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Wal-Mart associates, allies protest punitive store closures over wage demands

Submitted by Luke on Mon, 06/01/2015 - 14:35

On the 1st of June, labor activists and Wal-Mart associates protested outside the Ga Ave Wal-Mart. They were demanding that Wal-Mart re-instate the over 2,600 associates fired when five stores across the US were closed for "plumbing repairs." Pico Rivera, CA, one of the offending locations, was the target of Our Wal-Mart's very first walkout over wages. The closings appear to have actually been illegal retaliation for the demands for better wages and full-time or at least predictable schedules.

Labor/Economics/Business

Local News/Neighborhoods

Protesters at the Ga Ave Wal-Mart

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Armed bikers protesting existance of Phoenix mosque outnumbered by counterprotest

Submitted by Luke on Sat, 05/30/2015 - 12:20

On the 30th of May, armed motorcycle gang members staged an anti-Islamic rally outside a mosque in Phoenix, Arizona. They showed up with semiautomatic rifles and full military gear to draw offensive cartoons while police kept them apart from a larger group of counterprotesters. Many have remarked that the National Guard would probably have opened fire if African-American protesters against police brutality in Baltimore had shown up carrying similar weapons.

Race/Racism

Right Wing

Armed "peaceful protesters" outside a Phoenix, AZ mosque. Photo by Fashion Faerie

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Calvert County residents march from Solomons to Cove Point against gas export

Submitted by Luke on Sat, 05/30/2015 - 12:05

On the 30th of May, residents of Calvert County backed by environmentalists marched from Solomons at the southern tip of the county to Cove Point. The ending point was a park close to Dominion's LNG plant, the target of the protest. Dominion has begin construction to convert the old LNG import plant into an export facility for far larger quantities of fracked gas.

We Are Cove Point video of the march

Environment/Food/Health

The march begins-photo by We Are Cove Point

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Fracking protesters storm Spectra, ANGA, NPR

Submitted by Luke on Fri, 05/29/2015 - 18:39

The 29th of May was the last day of the third round of daily protests at FERC by Beyond Extreme Energy(BXE). This time around, activists marched from FERC and stormed into the office buildings housing some of their friends. First up was Spectra, builder of the "AIM" pipeline project FERC rubber stamped. Next up was ANGA, "America's Natural Gas Alliance," the notorious gas and fracking lobby. Finally came a suprise: the headquarters of NPR, known for promoting gas fracking with what can only be called public disservice announcements.

Video of the storming of Spectra, ANGA, and NPR

Environment/Food/Health