BY KIMBERLEY ELSHAM
Following the attacks of 9-11, the most devastating domestic tragedy in the United States, our leaders created a culture of fear. We have spent hundreds of billions of dollars on “homeland” security. Continue reading
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BY KELLY GUSTAFSON AND GLORIA OH
Thousands of protestors showed up during the NATO Summit. One group aspired to feed them all … for free. Watch the video here. Continue reading
BY MELISSA KANDEL
In the long-standing marriage of politics and protests, much of the passion has waned. There’s evidence of that detachment even as some 15,000 protestors braved the high wind and heat of Chicago to demonstrate at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit. Continue reading
BY YUE WANG
NATO protesters protested throughout the weekend of the NATO summit. Click through this slideshow to see candid shots. Continue reading
BY ROSA LIN
Protestors came out in the thousands over the weekend to protest the NATO summit. Watch this video to see them in action. Continue reading
BY MELISSA KANDEL
At the crossroads of power and protest, more than 800 music-loving demonstrators celebrated the coming 100th anniversary of folk song hero Woody Guthrie’s birthday, an event that coincided, or close enough, with the NATO Summit in Chicago. So, In keeping with the spirit of Guthrie, concertgoers opposed the policies and practices of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization not with demonstrations but with dancing. Continue reading
BY YUE WANG
Several hundred demonstrators, many of them mental health clinic workers and patients, gathered in front of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s house Saturday in a rally against the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and plans to shut down many of the city’s of mental health clinics. Continue reading
BY ARTHUR TOUCHOT
BY MELISSA KANDEL
As activists descend upon Chicago in preparation of the upcoming North Atlantic Treaty Organization Summit, dusting off anti-War tee shirts and putting the finishing touches to demonstration signs, their collective actions may join a long but modest history of NATO and G-8 protests. Continue reading
