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No Bailout For Wall Street Profiteers!
On the steps of Federal Hall(Photo: Thomas Good / NLN)
NEW YORK — The downtown area was on fire Thursday. At lunchtime over 2,000 workers from various unions protested the Bush plan to bail out Wall Street, after making bad investments for the last 5 years.
Hard hats, transit workers, machinists, teachers and other labor […]
Demonstrators Oppose Military Recruitment for Iraq War
(Photo: Alice Emgress / The Rag)
AUSTIN, Texas — Demonstrators protested the continuing occupation of Iraq gathered on Friday, September 19 at Dobie Mall adjacent to the campus of The University of Texas at Austin.
Dobie Mall houses a military recruitment center and has been the site of anti-war protests in the past.
The demonstrators represented MDS/Austin, CodePink […]
Twin Study: Repression At The Republican National Convention
17-year-old Keith Smith - Before His Arrest(Photo: Paul Demko / Minnesota Independent)
The 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota produced over 800 arrests and numerous complaints of police misconduct: pre-emptive raids, mass arrests, targeting of journalists and police brutality - including violence directed against arrestees held in the Ramsey County jail. It was a […]
Journalist Amy Goodman Arrested At Republican National Convention
(Video Still: bignoisetactical / YouTube)
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman was arrested in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota yesterday at approximately 5 p.m. local time. Police manhandled Goodman, yanking her arm, as they arrested her. Video of her arrest is available on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYjyvkR0bGQ
Goodman was arrested while attempting to free two Democracy Now! producers […]
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