October 2023

On the 26th of October Extinction Rebellion DC locked down at a Washington Gas "Project Pipes" construction site, shutting it down until they could be extracted.

Video-"Octopus" or "Star" blockade shutting down Project Pipes site 34 seconds

On Wed the 25th of October, Jewish antiwar activists marched from Columbus Circle (itself a monument to brutal settlers) to the US Capitol against the war in Gaza. Protesters got past bike cops, then explained that the stones were for a ritual normally practiced at gravesites and not for throwing.This allowed them to pass the stones forward and lay them on the Capitol reflecting pool's rim as though at a grave. Afterwards protesters read the names of some of the dead from Gaza, many of them children.

Video-marching on the Capitol and laying stones 3 min 13 sec

On the 24th of Octover, seemingly all of the area climate activists descended on the North American Gas Forum, with protesters outside and disruption inside. Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources
Geoffrey R. Pyatt was inside hobnobbing with gas barons.

Video of the protest outside, ejection of the inside team, and pursuit of Pyatt's car 6 min

On the 21st of October, another major march for Gaza assembled near the Washington Monument and marched on the US Capitol. The march stretched for several blocks on Constitution Ave, sometimes while stretching all the way across the road.

Video-the blocks-long march for a ceasefire on Penn Ave 1 min 30 sec

On the 19th of October, Biden gave an Oval Office speech trying to link his "all-in" support for Israel's war in Gaza to the ongoing war in Ukraine. A half dozen noisy protesters gathered as close to the White House press area as they could get with bullhorns and drum, denouncing Biden as "Genocide Joe."

Video: protesting "Genocide Joe's" Gaza war speech 1 min 46 sec