packed-crowd, standing room only descended on the circle for a rally to condemn Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker for trying to abolish public employee unions. Audio:Speaker invokes Washington Hospital … Continue reading →

On Feb 26, animal rights protesters showed up at Gartenhaus Furs and Miller’s Furs as they have every weekend in “Fur Free February.” The protests at Gartenhaus went fine, but police at Miller’s Furs threatened activists with arrest for using … Continue reading →

On Feb 25, Huntingdon Life Sciences customer Astra-Zenica got their second office demo in just three days from animal rights activists. Same video on Liveleak in case youtube disables the sound The protests began with a noisy bullhorn speakout inside … Continue reading →

On the 23ed of February, for the second day in a row, union activists laid siege to the 444 N Cap st offices of Wisconsin’s GOP Governor Scott Walker. His efforts to abolish collective bargaining in Wisconsin have led to … Continue reading →

The Siege of Fortress continues! On Feb 23, after showing up at Bayer, Astra-Zenica, and Sanofi-Aventis, animal rights activists brought loud bullhorns to the lobby of Nomura. Nomura is a key stockholder in Fortress Inc, the lifeline of puppy-killing Huntingdon … Continue reading →

What few fur customers showed up at Gartenhaus and Miller’s Furs on Feb 19 had to run a gauntlet of shouting protesters. This was both before and after cops showed up and pointed to an obscure noise ordinance. They approached … Continue reading →

Perhaps 60 people packed into a room at Plymouth Congregational Church on Feb 18 to see and discuss the film “The high cost of low prices” about what Wal-Mart has done to every community where they have a store-or a … Continue reading →

On Feb 15, Wal-Mart’s developer for New Jersey Ave revealed their plans to an audience that seemed to be a majority of opponents of Wal-Mart with several pro-Wal-Mart members of the audience was well. Citizen speakers ran at maybe 3/4 … Continue reading →

On Feb 14, Valentine’s Day, housing and tenant activists showed up outside the Russel Senate Office building demanding the Senate reject proposals from House Republicans to gut public housing programs and Section 8 assistance nationwide. Video from the protest at … Continue reading →