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Museum Square tenants rally against mass eviction in Chinatown

Submitted by Luke on Tue, 06/23/2015 - 15:58

The residents of Museum Square, one of the last Section 8 rentals in Chinatown are facing mass eviction followed by demolition and condo construction. Bush Companies (of Williamsburg, Va.), the landlord, offers only an option to buy the building for nearly ten times what the DC government assessed it as being worth for property taxes. On the 23ed of June, the tenants staged a mass protest against the planned evictions. They were backed by the National Alliance of HUD Tenants.

Video highlights of the rally (2 min)

Housing/urban Issues/Gentrification
Local News/Neighborhoods

DC Ferguson marches in solidarity with Charleston, S Carolina against racist terror

Submitted by Luke on Sun, 06/21/2015 - 23:32

On the 21st of June, DC Ferguson marched in solidarity with African-Americans in Charleston, S Carolina. On June 17, a white supremacist invaded the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston and opened fire. Nine people were killed and one more person wounded. Signs in the DC march read "Stop the war on Black America."

Video of the march-1 min 27 sec

Race/Racism

DC Food Justice Bike Tour enters Gtown Ben and Jerry's with labor demands

Submitted by Luke on Sun, 06/21/2015 - 22:37

On June 21, the DC Food Justice Bike Tour visited a number of locations with economic and food justice significance. The first was a Ben and Jerry's outlet in Georgetown, where the Milk with Dignity campaign is seeking higher wages for dairy workers in Vermont. This campaign is following in the footsteps of the sucessful Coalition of Immokalee Workers campaign for higher wages in tomato fields. Ben and Jerry's is a major customer of the dairy factory farms in Vermont, just as Burger King is a major customer of tomato producers.

Video of activists entering Ben and Jerry's

Environment/Food/Health
Labor/Economics/Business

Entering the Ben and Jerry's in Georgetown with a letter concerning worker conditions in Vermont's dairy factory farms

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Anti-War/Peace
Elections/Legislation/Government
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Foreign Policy/Imperialism
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DC Ferguson shuts down Chinatown demanding Lanier actually end jump-outs

Submitted by Luke on Wed, 06/17/2015 - 00:29

On the 16th of June, DC Ferguson returned to the streets and shut down Chinatown, demanding not only that Police Chief Lanier keep the de facto promise she just made to end jump-outs, but also an end to gentrifcation and homelessness. The 16th of June was the 39th anniversary of the Soweto Uprising that marked the start of the movement that ultimately ended Apartheid in South Africa.

1 min 30 sec video of DC Ferguson march in Chinatown

Police/Legal/Prisons
Race/Racism

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