On Monday evening, April 6, 2009, anti-electric rate hike activists staged a candlelight march and demonstration. It ended up at the residence in north Baltimore, in Maryland, of Mayo Shattuck, CEO of Constellation Energy, the parent company of BGE. The activists are demanding the re-regulation and “roll back of gas and electric rates” in the state of Maryland and a halt to any planned shut offs by BGE of electric utilities to about “84,000 households.” The protest action was cosponsored by (…)
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Video: Demonstration at Home of Electric Industry Honcho
7 April 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
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G20 protests : PHOTOS
5 April 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
Photos of the protests against the G20 are available on the web site of Contre-Faits
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G20 Climate Camp 09: YouTube Video
5 April 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
Just saw the following video all the way through.
G20 Climate Camp 09
A number of videos are emerging there at YouTube. Don’t know how long they’ll be up.
http://www.youtube.com/user/CorruptMedia
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NATO’s 60th Anniversary: TIME TO DISBAND NATO: Sign Petition
4 April 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
NATO’s 60th Anniversary: TIME TO DISBAND NATO: Sign Petition
Global Research, April 4, 2009
http://www.petitiononline.com/z9m2x3nb/petition.html
NATO, must be Disbanded for Contributing to the Scourge of War, and For Defying Peremptory Norms
While, on April 4, 2009, the NATO state leaders are poised to celebrate the 60th Anniversary Conference of NATO in Strasbourg and Baden Baden, the majority of states of the United Nations would probably be more inclined to celebrate the demise of (…) -
Police and protesters clash in Strasbourg, France at NATO summit (videos)
4 April 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
2 commentsSTRASBOURG, France — Police are clashing with demonstrators in Strasbourg where the NATO summit is underway.
Several hundred protesters in eastern Strasbourg are hurling Molotov cocktails, rocks and bottles as they try to push their way into the city’s centre.
Some 100 riot police bearing shields and wearing body armour are responding with tear gas in a bid to break up the melee with the demonstrators, many of whom are clad in black and wearing masks.
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Anti-NATO protests continue in France
4 April 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
Anti-NATO protests continue in France An anti-Nato protester hurls a stone in Strasbourg.
Sat, 04 Apr 2009 09:11:35 GMT
NATO heads of state are meeting on the outskirts of French city of Strasbourg to mark the organizations’ 60th anniversary amid protests.
Anti-NATO demonstrations continue in Strasbourg and the neighboring German cities of Baden-Baden and Kehl despite the deployment of thousands of German and French troops and police forces.
Police clashed with protestors, who have (…) -
Women Warriors Song - Coast Salish Territory-Occupied Canada
23 March 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
http://mostlywater.org/video_8000_d...
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Video: Scenes from the “March on the Pentagon” Rally
22 March 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
Here are few scenes from the “March on the Pentagon” rally held on Saturday, March 21, 2009, in Washington, D.C. After listening to some speakers, the huge, and colorful, demonstration moved from its base camp just south of the Lincoln Memorial, across the Memorial Bridge, which spans the Potomac River, into Northern Virginia. On the Virginia side, it crossed east towards the Pentagon and then beyond it to other sites, housing the “Merchants of War-Making.” They have been raking in billions (…)
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Record numbers join anti-Sarkozy protests
20 March 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
Record numbers took to the streets of France yesterday in the biggest demonstrations since Nicolas Sarkozy’s election, to protest about his handling of the economic crisis.
Unions estimated that more than three million people took part in demonstrations across the country, in the second general strike over the economic crisis in two months. Police put figures at about 1.2 million. With one in three people supporting the protest, it had the highest public backing for a strike in a decade. (…) -
Video: Antiwar Veteran Arrested at VA Protest in Washington, D.C.
19 March 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
On March 19, 2009, antiwar Veterans held a press conference, at 12:30 PM, in front of the headquarters of the VA, just north of the White House. Their purpose was to draw attention to the “March on the Pentagon” rally set for this Saturday, March 21st. That action is sponsored by the ANSWER Coalition of which the “Veterans and Service Members Task Force,” is a part. Also, the Veterans wanted to underscored how those that have served the nation in foreign conflicts are not receiving adequate (…)