On April 29, 2002 Winston Gave the following speech at
the World Russian Forum US-Russian Alliance, Washington DC. 6 hours
later he survived an aneurysm on the aorta and required emergency
surgery was brought on a stroke and subsequent Aphashia.
Occupy DC, Occupy the Hood, Chuck D, M1 from Dead Prez, Rebel Diaz, Ramona Africa and a bunch a rowdy Justice seekers rally at the Department of Justice and March on The White House for Mumia Abu-Jamal's birthday. 20 some arrests are made.
A rally of mostly women and children in Washington DC to seek more
support for the Free Syrian Army, defectors from the Dictators army who
defend their countrymen from their government. Bashar al-Assad is
accused of using rape and torture as weapons against his people
especially women and children.
Nagia is a Syrian American who has been working w/ the Syrian American
community to organize the Syrian Women and Children Rally across from
the Saudi Arabia Embassy (at the Watergate Hotel) on April 13th at 11am
as a thank you to the Saudi government for supporting the Syrian
resistance against the brutal dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad
Occupy DC at McPherson Square celebrated their 6 month anniversary by switching sides and marching in support of the 1%. The Black Bloc Infiltrates the march halfway through and refrains from eating any of the 1% ers for lunch. Thank you Food Not Bombs.
The initial action of NOW DC ( http://NOWDC.org ) 100 or so people marched from Franklin Square to the Environmental Protection Agency to tell them to do their job for a change. Whistle blowers and industry insiders spoke to culture of STFU that has allowed corporations to rape the planet of resources for immediate financial profit with no consideration of the health of the future generations. http://www.occupyepa.com
On day one of NOW DC ( http://nowdc.org ) Helen Caldicot speaks at the EPA about nuclear radiation and the need to shut down the dozens of reactors in the United States that are identical to the Fukishima plant and they are also on mostly on fault lines.