Washington, D.C.- Just minutes after the Ferguson Grand Jury announcement decision was read, a spontaneous protest gathered at the African American Civil War Memorial. Students marched from Howard University to express shock and dismay at the Grand Jury decision, but protesters also arrived from all parts of the city and […]
Yearly Archives: 2014
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Saint Louis, Mo.-A Grand Jury chose not to indict Police Officer Darren Wilson for the August 9th shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed Black youth today. The controversial decision is set to release a torrent of nationwide protests as frustration is expected to spill into streets around the nation. […]
Next year, corporations are expected to spend a total of $707 billion buying back their own stock. That’s enough to buy a new Ford Focus for every single man, woman and child in Washington DC. And everyone in Maryland…Delaware…Pennsylvania…and New York state. (And still have money left over.) When you […]
Medea Benjamin is internationally renown for standing up for the oppressed and against violence and war. The co-founder of Code Pink, Women for Peace, is also no stranger to hostile situations involving law enforcement. But she never expected to be ordered off the National Mall or face arrest if she […]
In response to recent news, more than 200 people gathered in Union Square in New York on Sunday. They were seeking justice for 43 missing student teachers, now considered dead and demanded an end to the violence and corruption that has dominated Mexico. The students disappeared on September 26th while […]
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the agency responsible for approving interstate natural gas pipelines, compression stations and export terminals, saw more protests and arrests at its doorstep last week than ever before. Every morning, Beyond Extreme Energy (BXE) climate activists tenaciously blocked all its entrances, parking garage, and 1st […]
Washington, D.C.,- Environmental advocates used their bodies to block the entrances of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Monday and called for an end of the so-called rubber stamp polices of the agency that regulates interstate natural gas pipelines and gas compression stations. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) dispatched dozens of uniformed officers […]
The Great Climate March completed an eight month cross-country trek on Saturday, arriving at the White House. Enviros walked their last leg into Washington DC escorted by nearly 200 people. As they walked from Maryland into DC, the chanted the names of the 11 states they had crossed over 8 […]
Eight years ago when Patti Beers joined Facebook she had no idea it would become her central link to thousands of friends. A fan of MySpace, Beers looked for something more interactive and discovered Facebook social media was sweeping the internet. She found friends she hadn’t heard from in years […]
They say that the longest journey begins with one step. The Great March for Climate Action took its first steps on March 1 in Los Angeles. By November 1, when the marchers arrive at the White House, they will have taken over 15 million steps. Thirty-four people started in Port of Wilmington […]
Last month, more than 400,000 people took to the streets of New York City to protest against the global systems which continue to contribute to accelerated climate change in the mad dash to increase profits. Billed as the largest climate rally in the history of the world, the “People’s Climate […]
Charlie Grapski a political theorist and scientist, had planned to travel to Ferguson, Missouri to study irregularities in local government and to investigate the police shooting of Mike Brown, but was detained. He was released Saturday afternoon after being held under Florida’s Baker Act. Police alleged Grapski had made threats […]