Monthly Archives: July 2011

On July 31, just under 200 people participated in the “Summer of Choice” kickoff walk, a fundraising walk around the area of Dr Carhart’s clinic in Germantown, MD. No anti-choicers seemed to be present. Video of the kickoff/fundraising pro-choice walk … Continue reading →

On July 28, unions and even Democratic members of Congress spoke out at a Capitol Hill rally opposing GOP plans for force a massive austerity program down everyone’s throat in the place of taxing the rich. Video highlights including both … Continue reading →

On the 26th of July. protesters showed up at the DC courthouse to show solidarity with Tim Dechristoper, who was sentenced at that very time to 2 years in prison for bidding against oil and gas companies for public land … Continue reading →

On the 24th of August, five passengers of the Audacity of Hope, the US boat to Gaza, gave a reportback on their experiences to a packed house at Busboys and Poets. Video highlights of the evening The first speaker was … Continue reading →

On the 20th of July, two treesitters occupied trees inside the blasting safety zone of the Bee Tree mountaintop removal coal mine. As this is being posted here the treesitters have shut the mine down for three days, and report … Continue reading →

Over the July 16-17 weekend, Respect DC invaded the Laurel Wal-Mart with a flash mob that included protesterss beating drums and even a brass section, tuba and all The entire flash mob had those yellow smiley faces, in some cases … Continue reading →

From September 23 to September 25, the IMF and World Bank will be holding their annual Fall Meetings in DC. That means IMF and World Bank protests will also be coming to DC. Video Promo 1 for Fall IMF protests … Continue reading →

(reprinted from http://www.dc.indymedia.org) On July 10, SHAC-UK published documents from Fortress verifying that Fortress Inc has called in the loans they made to the animal testing laboratory Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS). Somehow HLS paid off the loans, but now they … Continue reading →

On the 11th of July, 4 people were arrested in front of the White House during a protest of the US/Colombia Free Trade Agreement that Obama may soon introduce to Congress. They stayed put after perhaps 100 people crossed from … Continue reading →

As protesters marched on the White House to protest the Colombia Free Trade Agreement, there was an ugly sideshow: A Park Ranger harassing me for using a tripod to film the march. Video, confrontation is only heard as “Ranger Rat” … Continue reading →