[Photos] NATO Protests Day Two: What an Eight-Hour March Looks Like

By Whet Moser

A rally for the "NATO 3" turns into an impromptu march, leading protesters and police on a day-long, miles-long journey through the Loop, South Loop, and West Loop, resulting in six arrests and a protester being struck by a CPD van. Read more

Chicago NATO Protests: The Tearing Down of the NATO Banner, and an Arrestee on WTTW

By Whet Moser

Video shows how the NATO banner on Michigan was torn down as the protest march briefly made it up Michigan Avenue; a protester talks to Chicago Tonight about detention and the police Read more

Garry McCarthy Talks Officer Bar Codes, NATO Lakeview Protest, Not Bridgeport Arrests

By Whet Moser

The police chief refuses several questions about the long investigation that ended in a pre-emptive raid, but discusses facilitating unplanned street protests and why the CPD has bar codes on their arms. Read more

Taking a Break From Chicago Protests to Contemplate the Future of NATO and Afghanistan

By Whet Moser

Lots to come at the NATO summit, but not a lot to look forward to: will France or the U.S. pull out early? Can the NATO nations coordinate budgets around Smart Defense? And what's "Afghan good enough"? Read more

Chicago NATO Protests: Michigan Avenue

By Whet Moser

After the National Nurses United rally at Daley Plaza ended, a smaller group of protesters moved north to Michigan Avenue... then back south, leading cops in a slow cat-and-mouse game. Read more

First Chicago NATO Protest: National Nurses United

By Whet Moser

Daley Plaza was filled this afternoon by National Nurses United, a rally headlined by Tom Morello and part of an international day of action in support of a "robin hood tax" on financial trades. Read more

Week 32: Expecting the Worst

By Jeff Ruby

Here’s where I criticize a movie I haven’t seen. It’s called What to Expect When You’re Expecting; it stars Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Chris Rock, Elizabeth Banks, Dennis Quaid, Brookyn Decker, and that guy from Glee; and after sitting through the smarmy, cliché-dripping trailer—twice—I wanted to punch every single one of them in the face... Read more

Chicago NATO Summit: Bill Ayers, Bernardine Dohrn, and Mark Jacobson

By Whet Moser

Chicago's most famous activist couple talks about the "military arm of the one percent" with Amy Goodman; plus, a handy rundown of what's important inside McCormick Place this weekend. Read more

Joe Ricketts, His Children, and Their Political Ties

By Carol Felsenthal

Good thing President Obama is a White Sox fan. This morning’s New York Times carries a front-page story about Omaha billionaire and TD Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts, whose money bought his family the Cubs in 2009, allegedly funding a new advertising campaign aimed at defeating Obama... Read more

Occupy and Public-Private Space

By Whet Moser

Memories of 1968 give protesting an association with speaking, writing, performance, and rhetoric. Occupy concerns itself with something less ephemeral: space, and things. Read more

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