[Peace] The New Military Urbanism

[Stuart Levy]

For what it's worth... claws were sheathed at the Nurses United Robin 
Hood Tax demonstration at Daley Plaza today, which was well-attended 
(packed!).  There were lots of police on foot & bicycle, wearing at 
least two different kinds of uniforms.  None that I saw were in riot 
gear nor horseback.  All stayed pretty calm.  One derisive snort from a 
policeman looking at an anti-NATO sign, and one angry young man - I 
wondered if he might be a provocateur, though he may have just been an 
angry underpaid worker - was yelling at the police, creatively calling 
them names, to no visible effect.

On the other hand, there's this (thanks to Susan S.):
http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2012/05/17/police-preemptively-raid-apartment-arrest-activists-ahead-of-nato-summit/
right out of the same playbook as before the 2008 RNC.  A 
break-down-the-door raid, no warrant, at least one cell phone seized 
(*and* beer-making supplies), just Wednesday night.

We'll see what happens on Sunday.

On 5/18/12 8:55 PM, Brussel Morton K. wrote:
> For those planning to go to Chicago, here's an article by Paul Street on the New Military Urbanism. It contains a graphic description of what protestors are likely to meet this weekend.
>
> http://www.zcommunications.org/the-new-military-urbanism-in-nato-occupied-chicago-by-paul-street
>
> --MKB
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