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Protest at White House against TPP signing-hours before signing and NZ street blockades

On the 3rd 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 the likes of which have not been seen since the FTAA, CAFTA, and the failed Seattle/Doha trade talks. As protesters and heads of state gathered in New Zealand, a broad coalition of groups sent representatives to a protest in front of the White House calling the trade deal "betrayal."

Video of the DC protest with NZ blockade footage 0:33 to 0:55, 2 min 38 sec total

TPP signing gets protest at White House, blockades at NZ casino where it was signed

Migrant advocates deliver petitions against Obama's ICE raids to White House

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 sniffed by the dog before being taken inside. Usually White House petition deliveries are refused, and often that leads to civil disobedience blockades. Before the delivery, speaker after speaker denounced the frankly terroristic raids on immigrants at their homes by ICE. Although not mentioned at this rally, many suspect Obama is doing this in response to Trump's hatemongering demands.

Video-clips from the speakers and the sucessful petition delivery

NO to Obama's Trump-inspired ICE raids

White House Peace Vigil lives on after Concepcion's passing

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 White House thought kings and dictators would be able to visit the White House without seeing a reminder of what their policies can do, just when they thought it was "safe to go back in the water," the vigil continues.

Skanska files SLAPP suit seeking injunction against vivisection protests

In Portland, Oregon,two executives at Skanska have filed papers with the Washington County Courthouse in Hillsboro, OR seeking an injunction against 4 animal rights activsts and the "No New Animal Lab" campaign against Skanska's project to build a vivisection laboratory for the University of Washington. This injunction would not bind activists in DC, New York, or anywhere but in the jurisdiction in question and only from that one organization. No New Animal Lab has counterfiled a anti-SLAPP Special Motion to Strike against Skanska.

Trump event in Iowa cut short after tomatoes hurled

On the 1st of February, WTOP Radio reported Donald Trump as telling his brownshirtss to "knock the crap out of" anyone getting ready to throw tomatoes at him. This came after a Jan 27th incident in Iowa were one person was arrested for throwing two tomatoes at Trump and another person wore a "Heil Trumpler" protest T-shirt.

Youtube video of tomatoes being thrown at Trump

Zoomed in still from the Youtube video.Red blur is one of two hurled tomatoes, it is really moving!

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