Monthly Archives: February 2016

On the 27th of February, a memorial service at Luther Place remembered Concepcion Piccolo, who for 35 years maintained a vigil in front of the White House against nuclear weapons and war. At the conclusion of the service participants marched … Continue reading →

On the 25th of February, tenants from Museum Square and Mt Vernon Plaza backed by ONE DC and API Resistance showed up outside their landlord’s office in Clarendon, VA. Originally the plan was to send a delegation inside to deliver … Continue reading →

On the 23ed of February, protesters representing groups from Code Pink all the way to the CATO Institute showed up in front of the FBI’s J Edgar Hoover building to protest the FBI’s demands that Apple help them defeat encrypted … Continue reading →

On the 20th of February, a massive protest assembled in Richmond by the Capitol bell tower before marching on Dominion’s headquarters. They were marching against Dominion’s practice of dumping coal ash into the James River. Also present were opponents of … Continue reading →

On the 12th of February, many hundreds of labor activsts were in town for the National Jobs With Justice Conference. In late afternoon a massive march left the conference. The march divided into two, with the restarant workers going to … Continue reading →

On the 6th of February, a “men’s rights” meetup organized by Daryush “Roosh” Valizdeh was planned for the Cross Street Market in Baltimore, MD as one of 165 similar meetups on an “International Meetup Day.” Roosh is infamous for calling … Continue reading →

On the 4th of February, a mix of labor activists and area vegans showed up at the Baltimore World Trade Center to protest the signing of the TPP or Trans-Pacific Partnership. The TPP is a yet to be ratified trade … Continue reading →

On the 3ed of February Washington Time or Feb 4 New Zealand time, Obama was in Sky City Casino in New Zealand to sign the TPP or Trans-Pacific Partnership at 5:30PM EST. This is an ugly NAFTA style trade deal … Continue reading →

On the 2nd of February, a number of immigrant rights groups held a “Stop the Raids” press conference outside the White House before delivering over 130,000 signed petitions. The petitions were actually accepted by two White House staffers and sniffewd … Continue reading →

While the passing of Concepcion Piccolo was widely reported in the mainstream press, there has been not one word there about the continuing of the White House Peace Vigil, which lives on. Just when the National Park Service and the … Continue reading →