USA Democracy Spring

[lato190 55]

More than 400 people were arrested Monday in a massive sit-in on the steps of the U.S. Capitol to protest the influence of big money and corporate lobbying in politics. The protest, organized under the name Democracy Spring, brought together activists from about 140 organizations who marched from Philadelphia to Washington last week. Similar acts of civil disobedience are scheduled throughout the week in Washington. We speak to Kai Newkirk, campaign director of Democracy Spring and co-founder and an organizer with 99Rise. He was arrested yesterday in the action at the U.S. Capitol.

 

http://www.democracynow.org/2016/4/12/democracy_spring_over_400_arrested_at

 

There is also a facebook page about the movement where planned events and informations are being shared:

https://www.facebook.com/democracyspring/

 

I can not find anything on CNN, BBC etc. They seem to be silent about this. Seems like some people in the U.S are tired too. Here in europe we have the same problem.

[chrisb 196]

People waking up.. Perhaps. ;)

[dontknowhow 33]

I can not find anything on CNN, BBC etc. They seem to be silent about this. Seems like some people in the U.S are tired too. Here in europe we have the same problem.

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/04/11/politics/democracy-spring-arrests-protests-washington/

google democracy spring and you find it at the third place of the non news links, right after the 2 links to the official site

[lato190 55]

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/04/11/politics/democracy-spring-arrests-protests-washington/

google democracy spring and you find it at the third place of the non news links, right after the 2 links to the official site

thank you, it was my mistake then because ive searched in the news section of google

[dontknowhow 33]

with more than 400 arrests it would have been really strange if that hadn't been reported. In fact, it wasn't difficult to find more:

 

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2016/04/11/us/politics/11reuters-usa-capitol-demonstration.html?_r=0

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-capitol-demonstration-idUSKCN0X82M1

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/mass-arrests-of-protesters-in-demonstration-at-capitol-against-big-money/2016/04/11/96c13df0-0037-11e6-9d36-33d198ea26c5_story.html

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36021159

 

And with some more work I found a few in German (for the record, I searched for "400 festnahmen"). The German press reports are mostly videos though:

 

http://www.zeit.de/video/2016-04/4841608008001/usa-mehr-als-400-festnahmen-bei-demonstration-in-washington

http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/mehr-als-festnahmen-bei-demonstration-in-washington-1.2945426

http://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/video-mehr-als-400-festnahmen-bei-demonstration-in-washington-14173725.html

http://de.reuters.com/article/usa-demonstration-festnahmen-idDEKCN0X90A2

http://www.stern.de/video-mehr-als-400-festnahmen-bei-demonstration-in-washington-6790680.html?utm_campaign=alle-nachrichten&utm_medium=rss-feed&utm_source=standard

 

And apparently there is more recent news, with far fewer arrests:

 

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/04/15/us/politics/ap-us-capitol-protests.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/democracy-spring-protesters-arrested-in-capitol-rotunda/2016/04/15/617775b6-0351-11e6-8bb1-f124a43f84dc_story.html

[lato190 55]

with more than 400 arrests it would have been really strange if that hadn't been reported. In fact, it wasn't difficult to find more:

 

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2016/04/11/us/politics/11reuters-usa-capitol-demonstration.html?_r=0

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-capitol-demonstration-idUSKCN0X82M1

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/mass-arrests-of-protesters-in-demonstration-at-capitol-against-big-money/2016/04/11/96c13df0-0037-11e6-9d36-33d198ea26c5_story.html

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36021159

 

And with some more work I found a few in German (for the record, I searched for "400 festnahmen"). The German press reports are mostly videos though:

 

http://www.zeit.de/video/2016-04/4841608008001/usa-mehr-als-400-festnahmen-bei-demonstration-in-washington

http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/mehr-als-festnahmen-bei-demonstration-in-washington-1.2945426

http://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/video-mehr-als-400-festnahmen-bei-demonstration-in-washington-14173725.html

http://de.reuters.com/article/usa-demonstration-festnahmen-idDEKCN0X90A2

http://www.stern.de/video-mehr-als-400-festnahmen-bei-demonstration-in-washington-6790680.html?utm_campaign=alle-nachrichten&utm_medium=rss-feed&utm_source=standard

 

And apparently there is more recent news, with far fewer arrests:

 

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/04/15/us/politics/ap-us-capitol-protests.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/democracy-spring-protesters-arrested-in-capitol-rotunda/2016/04/15/617775b6-0351-11e6-8bb1-f124a43f84dc_story.html

i have only focused on english sources, did not know that german news report this aswell. very good.

 

This situation reminds me of occupy movement back in 2011 when over 100.000 went to the streets but nothing changed. But good luck to the movement.