Tag: protest
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high schoolers arrested for reading ‘1984’ over intercom
from south coast today: Two students were arrested and another 15 to 20 staged a sit-in at Old Rochester Regional High School Wednesday in a protest that began after students briefly commandeered the intercom system during MCAS testing, school officials and students said. Thomas Buckley… and Zachary Sherman… were charged with disorderly conduct, disturbing the…
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condi must go dot com
from brasscheck tv: There’s a campaign in the works to force Condoleezza Rice to resign as Secretary of State. There are many good reasons for it. Here’s just one: One of the more bizarre characters in the Bush White House, Condoleezza Rice has managed to hang on while others – the Secretary of Defense, the…
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‘flame protection unit’ or chinese paramilitary police
from steve watson: A 30 man squad of crack trained Chinese paramilitary cops will today march through the streets of San Francisco, policing the one and only US stop on the Olympic torch relay, and tackling any American protesters who get in their way. The news follows revelations that the London and Paris Olympic torch…
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extinquished torch, internet2, absolut raza & swatkids
olympic torch put out three timesfrom ap: Security officials extinguished the Olympic torch three times Monday as protests against China’s human rights record turned a relay through Paris into a chaotic series of stops and starts. Despite massive security, at least two activists got within almost an arm’s length of the flame before they were…
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March Clearinghouse
russian general predicts april 6 attack on iran*middle school kids threatened with terrorist watch list*airport screening makeover promises soothing music, see-through x-rays*urine tester guilty of using drugs*paul campaign goes on*why ron paul scares the gop*obama: i don’t carry a cfr card or know any ‘special handshake’*hope, change, & pissing in the wind, ‘of obama, democrats,…
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syria & saudi’s ready, war profiteering & protest
syria says ready in case of US military actionfrom afp: Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said on Sunday that Damascus was prepared for all scenarios in its worsening relationship with Washington, including the use of US military force. “A prudent person must make all his calculations, especially when we have to deal with an administration…
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truant tracking, shock bracelets, miami drones & rfid radio
omnilink gets students back in schoolfrom gps daily: Truancy not only keeps students from getting an education, it also acts as a gateway to the commission of illegal activities, such as vandalism, theft or more serious crimes. That’s why getting students back in school is so important to the Midland County Justice Court in Texas,…
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tibet protesters disrupt olympic flame ceremony
from guardian: Pro-Tibetan protesters today disturbed a high security ceremony to light the Olympic flame in Greece. International dignitaries were gathered at Olympia, the site of the ancient Olympics, when three members of the Paris-based Reporters Without Borders ran onto the field to disrupt a speech by Liu Qi, president of the Beijing organising committee…
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outside the box bullhorns the fox
from alex ansary: Alex Ansary makes some noise outside a concert hall in Portland, Oregon where Vincente Fox spoke on March 19th, 2008. The former President of Mexico signed the SPP agreement with George Bush, and Paul Martin in 2005 in Waco Texas. Alex addressed the collapsing economy and how the elite are seeking to…
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china locks down as protests blow up
beijing sends in tanks as tibet eruptsfrom guardian: China flooded the streets of Lhasa with riot police, yesterday, as the international community urged an end to the bloodshed in Tibet that has already claimed at least 10 – possibly dozens more – lives… “The army and police forbid us from walking down the road, so…
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5 years later: rachel corrie’s case for justice
from counterpunch: As their plane touches down in Tel Aviv this week, Cindy and Craig Corrie will mark five years since their daughter’s death. On March 16, 2003, Rachel Corrie, 23, was crushed to death beneath an armored Israeli bulldozer. The Corries are a short distance from Gaza, where Rachel was killed, and where in…
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worldwide protests mark 5th anniversary of iraq war
1000s attend antiwar protests in london & glasgowfrom wikinews: Yesterday, thousands of people attended anti-war protests in London and Glasgow organised by the Stop the War Coalition. The event marks nearly five years since the 2003 invasion of Iraq which begun the Iraq War. The main themes were “Troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan”, “Don’t…
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brazilian protesters destroy monsanto crops
from afp: Around 300 women rural residents in Brazil burst into a property owned by the US company Monsanto and destroyed a plant nursery and crops containing genetically modified corn, their organization said. The women were protesting what they saw as environmental damage by the crops. They trashed the plants within 30 minutes and left…
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some good news: blackwater ends bid for cali camp
from ap: Military security contractor Blackwater Worldwide has pulled its plans to build a training facility in a remote area about 45 miles east of San Diego… Potrero, home to about 850 people, found itself split by the plan, with environmentalist and anti-war factions ardently opposing those who welcomed the prospect of an economic boost…
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special prison for 9/11 truth, sonar wars, minot & bjork
i hope we have a special prison for 9/11 truthers from kurt nimmo: In response to the arrest of a 9/11 demonstrator during a Bill Clinton appearance in Corpus Christi, corporate media shill and former Republican Congress critter Joe Scarborough and his co-hosts demanded 9/11 truthers be tasered and taken to detention camps. “Where’s the…