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Ragtag No More: Battling Bush Has Made Left Savviernew
One sign of the left's increasing sophistication is that even the anarchists are taking media training sessions.
Long Island Press |
Elizabeth Cady Brown |
08-30-2004 |
Politics
500+ Protest Arrestees Denied Food, Water, Medicines, Lawyersnew
The National Lawyers Guild held an emergency press conference this morning to denounce the apparent denial of basic rights to those arrested in this week's protests, Anya Kamenetz reports in her blog about Republican National Convention protests.
The Village Voice |
Anya Kamenetz |
08-30-2004 |
Politics
Dangerous Mind: County Attorney Candidate Promotes Harsh Viewsnew
Maricopa County Attorney hopeful Andy Thomas gets his core base of support from folks to whom the words illegal immigrants, welfare, right-to-choose, homosexuals, defense attorneys, activist judges, non-Christians and -- hold on tight now -- LIBERALS -- evoke conniption fits.
Phoenix New Times |
Paul Rubin |
08-30-2004 |
Politics
RNC Report: Chasing the Elephants Out of Times Squarenew
After Sunday's protest march, Central Park was calm, but Times Square was contested turf.
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
08-30-2004 |
Politics
RNC Report: Caught in the Meshnew
Our correspondent narrowly escapes arrest at the corner of 45th and Broadway.
Boston Phoenix |
David Bernstein |
08-30-2004 |
Politics
RNC Report: Who Hates the President? Apparently Everybody.new
Massive protests greeted Republican National Convention delegates in New York City Sunday, demonstrating a widespread animosity against George W. Bush.
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
08-30-2004 |
Politics
Kansas Attorney General Protects Citizens from Lou Reednew
The state of Kansas turned away 1,600 CDs from a shipment of 51,000 that came as part of an anti-trust settlement between the federal government and the recording industry. Nathan Dinsdale visits a public library in the heartland to evaluate what benefit came from being spared Lou Reed, Nas, Soul Asylum and Devo.
Can GOP Chairwoman Weather Spate of Scandals?new
With Alan Keyes as her party's nominee for the U.S. Senate, beleaguered Illinois Republican Party chairwoman Judy Baar Topinka just wants this election fiasco to be over.
Illinois Times |
Todd Spivak |
08-26-2004 |
Politics
John Kerry Is a Rock Starnew
A 23-year-old Yale grad makes pro-Kerry T-shirts that cool people might actually wear.
Boston Phoenix |
Camille Dodero |
08-26-2004 |
Politics
Revisiting the Crime Scene: Florida Election Reformnew
Thanks to reforms undertaken after Bush’s 537-vote, no-recount victory over Al Gore, the Florida fiasco of 2000 couldn’t happen again. Or could it?
Boston Phoenix |
Dan Kennedy |
08-26-2004 |
Politics
Where the Republicans Roam: New York's Real Cultural Institutionsnew
Managers of New York's sleazier nightspots have no plans to promote their parties and events around the Republican National Convention, but they may be missing out on something. Republicans have been well-noted horndogs for years.
New York Press |
A.J. Daulerio |
08-25-2004 |
Politics
Ground Zeronew
Republican convention protesters prepare for permitless rallies in bunkered-down city.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Marisa Handler |
08-25-2004 |
Politics
We Don't Need a Stronger Americanew
Forget the Kerry campaign slogan. How about a smarter America? Or a wiser America? A fairer America. More equitable. Less arrogant. Less obsessed with materialism. More just, more committed to democracy and peace, less prone to violence. I’d settle for an America that doesn’t embarrass me when I travel elsewhere in the world.
Seattle Weekly |
Geov Parrish |
08-25-2004 |
Politics
The Fragging of John Kerrynew
John Kerry must remember his Swift Boat service tactic of turning toward the enemy, firing, and running him down. He must also remember his postwar leadership as a young man who took on the establishment, not because it was smart or convenient, but because it was right.
Seattle Weekly |
Knute Berger |
08-25-2004 |
Politics
The 10 Ways Bush Screwed New Yorknew
New York 9-11 Veterans for Truth welcome Republicans to a city hit by a couple of swift jets just 35 months ago, insisting, in our own friendly way, that the convention focus on how Bush-Cheney responded to our riverbank assault.
The Village Voice |
Wayne Barrett and Daniel Magliocco |
08-25-2004 |
Politics
