Sort by Obscene Desserts (Free subscription) - 02/09/2008 - YouTube
Democracy Now's Amy Goodman, Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar were arrested by the Minneapolis Police Department. Charged with conspiracy to r...
Sort by Obscene Desserts (Free subscription) - 02/09/2008
Further to my earlier post on the widespread police raids in Minneapolis.... Glenn Greenwald reports : Beginning last night, St. Paul was the most militarized I have ever seen an American city be, even more so than Manhattan in the week of 9/11 -- with troops of federal, state and local law enforcement agents marching around with riot gear, machine guns, and tear gas cannisters, shouting military chants...
Sort by Schneider Home (Free subscription) - 04/09/2008
If you click one link today, tomorrow, or even this week make absolutely sure it is this one . Francis Sedgemore has videos of police arresting j ournalists at both party conventions. A couple of the videos are reproduced below but make certain you click here and read. Very worrying stuff.
Sort by Mal Burns Monitor (Free subscription) - 02/09/2008
Readers of this blog probably know of my enthusiasm for Amy Goodman and her excellent daily "Democracy Now" programme - essential breakfast TV here in the UK when iI have the time. This disturbing footage shows her being arrested yesterday at the Amerikan "National Republican Convention" - home of the Bush bully-boys and the upcoming presidential contender, McPain. In the kind of scene that harks back...
Sort by travelingtreefrog.com (Free subscription) - 03/09/2008
“Covering news is a constitutionally protected activity, and covering a riot is part of that coverage. . .Photographers should not be detained for covering breaking news.” David Ake, an AP assistant chief of bureau in Washington I’d read about the round up of protesters that were planning marches in the days before the RNC. Did you [...]
