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Nancy Giles: Gavels, Guns and Censorship
January 7, 2011John Boehner took charge of the House of Representatives with a bang--a really big bang, from a really big gavel. Also a few tears, of course, and a dramatic reading of the Constitution--though Nancy Giles notes that the Republicans might be surprised as to what they find in there, as they tend to treat it more like a game of Mad Libs.Nancy Giles, The New Super-Elite, and Who's in the News
January 6, 2011John Boehner took charge of the House of Representatives with a bang--a really big bang, from a really big gavel. Also a few tears, of course, and a dramatic reading of the Constitution--though Nancy Giles notes that the Republicans might be surprised as to what they find in there, as they tend to treat it more like a game of Mad Libs.The Census, Marie St. Cyr on Haiti, and Kate Clinton
March 30, 2010Rep. Michelle Bachmann has publicly stated that she will not fill out her census form completely, expressing concerns about the census being part of a larger effort at voter fraud led by, you guessed it, ACORN. Of course, there are other communities who have long had reasons to distrust government officials asking for their information.The F Word: RNC Stripper Stimulus
March 30, 2010So maybe they're not so against stimulus after all. In fact, the Republican National Committee has been giving a little stimulus of their own to an overlooked demographic group: strippers."Ladies and Gentlemen, You're Under Arrest"
September 18, 2008Now that we've had a few weeks to settle, a look back at Labor Day in the Twin Cities. Video was released today of an apparent mass arrest of utterly peaceful concert goers at the SEIU Labor Day concert, held on Day One of the Republican National Convention. My personal favorite moment in the tape is an off-camera exchange.Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello
September 6, 2008Watching the high profile role that Rage Against The Machine took outside both conventions (the NYTimes went with the inflammatory headline "At Both Conventions, a Band Salutes Anarchy"), we thought you might enjoy this interview with Rage guitarist Tom Morello, conducted a few months ago when we were just starting up at GRITtv.A Pre-emptive Crackdown in St. Paul
September 3, 2008The GOP wasted little time in showing its true colors at this year's Republican National Convention. Hundreds of protesters have been arrested, including a number of journalists and lawyers. The Democratic Convention wasn't a whole lot better. Protesters were kept far away, alloted their own space where "free" speech was permitted far from the eyes and ears of delegates. But as Gena Berglund, the Legal Observer Program Coordinator for the Minnesota ChapterThe F Word: A History of War and Violence
September 2, 2008Remember 1972? It's happening all over again. From the national security state in St. Paul to the Gulf Coast, our government is acting shamefully.Rubber Bullets and Smoke Bombs at the RNC
September 2, 2008Minneapolis/St. Paul has fast become a police state. Glenn Greenwald, who’s been covering the crackdown for Salon, writes that on the eve of the Republican National Convention, “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 canisters.”We Hate to say, We Told You So But...
September 1, 2008In May, Live From Main Street had its first town hall in Minneapolis and spent a good deal of time talking about civil liberties issues in the lead up to and during the RNC. One of the special guests was Bruce Nestor of the National Lawyers Guild who has been all over the media in the last few days in the wake of police raids.
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