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Rollo

(2,559 posts)
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 03:35 PM Jan 2017

'Resist': Activists Unfurl Massive Banner On Crane Behind White House

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Source: NPR

On Wednesday morning, activists from Greenpeace unfurled a massive yellow and orange banner with the word "Resist" on a tall crane behind the White House.

"We climbed up the crane this morning, and occupied it and locked and chained ourselves in," the environmental group's board chairman Karen Topakian, 62, told The Two-Way.

We reached her as she was chained and locked high up on the construction crane with six other activists.

"I have a long, long history of fear of heights," she said. "As much as I have a fear of heights, I decided that I would do this because the risks are so great and so tremendous at this point with this administration."

Read more: http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/25/511620048/resist-activists-unfurl-massive-banner-on-crane-behind-white-house?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news



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'Resist': Activists Unfurl Massive Banner On Crane Behind White House (Original Post) Rollo Jan 2017 OP
Time to sweep all the cheeto dust out. tenorly Jan 2017 #1
Brave and noble gesture that matters quite a lot. byronius Jan 2017 #2
10,000x bucolic_frolic Jan 2017 #3
Bravo Greenpeace Achilleaze Jan 2017 #4
Gonna print this photo out and frame it. mobeau69 Jan 2017 #5
A courageous and breathtaking example of commitment. NBachers Jan 2017 #6
Locking... DonViejo Jan 2017 #7

tenorly

(2,037 posts)
1. Time to sweep all the cheeto dust out.
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 03:40 PM
Jan 2017

The question is, how.

byronius

(7,909 posts)
2. Brave and noble gesture that matters quite a lot.
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 03:42 PM
Jan 2017

We shall not go gently into that good night.

bucolic_frolic

(54,108 posts)
3. 10,000x
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 03:45 PM
Jan 2017

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
4. Bravo Greenpeace
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 03:46 PM
Jan 2017

Thank you for your show of courage, resistance and showmanship.

With your daring stunt, you made a big rallying cry that is echoing widely.

mobeau69

(12,228 posts)
5. Gonna print this photo out and frame it.
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 03:53 PM
Jan 2017

Yep.

NBachers

(19,189 posts)
6. A courageous and breathtaking example of commitment.
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 03:55 PM
Jan 2017

This has to be getting viewed worldwide.

DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
7. Locking...
Wed Jan 25, 2017, 04:16 PM
Jan 2017
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