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…
Posted in: Civil Disobedience, Civil Rights, Election
Tagged: protests
You’ve got to see this video of Sarah Palin addressing her church’s students
Staff September 2, 2008 2 Comments on You’ve got to see this video of Sarah Palin addressing her church’s students
Three months before she was thrust into the national political spotlight, Gov. Sarah Palin was asked to handle a much…
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Tagged: Sarah Palin
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…
Posted in: Civil Disobedience, Civil Rights, Election, Organizing, Peace Movement
The Problem Is Empire
Tom Hayden delivered these remarks to a gathering of activists at the Democratic National Convention in Denver. by Tom Hayden…
Posted in: Civil Disobedience, Civil Rights, Economy, Election, Labor, Organizing, Peace Movement, War and Peace
Tagged: Barack Obama
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…
Posted in: Civil Disobedience, Civil Rights, Election, Organizing
Sarah “Barracuda” Palin
One Alaskan’s view of the GOP Nominee for Vice President who wishes to remain anonymous. From the Comments Section of…
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Tagged: Sarah Palin
Pre-Emptive Strikes Against Protest at RNC
by Marjorie Cohn / t r u t h o u t | / Tuesday 02 September 2008 In the…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Election, Organizing
Twin Cities’ Police Raided Protest Organizers’ Houses Before Convention Began
Frank Gormlie September 2, 2008 0 Comments on Twin Cities’ Police Raided Protest Organizers’ Houses Before Convention Began
Police from the Twin Cities raided the homes of GOP Convention protest organizers. These pre-emptive raids occurred Friday and Saturnday,…
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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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Sarah Palin is Spiro Agnew
by Jonathan Singer / MyDD / Fri Aug 29, 2008 at 11:27:57 AM EST It has been forty years since…
Posted in: Election
Tagged: John McCain, Sarah Palin
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