Hundreds of “Democracy Spring” protesters have been arrested on the steps of the US Capitol. Thousands of activists arrived in Washington DC, after a ten day, 140-mile (225km) march from Philadelphia’s Liberty Bell, in protest against corruption in politics. Starting today, April 11th, thousands of Americans will sit-in on the US Capitol in Washington, DC in what will be the largest act of civil disobedience this century. According to Russia Today the protest appears to have broken the record for the number of people arrested at the US Capitol. Arrests being lined up in front of a police bus. #DemocracySpring pic.twitter.com/frq957Ct7h — Alejandro Alvarez (@aletweetsnews) April 11, 2016 Police announced they “ran out of space” for arrested activists, Ruptly’s Paulina Leonovich reported. At least 10 buses have been used to transport arrestees from the sit-in at the Capitol. “People are fed up with the system, they are fed up with the corruption, and we want free and fair elections,” Cenk Uygur, host of the TV show Young Turks and one of the participants in the protest, told RT. “This is our core American right.” “The fight begins today. It doesn’t mean we win today. But in the end, [...]