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December 2007 Photos

Photo: War resisters take over Port

Photo: War resisters take over Port

Friday, Nov. 9. War resisters take control of the entrance to the Port of Olympia for the first time. (Photo by Rob Whitlock)

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Photo: Food and water for activists at Port

Photo: Food and water for activists at Port

Saturday morning, Nov. 10. Supporters provide food and water to activists at the Port of Olympia main gate blockade. There were no donuts left for the riot police. (Photo by Rob Whitlock)

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Photo: Olympia riot police arrive

Photo: Olympia riot police arrive

Olympia riot police arrive on the scene at the Port of Olympia main gate. Saturday morning, Nov. 10. (Photo by Anne Fischel)

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Photo: Blockaders resist riot police

Photo: Blockaders resist riot police

Blockaders at the Port of Olympia main gate stand their ground as riot police approach, Nov. 10. (Photo by Jennifer Pellinen)

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Photo: Police attack at close range

Photo: Police attack at close range

Police douse main gate blockaders with pepper spray at close range over and over. Nov. 10, Port of Olympia. (Photo by Anne Fischel)

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Photo: Police beat protesters after chemical attack

Photo: Police beat protesters after chemical attack

After dousing protesters with pepper spray, police use batons and brute force to remove them from the Port entrance. Nov. 10, Port of Olympia. (Photo by Anne Fischel)

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Photo: More police attacks

Photo: More police attacks

Police continue dousing protesters with pepper spray, and using batons and brute force to remove them from the Port entrance. Nov. 10, Port of Olympia. (Photo by Rob Whitlock)

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Photo: Police pepper spray bystanders

Photo: Police pepper spray bystanders

Police use pepper spray on anyone in the vicinity of the Port entrance. Saturday, Nov. 10. (Photo by Jami Williams)

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Photo: Karin Craft at Port Protest

Photo: Karin Craft at Port Protest

After witnessing the police assault on protesters at the Port gate, Karin Craft displayed this message, which became a defining slogan of the port protests. She later testified to City officials about what she saw that day, Nov. 10. (Photo by Jim Mayfield)

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Photo: Andrew Yankey at Port Protest

Photo: Andrew Yankey at Port Protest

After being covered with pepper spray and brutalized by police at the main gate of the Port, Andrew Yankey quickly returned to his work on the OlyPMR media team, Nov. 10. (Photo by Jay Stewart)

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Photo: Protestor assaulted by police with baton

Photo: Protestor assaulted by police with baton

This protester is struck hard with a police baton after being pepper sprayed at 4th and Plum, Nov. 10. (Photo by Rochelle Gause)

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Photo: Protestor crawling away from assault by police

Photo: Protestor crawling away from assault by police

After police pepper sprayed her, knocked her to the ground with a baton, and stepped on her ankle, this terrified injured protester crawled to escape, Nov. 10. (Photo by Rochelle Gause)

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Photo: "Hard" blocade near I-5 entrance

Photo: "Hard" blocade near I-5 entrance

The first of 2 “hard” blockades near the entrance of I-5 in Olympia, Nov. 10. (Photo by Jim Mayfield)

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Photo: Police attack non-violent activists at I-5 entrance

Photo: Police attack non-violent activists at I-5 entrance

Police fire pepper balls to defend themselves against activists who are sitting with arms locked together. I-5 entrance at Union and Plum, Nov. 10 (Photo by Jennifer Pellinen)

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Photo: Cop grabs protestor by eye socket

Photo: Cop grabs protestor by eye socket

Police officer digs his finger into the eye socket of a hard blockader as he lifts him off the ground. I-5 entrance at Union and Plum, Nov. 10. (Photo by Jennifer Pellinen)

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Photo: Phan Nguyen at Port Protest

Photo: Phan Nguyen at Port Protest

Multi-tasker Phan Nguyen seems to always be where he is needed whether doing media work for OlyPMR, acting as a street medic, or doing jail and legal support. Port of Olympia, Nov. 11. (Photo by K. Schultz)

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Photo: City Hall forum on Police Misconduct at Port Protests

Photo: City Hall forum on Police Misconduct at Port Protests

Sunday, Nov. 11. Local residents give personal testimony on the abusive tactics by the Olympia Police Department during ongoing Port of Olympia protests. The testimonies were presented at a City Hall forum at the invitation of City Councilmember TJ Johnson, who is seated third from left in the back. (Photo by Jay Stewart)

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Photo: Activists stopping truck at Port entrance

Photo: Activists stopping truck at Port entrance

Activists sit down in front of a truck carrying military equipment thus taking control of the Port entrance for the second time in 5 days, Tuesday, Nov. 13. (Photo by Phoebe Blanding)

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Photo: Truck forced to turn around at Port gate

Photo: Truck forced to turn around at Port gate

A truck carrying military equipment is forced to back up inside the Port gate when blockaders refuse passage, Teusday, Nov. 13. (Photo by Rob Whitlock)

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Photo: Women's Caucus solidarity action

Photo: Women's Caucus solidarity action

The Women's Caucus solidarity action embodied the blockade on the night of Nov. 13 at the Port of Olympia.

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Photo: Police confront women's caucus

Photo: Police confront women's caucus

Police confront the Women's Caucus, Nov. 13. (Photo by Rob Whitlock)

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Photo: Women's Caucus anticipates police abuse

Photo: Women's Caucus anticipates police abuse

Members of the Women's Caucus anticipate the pepper spray police had repeatedly threatened to use on them if they did not leave the road, Nov. 13.

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Photo: Abusive counter-protestors

Photo: Abusive counter-protestors

On Nov. 13 counter-protesters – or haters, as they became known to the demonstrators – made their largest appearance at the Port. They tried to disrupt the women's blockade and hurled racist, sexist, and homophobic insults at protesters. One male hater exposed his genitals to the group of arrested women. Pictured here, they struggle but ultimately fail to make the peace sign. (Photo by Jim Mayfield)

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Photo: Stryker blockade hit with pepper spray

Photo: Stryker blockade hit with pepper spray

Protesters are hit with pepper spray after stepping in front of a Stryker convoy as it takes a side exit from the Port of Olympia, Nov. 13. (Photo by Sandy Mayes)

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Photo: Stryker vehicle tries to avoid protest

Photo: Stryker vehicle tries to avoid protest

An Army Stryker vehicle, fresh from Iraq, speeds through Capitol Way, and avoids the demonstrators. Nov. 13. (Photo by Jim Mayfield)

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Photo: Student walk-out against the war

Photo: Student walk-out against the war

Nov. 16. Local high school and community college students gather on the steps of the State Capitol during a student walk-out in protest of the war in Iraq. (Photo by Anne Fischel)

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Photo: Protest on November 17

Photo: Protest on November 17

One of many fine protest banners created by Olympia activist Lee Gilchrist is carried by jubilant demonstrators. Saturday, Nov. 17. (photo by Elliot Stoller)

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Photo: Love the soldiers, hate the war

Photo: Love the soldiers, hate the war

Love the soldiers, hate the war. Olympia, Saturday, Nov. 17. (Photo by Elliot Stoller)

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Photo: Family-friendly event

Photo: Family-friendly event

A joyous family-friendly event. Olympia Saturday, Nov. 17. (Photo by Elliot Stoller)

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Photo: No war but class war

Photo: No war but class war

No war but class war. Olympia Saturday, Nov. 17. (Photo by Elliot Stoller)

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Photo: What have we been waiting for?

Photo: What have we been waiting for?

What have we been waiting for? Olympia Saturday, Nov. 17. (Photo by Jay Stewart)

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Photo: Women's solidarity action on stage

Photo: Women's solidarity action on stage

At the PMR rally on Nov. 17, participants of the women's solidarity action gathered on stage at the Port of Olympia plaza. (Photo by Elliot Stoller)

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Photo: Thank you, Olympia

Photo: Thank you, Olympia

Resist while there is still time. (Photo by Elliot Stoller)

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Photo: Riot police at Port

Photo: Riot police at Port

Riot police at the Port of Olympia, Nov. 11. (Photo by Jami Williams)

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Photo: Police confront women's caucus

Photo: Police confront women's caucus

Police confront women's caucus, Nov. 13. (Photo by Rob Whitlock)

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Photo: TJ Johnson hears testimony on police abuse

Photo: TJ Johnson hears testimony on police abuse

City Councilmember TJ Johnson hears testimony by local residents on the abusive tactics used by the Olympia Police Department during the November Port protests. (Photo by Rob Whitlock)

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Photo: Protestors block Port entrance

Photo: Protestors block Port entrance

Protesters hold their ground in the first successful effort to block military equipment through the main entrance of the Port of Olympia, Nov. 9. (Photo by Gail Johnson)

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Photo: Structural barricade to block side entrance to Port

Photo: Structural barricade to block side entrance to Port

War resisters built a structural barricade to block a side entrance to the Port of Olympia as part of the first successful attempt to block military equipment from moving through, Nov. 10. (Photo by Jennifer Pellinen)

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Photo: Blocking side entrance to Port

Photo: Blocking side entrance to Port

Blocking the side entrance to the Port of Olympia, Nov. 10. (Photo by Anne Fischel)

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Photo: Riot police use pepper spray at close range

Photo: Riot police use pepper spray at close range

Riot police use pepper spray at close range on people blocking the main gate of the Port of Olympia, Nov. 10. (Photo by Rob Whitlock)

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Photo: Police confront women's blockade

Photo: Police confront women's blockade

Police confront women's blockade, Nov. 13. (Photo by Rob Whitlock)

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Photo: Larry Mosqueda giving speech at Port protest

Photo: Larry Mosqueda giving speech at Port protest

Larry Mosqueda delivers a speech prior to the march on Nov. 17. Mosqueda was among the first people to organize against the resumption of military contracts with the Port of Olympia in 2004 after 17 years of no business with the military. (Photo by Jay Stewart)

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Photo: Over 400 people march in Olympia

Photo: Over 400 people march in Olympia

After 2 weeks of war resistance at the Port of Olympia, over 400 people from all over the Northwest joined in a march and rally to protest the war and police violence, Nov. 17. (Photo by Jay Stewart)

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Photo: Kyle Taylor Lucas giving speech at Port Protest

Photo: Kyle Taylor Lucas giving speech at Port Protest

Kyle Taylor Lucas, in background, gives one of the most inspiring speeches at the rally on Nov. 17. (Photo by Jay Stewart)

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Photo: Trainload of War Machines leaving Olympia

Photo: Trainload of War Machines leaving Olympia

On the afternoon of Wed., Nov. 28, the final train of military equipment left the Port of Olympia, carrying, among other things, M1 Abrams tanks with depleted uranium armor. (Photo by Drew Hendricks)

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