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by Matthew Blake
4:47pm
Thu May 10, 2012
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Occupy Chicago Outlines NATO Protests (VIDEO)

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Occupy Chicago says thousands of protesters will go to Chicago next week before the city hosts the NATO summit, May 20 and 21. While Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel views the summit as raising Chicago’s profile, Occupy thinks the event will call attention to their concerns and invigorate the Occupy Wall Street movement that started last fall.

Quick Hit
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
6:44pm
Wed Apr 25, 2012
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Secret Service Pushes Back NATO Protest Route

The U.S. Secret Service will let NATO summit protesters go ahead with their planned parade route – except they will push back where the route ends, according to the Coalition Against NATO/G8 War & Poverty Agenda, or CANG8.

The decision is maybe the final chapter in a saga where CANG8 battled with Chicago and federal officials over conducting a lawful protest May 20, the first day of the two-day NATO summit. Read more »