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From Danny on the MarxMail listserv. He was there and not happy about what he saw. (If you think you might be offended by Bad Words, then you best not read the whole post.) As their roadies tuned up and they…

From Twin Cities Indymedia Live Wire Tue, 09/02/2008 – 19:53 Police Have Alerted Area Hospitals that they are going to begin gassing the crowd. Tue, 09/02/2008 – 19:45 RATM/Poor Peoples’ March- one protester snatched, organizers ask ppl in black to…

sole purpose appears to be to intimidate. I don’t know who is running this show but it smells like the Feds have been taking lessons from the pre-Olympics Chinese to me.

John Robb Very cool demonstration from Minnesota of how police forces have been militarized. In addition to the five fold growth in SWAT forces since the 90’s, there’s been a shift in attitude. All likely due to a misdirection of …

From the San Francisco Chronicle