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2024 Olympics sought by DC: the Eviction Games?

Submitted by Luke on Wed, 06/11/2014 - 14:43

On the 9th of June, the Washington Post reported that DC is again seeking to host the Summer Olympics, this time in 2024. The bid to host the 2012 Olympics was defeated after protesters disrupted an Olympic Selection Committee event with a smoke flare and heckled the Committee at the grand reopening of the Wilson Building the next day.

Housing/urban Issues/Gentrification
Local News/Neighborhoods

Antiwar activists protest smear campaign against former POW Bowe Bergdahl

Submitted by Luke on Tue, 06/10/2014 - 23:17

On the 10th of June, members of multiple antiwar groups and a Muslim advocacy group showed up in front of the White House to welcome former POW Bowe Bergdahl's release, the release of 5 detainees from Gitmo, and condemn the vicious smear campaign the GOP has been mounting against Bowe. One speaker condemned using a POW for a "political football."

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Anti-War/Peace
Foreign Policy/Imperialism

Huge counterprotest against Westboro Baptist at Wilson HS

Submitted by Luke on Mon, 06/09/2014 - 13:33

On the 9th of June, Westboro Baptist had the nerve to take their violently homophobic message to Wilson High School in DC. They were met with a huge student-let counterprotest.

8 second Youtube video scanning crowd posted by WTOP Radio

Gender/Sexuality/Identity

Dead fish for HRC, super soakers for Westboro at Pride Parade

Submitted by Luke on Sun, 06/08/2014 - 13:03

The Capitol Pride Parade on June 7, 2014 was the least corporate Pride parade I have seen in many years.In addition, the so-called "Human Rights Campaign" was held accountable for throwing non-assimilationists and especially trans folks under the bus by activists who threw nasty dead fish at them. Someone later said "Choke on the bones, transphobe douchebags" in a Twitter post. Also on the scene was the infamously homophobic Westboro Baptist Church. I saw them chased out of one position after several parade floats opened fire with Super Soaker water squirters on them.

Video:Pride vs Westboro

Gender/Sexuality/Identity

Showdown with Westboro Baptist

Gas-guzzling Air Force sponsors Clarendon Cup bicycle race

Submitted by Luke on Sun, 06/08/2014 - 12:51

On the 7th of June, the US Air Force was the lead sponsor of the Clarendon Cup bicycle race, as half of the "US Air Force Cycling Classic." I find it almost hypocritical that one of the world's largest users of jet fuel is sponsoring a bicycle race. A human-powered flight competition would at least be somewhat a match for them, however.

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