The shooting of twenty children and six staff members at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14, 2012 so shocked Americans that they seemed to have reached their breaking point. Many, like mother Shannon Watts, no longer found inaction regarding gun violence acceptable. In response, she […]
Following a deadly U.S. drone strike on civilians in Yemen, members of a dozen peace groups wearing blue scarves gathered at the entrance of CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia. With guards and barricades on one side and cars whizzing by on Rt. 123 on the other, they held a vigil […]
In spite of heavy, wet snow falling on Capitol Hill, a coalition of peace, anti-hunger, anti-poverty, environmental and community groups came together to voice its objections to what it calls “runaway, dangerous military spending.” In a press conference in the Cannon Office Building, speakers called on the Congressional Budgetary Committee to pass […]
By Anne Meador “We wanted to make sure that people leave this film with a sense of hope,” says director Serkan Koç at the U.S. premiere of his documentary The Beginning (Başlangıç) in Washington, DC on December 7. A film about the Turkish people’s uprising against the government of Tayyip […]
At the Columbia Pike McDonald’s in Arlington, VA on Thursday, all the elements were in place for a walkout of employees. A public relations rep from McDonald’s corporate greeted reporters with a stiff smile and a warning to stay off the property when taking photos. A police car with two […]
Labor representatives were ejected from the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington, DC today when they attempted to get legislators attending a corporate lobby group’s convention to sign a pledge to put the needs of their constituents first. The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), an organization composed both of corporate members […]
A dozen activists at the U.S. Trade Representative Building in Washington, DC today demanded to see Stan McCoy, the lead negotiator of the intellectual property rights section of the trade treaty called the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). While McCoy, the Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Intellectual Property and Innovation, wouldn’t meet with […]
Organizers of a Black Friday protest against Walmart’s treatment of workers in the metropolitan Washington, DC area shifted their plans after a court injunction blocked them from setting foot on store property in Maryland. OUR Walmart, RESPECT DC, DC Jobs With Justice and United Food and Commercial Workers Local 400 […]
Just before Black Friday, Walmart has turned up the heat on the Maryland wing of the national campaign seeking to reform the world’s biggest employer. In spite of a court ruling threatening special penalties for trespassing at Maryland Walmart stores, organizers appear not to be backing down in their plans […]
The room in Rayburn House Office Building was packed to overflowing. An older, dignified but sad man sitting at the table at the front of the room said through an interpreter: “I came here to share with you my story and what happened to my family. Who are the ones […]
Anti-drone activists from around the country paid a visit to Senator Chuck Schumer’s office today to protest drone strikes in the Mideast, plastering pictures of drone victims on the office doors. They contend that unmanned aerial vehicles or drones kill innocent civilians and terrorize people living in targeted areas in […]
Sixteen days into the Turkish uprising last June, just when things were getting really ugly in Taksim Square, Davide Martello managed to stop the tear gas and water cannons with a baby grand. An enormous crowd paused to listen to a marathon thirteen-hour concert, a brief halt in the conflict. […]