D.C. Mic Check » News http://www.dcmiccheck.org Life in these occupied Washington times Fri, 17 May 2013 12:30:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Mount Pleasant Housing Collective Faces Eviction http://www.dcmiccheck.org/2013/03/18/mount-pleasant-housing-collective-faces-eviction/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mount-pleasant-housing-collective-faces-eviction http://www.dcmiccheck.org/2013/03/18/mount-pleasant-housing-collective-faces-eviction/#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 12:00:24 +0000 Siobhan McGuirk http://www.dcmiccheck.org/?p=1799 The Lamont Street Collective (LSC), one of D.C.’s longest standing cooperative houses, is under threat of eviction. Tenants are currently weighing their options to keep the house open and continue serving D.C.‘s activist and artist movements. Established in 1974 by prominent D.C. socialist John Acher, the LSC originally served as a testing ground for explorations… more

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]]> http://www.dcmiccheck.org/2013/03/18/mount-pleasant-housing-collective-faces-eviction/feed/ 0 Thousands of climate change activists rally in Washington, D.C. http://www.dcmiccheck.org/2013/02/26/believing-future-is-at-stake-thousands-of-climate-change-activists-rally-in-washington-dc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=believing-future-is-at-stake-thousands-of-climate-change-activists-rally-in-washington-dc http://www.dcmiccheck.org/2013/02/26/believing-future-is-at-stake-thousands-of-climate-change-activists-rally-in-washington-dc/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:32:01 +0000 John Zangas http://www.dcmiccheck.org/?p=1763 In what’s being called the “largest climate rally in U.S. history,” close to 40,000 people converged in Washington, D.C. on February 17 to focus world attention on global warming and climate change. About 160 environmental groups–including major players in eco-advocacy, Sierra Club, 350, and Greenpeace–sponsored the “Forward on Climate” Rally. One hundred and fifty buses… more

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]]> http://www.dcmiccheck.org/2013/02/26/believing-future-is-at-stake-thousands-of-climate-change-activists-rally-in-washington-dc/feed/ 0 Inauguration Weekend: The Activist View http://www.dcmiccheck.org/2013/02/13/inauguration-weekend-the-activists-view/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=inauguration-weekend-the-activists-view http://www.dcmiccheck.org/2013/02/13/inauguration-weekend-the-activists-view/#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:16:08 +0000 admin http://www.dcmiccheck.org/?p=1650 Over the long weekend of January 19-21, mainstream media cameras were directed solely at the Capitol, the Mall and the Inaugural Parade route–sites of carefully coordinated pomp and circumstance. Yet there was much more going on in Washington, D.C. during the extended Inauguration Day celebrations besides tributes to power. DC Mic Check editors Anne Meador… more

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]]> http://www.dcmiccheck.org/2013/02/13/inauguration-weekend-the-activists-view/feed/ 0 Mira Dabit, activist, dies at 27 http://www.dcmiccheck.org/2012/12/20/mira-dabit-activist-dies-at-27/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mira-dabit-activist-dies-at-27 http://www.dcmiccheck.org/2012/12/20/mira-dabit-activist-dies-at-27/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2012 22:30:54 +0000 John Zangas http://www.dcmiccheck.org/?p=1609 Mira Dabit, 27, a co-manager of the Peace House and a long time activist, died on December 15, 2012 of a heart attack resulting from an acute illness. She is survived by her parents, Bishara and Vera Dabit, of Ramallah; her brothers, Rabir and Simon; a niece, Joy; many cousins; and an extended family of… more

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