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Last weekend, thousands converged in Chicago, IL, to protest the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The Chicago Independent Media Center organized the NATO Indymedia umbrella, including the convergence center, to provide grassroots coverage of the protests and actions against and leading up to the summit.Indymedia produced many first-hand reports, analysis, and interviews. Check out some of the highlights: coverage of #noNATO actions | NATO brings its war machine home | Anti-NATO coverage by Rochester Indymedia in Chicago | DC roundup of NATO coverage.
Chicago, IL -- The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) condemns a preemptive police raid that took place at approximately 11:30pm Wednesday in the Bridgeport neighborhood, and instances of harassment on the street, in which Chicago police are unlawfully detaining, searching, and questioning NATO protesters. The Bridgeport raid was apparently conducted by the Organized Crime Division of the Chicago Police Department and resulted in as many as 8 arrests.More NATO Protest News: Thousand march to oppose police repression in run-up to NATO summit | Chicago protests racist immigration policies| Mayor must order cops to release protesters, say anti-NATO activists | Chomsky: A protest against NATO is a protest against endless war and the global military machine | CIMC Alerts Blog
May 9th, 2012 was the day of the Bank of America shareholders meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina. Between 800 to 1000 people who have been affected by the policies of Bank of America choose to also attend this meeting, but in the streets outside the world headquarters of the Bank. Bank of America is the 5th largest corporation in America. It has foreclosed on more families than any other bank, and is the top investor in coal extraction through mountain top removal, which contributes to global warming/climate change. They invest in prisons, nuclear weapons and other weapons of war, and threaten American democracy itself with their support of anti worker/citizen groups like ALEC and the Financial Services Roundtable which lobby against any form of consumer protection or banking regulations.
Early in the morning of May 12 an anonymously leaked audio recording of Tarek giving his statement at the sentencing hearing was made public and is now being circulated!Tarek has been transferred again. Now he is in Manhattan at the MCC New York. We have no idea when he will be moved again. Chances are he will be placed in a federal prison, rather than these detention centers, very soon.
Background on the case: Criminalized for Doing the Right Thing [Chicago IMC] | If Tarek Mehanna is Guilty So Am I [commondreams.org] | Mehanna Verdict Compromises First Amendment, Undermines National Security [ACLU].
Carlos Montes, longtime anti-war, Chicano rights and immigrant rights activist is facing multiple felony charges. The trial begins this Tuesday, May 15 the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Jess Sundin of the Committee to Stop FBI Repression says, "Carlos is the target of an FBI frame up."Supporters are being asked to rally outside the Los Angeles courthouse and help to pack the courtroom this Tuesday, May 15, 2012, at 8:00 at the Criminal Courts Building, 13th floor, Department 100 210 West Temple Ave, downtown Los Angeles
Full Story by Tracy Molm | Photo from Carlos Montes Arraignment and Protest in Alhambra, California by Robert Stuart Lowden
latest features from local imc's
Chicago
May 23 2012
The two faces of NATO: PR spin versus video reality
While the Obama and Emanuel administrations are congratulating themselves on a public relations coup, NATO protesters are documenting the wave of police violence unleashed on them in recent days -- particularly Sunday, when protesters sought to exercise a right they thought they had but didn't: to speak truth to power.
Chicago
May 23 2012
On 21 May 2012, the last day of protest action during the NATO summit, hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement Office (I.C.E.) to send I.C.E. a message: stop the construction of an immigration detention center in Crete, Illinois!
Chicago
May 23 2012
The two faces of NATO: PR spin versus video reality
While the Obama and Emanuel administrations are congratulating themselves on a public relations coup, NATO protesters are documenting the wave of police violence unleashed on them in recent days -- particularly Sunday, when protesters sought to exercise a right they thought they had but didn't: to speak truth to power.
DC
May 23 2012
Chicago Indymedia 5-19: Three people charged with "terrorism" over beer brewing rig cops called "molotovs" 5-19:Police beat, kettle NATO protesters during march 5-20:Veterans throw back medals after massive march 5-20:Police attack marchers after close of mass march-Veterans medal return action
DC
May 23 2012
RICHMOND – On Tuesday May 22 as many as 45 prisoners at Red Onion State Prison, comprising at least 2 segregation pods, will enter the first day of a hunger strike protesting deplorable conditions in ...
NYC
May 23 2012
Two more South Bronx elected officials have joined the call for a moratorium on further industrial development on the South Bronx waterfront, where the controversy continues regarding the efforts by F...
Portland
May 22 2012
Teachers have gone on strike In a high poverty district on the East edge of Portland. The school board and district have been stalling and delaying for 11 months. The Reynolds Board and School Distric...
Chicago
May 22 2012
NATO brings its war machine home...
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Apr 27 2012
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Conspiracy to Make Media: Indybay Journalists Charged with Felony |
Viewpoint Discrimination and Selective Prosecution at Work in Charges Against Independent JournalistsMarch 20, 2011: SANTA CRUZ, CA — Santa Cruz County District Attorney Bob Lee has charged eleven people with multiple felonies and misdemeanors after the occupation of a vacant bank building on November 30th, 2011. Included in this group are four regular contributors to the independent news website Indybay.org. An Indybay release called this a "full frontal assault against independent media in Santa Cruz. [...] District Attorney Lee apparently believes it is his duty to dictate how events such as the occupation of the vacant bank at 75 River Street should be reported on by the media, and if he does not approve of the coverage, then journalists risk the DA bringing charges against them." Full Press Release from Indybay | En Español
Roundup of Coverage from Indybay | santacruzeleven.org
Pictured: Bradley Stuart Allen and Alex Darocy are Indybay photojournalists and Indybay editors who were reporting on the occupation.
UPDATES:
April 14, 2012 — ACLU Issues Statement of Support and Petition for Journalists, Local Press and Activists... READ MORE
April 24, 2012 — Santa Cruz Branch of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Condemns Law Enforcement; Issues Statement Supporting Eleven Charged in Occupation of Vacant Bank... READ MORE
April 26, 2012 — Judge Burdick Dismisses Charges Against Four of the Santa Cruz Eleven; DA Says She'll Refile; Seven Defendants Still Face Felony and Misdemeanor Charges... READ MORE
April 30, 2012 — Occupy Santa Cruz Adopts Resolution in Support of the Eleven 75 River St. Defendants... READ MORE
May 6, 2012 — ACLU of Northern California Submits Brief in Support of Indybay's Bradley Stuart Allen and Alex Darocy: The California Constitution "Is Broader and More Protective Than the First Amendment"... READ MORE
May 6, 2012 — Community Members Rally for Charges to Be Dropped Against the Santa Cruz Eleven: "Bob Lee, Stop Wasting Money! Drop the Charges!" ... READ MORE
more features from local imcs...
- Chicago: CIMC & NATO Indymedia coverage of #noNATO actions 05/21/2012
- Rochester: Anti-NATO coverage by Rochester Indymedia in Chicago 05/21/2012
- San Francisco Bay Area: Winnemem Wintu Tribe to Hold War Dance on McCloud River 05/21/2012
- Portland: Video: Undocumented and Unafraid - MAY DAY 2012 Portland Oregon 05/21/2012
- Portland: Video: Brian Willson - Speaks at Occupy Portland - May 9 2012 Blood on the Tracks 05/21/2012
- Portland: Activism Refined: A Mini-Conference 05/21/2012
- Philadelphia: Capt. Reggie Schell: Black Panther (1941-2012) 05/21/2012
- Chicago: Thousand march to oppose police repression in run-up to NATO summit 05/20/2012
- Portland: Vigil for 28 year old cyclist Kathryn Rickson in Portland 05/19/2012
- DC: Photos, video from Frederick G8 March #1 05/19/2012
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