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1968 Chicago riot cops set to ‘celebrate’ mass beatings

BBVM wrote 6 months ago: Members of the Chicago Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) who participated in what an official report l … more →

Tags: censorship, free speech, military industrial complex, Civil Liberties, Prison Industrial Complex, media, FBI, Chicago Police Department, fraternal-order-of-police

Bear Down and Get Some Runs, best-of: a look back at the 2002 Indiana Final Four run

readjack wrote 8 months ago: IU! (clap, clap) IU! (clap, clap) It took me a while to get used to Bloomington. I’m not a big drink … more →

Tags: The Best of The Sports Fan Book, 2003 NLCS, Oklahoma Sooners, chris duhon, Final Four, Carlos Boozer, MIKE DUNLEAVY JR., Bloomington, jay williams

Party to History2 comments

Agonistes wrote 1 year ago: Below is a recent article from Smithsonian magazine that reminded me again (or maybe for the first t … more →

Tags: Politics, Harry S Truman, GOP, US History, Theodore Roosevelt, 1948 election, 1964 Election, Civil Rights, Civil Rights and the Democratic party

MONKEY REVIEW: Chicago 10

radiondn wrote 1 year ago: Probably the best way to describe Brett Morgan’s compelling and absorbing docudrama Chicago 10 … more →

Tags: Movies, Art, Jeffrey Wright, Movie, Documentary, Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, David Dellinger, Tom Hayden

More News After This Quick Commercial Break

Leor wrote 1 year ago: Mountain Dew commercials rarely make me sit up and pay attention – I simply don’t like t … more →

Tags: Emo, Music, Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco, TV on the Radio, Dear Science, New York Times, Punk Percussion Protests, MICHAEL JACKSON

Happy Anniversary to the Chicago 8

ginavivinetto wrote 1 year ago: This week marks the 40th anniversary of the infamous 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago … more →

Tags: film, Culture, Politics, Chicago 7, Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, yippies, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jane Fonda

Change That Ain’t Gonna Happen

gibby747 wrote 1 year ago: Like Roger Daltrey, I would like to talk about my generation, but I’m going to do so in far less com … more →

Tags: Ranting, George W. Bush, Roger Daltrey, my generation, Generation Y, Instant Gratification, overeducated, under-utilized, Barack Obama

The City Of Green Shoulders

glabwrites wrote 1 year ago: ~ Richard J. Daley of Chicago (above); the chip off the old block (below, right) expressing himself … more →

Tags: Michael G. Glab, Big Mike, City of Chicago, Richard J. Daley, Richard M. Daley, Vanity Fair, Earth Hour, green roofs, Chicago Sun-Times

Pictures of the Day: The 1969-70 Chicago Seven Conspiracy Trial3 comments

disembedded wrote 2 years ago: Abbie Hoffman Reading a Book During the Trial Abbie Hoffman Wearing Judicial Robes at the Trial Poet … more →

Tags: Art, Wars, Peace, Politics, Culture, Legal, Legal Issues, Chicago, Vietnam


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