POG adopts Sector 1 and will blockade 7th and Wall Streets

July 2nd, 2008, there was a protest against Columbia-Sussex and defend the rights of hotel workers in Crystal City VA.

Here are a few photos from that event

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Singer-songwriter David Gray has taken a brave stand by complaining about the use of his music as torture by the US military in "War on Terror" prisons in Guantánamo, in Iraq, and in secret prisons run by the CIA.

ANC-2C, in the heart of Ward 2's Shaw neighborhood has made a public declaration decrying the poor design process for the new Watha T. Daniel / Shaw Library.

Here is the status of ICC construction as of July 2:
1: A new bridge is up over Shady Grove Road
2: land is being cleared from Ga Ave
to a temporary connection to Route 28
3: Most condemned Cashell homes flattened
4: Three more suppliers have been found
5: Security has been increased as Inter County
Constructors feels the heat of public
opposition

VIDEO: Montgomery County Councilmember Marc Elrich calls for construction moratorium
www.youtube.com/watch

Via the corrupt Arroyo regime, Bush/Pentagon's intervention in the "killing fields" of the Philippines is bound to resurrect the Furies of the Filipino-American War of 1899-1902 and allow David Fagen to settle accounts with his slave-masters.

THIS FAMOUS AMERICAN WILL ROGERS QUOTE FITS OUR US CONGRESSIONAL MENTALITY PERFECTLY CONCERNING FEDERAL APPEALS IN AMERICA ONLY BEING AVAILABLE TO BE PROPERLY UTILIZED BY AFFLUENT AMERICANS EXCLUDING OUR US MIDDLE CLASS AND WORKING POOR FROM EVER HAVING ANY OPPORTUNITY OF EXONERATING THEMSELVES.

*********** " EVERYTHING IS FUNNY AS LONG AS IT IS HAPPENING TO SOMEBODY ELSE!"

One of the most popular ways to celebrate July 4th is a big barbecue. Ironically, the animals most people cook on Independence Day have been denied life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Why not choose kindness instead of cruelty? Commemorate our nation's birth by enjoying a meat-free day – it's good for the animals, good for our bodies and good for the country.

In Manassas's quaint, red-brick Old Town neighborhood, a giant billboard greets visiting tourists and commuters, but it was not put there by the city or Chamber of Commerce.