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Music: Nigel Parry performance of song "Pittsburgh" (with Indymedia intro and LRAD dispersal order outro)

Submitted by flyingmonkeyairlines on Fri, 10/23/2009 - 14:16
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On October 21st, 2009, during a solo show at St. Cloud University, Nigel Parry (from Pocket of Resistance), performed a new song, "Pittsburgh", written after returning from the Pittsburgh G-20 where he was reporting for Indymedia.

The show concluded a three day film festival, Confronting Israeli Apartheid, held at the University.

 

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G-20/Pittsburg city council delays givng police more power to "qull dissent"

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 09/16/2009 - 06:18
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http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09258/998194-100.stm

 City council delays giving police new powers for G-20
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
By Rich Lord, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

 Pittsburgh City Council balked at giving final approval today to
legislation that could give police new powers in advance of
anticipated G-20 Summit protests, putting the matter off until tomorrow.

Council members said they have not gotten clear responses from Mayor

The Return of Protest Politics

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 04/06/2009 - 22:07
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The radical, violent anti-capitalist protests that erupted at the G-20 and NATO summits last week underscore just how much Europe has slid to the left as a result of the global economic crisis.

The New York Times, in an April 4 story on the NATO protests titled "Riots erupt near bridge that links two countries", writes:

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