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Sledders take over Capitol West Lawn over objection of cops

Submitted by Luke on Thu, 03/05/2015 - 14:25

On the 5th of March, a "sled free or die" call went out for sledding on the US Capitol West Lawn. US Capitol distributed fliers announcing that sledding was prohibited but as of 2:20PM have yet to make any attempt to back this up with any kind of aggression against the crowd of sled riders.

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Video: 2014 in Activism

Submitted by Luke on Fri, 12/26/2014 - 19:35

Video of political protests and activsm spanning 2014 in Washington DC and elsewhere. The biggest campaigns have been tar sands(and the Keystone XL), fracking (and gas export at Cove Point), the Palestine War and above all else Ferguson and police brutality. Also action against the TPP and TTIP trade deals and for net neutrality, and who can forget the massive People's Climate March in New York.

Video on Archive, 720P high definition also available on same page

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Calvert County group opposing gas export wins Activist Award

Submitted by Luke on Fri, 12/12/2014 - 00:36

The annual Activist Awards are held in December every year by the Washington Peace Center. At the Dec 11 2014 Awards, the "Be the Change" award went to Calvert Citizens for a Healthy Community for their work opposing Dominion's planned LNG/fracked gas export facility at Cove Point.

Video-representative of Calvert Citizens for a Healthy Community on receiving the award

Environment/Food/Health
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Million Mask March confronts barricades at Supreme Court, one activist tasered elsewhere

Submitted by Luke on Wed, 11/05/2014 - 16:17

On the 5th of November, Anonymous's Million Mask March took to the streets of DC as they did last year. A confrontation with police erupted at the Supreme Court as barricades were torn down. Elsewhere protesters blocked Constitution Ave and another tense confrontation came after cops tasered a protester.

Youtube video of the barricade removal confrontation at the Supreme Court and a standoff at another building

Youtube video of confrontation triggered by Taser incident

Civil Liberites/Constitution
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Police/Legal/Prisons

Showdown at the Supreme Court-James from the Internet photo

Great Zine On Collective Housing Strategies and Tactics

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 08/28/2014 - 20:09

Hey Folks! We have just finished writing a zine on living in an activist collective intentional community. It was written as a practical guide with tools and references to assist in achieving a more sustainable approach to strategies and tactics for reaching goals. We approach this work from the experience in our shared collective narrative in an effort to ground much of the theory in our practice.

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Performance Bicycle refusing to sell bikes or bike frames to buyers without ID

Submitted by Luke on Thu, 06/19/2014 - 15:57

Performance Bicycle is a national chain with outlets in the DC area in Montgomery County, MD. They tell me they will not sell complete bikes or frames to people unwilling to present identification. Their advice was to buy used when I asked them where they refer potential customers without drivers licenses or ID.

When I contacted City Bikes, by comparison, they said ID was only required for test rides, where it would be needed to find the rider if the bike was stolen.

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