The cases of “The NATO 5,” five young anti-war activists arrested on terrorism charges in the days before the NATO summit in Chicago this past May, illustrate some of the worst law enforcement abuses in a town which is rife …
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President Obama has persecuted whistleblowers with a vengeance not seen since the Nixon administration. Chief among his victims is gay, alleged wikileaker Chelsea Manning. In this episode of the Gay Liberation Network on CAN TV, the Gay Liberation Network’s Bob …
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Contrary to the myth put out by U.S. politicians and their media, NATO has long been unpopular in Europe. Far from feeling “liberated” by NATO during the Cold War, the peoples of Europe bitterly resented the U.S. and Russia contemplating …
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Rick Rozoff is not only Chicago’s premiere expert on the NATO military alliance, he is internationally renowned for his encyclopedia knowledge of the largest such alliance in world history. With NATO coming to Chicago this May, our local media has …
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In the run-up to Chicago May 2012 G8/NATO summits, the City is preparing to pass repressive legislation designed to punish protesters for exercising their 1st Amendment rights. Predictably, Mayor Emanuel introduced the legislation by saying that it was “just” for …
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How have American soldiers’ and veterans’ views about the Afghanistan war changed since it began 10 years ago? David Van Dam and Tyler Zabel of Iraq Veterans Against the War describe how they turned against the wars in an interview …
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Leaders of the G8 (“Group of 8”) nations, generally the wealthiest in the world, will hold a summit in May 2012 in Chicago, along with the heads of the NATO military alliance. The meetings represent the single biggest confab of …
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Laurel Lambert-Schmidt, former Green Party congressional candidate for Illinois’s 3rd District, discusses the forthcoming 10th anniversaries of 9-11 and the Afghanistan War with Gay Liberation Network co-founder Andy Thayer. Watch as they discuss how the Obama administration has steadily escalated …
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In just over two months the United States will have been fighting in Afghanistan for 10 years, with no end in sight. Kathy Kelly of Voices For Creative Non-Violence discusses with Gay Liberation Network co-founder Andy Thayer the human and …
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Using a draconian June 2010 Supreme Court ruling, the Obama administration has targeted dozens of anti-war and international solidarity activists for FBI raids and grand jury subpoenas. These raids represent the most serious government attack on the anti-war movement in …
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