Category: Community
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EMERGENCY PROTEST Against the Bombing of Gaza!
Get your Signs, Bullhorns and Voices ready! Join us as we rally in front of the White House, to raise our Voices in Solidarity against the recent bombing campaign of Gaza. Along with an end to the ongoing siege of Gaza, we demand an end to Israel’s raids, killings, beatings, and arrests in West Bank.…
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Alpha Natural Resources Arrestee Camilo Pereira
Statement from Camilo Pereira: “Extreme extraction is very close to my family’s story, and the destruction of mountains is near to my heart. My father’s hometown in Peru is right next to the largest gold mine in the world, Yanacocha. As long as I can remember, I’ve had family who worked in the mine –…
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The Peace House vending at The Midian Showcase Reunion
Midian was first a weekly then a monthly showcase of dark electronic music acts and DJs that ran in the first part of the 2000’s first at Velvet Lounge and then at Grog and Tankard and Asylum. It was a week night event for the dark electronic music scene that featured a number of local,…
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DC Free School: Trans 201- A workshop for the Community
Becoming a Trans Ally will be an informative and interactive learning experience to help activists gain a deeper understanding of transgender issues and advocacy. We will look at how the trans community experiences oppression, including high rates of incarceration, harassment and hate crimes and high unemployment rates. Participants will be challenged to gain a deeper…
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Emergency Actions Nationwide: NO NEW U.S. WAR ON IRAQ
Today, it has become increasingly likely that the U.S. government will once again take military action in Iraq. It is urgent that anti-war forces mobilize to tell the Obama Administration that the people of this country completely oppose any new war on Iraq. The ANSWER Coalition is gearing up for such efforts, and is calling for…
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U.S. Park Police Removal of White House Anti-Nuclear Vigil Tent under Threat of Arrest
We just found the video of the white house peace vigil being being removed on March 14th, 2014. “Contradicting promises made at 3 pm earlier that day, US Park Police showed up at the over 30 year old “Peace Park” antinuclear vigil just before 10PM on March 14. They demanded that the tent be removed…
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The Northeast Sprog Program
Friends, Family and Supporters, The Northeast Sprog program is looking for recruits. This is organized by one of our comrades. The Northeast Sprog program is a 7 day community organizing training camp taking place in Atrim, New Hampshire, June 22-29, 2014 at Camp Chenoa. The program equips young people and adults alike with the skills…
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Rally for Respect: Stand with DC Homeless
The Situation in DC General’s shelter is deplorable! There are infestations of mold and rats. Available funds are not being used for repairs. Residents have been given moldy food. In a complex with a methadone clinic and a jail, the hundreds of children at DC General have no safe place to play. Relisha Rudd was…
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New Peace House Coordinator
Attention Everyone, News! News! News! Our Sister and Comrade Sima Lee is now the Peace House’s QPOC/SGL Event Coordinator! Sima Lee is a Mother, Poet, Teacher and a member of the Universal Zulu Nation. Stay tuned for the amazing events coming up. We appreciate the time and efforts that our comrade is putting in. (QPOC…
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The Color of Lawlessness
Taylor Hall, Co-House Manager of The Peace House, Blogger/Writer, Activist, Humanitarian and Independent Journalist is currently working on a documentary called “The Color of Lawlessness.” The Color of Lawlessness is based off of the United States law “Color of Law” (42 U.S.C.A. Section 1983) which is “the appearance of an act being performed based upon…