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Robocops come to Pittsburgh
by Mike Ferner
...and bring the latest weaponry with them.
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G-20 Protests are not about abstractions
by Tom Over
On Sept 20, The Toledo Blade published an article in which President Obama is quoted as saying, in reference to the G-20, “protests about abstractions [such] as global capitalism or something, generally, are not really going to make much of a difference." While I am not sure what the opposition to the G-20 accomplished last week in Pittsburgh, I found that many of the activists there were quite concrete about what they don’t like about the elite economic club.
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Marchers for Falun Gong at G-20 demonstrations in Pittsburgh
by Tom Over
At the main protest against the G-20 in downtown Pittsburgh on Friday, Sept 25, Falun Gong marchers played calm, recorded music as they carried signs four lanes wide, some of which had gruesome photographs of people who’ve been mutilated and tortured. Kui Huang was one of the demonstrators. He urges people to “write to the president…and Congress” so as to get China to stop its persecution of Falun Gong, which includes not only imprisonment and torture, but also organ harvesting.
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Recent G20 - Reports from the Field Articles

Robocops come to Pittsburgh
September 29, 2009
Mike Ferner

G-20 Protests are not about abstractions
September 29, 2009
Tom Over

Marchers for Falun Gong at G-20 demonstrations in Pittsburgh
September 28, 2009
Tom Over

March passes through neighborhood that may be gentrified
September 26, 2009
Tom Over

G-20 Chants and picket signs
September 25, 2009
Tom Over

Taunting police misses the issue of class
September 25, 2009
Tom Over

The G-20 and anarchists
September 25, 2009
Tom Over

Free Press coverage of G20 meeting
September 24, 2009
Free Press Staff

Protest against Ethiopian Dictatorship
September 24, 2009
Tom Over

Activists plan protest without permit
September 24, 2009
Tom Over

Heightened security results in bicyclists , skateboarders, and pedestrians having greater usage of the streets
September 24, 2009
Tom Over