Police force removal of White House antinuclear vigil tent under threat of arrest

Submitted by Luke on Fri, 03/14/2014 - 00:00

On the 13th of March, US Park Police demanded during the day that the antinuclear vigil in front of the White House remove their property. When told the signs are protected under the First Amendment, they said the tent had to go. They claimed they would be back at 9PM to remove the tent but did not show up as of midnight March 13-14. They were back twice the following day and forced removal of the tent-and all chairs, etc-under threat of arrest in 15 minutes

Video 10PM March 14: Cops remove plywood, force removal of tent, chairs (liveleak)

Anti-War/Peace
Police/Legal/Prisons

Marshall Eddie Conway Free! Free All Political Prisoners!!

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 03/05/2014 - 00:00

Dhoruba Bin-Wahad, Naji Mujahid, Marshall Eddie Conway (free after 44 years of illegal incarceration for being a Panther and standing up to white authority), Paul Coats - at Baltimore, MD and Brooklyn, NY.

Police/Legal/Prisons
Race/Racism

398 arrested in "XL Dissent" civil disobediance against tar sands pipeline

Submitted by Luke on Sun, 03/02/2014 - 00:00

On the 2nd of March, an estimated 2,000 opponents of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline marched from Georgetown University to the White House for the largest one-day civil disobediance against the pipeline DC has seen.

Video of the march and civil disobediance
Video including the fake oil spill in front of Kerry's house, by "Organizer X" (youtube)

Environment/Food/Health

Scenes from the 50th anniversary of MLK's 1963 March on Washington

Submitted by Luke on Fri, 08/23/2013 - 20:00

I don't know the total turnout, but crowds stretched from the doubly fenced-off area near the Lincoln Memorial well past 17th st. The DC Statehood march alone was larger than most actions here in DC on any issue.

DC Mayor Gray spoke at the DC statehood rally at the DC War Memorial, avoiding issues of economic equality within the city. Shortly therafter, DC Councilmember Phil Mendelson spoke about the living wage bill (LRAA) as part of continuing what Martin Luther King fought for.

Civil Rights/Equal Rights
Race/Racism

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