By Steve Thornton, courtesy of Homefront

On a cool and sunny fall day in Hartford, ten thousand people jammed into Bushnell Park with one goal: to stop the war in Vietnam. As the single largest protest of its kind in the city’s history, October 15, 1969 was historic.  And the thousands who marched to downtown Hartford were only part of the 90,000 Connecticut residents taking part in peace actions in dozens of cities, towns, schools and churches against a war that had already taken a deadly toll on two countries. It was called Moratorium Day– Read the full story

(East Haven) Due to numerous complaints of harassment against people of color by the East Haven Police Department, over 130 Connecticut residents gathered together Saturday afternoon on Main Street to demand justice and an end to racial profiling and border patrols*. Read the full story

RadioActive takes you to the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Hartford, CT where the IVAW of CT staged a protest called Operation First Casualty.

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(Reuters) – Demonstrators clashed with riot police and smashed the windows of a bank in London’s financial center on Wednesday in protest against a system they said had robbed the poor to benefit the rich. (full story)

As I write this there are no less than 6 helicopters circling overhead in downtown Oakland. On the first day of the 10th year since Amadou Diallo was brutally gunned down by police in New York City, Oscar Grant was fatally shot in the back by a BART police officer, and the event was caught on video.

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No jail for Joe! Joe Robinson was sentenced this morning on felony first degree property damage stemming from slashed delegate bus tires during the RNC. The judge rejected nearly all the prosecutor’s wishes, sentencing Robinson instead to three years probation, a $100 fine and 100 hours of community service in an organization of his choice. The standing-room only courtroom was packed with about 50 friends and supporters, who all stood when Robinson’s name was called. Judge Salvador Rosas – soon to become the judge for the RNC 8 – mentioned the action favorably before delivering the sentence, calling it “Gandhi-like.”

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