Environment/Food/Health

Wikileaks captures updated TPP "intellectual property" chapter, GMO's explicitly included

Submitted by Luke on Sun, 10/19/2014 - 13:44

On the 16th of October, Wikileaks published the updated "Intellectual property" chapter of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership or TPP, current as of May 16th, 2014 after the so-called Ho Chi Minh round of TPP negotiations. The 20th "secret" TPP meeting was held in Ho Chi Minh City.
Download the entire May 16th Intellectual Property chapter of the proposed TPP here

Environment/Food/Health
Globalization/Anti-globalization

The Shortwave Report 10/17/14 Listen Globally!

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/16/2014 - 20:12

Dear Radio Friend,             The latest Shortwave Report (October 17) is up at the website http://www.outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml  in 3 forms- (new) HIGHEST QUALITY (128kb)(27MB), broadcast quality (16MB), and quickdownload or streaming form (6MB) (28:59) Links at page bottom   (If you have access to Audioport there is a highest quality version posted up there {35MB} 

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Elections/Legislation/Government
Environment/Food/Health
Iraq/Afghanistan
Media

Pa residents challenge EPA officials to drink fracked well water, bags searched at Metro in response

Submitted by Luke on Fri, 10/10/2014 - 13:39

On the 10th of October, anti-fracking activists and a resident of Dimock county in Pennsylvania challenged EPA officials to drink from either of two samples of discolored, contaminated well water from a fracking-damaged well. The response they got was the expected and understood refusal to drink the water, and an acceptance by an EPA official of their petitions. Meanwhile, the EPA building behind them was guarded by a counted 20+ cops-and bag searches at the Metro station entrance there. As soon as the protest ended, the DHS bag search checkpoint was withdrawn from the Metro station.

Video-offering the "frackwater challenge" to drink the contaminated well water

Environment/Food/Health
Police/Legal/Prisons

Offering a drink of fracked well water to an EPA official

Hundreds ride in October DC Bike Party

Submitted by Luke on Wed, 10/08/2014 - 23:43

On the 8th of October, the usual several hundred riders (600+ is average) took to the streets of DC for the monthly bike party. A just past full moon was in the sky as the streets swarmed with cyclists, some in a Halloween theme.

Video Highlights of the Ride

Environment/Food/Health

FERC Found Guilty of Fracking the Chesapeake by a "People's Court"

Submitted by Luke on Fri, 10/03/2014 - 16:01

On the morning of Oct 3, Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) and Calvert County residents convened a "People's Court" outside FERC to protest their rubber stamp approval of fracked gas export from Cove Point on the Chesapeake Bay. Defendants included president Barrack Obama, MD Governor O'Malley,the entire Calvert County board of commissioners, and the head of FERC. All were found guilty of multiple charges.

Video of people's court-all defendants

Video-Mike Tidewell vows "no surrender"-even if the LNG export plant is built, CCAN will fight on to prevent any gas from being exported

Environment/Food/Health

MD Governor O'Malley gets "golden pillow" for sleeping on fracked gas export

Submitted by Luke on Tue, 09/30/2014 - 22:18

On the 30 of September, MD Governor O'Malley received an award from University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science. Outside, Calvert County residents and local environmental activists presented a lookalike with a different award. He got a golden pillow for sleeping on the job, at least that part concerning environmental protection. For all that fluffy pillow talk of loving the Earth, O'Malley is the governor who approved the ICC highway in MD, and many fear he will do the same for Dominion's proposal to export fracked gas from Cove Point.

Video featuring "Golden Pillow" presentation and disruption of the "real" presentation

Environment/Food/Health

"O'Malley" gettting the golden pillow for sleeping on the job of protecting Calvert County from Dominion Resources's proposal to export fracked gas out of Cove Point on the Bay.

Critical Mass reportback for September

Submitted by Luke on Sat, 09/27/2014 - 15:02

On the 26th of September at least 50 riders took part in DC's monthly Critical Mass bike ride. These rides depart from Dupont Circle shortly after 8PM on the last Friday of every month.

High energy video of the ride on 9th st and on Penn Ave

Environment/Food/Health

Chesapeake Earth First! videos of Flood Wall St and fracking protest at NY Obama fundraiser

Submitted by Luke on Wed, 09/24/2014 - 23:44

Chesapeake Earth First! was on the front lines during the Monday, Sep 22 "Flood Wall St" UN Climate Protests and also the next day, as an Obama fundraiser drew protesters against his love affair with money from the gas fracking industry. Both videos focus on Indigenous perspectives and participation in these events

Video of Flood Wall st featuring Idle No More and a strong defense when police threatened

Video of fracking protest at Obama fundraiser

Environment/Food/Health

Idle No More "flooding wall st" up to the windows

Protesters blockade streets, corporate polluters, White House in solidarity w/ NYC climate protests

Submitted by Luke on Tue, 09/23/2014 - 14:23

On the 23ed of September, two groups in DC staged direct action solidarity protests with the events in NYC over climate change. Rising Tide DC marched through the streets staging blockades in front of corporate polluters. Meanwhile, the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance blockaded the White House entrance nearest the Oval Office.Five were arrested in the NCNR protest.

Video of Rising Tide DC March
Video of NCNR civil resistance netting 5 arrests at the White House

Anti-War/Peace
Environment/Food/Health

DC Rising Tide in the streets

NYC Day 2: Massive civil disobediance shuts down Broadway, surrounds Wall St bull

Submitted by Luke on Mon, 09/22/2014 - 01:07

9-22 7:20PM:Protesters being arrested at Broadway@WallSt Last few being arrested as of 7:50, at least 140 expected

9-22 5:00PM:Protesters sit down on Wall St, rush hour standoff results vs NYPD riot squat

9-22 1PM:1,000+ protesters sit-in blocking Broadway, famous "Wall St Bull" surrounded by protesters, at least 3,000 estimated

9-22 11AM:Flood Wall St march diverts from route agreed to with police, floods into Bowling Green

Video-2 min overview of both the People's Climate March and Flood Wall St

Environment/Food/Health

Flooding Wall st up to the windows at 1PM:John Zangas photo

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