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Fair trade activists disrupt pro-NAFTA/pro-ISDS Heritage Foundation event

Submitted by Luke on Fri, 10/27/2017 - 16:06

On the 27th of October, the far-right Heritage Foundation held a pro-corporate event featuring speakers such as Dr. Gary Hufbauer, who gushed over special corporate rights provided by NAFTA. Twice protesters interrrupted the event, focussing on ISDS "investor-state dispute settlement" corporate courts included in NAFTA

Video showing both disruptions of the pro-corporate speakers at Heritage

Original video clip of second disruption inside Heritage's event

Globalization/Anti-globalization

The Shortwave Report 10/27/17 Listen Globally!

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 10/26/2017 - 19:17

Dear Radio Friend,             The latest Shortwave Report (October 27) is up at the website http://www.outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml  in 3 forms- (new) HIGHEST QUALITY (160kb)(33MB), broadcast quality (13MB), and quickdownload or streaming form (6MB) (28:59) Links at page bottom   (If you have access to Audioport there is a highest quality version posted up there {33MB} 

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Foreign Policy/Imperialism
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Banner drop calls WMATA bosses "vampires"

Submitted by Luke on Wed, 10/25/2017 - 13:34

On the morning of the 25th of October, a banner drop at the Dupont Circle Metro station denounced the fare-hiking, service-cutting, cop-loving managers of WMATA as "vampires sucking the life out of our city."

Local News/Neighborhoods

Karen Agness

High Heel Race participants lampoon Trump

Submitted by Luke on Wed, 10/25/2017 - 00:01

On October 24, the 30th running of the annual pre-Halloween High Heel Race took over 17th st. Several participants lampooned Donald Trump, two of them about the paper towels he tossed in Puerto Rico as though a roll of paper towels could wipe up Hurricane Maria's mess.

Video showing multiple participants mocking Trump

Gender/Sexuality/Identity
Poverty
Race/Racism

FEMA riding on Donald Trump with a roll of paper towels

J20 Defendant—Dane Powell—Is Coming Home. Donate To His Post Release Fund

Submitted by Luke on Tue, 10/24/2017 - 14:23

We are so thrilled about his release. It is a day to celebrate, but we must be mindful, too, of the post-release challenges that await Dane, and offer our help, whenever, however, and wherever we can. Rebuilding his life (under probation restrictions and release conditions) is no small thing. Folks who know Dane personally will realize how different the life he will be required to live over the next two years on probation will be from the life he envisioned for himself—in the short term, at least.

https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/dane-is-heading-home-fund

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