Protesters happy with GOP convention actions
Associated Press/ 9/8/2008 MINNEAPOLIS — For two years, demonstrators had been looking toward the first four days in September —…
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How Did the RNC Insult Troops and Veterans? Let me count the ways…
Staff September 8, 2008 2 Comments on How Did the RNC Insult Troops and Veterans? Let me count the ways…
by Jon Soltz / VetVoice / Monday, September 8, 2008 Last week’s Republican convention sure made every superficial effort to…
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Left-overs after the party: Update on St. Paul GOP Convention Protests
Staff September 5, 2008 0 Comments on Left-overs after the party: Update on St. Paul GOP Convention Protests
More Than 300 Arrested Thursday Night in St. Paul – 818 Arrests for the Week By Emily Yehle / Roll…
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200 Protesters Taken in Mass Arrest on Last Night of GOP Convention
Staff September 4, 2008 0 Comments on 200 Protesters Taken in Mass Arrest on Last Night of GOP Convention
Final day of tense anti-war protests goes out with a flash bang Pioneer Press / Article Last Updated: 09/05/2008 12:23:15…
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Last Night of GOP Convention: Police Block & Arrest Scores of Protesters In Ugly Show of Force
Staff September 4, 2008 0 Comments on Last Night of GOP Convention: Police Block & Arrest Scores of Protesters In Ugly Show of Force
The final night of the convention led to confrontations between police and protesters. Hundreds of arrests may result by this…
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St. Paul Peace Protesters Appeal to San Diegans for Help
Frank Gormlie September 3, 2008 1 Comment on St. Paul Peace Protesters Appeal to San Diegans for Help
Protesters are asking us to call St. Paul’s mayor and demand he reign in the police. Leslie Cagan, national coordinator…
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Latest from St. Paul: pepper spray, tear gas & percussion grenades
Staff September 2, 2008 0 Comments on Latest from St. Paul: pepper spray, tear gas & percussion grenades
Posted by: Andy Sullivan / Reuters / September 2, 2008 The invigorating scent of pepper spray perfumed downtown St. Paul…
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Police Sweeps At RNC – a Decade Long Pattern
by samdiener / Daily Kos / September 1, 2008 In Minnesota last weekend, in the days before the 2008 Republican…
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The Problem Is Empire
Tom Hayden delivered these remarks to a gathering of activists at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. by Tom Hayden…
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Updates on Protests at Republican Convention
Outside GOP convention, heavy police presence meets thousands protesting poverty, homelessness By Martiga Lohn and Jon Krawczynski / Associated Press…
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Pre-Emptive Strikes Against Protest at RNC
by Marjorie Cohn / t r u t h o u t | / Tuesday 02 September 2008 In the…
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Nearly 300 arrested at RNC convention protest including journalist Amy Goodman
Staff September 2, 2008 0 Comments on Nearly 300 arrested at RNC convention protest including journalist Amy Goodman
Police: Small groups broke windows, slashed tires, harassed delegates MINNEAPOLIS – An Associated Press photographer and a Democracy Now! TV…
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