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House Dems call for voter suppression hearings
November 1, 2011Ranking House Democrats John Conyers, D-Mich., and Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., are demanding congressional hearings on voter suppression laws that are being instituted in states across the country.
Read moreMayor orders cops to tear down first aid station and arrest 130 in Chicago
October 24, 2011Protesting the mass arrests and the destruction of their first aid station this weekend, ordered by Mayor Emmanuel, nurses and their allies picketed City Hall this morning.
Read moreNew Haven joins Occupy Movement
October 24, 2011On October 15th, New Haven joined the Occupy Movement with a kick-off march of 1,000 people on the New Haven Green.
Read moreOccupy Oaklanders wake up the town
October 24, 2011On the morning of Oct. 22, Occupy Oakland's two-week-old camp in front of City Hall - now said to number 150 tents - thronged with visitors.
Read moreOccupy Chicago fills the jail with inspiration and solidarity
October 20, 2011On Oct. 15, I was one of the 200 occupiers who were arrested standing up for free speech and assembly and against corporate greed, after Occupy Chicago attempted to establish an encampment at the edge of...
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