protests

On the 2nd day of the RNC, the Poor Person's March began with arrests, at the Ripple Effect Music Festival in front of the Capital Rage Against the Machine was threatened with arrest if they took the stage, the two events collided, combined, and ended with a peaceful demonstrators delivering a Citizen's Arrest warrant through the fence of the barricade's surrounding the RNC, and, after that, tear gas and concussion grenades. Oliver Dykstra and Leif Utne report. Footage from Oliver Dykstra, Leif Utne, and Corrine McDermid. Edited by Corrine McDermid.

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At 9:15 Friday night, the Saint
Paul Police entered all doors of the RNC Convergence Space in St. Paul,
MN with guns drawn. The Space serves as a community center and
organizing space for the upcoming protests against the Republican
National Convention. At the time of the raid, people were sitting down
to dinner and watching a movie.

Iraq War Protesters Take to the Streets
By Michael Ruane, Sue Anne Pressley Montes and Petula Dvorak
The Washington Post

Wednesday 19 March 2008

Hundreds of antiwar demonstrators this morning tried to stop workers from entering federal government buildings, sat down in busy streets to block traffic, and staged a "March of the Dead" parade from Arlington National Cemetery into the District to protest five years of fighting in Iraq.

We ask what future is there for democracy following the ruling junta's brutal supression of protests led by monks.

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MercenaryCentury-old Goon Squad Law Invoked to Prevent Contract to Aegis Defence Systems
By ROBERT Y. PELTON - Iraq Slogger - 6/2/07

Steve Faineru continues his energetic coverage of security contractors with yet another scoop. It appears the awarding of the largest single security contract in Iraq to a controversial former mercenary has been derailed, not by Congress, not by media controversy, but by the efforts of a single citizen.