Battleground Chicago Chicago cops beat NATO protesters. By Stephen Lendman (about the author) May 22, 2012 opednews.com Chicago police have an odious reputation for brutality. It's well deserved. On Sunday, it showed up forcefully. The whole world watched. Baton-wielding cops confronted protesters violently. Official policy is swing first, ask questions later, and blame victims for More
Battleground Chicago Chicago cops beat NATO protesters. By Stephen Lendman (about the author) May 22, 2012 opednews.com Chicago police have an odious reputation for brutality. It's well deserved. On Sunday, it showed up forcefully. The whole world watched. Baton-wielding cops confronted protesters violently. Official policy is swing first, ask questions later, and blame victims for More
15,000 march against NATO in Chicago By Tom Burke | May 21, 2012 FightBackNews Carlos Montes, Los Angeles activist targeted by FBI repression, at Chicago anti-NATO protest. (Fight Back! News/Staff) The contingent against political repression lines up to march against NATO in Chicago. Chicago, IL - In the largest anti-war protest ever held in More
15,000 march against NATO in Chicago By Tom Burke | May 21, 2012 FightBackNews Carlos Montes, Los Angeles activist targeted by FBI repression, at Chicago anti-NATO protest. (Fight Back! News/Staff) The contingent against political repression lines up to march against NATO in Chicago. Chicago, IL - In the largest anti-war protest ever held in More
Scott Thompson> Report-Back From Chicago http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl4u489rFeE&feature=youtu.be By now, many of you have probably seen media accounts of a “clash” or (as one paper called it) a “bloody melee” between protesters and riot police at the NATO summit in Chicago. I'm in a position to clarify only some aspects of what really happened, because I was More
Scott Thompson> Report-Back From Chicago http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jl4u489rFeE&feature=youtu.be By now, many of you have probably seen media accounts of a “clash” or (as one paper called it) a “bloody melee” between protesters and riot police at the NATO summit in Chicago. I'm in a position to clarify only some aspects of what really happened, because I was More
Pay me in Cherry Blossoms Turn around and take That last look at the family farm’s wake Fast dying to BIG interests That never, ever rests. What do they want that land for? They want it for the water rights! And a place to run all kinds of pipes... Pay me in cherry blossoms, In More
Pay me in Cherry Blossoms Turn around and take That last look at the family farm’s wake Fast dying to BIG interests That never, ever rests. What do they want that land for? They want it for the water rights! And a place to run all kinds of pipes... Pay me in cherry blossoms, In More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLCF7vPanrY&w=420&h=315] Uploaded by aConcernedHuman on Oct 24, 2010 Japanese artist Isao Hashimoto has created a beautiful, undeniably scary time-lapse map of the 2053 nuclear explosions which have taken place between 1945 and 1998, beginning with the Manhattan Project's "Trinity" test near Los Alamos and concluding with Pakistan's nuclear tests in May of 1998. This leaves out North More
Punished for Exercising Our Constitutional Rights? by Steve Clemens May 16, 2012 Mennonista Trial on May 14, 2012 of nonviolent protesters at Alliant Tech Systems, manufacturer of weapons and war profiteer. The contrast between the two Judges couldn’t have been starker. Judge Peter Cahill and Judge Ronald Abrams both serve on the Hennepin More
Punished for Exercising Our Constitutional Rights? by Steve Clemens May 16, 2012 Mennonista Trial on May 14, 2012 of nonviolent protesters at Alliant Tech Systems, manufacturer of weapons and war profiteer. The contrast between the two Judges couldn’t have been starker. Judge Peter Cahill and Judge Ronald Abrams both serve on the Hennepin More
Mary Beaudoin> The Myth of Humanitarian Intervention [Editor’s Note: This article is taken from a talk given by Mary Beaudoin at the forum, “The Myth of Humanitarian Intervention,” sponsored by the WAMM Middle East Committee on May 9, 2012 in St. Paul, Minnesota.] Leaders have always sought ways to justify wars to the public. They More
