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Jim Hightower : The Price of Autocratic Arrogance
A mass arrest under way at an antiwar protest in Manhattan on April 7, 2003. Convictions: zero. Cost: $2 million. Photo by Dawn Reel / NYT.Running a police state is expensiveBy Jim Hightower / September 2, 2008 To your list … Continue reading
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Tagged Iraq War, Jim Hightower, New York City, Peace Movement, Police State, Political Protest, Protest
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Cuba: Still Much More Concerned with the Things That Truly Matter
CUBA: Shoring Up the Educational SystemBy Patricia Grogg / August 29, 2008 HAVANA, Aug 29 — In the new school year, which begins next Monday, Cuba’s educational system will be trying out several changes aimed at overcoming the decline in … Continue reading
It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way
Ecological Food For Thought … The Progress Of DestructionBy Jim Otterstrom / September 2, 2008 A friend once sent me a link to a composite photo of the nighttime lights of North America as seen from space. She found the … Continue reading
Nilin: Stopping Israel’s Plans to Steal Their Land
Nilin, Palestine exchanges of “fire”Palestinian village faces army reign of terrorBy Jonathan Cook / September 2, 2008 NILIN — The window through which Salam Amira, 16, filmed the moment when an Israeli soldier shot from close range a handcuffed and … Continue reading
Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman and Producers Released After Illegal Arrest at RNC
Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman.Goodman Charged with obstruction; Felony riot charges pending against Kouddous and SalazarSeptember 1, 2008 See videos of arrests and link to petition to ‘Stop the Arrests of Journalists,’ below. ST. PAUL–Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman and producers … Continue reading
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Tagged Broadcast Media, Freedom of Press, Media, Police Tactics, Repuplican Convention
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Preventive Detention Violates the 4th Amendment
A documentary filmmaker screamed as he underwent treatment for pepper spray. Photo: Damon Winter/The New York TimesPreemptive Strikes Against Protest at RNCby Marjorie Cohn / September 2, 2008 In the months leading up to the Republican National Convention, the FBI-led … Continue reading
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Tagged Criminal Justice, Freedom of Expression, Freedom of Press, Police State
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Same Path of Intervention and Domination in Iraq
Raed Jarrar in the T-shirt that got him barred from a flight until it was coveredUS-Iraqi agreement: leakedBy Raed Jarrar / September 1, 2008 I read about a leaked copy of the US-Iraqi agreement a few days ago when a … Continue reading
Gun-Toting Teachers in Texas
‘The school board’s decision last year permitting teachers and staff to carry arms is ricocheting across the nation’By Lisa Sandberg HARROLD, Texas — Traci McKay was horrified when, on the first day of school last week, her 14-year-old daughter bounded … Continue reading
Disclosures on Palin Raise Questions on Vetting Process
Illustration by Bromley.‘The questions swirling around Ms. Palin on the first day of the Republican National Convention… brought anxiety to Republicans’ By Elisabeth Bumiller / September 1, 2008 ST. PAUL — A series of disclosures about Gov. Sarah Palin, Senator … Continue reading
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Tagged McCain, Political Scandal, Republican Convention, Republican Party, Sarah Palin, Vice President
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Georgetown : Ex UT Austin Top Cop Used Undercover Snoops Against Student Anti-War Groups
Jeffrey Van Slyke when serving as police chief at University of Texas at Austin.Georgetown paper calls Chief Jeffrey Van Slyke to taskBy Scott Henson Jeffrey Van Slyke, the former University of Texas Police Department chief who authorized undercover snooping on … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Campus Police, Campuses, Peace Movement, Surveillance, Texas, UT-Austin
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Latest from St. Paul : More Than 280 Arrested
Police arrest a group of protesters along Shepard Road in St Paul on Monday, Sept. 1. Photo by Richard Sennott, Star Tribune.Protesters at Republican Convention shout ‘our streets, their war’September 1, 2008 Shouting “our streets, their war,” about 10,000 demonstrators … Continue reading
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Tagged Direct Action, Peace Movement, Police Action, Political Protest, Republican Convention, Republican Party, Social Change
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Minneapolis: Protests and Confrontation Continue
Amy Goodman Arrested At RNC Police, National Guard, fire tear gas into protest groupBy Pioneer Press staff / September 1, 2008 Local police and Minnesota National Guard units are using a combination of pepper spray, concussion grenades and tear gas … Continue reading
