The 1st Amendment & Chicago’s G8 / NATO Protests

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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 protests against the summits. But in a typical Chicago bait-and-switch, the nasty legislation is slated to become permanent if it passes.

Watch as Joe Iosbaker of the Coalition Against the NATO/G8 War & Poverty Agenda (“CANG8”) joins the Gay Liberation Network’s Andy Thayer (also of CANG8) as they discuss the implications of the proposed legislation.

Originally broadcast December 30, 2011

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