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| City Agrees to Multi-Milliondollar Settlement over 2003 Antiwar Protest |
Breaking news: After almost nine years, the city of Chicago has agreed to a $6.2 million settlement of the March 20, 2003 antiwar protest on Lake Shore Drive. |
2012-02-09 14:11 |
| FCC fines Chicago radio over labor news |
The Federal Communications Commission is fining the notoriously right-wing Chicago radio station WLS $44,000 over airing the labor radio news service Workers Independent News. |
2012-02-09 09:33 |
| More tweaks to the CIMC new website |
In recent days, we've been making more website updates -- fixing a bug with the media gallery, reducing the space usage in the CIMC Alerts blog, and changing the color of all the hyperlinks to make it easier to read. Thanks for all the feedback; email CIMC tech if you have any more questions or concerns about the website. |
2012-02-04 21:58 |
| 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Good news: Mayor Emanuel has publicly withdrawn his plans to raise fines of NATO/G8 protesters.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 |
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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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