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Ralph Nader has continuously stated for the last 12 years that the line that separates the Democrats and the Republicans is very thin and blurry...and fast disappearing.
A perfect example is what Rahm Emanuel is doing to "prepare" Chicago for the up-coming G8 Summit protests....shades of the 1968 Dem convention fiasco. Check it out:
Occupy Chicago & Activists, Protest Rahm Emanuel's Anti-Protest Ordinance.
* Virtually every street protest in the downtown would be designated a "large parade" requiring $1 million liability insurance and for organizers to "agree to reimburse the city for any damage to the public way or to city property arising out of or caused by the parade";
* Large parade or not, organizers would be required to provide the city with "a description of any recording equipment, sound amplification equipment, banners, signs, or other attention-getting devices to be used in connection with the parade" at least a week in advance of the march;
* Every contingent in the march and the order in which they would appear would have to be registered at least a week in advance with the City;
* Demonstration organizers would be required to have one marshal for every 100 participants; and,
* Under a wholly new section of the municipal code (10-8-334), even gatherings on sidewalks, with no presence in the streets, would now be subject to demands that they get permits, giving the City extraordinary latitude to dictate what union and other pickets occur or get shut down by police action. Conceivably, each General Assembly meeting of Occupy Chicago would require a separate City permit, each with its $50 application fee, weeks' long application process, etc.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/0...nce?via=recent
A perfect example is what Rahm Emanuel is doing to "prepare" Chicago for the up-coming G8 Summit protests....shades of the 1968 Dem convention fiasco. Check it out:
Occupy Chicago & Activists, Protest Rahm Emanuel's Anti-Protest Ordinance.
* Virtually every street protest in the downtown would be designated a "large parade" requiring $1 million liability insurance and for organizers to "agree to reimburse the city for any damage to the public way or to city property arising out of or caused by the parade";
* Large parade or not, organizers would be required to provide the city with "a description of any recording equipment, sound amplification equipment, banners, signs, or other attention-getting devices to be used in connection with the parade" at least a week in advance of the march;
* Every contingent in the march and the order in which they would appear would have to be registered at least a week in advance with the City;
* Demonstration organizers would be required to have one marshal for every 100 participants; and,
* Under a wholly new section of the municipal code (10-8-334), even gatherings on sidewalks, with no presence in the streets, would now be subject to demands that they get permits, giving the City extraordinary latitude to dictate what union and other pickets occur or get shut down by police action. Conceivably, each General Assembly meeting of Occupy Chicago would require a separate City permit, each with its $50 application fee, weeks' long application process, etc.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/0...nce?via=recent