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Top Stories, Video and Blog Posts for AlterNet
September 3rd, 2008
http://www.alternet.org
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>From the editors:
Greetings from St. Paul, Minnesota, where the atmosphere, sadly, is largely
captured by the headlines below. As Republicans bask in corporate-sponsored
comfort at the RNC and the media obsess over the latest Sarah Palin revelation,
outside on the streets, police wear riot gear and drive in packs of unmarked
vans, as helicopters hover overhead. For a place where protests are
overwhelmingly peaceful, it feels like a city on lockdown.
Among the hundreds of arrests, a number of media workers have faced brutal
treatment by the police. By now, it seems there is no one who hasn't heard
about the arrest of Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman Monday night. Goodman was
manhandled and handcuffed as she tried to keep two of her producers, Nicole
Salazar and Sharif Abdel Kouddous -- both of whom were bloodied -- from being
arrested by St. Paul police. Yesterday on the show, the three discussed their
unlawful arrest -- and the arrest of other journalists, including an AP
photographer, and a reporter for the New York Post, who, somewhat amusingly,
yelled, "For Christ's sake, it's a Republican paper!" to no avail. Watch the
segment here.
Finally, some good news: Yesterday came word that Sami Al-Arian, the
Palestinian university professor who has been persecuted by the Bush
administration for years, and whose case AlterNet has long followed, was just
freed on bond, after more than five years in federal custody. Al-Arian is still
awaiting trial on contempt charges, but this marks a major breakthrough in a
case that, since day one, has been a grotesque miscarriage of justice and a
symbol of the racist excesses of the so-called War on Terror. Read an interview
with Al-Arian's daughter, Laila, here.
Thanks for reading,
Liliana Segura
Editor, Rights & Liberties Special Coverage
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AS UNLAWFUL ARRESTS CONTINUE, ST. PAUL FEELS LIKE A CITY UNDER SIEGE FOR SOME
RESIDENTS
By Liliana Segura, AlterNet
"It's like we don't have rights. Like we don't even live
here."
http://www.alternet.org/rights/97306/
AMY GOODMAN AND TWO DEMOCRACY NOW! PRODUCERS UNLAWFULLY ARRESTED AT RNC
Democracy Now!
Goodman has been charged with obstruction; felony riot
charges are pending against producers Sharif Abdel Kouddous
and Nicole Salazar.
http://www.alternet.org/rights/97194/
REP. KEITH ELLISON (D-MINN) CONDEMNS POLICE ATTACKS ON JOURNALISTS
By Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!
Rep. Ellison discusses the crackdown on reporters, why he
opposes escalation in Afghanistan, and his experience as the
first Muslim Congressman.
http://www.alternet.org/rights/97345/
IN THE SHADOW OF THE RNC, WAR RESISTERS CONVENE TO STOP THE WAR
By Sarah Lazare, AlterNet
At the Veterans for Peace conference, IVAW member Harvey
Tharp discusses the war, the election, and why he resigned
in protest over the war.
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/97115/
RNC RAIDS HAVE BEEN TARGETING VIDEO ACTIVISTS
By Liliana Segura, AlterNet
In the run-up to the Republican convention, Minnesota police
launched a series of preemptive raids to intimidate
protesters and quash dissent.
http://www.alternet.org/election08/97110/
CRACKDOWN BEGINS: FOOD NOT BOMBS HOUSE AMONG SATURDAY RAIDS AHEAD OF RNC
By Paul Schmelzer, Minnesota Independent
The police assault on civil liberties takes an early start
ahead of the RNC.
http://www.alternet.org/rights/97027/
GUANTANAMO SUICIDE REPORT: TRUTH OR TRAVESTY?
By Andy Worthington, Andy Worthington's Blog
More than two years after the government began investigating
the suicides of three Guantanamo prisoners, disturbing
questions remain.
http://www.alternet.org/rights/96994/
NEW ORLEANS, THREE YEARS LATER
By Jordan Flaherty, Left Turn
Despite sunny media reports about post-Katrina rebuilding,
the facts on the ground reveal a stark portrait of a city
transformed.
http://www.alternet.org/rights/96771/
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AlterNet Blogs:
POLITICAL PRISONER SAMI AL-ARIAN RELEASED
By Liliana Segura, AlterNet
After five years in legal limbo, the Palestinian university
professor falsely accused of terrorism is free, but faces
contempt charges.
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/rights/97319/
AMY GOODMAN AND DEMOCRACY NOW! PRODUCERS RECOUNT THEIR HARROWING RNC ARREST
By Democracy Now!, Brave New Films
Police prey on press and peaceful protesters.
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/video/97446/
HUNDREDS ARRESTED AT RNC PROTESTS
By Lindsay Beyerstein, Firedoglake
The most common charges included obstruction, unlawful
assembly, conspiracy to riot, and rioting.
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/election08/97311/
RAIDS ON PROTESTERS AT RNC: AMY GOODMAN JUMPS FENCE TO QUESTION POLICE (VIDEO)
By The Uptake and Democracy Now
Footage of one of many police actions ahead of the
Republican National Convention in St. Paul.
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/video/97076/
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