D.C. Mic Check http://www.dcmiccheck.org Life in these occupied Washington times Fri, 17 May 2013 12:30:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Was George W. Bush Really That Bad? http://www.dcmiccheck.org/2013/05/16/was-george-bush-really-that-bad/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=was-george-bush-really-that-bad http://www.dcmiccheck.org/2013/05/16/was-george-bush-really-that-bad/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 21:26:25 +0000 Mike Flugennock http://www.dcmiccheck.org/?p=1831 If you thought George W. Bush should have stayed in hiding, DC Mic Check Cartoonist in Chief Mike Flugennock is on your side. Only the mainstream media, with some help from President Obama, could rehabilitate the image of this Scottish terrier-painting convicted war criminal. So we know President Bush the man. And what President Clinton… more

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]]> http://www.dcmiccheck.org/2013/05/16/was-george-bush-really-that-bad/feed/ 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 Global Warming: Confronting the Truth http://www.dcmiccheck.org/2013/02/15/global-warming-harsh-realities/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=global-warming-harsh-realities http://www.dcmiccheck.org/2013/02/15/global-warming-harsh-realities/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:02:00 +0000 John Zangas http://www.dcmiccheck.org/?p=1727 The Forward on Climate Rally planned by major environmental advocacy groups for February 17 is a step towards mobilizing the public on the critical issue of climate change, argues John Zangas.  Sierra Club, 350 org, Greenpeace, Rainforest Action Network, and nearly a hundred other organizations have harnessed their collective energies to focus world attention on the… more

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