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Pepper-Sprayed for Peace

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 8, 2011.  I’ve been coughing and vomiting, and my head aches from pepper spray.  I’ll post videos and photos of why at the link below.  We intended to hold signs and sing inside the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, protesting its promotion of unmanned drones, missiles, and bombs,[Read More…]

Police Pepper Spray Peaceful Protesters in Washington, DC (Videos)

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 8, 2011.  Nearly 1,000 peaceful protesters marched to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum today to stage a nonviolent die-in under the drone exhibit which represents the glorification of robotic warfare and the mass killing of innocent civilians.    Upon entering the doors to the free public institution,[Read More…]

Wall Street Wave Comes to Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, PA–(ENEWSPF)–October 7, 2011.  A global protest movement targeting corporate, economic and social issues is spreading to Pittsburgh, home to several major investment and banking firms. Occupy Pittsburgh, named for the New York protests called Occupy Wall Street, is planning an event Oct. 15, said organizer Nathaniel Glosser of Friendship.[Read More…]

CODEPINK to Join Largest Ever Anti-Drone and Anti-Nuclear Actions Sunday, Oct. 9 at NNSS and Creech AFB

Las Vegas—(ENEWSPF)—October 8, 2011.  The largest anti-war demonstration ever at Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, Nevada, and the largest anti-nuclear civil resistance action in at least six years at the Nevada Test Site (now officially called the Nevada National Security Site or NNSS) will take place on Sunday,[Read More…]

White House Press Briefing by Jay Carney, October 7, 2011

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 7, 2011 – 11:57 A.M. EDT Q Hey, welcome, welcome. So happy to see you. Q Only 27 minutes late. MR. CARNEY: And only five minutes after the two-minute warning. (Laughter.) Q It’s Friday, you can go easy. MR. CARNEY: Well, that’s why I scheduled this early and[Read More…]

Ten Years of War, Three Weeks of Occupation, Oct. 7, 2011

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 7, 2011, 4:41 pm Today—or yesterday, depending on how you count it—marks a decade since the ongoing war on Afghanistan began. Tomorrow marks the end of the third week since the occupation of Liberty Plaza near Wall Street began. The first might be an utterly solemn occasion were[Read More…]

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