25 September 2009
Taunting police misses the issue of class
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Tom Over
The vast majority of the police at the G-20 are working-class or middle-class people. They obviously are not economic elites deciding on the policies of the G-20.

This reminds me of how some protesters against the US war in...
25 September 2009
The G-20 and anarchists
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Tom Over
Many of them wore kerchiefs over their faces, along with goggles during the protests today. It seems that anarchism has things in common with neo-conservatism with its emphasis on a lack of government control so as to enable huge...
24 September 2009
Race and protests
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Tom Over
A perhaps random thought that crossed my mind as an African - American man walked pass me is that this type of protest action would register on a somewhat higher key in the collective psyche of Pittsburghers and Americans in general if...
24 September 2009
Events Shut Down
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Tom Over
I have bee using G-20 Media.org to find out about the events that are going on . What I found today on that website was that many of the events read "SHUT DOWN" next to their listings.

As I stand here with my notebook on a...
24 September 2009
G-420 ?
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Tom Over
About 30 feet away from me, about a half dozen people are shouting "a little bit of weed is all we need." As a group of police in riot gear walked past, one of these people shouted out to the officers who were about a few feet away, "damn...
24 September 2009
Stock-piling human waste part 2
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Tom Over
It seems ironic that some public misconceptions about G-20 protesters have involved the idea that activists are storing human waste to be used against the police and other people. My guess is that the vast majority of the people involved...

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