Toys In The Attic
Just in case you haven’t been following the bloody shitshow in Gaza, it isn’t just the Israeli state and military that’s batshit these days — it’s the whole damn’ nation of Israel that’s hopped aboard the crazy train.
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Thousands March for Gaza in DC
Gaza Solidarity Mobilization, Washington DC 08.02.14 from Mike Flugennock on Vimeo.
Far more folks than I expected rolled into DC yesterday afternoon to pack Lafayette Square and get all up into President Farting Rainbows’ face about Gaza.
The word I heard flying around the park was that this was the biggest demonstration in the US so far, which was a surprise considering how big the Chicago march was.
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Those of you who’ve been following the recent decriminalization of marijuana in DC — and the current Initiative 71 legalization campaign — have had a little taste of how badly Congress jerks us around in terms of self-government and self-determination.
We’ve had meddling Congressmen trying to scuttle our gun control laws, prevent us from funding abortions and, most recently, the notorious Maryland Rep. Andy Harris trying to stop us from implementing marijuana decriminalization — and probably one of the biggest fears right now is that Congress will try to interfere in the upcoming election here, where we’ll be electing a new Mayor, and voting on whether or not to legalize marijuana.
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From police assaults on citizens photographing Occupy protests to Al Jazeera reporters’ imprisonment by the Egyptian regime, journalists have endured escalating attacks by authoritarian regimes both in the US and abroad.
It’s gotten to the point where simply reporting the news is an act of resistance.
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