In Russia, three women are on trial for performing a protest song in a church. The whole case is a good reminder why the First Amendment exists in the United States and why the separation of church and state should be protected. The women are members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot and best […]
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ACTIVISM: Protest occurs with little conflict
Last night’s rally and march to protest the Rochester Police Department occurred mostly without incident. Protestors marched from Washington Square Park to City Hall, then to the Liberty Pole. At City Hall, one protestor was writing on the building’s steps in chalk when police took him in to custody. Ultimately, he was released without being […]
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Activists’ rally today will protest RPD action
A group of activists have organized a rally for this afternoon to protest, among other things, the police response to a march over the weekend. The rally starts at 5 p.m. at Washington Square Park and will be followed by a march to City Hall. In a press release, organizers say they applied for a […]
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ACTIVISM: Protestors denounce police response to march
A group of protestors say police used aggressive physical force and “chemical weapons” to break up a march, even though, they say, the officers hadn’t asked anyone to disperse. An informal group of protestors – not an Occupy Rochester contingent, as police and some media erroneously reported – held an anti-capitalism march Saturday. The procession […]
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Sign of our times
“Let’s roll!” United Flight 93 passenger Todd Beamer’s last known words — before he and some of his fellow passengers ostensibly tried to overcome the terrorists who hijacked his plane on 9/11 — have become a battle cry (and patriotic marketing gimmick) in the wake of the attacks. In the immediate aftermath of the […]
