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Kayaktivists stage naval style banner raising at Pentagon against war and fossil fuels

Submitted by Luke on Tue, 09/19/2017 - 01:36

On the 17th of September, the Backbone Campaign, World Without War, the Raging Grannies, and other groups bypassed the usual difficulties of protesting at the Pentagon by taking to the water to raise banners from kayaks.

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Photo by Anne Meador of DC Media Group

People's Congress of Resistance culminates with march on White House

Submitted by Luke on Mon, 09/18/2017 - 14:58

From September 16-17 the People's Congress of Resistance met at Howard University. On September 17th this ended with a march from Howard University to the White House

Video of the march

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The march on U st

Nazis, alt-right show up at fizzled Trump/MAGA "Mother of all Rallies"

Submitted by Luke on Sat, 09/16/2017 - 19:52

On the 16th of September, Trump supporters held their "Mother of All Rallies" on the Mall, only to draw a very small turnout compared to promises. They reserved two panels of the Mall, but at times had only a few hundred people, and one Twitter poster claimed up to half were counterprotesters. Dozens of the MOAR attendees were "alt-right" white supremacists, some with explicitly white supremacist flags and emblems.

Update 9-16 11PM:Fash afterparty found at Harry's bar with Kyle Chapman (based stickman) in attendance. He pursues Indymedia photgrapher (presumably to assault) but cannot keep up.

Update 9-16 7PM: Capitol City Brewing set to host alt-right afterparty, anti-fascists disrupt

Video-Known Nazis and Kekistan flags at MOAR, area antifascists debate the fash

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This is the "Kekistan" flag, combining the WWII Nazi German Naval Flag with the green of "Pepe the Frog" and a reference to an ancient frog god. This is an explicit white supremacist flag

DC Bike Party rides to Anacostia

Submitted by Luke on Fri, 09/15/2017 - 01:35

The September 2017 DC Bike Party rode from Dupont Circle to Anacostia via Union Station, RFK Stadium, multiple park trails and bridges, and finally ended at a party in the MLK Ave and W st area.

Video highlights of the ride

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The ride in Anacostia not far from the end

The Shortwave Report 09/15/17 Listen Globally!

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/14/2017 - 20:09

Dear Radio Friend,             The latest Shortwave Report (September 15) is up at the website http://www.outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml  in 3 forms- (new) HIGHEST QUALITY (160kb)(33MB), broadcast quality (13MB), and quickdownload or streaming form (6MB) (28:59) Links at page bottom   (If you have access to Audioport there is a highest quality version posted up there {33MB} 

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