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|---|---|---|
| Good news / Bad news on the NATO / G8 Front |
Good news: Mayor Emanuel has publicly withdrawn his plans to raise fines of NATO/G8 protesters. Bad news: The city has nevertheless hired a military contractor to train police for the NATO/G8 protests. |
2012-02-03 15:47 |
| FBI Harrassment of Activists Continues |
"Investigation is continuing" of local activists targeted by the FBI. See past CIMC coverage here, here, and here. |
2012-02-02 09:15 |
| Did Chicago cops delete Occupy footage of Chicago cops? |
In a follow-up from Sunday's solidary march, Occupy Chicago says that police deleted footage of police recorded at the action. If so, such police shenanigans are nothing new. |
2012-02-01 15:46 |
| Illinois Nuclear Reactor Problems |
Corporate media are reporting that radioactive steam was emitted today by a nuclear power plant in Byron. But you couldn't foresee any problems with Illinois nukes, right? |
2012-01-31 22:37 |
| Lil Scotty, a.k.a. "the button man", is hospitalized |
Lil Scotty, a longtime presence at Chicago progressive political events and noted for his array of wearable buttons, is hospitalized at UIC Medical Center and is in critical condition. |
2012-01-31 12:56 |
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City Council Rubberstamps Anti-Protester Ordinance, Adbusters Calls to #OccupyChicago
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On January 18, 2012, by a vote of 45-5, the Chicago City Council approved a controversial ordinance for Chicago public protests in anticipation of protests against the NATO/G8 summit in Chicago in May 2012. Only two mild provisions of the ordinance were removed at the behest of activist outcry, but the vast majority of the draconian rewrite of existing rules is now local law. Provisions include raising of fines of violations, heightening insurance and registration requirements, imposing severe restrictions on sidewalk actions, and redefining "resisting arrest". Read more.Meanwhile, Adbusters magazine, undeterred by these local developments, has announced a call "In the Tradition of the Chicago 7" to "#OccupyChicago, May 1 -- Bring Tent". Adbusters was the originator of the Occupy Wall Street protest in New York City that swiftly grew to become the worldwide Occupy movement, and their callout for an apparent month-long series of Chicago actions echoes the original announcement of Occupy Wall Street. Read more.
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