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Va residents hold Hands Across Our Land rally against gas pipeline proposals

Submitted by Luke on Sun, 08/14/2016 - 18:28

On the 14th of August, Virginia residents gathered in Riverbend Park upstream of Great Falls for a rally opposing several major fracked gas pipelines in their state.

Video from Hands Across Our Land Featuring a speaker from Beyond Extreme Energy on what's going on at FERC

Environment/Food/Health
Hands Across our Land protest against Va fracked gas pipelines

The Shortwave Report 08/12/16 Listen Globally!

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Anti-War/Peace
Elections/Legislation/Government
Environment/Food/Health
Foreign Policy/Imperialism
Globalization/Anti-globalization
Immigration
Iraq/Afghanistan
Media
Military/Weapons
World Uprisings

August DC Bike Party takes over the streets

Submitted by Luke on Thu, 08/11/2016 - 14:48

On the 10th of August, the DC Bike Party once again took to the streets of DC with hundreds of riders participating.

Video from August 2016 DC Bike Party

Culture/Entertainment
August 2016 DC Bike Party

Lawsuits Filed Over Donald Trump's Privatization of Pennsylvania Avenue, “America’s Main Street”

Submitted by repost on Wed, 08/10/2016 - 12:46

Civil Rights Group Challenges Buffer Zone that Restricts Free Speech at New Trump International Hotel

A section of Pennsylvania Avenue, a National Historic Site that runs from the White House to the Capitol, will be turned over for the use of the Trump Organization along with the large (7,000 square foot) previously public plaza that features an 1889 Benjamin Franklin statue and that abuts the soon-to-open Trump International Hotel at the Old Post Office, as well as a portion of the sidewalk space abutting the Avenue.

The turnover of these spaces creates a “buffer zone” that appears to suppress or extinguish free speech in proximity to the building leased by Trump, restricting access to priority or exclusive use of the Trump Organization.

Civil Liberites/Constitution
Local News/Neighborhoods
Police/Legal/Prisons
Race/Racism

Police close Penn Ave in face of Nagasaki Vigil

Submitted by Luke on Tue, 08/09/2016 - 01:45

On the 8th of August, antiwar and antinuclear activists walked from a nearby church to the White House for a candlelight vigil on the 71st anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki.Minutes before the procession left the church, Secret Service shut down Penn Ave in front of the White House. Seconds after the end of the two minutes of silence at the exact moment of the bombing anniversary and while one of the Hibakuash (nuclear survivors) was speaking, they reopened the street.

Video from the Nagasaki vigil showing how police timed the street closure

Anti-War/Peace
Police/Legal/Prisons
Police close Penn Ave in face of Nagasaki vigil

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