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Amy Goodman Arrested at US Republican Convention
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Tuesday September 02, 2008 00:48 by redjade
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 92005: Amy Goodman Speaks in Dublin
https://www.indymedia.ie/article/68425
'We believe it is absolutely critical to have an Independent Media offer daily grassroots, independent, unembeded, international news hour - and everyplace we broadcast we then have people responding by saying 'cover this in our community!' and that is what a grassroots international newscast sounds like.'
There's a report on wsws today about police raids on an activists centre in Minneapolis which is reminiscent of the Genoa raid . The report doesn't mention Amy Goodman's arrest ,but there's an interview with film maker ,Eileen Clancy who was present .
The cops seized anything that could be construed as a weapon including a homeless man’s bucket of piss which they termed “weaponized urine” saying that it was to be put into containers by demonstrators and thrown at police .see:
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/sep2008/gopc-s02.shtml
A few months ago Amy had Naomi Wolf on the show to talk about her new book "The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot" which detailed the slide towards fascism in the US. This arrest is very worrying evidence of how correct Wolf is turning out to be.
'Goodman was arrested while questioning police about the unlawful detention of Kouddous and Salazar who were arrested while they carried out their journalistic duties in covering street demonstrations at the Republican National Convention. Goodman's crime appears to have been defending her colleagues and the freedom of the press.'
more updates at
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-dantoni/amy-goodman-v....html
'conspiracy to riot'
from Democracy Now's website:
"Update: Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman, Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar Released After Illegal Arrest at RNC"
LINK-Veterans for Peace March ends in 9 Arrests at RNC
http://vcnv.org/veterans-for-peace-march-ends-in-9-arre...t-rnc
Glenn Greenwald writes....
Glenn Greenwald has an investigative journalism blog that should be considered must reading everyweek -
The Posse Comitatus Act RIP Post911
On Monday, officers in riot gear fired rubber bullets, teargas, pepper spray and concussion grenades at protesters and journalists.
280+ arrested at RNC
vid activists and cop watch team , I-WITNESS who got plenty footage 4 years ago of cop brutality were seized in a preemptive strike on the house where they were staying, cops entered with guns pulled and an m16... very very worrying.
NOW, they have had their house raided again and have been forced to leave
it seems the new ploy is have no media or witnesses while they do their dirty business.
St. Paul Police Conduct Mass Preemptive Raids Ahead of Republican Convention
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/9/1/st_paul_police_con...s_pre
I-Witness Video Collective Forced Out of Living Space After Second Raid by St. Paul Police in Five Days
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/9/4/i_witness_video_co...d_out
As the RNC Opens in St. Paul, Twin Cities Police Arrest Nearly 300; Journalists Targeted
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/9/2/as_the_rnc_opens_in_st
to back up claims that US is already a fascist state, especially since bush's post 9-11 tricks, have a listen to an excellent 2 part vid interview on DN! earlier:
Legendary Author Gore Vidal on the Bush Presidency, History and the “United States of Amnesia”
http://www.democracynow.org/2008/5/14/legendary_author_...n_the
78 Year Old nun, Sr Betty Mckenzie arrested inside RNC centre
and Steve Cummins interviewed as 6 minute segment of
ABC's Faith Matters. Here is a link to the video segment:
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=5738994