This article presents a chronology of DNC 2000 legal actions by protesters, and actions by police and state against protesters, as sets of links to articles. Includes excellent background information on U.S. Federal plans for handling non-violent protesters, as well as thorough analysis of police tactics.
DNC 2000 - CHRONOLOGY OF STATE & POLICE RESPONSE TO PROTEST
Political
Parties to Protesters: Stay Home
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L.A.
officials fear trouble from anarchists at Democratic convention
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Protesters
sue Los Angeles for greater access to Democratic convention
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Federal
court: L.A. must give protesters better access to Democratic convention
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ACLU
Warns Los Angeles Police Department: Stop Harassing Protesters
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ACLU
Seeks Court Order to Stop LAPD from Harassing and Intimidating Convention
Protesters
ACLU
asks court to stop police from harassing L.A. convention protesters (AP)
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Federal judge rejects LAPD's security or freedom
of speech choice for protesters
Federal Judge Requires Los Angeles to Follow First Amendment During the Democratic National Convention |
Judge Grants Restraining Order Against LAPD from
Raiding Activists
Judge Bars LAPD From Raiding Activist HQ |
ACLU
Sues LAPD For Attacks on Press
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ACLU
Condemns Police Response to D2K Rally
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Police Deny Media Access to Sattelite Van During
Bomb Threat
INDEPENDENT MEDIA CENSORED BY LAPD |
PETA
Activist Drops Manure at DNC Hotel
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POLICE ACTIVITIES & OBSERVATIONS
The federal government has been part of a police network keeping tabs
on protesters.
US
Army Intel Units Spying on Activists
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Report
on Federal Anti-Activist Intelligence Network
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Philadelphia
Police Admit Surveillance of Protesters
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Timeline of Philly Police Actions against free
speech
Philly Police Against Dissent & Free Speech: A Chronology |
Police
Chief Wants Feds to Investigate Protest Movement
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Discovery
Institute Calls for Funding to Investigate "Riot Conspiracies"
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Gepeto
Among Those Arrested in Police Raid of Convergence Center
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Story about US military Psychological Operations
personnel working as paid interns at CNN's newsroom during the Kosovo war.
U.S. Army 'Psyops' Specialists worked for CNN |
Follow-up story by Alexander Cockburn of Counterpunch
on US Army Psy-ops personnel working at CNN's newsroom during Kosovo war.
CNN AND PSYOPS |
POLICE TRANSPARENCY - ANALYSES
Insightful reportage and analysis of the apparent federal agenda to
limit or silence free speech.
Excellent analysis of state and police use of
arrest to disrupt and silence dissenting speech.
The Empire Strikes Back |
Editorial analysis of state and police targeting
of left-wing activists
Police States Targets the Left |
Editorial on police, politics, and state control
of dissidents in Philadelphia
Convention Confrontation: The Real Story In Philadelphia |
Police use arrests to interrupt arrests
Disinformation and arbitrary arrests by Police |
Unrestrained
Stories: False Police Claims of Protestor Violence
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Waging
War on Political Dissent [in Philadelphia]
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Editorial on Police-Media Relations in Philadelphia
Conventional Wisdom and the Philadelphia Snow Job |
Report on the loss of civil rights in U.S. after
end of Cold War
The War Came Home And We're Losing It: The Jackboot State |
A Season
of Protest: What Should We Expect?
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AIM
= anti-globalization terrorists?
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POLICE & FEDERAL BACKGROUND INFO
Government and independent reports about the plansto
Review of information about infamous USAF 55-2
"Garden Plot" plan for using military force to stop political dissidence.
Remind anybody of Central and South America?
Government plans |
Mitary
Assistance for Civil Disturbances (MACDIS)
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The KERNER COMMISSION and USAF 55-2/Garden Plot
U.S. MILITARY CIVIL DISTURBANCE PLANNING: THE WAR AT HOME |
The
Statewide Intelligence Systems Program
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Bureau
of Justice Assistance's Annual Report FY 1997 -Funding Resources
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REGIONAL
INFORMATION SHARING SYSTEMS PROGRAM
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POLICE REPRESSION - FIGHTING BACK
Tools and examples for fighting back against police and state repression.
Guide to Your Rights as a Protester
ACLU Offers Online Guide on Right to Protest |
Lawsuit filed against US and District of Columbia
over disruption of protests against IMF and World Bank
Government Plotted to Disrupt Peaceful Protests, Rights Groups Charge |
Judge
cuts bail for woman accused of leading protests
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In
Second Lawsuit, ACLU Challenges Seattle's WTO 'No Protest' Zone on Behalf
of Seven Local People
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Village Voice list of online resources for information
about government, intelligence.
Finding Documents the Man Wants to Hide: From Their Vaults to Your Desktop |
Protest in the electronic age
E-Bombs Away! Protest, Panic, and the Politics of Packet Monkeys |
Village Voice list of online resources for activists
Fight Back Online: Virtual Marchers, Real Results |
Court case against city of Seattle over WTO protest
rights violations
Three Seattle Residents Accept Judgments in ACLU Lawsuit over WTO "No Protest Zone" |
Supreme
Court Cases Concerning Freedom of Assembly
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Supreme
Court Cases on Free Speech
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Anarchists'
FAQ
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Anarchistic
Advice to LAPD
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R2K
- Did We Fail As a Movement? Movement Analysis Part II
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Thoughts
on Future Actions
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MEDIA
New York's Village Voice visits the Philadelphia
Independent Media Center
Get Me Download! |
Village Voice list of online resources for right-wingers.
activists, hackers, intelligence, federal, conspiracy Want to Understand Conservatives? Read Them. Right Thinking |
ACLU report on Seattle's handling of protests
during the WTO meeting.
Out of Control: Seattle's Flawed Response to Protests Against the World Trade Organization Report on Seattle WTO meetings from http://www.parascope.com
Excellent analysis of state and police use of arrest to disrupt and
silence dissenting speech.
Amnest International's 1999 Report on Police Brutality in the U.S.A.
Report and Analysis of Seattle WTO meetings and the response to protesters
by the National Lawyers Guild
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http://www.corpwatch.org/
http://www.covertaction.org/
http://www.iir.com/other/crimjust.htm#National- Criminal Justice orgs and bureaus
http://www.igc.org/deepdish/- deepdish television
http://209.207.141.249/ds/documentslibrary/- dossier documents library
http://www.democracynow.org -Daily Show featuring Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzales
http://www.hrw.org/ - Human Rights Watch
http://www.indexoncensorship.org/- State censorship of journalism
http://www.intelligenceonline.com/- International Stories about Government and Military
http://www.indymedia.org - Independent Media Center, alternative, non-corporate media
http://la.indymedia.org - Los Angeles/DNC Coverage by Independent Media Center
http://la.indymedia.org/radio/index.php3- Live, 24-hour webradio coverage of the convention.
http://www.infoshop.org/news5/army_intel.html
http://www.pir.org">http://www.pir.org">http://www.pir.org- Powerful search engine for who knows who in the spy underworld
http://www.commondreams.org/- Common Dreams, news site for democracy issues
http://www.freespeech.org/ - Free Speech Internet Television
http://www.papertiger.org/ - Paper Tiger Television, video activism
http://www.radioforchange.com/- Laura Flanders webradio station (from Pacific & FreeSpeech TV)
http://www.workingforchange.com/radio/index.cfm- Guide to webradio coverage of the conventions
http://www.nader.org/ - The Nader Page, info about Ralph Nader
http://www.phillyimc.org/article.pl?sid=00/08/05/0731254&mode=thread - Ralph Nader crashes the RNC party in Philadelphia
http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/aipub/ - Amnesty Internation Publications & Reports
http://www.counterpunch.org/ - Media and Political Analysis, news site
http://www.emperors-clothes.com/ - Media and Political Analysis, news site
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/ - Political analysis news site
http://la.indymedia.org/links.php3 - Coverage of Global Economic Protests
http://www.shadowconvention.com/ - Alternative to the Republicrats' conventions.
http://www.d2kla.org/ - Gathering place for demonstration organizers
http://www.alternet.org/ - Alternative coverage of political events, news site
http://www.ems.org/ - Environmental Media Services - newswire for environmental issues
http://cryptome.org/ - Classified, Declassified, otherwise interesting information about gov'ts, spies, military