Monthly Archives: April 2011

On Tuesday, April 22, protests against puppy-killing huntingdon Life Sciences wrapped up at Nomura after hitting HLS customers Bayer, Astra-Zenica, and Sanofi-Aventis. At Nomura, a security guard or employee acting as one (NOT in uniform) charged out the door and … Continue reading →

On Friday, April 22nd , DC animal rights activists held early morning “meet and greet” demonstrations in solidarity with World Laboratory Animal Liberation Week at the offices of HLS customers and financiers. First up, was the shared office of AstraZeneca … Continue reading →

From another participant in both actions. Note: Youtube added overlay advertising to the video because of their copythug scanner finding the song. That’s why we don’t use Youtube for DC Direct Action news-TV videos. If you download the video and … Continue reading →

On April 18, climate activists under the name of Reclaim Power stormed the DC headquarters of the Department of the Interior, protesting leases of pubic land to corporations for oil, gas, and coal mining. Video:Climate activists storm the Department of … Continue reading →

The highlight of the “Power Sift” march of young climate activists was the delivery of a jar of genuine BP Macondo tarballs, oil from the Gulf Spill, back to BP’s corporate lobbying headquarters in DC Video: Tarballs returned to BP … Continue reading →

Video of all the Spring 2011 IMF protests on Liveleak Below is a longer video hosted on DC Indymedia as a downloadable file. Download and play like any pirate movie download Download longer video of all the IMF protests of … Continue reading →

At about 1 PM on April 16, Rainforest Action Network marched out of Powershift against Citibank, which was declared a “global warming crime scene” and PNC Bank. Power Shift attendees on sidewalks poured into the streets to join them At … Continue reading →

On April 16th starting at 6AM, 11 years almost to the hour from the 2000 A16 Siege of the IMF and World Bank, anticapitalists took to the streets to confront the loan sharks attending the IMF and World Bank delegates. … Continue reading →

On Friday, the 15th of April, Jubilee USA circled the IMF and World Bank meeting, carrying coffin-size “gold bars.” Jubilee was demanding that the IMF use the $3 billion windfall profit from recent gold sales to pay for cancelling debts … Continue reading →

IMF protests start tomorrow, Friday, April 15. Protests will continue Saturday, April 16, rain or shine! First event: Jubilee USA, Murrow Park noon Friday, April 15th. Look for the big loan shark puppet! For full schedule and updates visit http://www.imfresistance.org … Continue reading →