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Park Police seized "Stop Mass Incarceration and the New Jim Crow" placards at MLK 50th anniv rally 26 Aug 2013 | 06:44 pm
An ugly new development about the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's March on Washington for Jobs and Justice. Park Police aggressssivly stole about 200 signs from marchers opposing mass incarce...
Photos and Video from the March Against Racial Profiling in DC 25 Aug 2013 | 12:59 am
On the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington, we gathered and marched to draw attention to racial profiling in DC. We marched to the Lincoln Memorial where we joined tens of thousands from acros...
Commemorate the March on Washington by Demanding Freedom for all Political Prisoners! 24 Aug 2013 | 07:45 am
As we commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington and consider that many of the problems of 50 years ago are still prevalent, we must also remember that the civil rights era movements ...
Workers and fired workers blockade Wal-Mart lobbying office, ten arrests 23 Aug 2013 | 08:08 am
On the 22nd of August, Wal-Mart's lobbying office got an unpleasant surprise: Workers Wal-Mart thought they had thrown away were back, supported by current "associates." After a short rally,they block...
Rally and march demands pardon for Bradley Manning 22 Aug 2013 | 09:01 am
On the 21st of August, a military court sentenced Bradley Manning to 35 years in prison for blowing the whistle on war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan. In response, well over 100 protesters assembled a...
Because of Bradley Manning 21 Aug 2013 | 02:13 am
Because of Bradley Manning, we have Edward Snowden, who was inspired to come forward by Manning’s example; Because of Bradley Manning, we know that most of the prisoners held at Guantanamo are innoce...
Protest in front of White House demands end to persecution of migrants 20 Aug 2013 | 04:42 am
On the 17th of August, advocates of full equality for migrants to the US showed up in front of the White House, demanding nothing less than an end to deportations and the very concept of "illegal" sta...
Trial Ending Monday for Brennan 3 20 Aug 2013 | 04:39 am
Peace activists who protested CIA Director John Brennan's confirmation hearing are at the end of their trial for disruption of Congress.
Photos show undercover cop "Missy" at IMF protests 20 Aug 2013 | 04:39 am
Undercover MPD officer "Missy Thompson" AKA Nicole Rizzi has been identified in DC Media Group photographs of the April 2012 IMF protests. There were arrests featuring substantial police violence aime...
Bethesda community meeting discusses fracking and TPP trade deal 15 Aug 2013 | 09:52 am
On the 14th of August, the Sierra Club, CCAN, Public Citizen, and other groups held another community forum on the ugly coming together ot the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), fracking, and planned ex...
