Chevy Chase, Maryland—A letter from the Supreme Court Marshal’s office to Maryland State Governor Larry Hogan urged him to enforce statute restrictions against reproductive rights protesters outside the homes of Supreme Court Justices. Activists have been organizing the protests almost every day for 2 months, ever since the unauthorized release […]
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Washington DC—Reaction was swift outside the U.S. Supreme Court as hundreds of protesters arrived within minutes to join in a mass condemnation of the judicial body over its ruling to abort 50 years of reproductive liberties. The Court ruled 6-3 in favor of Dobbs in the Mississippi case Dobbs v. […]
Washington, DC—Margaret Mead once said “Never underestimate the ability of a small group of committed individuals to change the world.” And the Activists of SCOTUS6 Action Group have taken her words to heart, going to the homes of Supreme Court Justices for 6 weeks now, creating an unignorable presence outside […]
Washington DC—When Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s draft majority opinion in the abortion case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health was leaked to the press, the streets outside the Supreme Court turned into a hornet’s nest of reproductive rights protests, mimicking Black Lives Matter Plaza after the Minneapolis police slaying of […]
Washington DC— Press rights advocates joined voices at the Department of Justice on Tuesday afternoon to condemn efforts to extradite Wikileaks journalist Julian Assange to the United States on charges of violating the U.S. Espionage Act. Activists speaking at the Department of Justice included well-known whistleblower and former CIA Intelligence […]
Washington DC—Thousands rallied at the Washington Monument for reproductive rights in the nation’s capital as the U.S. Supreme Court was poised to overturn its 50-year old benchmark Roe v. Wade ruling. At the Washington Monument speakers told stories of what healthcare looked like before the pivotal ruling legalizing abortion in […]
Washington DC—A modest gathering of abortion rights protesters got an unexpected signal boost from U.S. Representative Cori Bush (D-MO) when she joined a protest organized by ShutDownDC outside the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday night. The Congresswoman took over on the bullhorn for a few minutes thanking the activists for their […]
Washington DC—On Monday night an unprecedented leak of a pre-decisional opinion showed the conservative-heavy Supreme Court is poised to overturn the historic Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey rulings which protected a woman’s liberty to decide whether or not to have an abortion. The premature release of the […]
Washington DC—One won’t see mainstream media come out to report the annual May Day March in Washington DC at Malcom X Park and the numbers of marchers won’t swell by the tens of thousands as they do at stores on black Friday or at stadiums during the playoffs. But […]
Washington DC— Activists showed support for Ukrainian resistence fighters by projecting a light show on the Russian Embassy on Wednesday night. The lights were to demonstrate support for Ukrainian resistence fighters, despite the activists’ stand against war. They were also designed to embarrass the few Russian diplomats left in the […]
Students from Hood College joined Ukrainian-Americans to show their support for the beleaguered nation. Photo: J. Zangas/DCMG Washington, DC—Hundreds of Ukrainian-Americans rallied at the White House Sunday on the 10th day of a brutal Russian invasion of their homeland and urged NATO and the Biden Administration to close the […]
Washington DC—Local Peace Activists spoke about the growing crisis in East Europe, characterized the crisis as avoidable, and recommended solutions to avoid conflict. As tensions between world powers reached a climax not seen since the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, and diplomatic efforts between stakeholders seemed all but doomed to […]