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Features of the Chicago IndymediaChicago Indymedia Editorial Collective2012-01-13T23:00:01+00:00hourly12003-01-01T02:00+00:00NATO/G8 Chicago updates: Protest permits approved (sort of); Protest ordinances revised (barely)
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From the newswire: "Activists with the Coalition Against the NATO and G8 War & Poverty Agenda (CANG8) this afternoon received a permit from the City of Chicago for a Saturday, May 19 march from Daley Plaza to McCormick Place, site of the NATO / G8 summits to be held May 19-21." But the permit includes an "escape clause" which would allow the Secret Service to nullify the permits. <b><a href="http://chicago.indymedia.org/newswire/display/95624/index.php">Read more</a></b> <br />
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Also, Mayor Emanuel's "sit down and shut up" anti-protester ordinances have taken a beating in public opinion, so he revised it. But the revisions, despite claims from the Mayor's office to be substantial, appear upon review to be little more than cosmetic. Only a small number of changes — a reduced increase of fines, and elimination of the marshal requirement — appear in the update. The remaining restrictions — including the redefinition of "resisting arrest", onerous insurance requirements, requiring a week's advance notice, and stringent requirements on Chicago sidewalks — all remain in place. <b><a href="http://chicago.indymedia.org/newswire/display/95628/index.php">Read more</a></b>Anonymous Poster Civil & Human Rights : International Relations : Protest Activityen2012-01-13T21:54:13+00:00Chicago Raises Voices Against Mayor Emanuel's Anti-Protester Ordinance
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With Chicago slated to <a href="http://www.chicagomassaction.org/natog8.html">host the 2012 NATO/G8 summit in May 2012</a>, Chicago officials are engaging in sabre-rattling against grassroots activists, <a href="http://chicago.indymedia.org/feature/display/70465/index.php">first with wanton arrests admitted as "just practice for G8/NATO"</a>, and now with a proposed draconian rewrite of local Chicago laws involving public protest. <br />
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While the rewrite did get attention in Chicago's corporate media, aspects of it went little reported — like redefining "resisting arrest" to include passive resistance (like going limp), increasing the ranges of fines for violations, requiring $1 million dollars of liability insurance per protest, registering with the city at least a week in advance, and even imposing stringent requirements against protests, picket lines, or public assemblies on Chicago sidewalks. <br />
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Activists have <a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/01/09-3">raised the call</a> to oppose this rewrite, with a forthcoming city council vote slated for January 18th. <b><a href="http://chicago.indymedia.org/newswire/display/95586/index.php">Read more</a></b> <br />
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<b>Related Links</b>: <a href="http://occupychi.org/direct-action/blog/2012/01/09/operation-roll-call-demand-your-aldermen-defend-your-rights">Occupy Chicago: Operation Roll Call</a> | FB event: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/342050319156988">J17 - Bill of Rights Funeral Service</a> | FB Event: J18 - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/#!/events/301235556595969/">Chicago City Council: Stand Up For Our Rights</a>Anonymous Poster Civil & Human Rights : Crime & Police : Protest Activityen2012-01-09T05:40:36+00:00The 2011 Chicago Indymedia Year In Review
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Since 2003, Chicago Indymedia has compiled its annual collected list of links of articles, resources, and posts made to the Chicago Indymedia newswire for the annual Chicago Indymedia Year In Review. We are pleased to announce <b><a href="http://chicago.indymedia.org/newswire/display/95596/index.php">the 2011 Chicago Indymedia Year in Review</a></b>, with more than 300 collected links.Anonymous Poster Miscellaneousen2012-01-07T08:00:32+00:00Charges against Chicago activist Pat Hunt dropped; city attorney admits arrest "just practice for G8/NATO"
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On October 8, 2011, Chicago activist Pat Hunt was arrested over two alleged ordinance violations during the Chicago grassroots protest over <a href="http://chicago.indymedia.org/feature/display/70460/index.php">the 10th anniversary of the war in Afghanistan</a>. <br />
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On December 6th, the City of Chicago dropped the charges against Hunt. <a href="http://www.nlgchicago.org/">National Lawyers Guild</a> attorney Jeff Frank said that the violations were simply a cover for harassing protesters, and Hunt was targeted because she was the signatory of the protest permit application. Indeed, an attorney with the city even admitted: "You know, this is just practice for G8/NATO." <b><a href="http://chicago.indymedia.org/newswire/display/95430/index.php">Read more</a></b>Anonymous Poster Peace : Protest Activityen2011-12-10T06:06:38+00:00Chicago Independent TV in December: 9/11 Anniversary, Rahm's Sordid History, Hackergate comes to Chicago
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The December 2011 episode of <a href="http://chicago.indymedia.org/mod/info/display/video/index.php">Chicago Independent Television</a> features segments about the 10th anniversary of 9/11 with dueling demonstrations squaring off at ground zero, the sordid history of Chicago's new mayor Rahm Emanuel, and reaction from Chicago media activists to the "hackergate" scandal rocking the media empire of News Corporation's Rupert Murdoch. <br />
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<a href="http://chicago.indymedia.org/newswire/display/95435/index.php">Read more about Episode 73</a> | <a href="http://chicago.indymedia.org/rss/tv.xml">CIMC TV Podcast</a> | <a href="http://chicago.indymedia.org/mod/info/display/video/index.php">CIMC Video Page</a> | <a href="http://www.youtube.com/CIMC">CITV on YouTube</a> | <a href="http://www.freespeech.org/category/series/chicago-independent-tv">CITV on Free Speech TV</a> | <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/chicago-independent-television/id269489320">CITV on iTunes</a>Anonymous Poster Mediaen2011-12-10T05:49:43+00:00