Washington DC—They rode up late at night along the silent driveway to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Stopping just long enough to attach a few cables and turn on their projector, they beamed a light show from a car window. Security was caught totally flat-footed. The […]
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Arlington, VA—On Saturday, the Tesla Takedown crew of Arlington met for their 41st Saturday in a row outside the Tesla showroom on South Glebe Road. Yes, they’ve been meeting since February 14, and they’ve managed an improbable continuous marathon of weekly protests outside CEO Elon Musk’s Tesla showroom ever since […]
Do something!!! There are so many ways to get involved as this regime takes away your rights and strips down our institutions. Published with permission. Every day, some new assault on our democracy takes place. Our first amendment rights are being threatened repeatedly; masked goons are grabbing brown people and […]
Editors note: Lex King was present on the night President Trump ordered the takedown of the William Thomas Memorial Peace Vigil. They gave this first person account of activists’ actions which kept the U.S. Park Police from removing the Peace Vigil entirely. As of Tuesday night, the Peace Vigil was […]
Arlington, VA—Many would have given up by now at standing up to this regime and its chaos clout chasers parroting its narratives and supporting its take down of our democracy and our institutions. This regime is building an oligarchy beholden to the wealthy class—indeed many institutions already have quit […]
As I’ve posted previously, grassroots groups began organizing protests at a nearby Tesla dealership on Saturdays, Sundays and Tuesdays, starting in February. I have been attending since March, three times a week when possible. The protests started out small, and the ranks swelled to 80 or 90 protestors on weekends […]
Washington DC—If the “No Kings Day” mass mobilization proved anything, it was that many Americans are very unhappy about Trump’s policies and his ICE roundups of migrants and green card holders across the country. Millions came out last Saturday in towns and cities across the country to take part in […]
Washington DC—Local grassroots groups have been rehearsing their measured response to Trump’s Stalinesque military ruck march slated for June 14. The military parade will tear up DC streets with Army tank squadrons, heavy military trucks, and Humvee vehicles, but the grassroots groups will be nowhere near it. Anyone traveling to […]
Washington DC—Tens of thousands rallied at the Washington Monument in a mass rebuke of the Trump-Musk regime, its disjointed takedown of Federal agencies, its wayward foreign and economic policies, and its policies eroding individual rights. The rally was a part of nationwide actions in major metropolitan centers, reflecting the resistance […]
Washington DC—Tens of thousands from a coalition of hundreds of groups rallied and marched through downtown Washington DC in opposition to the incoming president and his agenda on the eve of his second inauguration, Saturday. It was the same president and agenda they rallied and marched against on the eve […]
2017 was chaotic as independent media faced challenges covering dozens of social justice and environmental stories. Major news events often overlapped, so it was difficult to decide which story to cover. News media came under attack as the president relentlessly accused publishers of spreading fake news. Independent media faced the […]