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More controversy for library talks

Staff Reports
Article Launched: 09/17/2008 01:00:00 AM EDT

By Colin Gustafson

Staff Writer

A resident who has already brought two highly controversial speakers to the town's library this year says he's now planning to bring three more this month - and will sidestep library policy to do it.

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Category: Human rights • Israel and Palestine
Posted on: August 24, 2008 3:49 PM, by revere

I belong to a number of professional societies and one of them is the American Mathematical Society. The September issue of one of their publications, the Notices, just arrived and I read with interest a statement by one of the world's ( Read more... )

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Briefs: Protest trial set to begin: A trial is scheduled to begin today for anti-war protesters Jeff Zurawski of Downers Grove and Sarah Hartfield of Naperville, who are accused of disorderly conduct charges for their May 6, 2007, protest along I-355 near Glen Ellyn.

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August 19, 2008, New York, NY - A group of 52 local activists today announced a $2 million settlement in their lawsuit against the City of New York. The activists were illegally arrested on April 7, 2003 while protesting against the Iraq war in front of a military contractor's offices in midtown.  The settlement in ( Read more... )

Judge: Denver can restrict protests at convention

Thu Aug 7, 2008 1:10am EDT

DENVER (Reuters) - Protesters at the Democratic National Convention in Denver can be restricted to fenced-in areas, federal judge ruled on Wednesday, saying that security needs outweighed curbs on their rights.

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Judge upholds reporter's right to protect sources

Tom Ramstack

Friday, July 25, 2008

A federal judge in California supported a reporter's right to protect confidential sources on Thursday, ruling in favor of Washington Times national security reporter Bill Gertz on First Amendment grounds.

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Glenn Greenwald

Monday July 21, 2008 10:16 EDT
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One of the hallmarks of events at which George Bush appeared was the complete elimination of any dissent. In one of the most notorious cases, three individuals who arrived at a 2005 Bush town hall meeting in Denver with an anti-war bumper sticker on their car and ( Read more... )

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These days, I assume that everything I do is probed and examined by omnipotent corporations

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Rant all you want in a public park. A police officer generally won't eject you for your remarks alone, however unpopular or provocative.

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