Washington, DC – Peace activists, bands, music, art and community unity made a perfect recipe for a peace festival on Mothers Day weekend at the White House on Saturday. The theme was creating a society free of violence so families could thrive. Several hundred took part in the event hosted […]
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Hundreds of marijuana activists held a “smoke-in” civil disobedience protest outside the White House on Saturday. The action drew a spectrum of advocacy groups calling on the Obama administration to legalize cannabis by descheduling it under the Controlled Substance Act (CSA). Marijuana is currently scheduled in Schedule I of the […]
The future of the longest-running peace protest in the U.S. recently came into question when its co-founder, Concepcion Picciotto, passed away on January 25. Picciotto was largely responsible for keeping the anti-nuclear vigil in front of the White House going since its beginning in August 1981. Long dreaded, her death […]
Washington, DC – Several hundred people allied with environmental organizations rallied at the White House on Sunday, November 30 to show their solidarity with protests happening at the start of a major summit on climate change in Paris. More than 500 activists called on President Obama to end carbon emissions […]
Palestinians and Jews demonstrated with supporters at the White House on Saturday, decrying escalating violence against Palestinians in East Jerusalem and the Occupied Territories. They called for an end to U.S. aid to Israel, claiming it funds military equipment used in the violent clashes and repression there. Palestinians and Jews […]
Washington, DC — When Maria Hamilton lost her son Dontre over a year ago to police brutality, she wondered what Mothers Day would be like without him. She would soon realize his loss would be a calling to rally mothers from around the country to waken the Nation to police […]
The thirty-three year-old Peace Vigil at the White House almost came to an end late Friday night when a dozen U.S. Park Police officers were dispatched to remove it. When Park Police came, they told Clark Sullivan, who was standing watch at the vigil, to remove the chairs, tent and […]
by John Zangas Environmentalists rallied at the White House Monday night with a giant faux pipeline, intensifying efforts to stop the Keystone XL pipeline just days after the State Department published its Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS). It was one of more than 280 actions coordinated across the country to […]
For a few short hours, a familiar sight was missing from Lafayette Park. The White House Peace Vigil was temporarily dismantled by Park Police after the activist attending it abandoned it last night. The Peace Vigil has stared at the White House for 32 years, possibly the longest-running peace vigil […]
By John Zangas Police executed a predawn raid on Tuesday in Istanbul, cracking down on protesters in Takism Square, who have been seeking government reform in Turkey. There were reports in the Guardian of a “sense of a final showdown” after thousands rallied once again there on early Wednesday morning. […]