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Category Archives: Environment
Coming home to save the farm
This article was published in Dirt Magazine and written by Becca Tucker (Pete’s sister) Fifteen miles from the White House grows a variety of Native American red polenta once extinct in the United States. Farmer Nick Maravell has been propagating heirloom seeds … Continue reading
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One for Pepco, Zero for the People’s Counsel: Public Advocate’s Nomination Rejected
Listen to committee markup here: As Pepco executives looked on, the D.C. Council’s Committee on Public Services and Consumer Affairs voted 3-2 last week to reject the long-stalled nomination of consumer advocate Elizabeth “Betty” Noel to the Public Service Commission … Continue reading
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Release Betty Noel
Listen to Herb Harris, and Councilmember Alexander: “The corporate influence… that is undermining the City Council is in full display with this nomination,” D.C. Consumer Utility Board chairman Herb Harris told TheFightBack Wednesday at a protest outside the John A. Wilson … Continue reading
Posted in District of Columbia, Environment, Gentrification, Labor/Jobs
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Jason McGaughey on the Occupy Movement and the Fight for the Future
Listen to Jason McGaughey: “We have to fight for our futures,” Jason McGaughey told TheFightBack Saturday at Occupy DC shortly before tensions rose and things escalated, at times tipping over into scenes of mayhem. Standing beside a police barricade in … Continue reading
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Obama and Activists Agree: End Taxpayer Subsidies for Big Oil
“We have subsidized oil companies for a century,” President Obama said Tuesday night in his State of the Union address. “That’s long enough. It’s time to end the taxpayer giveaways to an industry that’s rarely been more profitable, and double-down … Continue reading
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TheFightBack, Jan. 21: Tuskegee Airmen, Gulf Coast Oil Spill, and DCPS Cheating Scandal
Listen to full show: This weekend, a movie about the Tuskegee Airmen is premiering at 2,500 theaters across the country. “Red Tails,” starring Cuba Gooding Jr., highlights the African American pilots who fought in World War II. Tonight, we’ll hear from … Continue reading
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An Olympic Battle for the Gulf Coast: Dick Gregory vs. BP (and Ken Feinberg)
download MP3 Comedian and activist Dick Gregory wasn’t thrown behind bars this week, but he may be soon, possibly at the Olympics. The longtime civil and human rights leader is fighting for compensation for victims of the 2010 Gulf Coast … Continue reading
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A Truly Scary Halloween: Kevin Kamps Discusses U.S. Nuclear Power Plants and Their Waste
LISTEN TO KEVIN KAMPS: download MP3 “We are seventy years into the atomic age and we still do not have a basic solution to the radioactive waste problem,” Kevin Kamps told TheFightBack yesterday at a Halloween-themed protest outside the U.S. … Continue reading
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“Occupy the USA,” Says/Sings Emma’s Revolution
LISTEN TO EMMA’S REVOLUTION: download mp3 Yesterday, sitting in Washington, D.C.’s Freedom Plaza, where an ongoing occupation is taking place, Pat Humphries and Sandy O., the guitar-wielding duo that make up Emma’s Revolution, discussed the origins of their newest song, … Continue reading
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Grandmother Walks From West Virginia to D.C. for Oct. 6 Protest
“If you are tired of waiting for politicians to fix what’s wrong & if you believe our policies are going in the WRONG direction, here is your chance to join with thousands of other Americans to DO something besides complain,” … Continue reading
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