Monthly Archives: November 2019

On the 29th of November, as other stormed the shopping malls with nothing but holiday plunder on their minds, the weekly #FireDrillFridays climate/fossil fuels protest at the US Capitol morphed into a funeral march for young activist’s futures. Teenage speakers … Continue reading →

On the 25th of November, yet another group of protesters showed up at Trump Hotel demanding he be impeached and removed from office. This group emphasized his use of the White House for personal gain, a crime that prior to … Continue reading →

On the 19th of November, a group of hunger strikers from Extinction Rebellion set up shop in the cafeteria used by the Montgomery County council. They demanded the council back up its words on climate emergency with actual deeds which … Continue reading →

On the 16th of November, the ANSWER Coalition held a protest against the US supported “soft coup” in Bolivia. A smaller group of possibly wealthy and mostly non-Indigenous Bolivians counterprotested. The right wingers claimed there was no coup, but speakers … Continue reading →

On the 13th of November, the DC Bike Party took to the streets on an only slightly above-freezing night. The DC Bike Party rides the 2nd Wed of every month from April through December, so there will be one more … Continue reading →

On the 13th of November, as public impeachment hearings started, Donald Trump welcomed Turkish dictator Erdogan to the White House. This is while Turkish troops occupy part of Norther Syria and are destroying Kurdish towns. Outside the meeting, Kurdish and … Continue reading →

On Veteran’s Day (Nov 11), Code Pink protested at the Kennedy Center against an exhibit “artwashing” the Iraq War. The Boeing-sponsored exhibit is of GW Bush’s own paintings of the very veterans whom he sent to war and who came … Continue reading →

On the 8th of November, #RemoveTrump joined forces with Jane Fonda’s #FireDrillFridays for a massive pro-impeachment march from the US Capitol to the White House. A sit-in was staged there but no reports of arrests at this writing. Capitol Police … Continue reading →

On the 7th of November, the GOP held a strategy retreat at Trump Hotel to discuss their response to the impeachment proceedings against Trump. Outside, protesters banged drums and blew horns and whistles. GOP members often had to run a … Continue reading →

On the 5th of November, one of a series of what are probably the UFCW’s informational pickets came to a Safeway outlet in Montgomery County, MD. While the union is not yet on strike and hopefully won’t have to resort … Continue reading →