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FREE SPEECH ZONE | SIX DAYS PROTEST AT WALL STREET- MEDIA BLACKOUT COMPLETE

By MichaelCavlan, Free Speech Zone

There have been protests outside of Wall Street. They have been continual and have been there since Saturday September 17. The protesters have occupied a park close to the now famous Ground Zero of September 11. The protests are there because of the perceived greed and complicity of those on Wall Street and their part in the economic crisis we all face today.MORE »

FREE SPEECH ZONE | Distilling the cause of current world protests

By Myles Spicer, Free Speech Zone

A teacher pickets the state Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin...a student protests in Cairo...a shopkeeper joins militant crowds in Bahrain...and those who oppose the government in Iran bravely take to the streets. All seemingly different stories. All seemingly different reasons. All apparently different goals. But, all have one common denominator.MORE »

RNC Lawsuits Reveal Serious Allegations

By Marty Owings
By Marty Owings, Free Speech Zone
Radio Free Naton
Attorneys Ted Dooley and Peter Nickitas filed lawsuits yesterday against the City of Saint Paul, Minneapolis, Ramsey County and individual Police Officers including Sheriff Bob Fletcher on behalf of eight Plaintiff’s stemming from events that occurred during the Republican National Convention. MORE »

RNC Police: Looking backwards

by Grace Kelly on MN Blue • I am an equal opportunity critic, More thought and reflection will be needed, however here is the first pass at looking at the police effort before looking at other efforts.
Cabbages and Kings is a multi-author TC Daily Planet blog that offers space to interesting but hard-to-categorize blog submissions, in the sole discretion of the editors.

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Amy Goodman, other journalists arrested in St. Paul

By Mary Turck, TC Daily Planet
Dawn Zuppelli with Rochester IndyMedia told the Daily Planet that she was pepper-sprayed, along with other journalists and protesters, and Amy Goodman and Democracy Now producers were arrested, along with protesters, late Monday afternoon in downtown St.MORE »

One big march

By Mary Turck, TC Daily Planet
5 p.m., downtown St. Paul - Thousands of protesters marched from the Capitol to the Xcel Center this afternoon (September 1), largely without incident. The crowd gathered at the Capitol during the morning, stepping off to march about 1 p.m., after listening to speakers who denounced the war in Iraq and a variety of other Bush administration policies.MORE »

Green hat uprising: National Lawyers Guild tries to halt police raids

By Art Hughes, TC Daily Planet
Members of the National Lawyers Guild filed a motion Sunday in Hennepin County District Court to stop what guild attorneys called unconstitutional actions by local police officials. The motion for a temporary restraining order comes after several days of targeted raids by law enforcement officials at locations housing people planning on protesting the Republican National Convention in St Paul.MORE »

Police presence rattles medical professionals volunteering to help out during RNC.

By Art Hughes, TC Daily Planet
A training session for doctors, nurses, and other help professionals came to an abrupt halt Saturday when police entered the building. The Northstar Wellness Collective rented space in a church on the 600 block of Jackson St. in St. Paul to aid protesters and others during the Republican National Convention. MORE »

Saffron Revolution marches on despite violence

By Paul Schmelzer
It's been amazing watching resistance to the junta in Burma grow: tens of thousands of saffron-robed monks, nuns, and student supporters taking to the streets in peaceful protest against an oppressive 19-year military dictatorship and the high prices and restricted freedoms that have come with it. Now riot police are kicking back. MORE »
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