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by Matthew Blake
5:42pm
Wed May 9, 2012

Nurses To Challenge City Protest Permit Denial

National Nurses United members said today that they plan to file a legal challenge with the city of Chicago, after the city told them to change their rally destination for a Friday, May 18 protest, prior to Chicago hosting the NATO summit May 20 and 21.

“We are prepared to seek injunctive relief in federal court,” said Jan Rodolfo (right in photo), the Midwest director of National Nurses United at a press conference outside City Hall. Read more »

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by Matthew Blake
6:26pm
Wed Apr 4, 2012
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NATO Summit Protesters Get Conditional Permit

After a drawn out battle, a coalition of protesters is poised to get a legal permit from the city to march against the NATO summit on May 20.

Joe Iosbaker, an organizer at the Coalition Against NATO/G8 War & Poverty Agenda, or CANG8, says that the Chicago Department of Transportation has conditionally agreed to a proposal by CANG8 to start a march May 20 at the Petrillo Band Shell in Grant Park and end at the McCormick Place convention center, the site of the two-day NATO summit. Read more »

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by Matthew Blake
6:48pm
Thu Mar 29, 2012

Judge Rejects NATO Protest Permit Appeal

Writing “what a difference a day makes” in his decision, Chicago Administrative Law Judge Raymond Prosser rejected the May 20 parade permit route proposed by the Coalition Against the NATO and G8 War and Poverty Agenda, or CANG8, for the first day of the NATO summit.

The city had before approved an identical protest route for May 19 – when the G8 summit was first supposed to meet, prior to it being relocated to Camp David. Read more »

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by Matthew Blake
4:21pm
Tue Jan 17, 2012

Many Unknowns, Police Say, For NATO/G8 Summits

Chicago Police Department leadership has pretty broad guesses about what security will be needed for the NATO and G8 summits, how many people will come in to Chicago to attend the summits, and who might be arrested for protesting the summit.

“This is a federal, White House event and we don’t have a lot of information at this time,” said Debra Kirby, the police department’s chief of international relations in response to questions posed by Ald. Ed Burke (14th) at a city council Budget and Government Operations committee hearing today. The NATO and G8 summits will be held at McCormick Place more or less simultaneously, May 19-21.

“Frankly, it leaves a lot of unknown questions at this time,” she added.

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