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AFP

"The police suppressed the press conference. In the middle of the speeches, they grabbed the podium" erected in a park in front of the White House for the small gathering. "Then, mounted police charged the media present to disperse t

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A few minutes later Sergeant Randy Riddle showed up. He told me to put down my protest sign, put my hands behind my back, and that I was under arrest! I was shocked and almost thought he was joking until he told me again to put down the sign and put

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St. Petersburg Times

The School Board granted access to groups to present alternatives to military service to high school students. After a 2 1/2-year ban, antiwar groups such as Veterans for Peace will be allowed on high school campuses to present an alternative to the

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Raw Story

A video recently posted on YouTube documents a strange occurrence at a recent protest during the recent Montebello Summit in Québec, Canada, which has activists questioning the motives of police, and suspicious that the orders came down from the Prim

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Portland Press Herald

A high-spirited but peaceful crowd of about 4,000 protesters marched through the streets of Kennebunkport in the largest anti-war rally in town history. "I don't know what else to do but march," said Anne Chay, who was carrying a sig

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AP

A couple arrested at a rally after refusing to cover T-shirts that bore anti-President Bush slogans settled their lawsuit against the federal government for $80,000, the ACLU announced Thursday. Nicole and Jeffery Rank of Corpus Christi, TX

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by Justin Raimondo (AntiWar)

And much of the peace movement is selling out to the Democrats…Even as they call for an end to the war and pledge to bring the troops home, the Democratic presidential candidates are setting out positions that could leave the United States engaged in

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Downers Grove Sun

2 antiwar protesters will have their day in court. Sarah Hartfield, 45, of Naperville and Jeff Zurawski, 39, of Downers Grove each are facing up to a year in prison for hanging a sign that read "Impeach Bush and Cheney - LIARS" above Inters

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Union Leader(New Hampshire)

Supporters of convicted tax protestors Ed and Elaine Brown reported online and in radio broadcasts that multiple semi-automatic gunshots were fire in the woods behind the couple's Plainfield home last Saturday night.

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Post Tribune

Joel Ferguson felt he had a lot in common with outsider presidential candidate Ron Paul. After a Hammond parks worker and a police officer kicked him out of last week's Festival for passing out Paul campaign literature, Ferguson himself has a co

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Chicago Tribune

Two residents charged in May with disorderly conduct after displaying a political banner on a highway overpass and allegedly dropping something on the roadway were charged with 2 more misdemeanors: reckless conduct and unauthorized display of a sign

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AP

When the United States invaded Iraq more than four years ago, war opponent David Gross asked his bosses for a radical pay cut, enough so he wouldn't have to pay taxes to support the war. "I was having a hard time looking at myself in the

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Youtube

The evening of July 3rd will be a great event for many Ron Paul supporters. Here is a very quick and affordable method showing how to make a cardboard sign and hang it up. Takes about 5 minutes to paint, 10 seconds to hang and costs pennies to mak

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AP

In the weeks leading up to the huge pro-immigrant rallies in the spring of 2006, rumors swirled that authorities were rounding up illegal immigrants across the country. Fear of being caught and deported kept many illegal immigrants, and some legal on

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