Early AM on August 21, a pro-Indigenous activist took a sledgehammer to Baltimore's oldest monument to racist, murdering, slave-trading Christopher Columbus. Cities can remove monuments to slavery and murder or people are going to do it for them, their choice.
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IWW sucessfully unionizes Takoma Park Food Co-op On Sunday, the 20th of August, workers at the Takoma Park Silver Spring Co-op also known as the Takoma Park food co-op voted to unionize with the DC Chapter of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). |
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On the 21st of August, Code Pink showed up at the gates of Ft Myer in Virginia near the Potomac River. Trump was inside to give his "war speech" announcing he is sending 4,000 more troops to Afghanistan. Code Pink reported that this speech was "bizarre." Code Pink also said the speech was a "nothingburger" with no new ideas whatsoever.
Indivisible's rally against Nazi hate at the corner of Ga Ave and Rt 108
On the 20th of August, Olney residents organized by Indivisible protested at the corner of Ga Ave and Rt 108 against the torches and hate of the Nazis in Charlottesville, VA. Indivisible is a network of groups that seeks to become the Democrat's counter to the Tea Party.
On the 19th of August, Millions for Prisoners marched on the White House and held a rally demanding and end to what one speaker called the "Confederate" jail and prison system in which prison labor for 50 cents per hour is essentially slave labor backed by punishments.
photo by Anthony Torres
On the 18th of August, unknown activists hung a "modern Confederates" banner from the Albert Pike statue by MPD(police) headquarters. Later in the day, red paint was thrown on it during a protest demanding its removal.
Related:KKK cancels event in Durham, NC after huge counterprotest confronts racist stragglers who showed early
Antifascist counter-protest contingent marching towards Emancipation Park.
Still Rising #1 LISTEN HERE: https://archive.org/details/StillRising1 This playlist, “Still Rising,” is dedicated to Heather Heyer and the other 19 injured in the August 12th car terrorist attack in Charlottesville VA, as well as the tens of thousands around the world who protested in solidarity with Heather.
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On the 23ed of August, the Dept of "Injustice" had to abandon their attempt to obtain IP address logs of all 1.3 million visitors to DisruptJ20.org from Dreamhost due to resistance by Dreamhost's lawyers. The next day, as the court heard the case, Dreamhost received a powerful DNS attack that made many of their sites unreachable.
On the 20th of August at around sunset, protesters showed up yet again in front of Richard Spencer's house on King St in Old Town Alexandria, the one that doubles as the National Policy Institute office. Nazis showed themselves on the roof seeking to film protesters.
It started with Nazi terror the night before, looking like Berlin 1936
Video: How a night and day of Nazi terror and utmost resistance went down in Charlottesville, and special memorium for Heather Heyer
Update Aug 19:More raw, close-up video of just the Nazis Pay attention to the guy with the red beard circled near the end: he is wanted for a serious assault near the police station.
Youtube video-2011 Amnesty International interview with Robert H. King, entitled "Slavery Still Reigns in US prisonsPlantations Were Prisons: Mobilizing for the Aug. 19 Millions for Prisoners Human Rights March in Washington DC-Part one of an interview with Law Professor Angela A. Allen-BellRobert H.
As this is being written the absolute monarchy of Saudi Arabia is making final preparations to behead and crucify Shia dissidents for peacefully protesting the armed demolition of their home town of Awamiyah. On the 10th of August, Code Pink showed up outside the Saudi embassy to protest these planned executions, the sort of behavior the US claims only comes from Daesh(ISIS).
On the 9th of August, Code Pink began a 24 hour emergency protest/vigil in front of the White House against the reckless, escalating threats of war between Trump and the North Korean regime.