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Get Off Obama's Back ...second thoughts from Michael Moore

Why? Because "HOPE". The simple fact that he was elected was reason... more

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Rebellion doesn't exist

The two most important news of these days are those that have received less space on... more

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Disarm DSEi Protests

Tuesday 8 and Thursday 10 September 2009: Anti-arms campaigners took to the streets of... more

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Could Woodstock have been organized on Facebook?

Or would everybody have responded "maybe" and never showed up?

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A.C.R.O.N.Y.M.

A.C.R.O.N.Y.M. *profanity warning* 1. Hamthrax 2. NAFTA Flu 3. Super Pork... more

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No ricochet in Greek teen's death

The results of forensic tests indicate that the bullet that killed 15-year-old Alexis... more

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Greek Teen's Murder Sparks International Uprising

On the night of December 6th, police shot 15-year old Alexandros Grigoropoulos in cold... more

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Global Economic Crisis: The First Wave

10 October 2008 - Black Friday. Global stock markets crashed lower than at any other... more

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Bailouts Dwarf Spending on Climate and Poverty Crises

The financial crisis is only one of multiple crises that will affect every country,... more

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Sustainable palm oil a farce; Industry body weak and ineffectual

Bali/Jakarta, Indonesia — Greenpeace today condemned the Roundtable on... more

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TAKE BACK THE HOUSING

Not everybody in Miami-Dade County is crying over this year's 40,342 foreclosed... more

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A Little More (Than) Ground Noise & Static

In November, one or the other of the corporate candidates will win, and then, as... more

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RNC 8 Charged with "Conspiracy to Riot in Furtherance of Terrorism"

In what appears to be the first use of criminal charges under the 2002 Minnesota version of the Federal Patriot Act, Ramsey County Prosecutors have formally charged 8 alleged leaders of the RNC Welcoming Committee with Conspiracy to Riot in Furtherance of Terrorism. Monica Bicking, Eryn Trimmer, Luce Guillen Givins, Erik Oseland, Nathanael Secor, Robert Czernik, Garrett Fitzgerald, and Max Spector, face up to 7 1/2 years in prison under the terrorism enhancement charge which allows for a 50% increase in the maximum penalty.

Affidavits released by law enforcement which were filed in support of the search warrants used in raids over the weekend, and used to support probable cause for the arrest warrants, are based on paid, confidential informants who infiltrated the RNCWC on behalf of law enforcement. They allege that members of the group sought to kidnap delegates to the RNC, assault police officers with firebombs and explosives, and sabotage airports in St. Paul. Evidence released to date does not corroborate these allegations with physical evidence or provide any other evidence for these allegations than the claims of the informants. Based on past abuses of such informants by law enforcement, the National Lawyers Guild is concerned that such police informants have incentives to lie and exaggerate threats of violence and to also act as provacateurs in raising and urging support for acts of violence.

"These charges are an effort to equate publicly stated plans to blockade traffic and disrupt the RNC as being the same as acts of terrorism. This both trivializes real violence and attempts to place the stated political views of the Defendants on trial," said Bruce Nestor, President of the Minnesota Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild. "The charges represent an abuse of the criminal justice system and seek to intimidate any person organizing large scale public demonstrations potentially involving civil disobedience, he said."

The criminal complaints filed by the Ramsey County Attorney do not allege that any of the defendants personally have engaged in any act of violence or damage to property. The complaints list all of alleged violations of law during the last few days of the RNC -- other than violations of human rights carried out by law enforcement -- and seeks to hold the 8 defendants responsible for acts committed by other individuals. None of the defendants have any prior criminal history involving acts of violence. Searches conducted in connection with the raids failed to turn up any physical evidence to support the allegations of organized attacks on law enforcement. Although claiming probable cause to believe that gunpowder, acids, and assembled incendiary devices would be found, no such items were seized by police. As a result, police sought to claim that the seizure of common household items such as glass bottles, charcoal lighter, nails, a rusty machete, and two hatchets, supported the allegations of the confidential informants. "Police found what they claim was a single plastic shield, a rusty machete, and two hatchets used in Minnesota to split wood. This doesn't amount to evidence of an organized insurrection, particularly when over 3,500 police are present in the Twin Cities, armed with assault rifles, concussion grenades, chemical weapons and full riot gear," said Nestor. In addition, the National Lawyers Guild has previously pointed out how law enforcement has fabricated evidence such as the claims that urine was seized which demonstrators intended to throw at police.In what appears to be the first use of criminal charges under the 2002 Minnesota... more

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RNC - PROTESTORS MARCH - Day 2, Part 2

Video of one of the protests taking place around the Republican National Convention on... more

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Police, National Guard using extreme violence against anti-RNC protestors

Attempting to exercise their constitutional rights at the Republican National... more

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RNC Welcoming Committee - We're Getting Ready!

A great video. Everyone should see it! The RNC Welcoming Committee are Anarchists... more

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Sacha Baron Cohen to play Abbie Hoffman

"Borat" superstar Cohen will be playing everybody's favorite anarchist... more

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Graffiti NYC

Hugo Martinez has been studying graffiti for over 30 years. We catch up with him... more

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