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Anti-Tea Party Tide
Turning Bloody

Experts worry fights may be next wave

Nov 19, 09 4:08 AM CST
(Newser) - Fistfights at tea party rallies over the weekend have some analysts worried that the violent backlash may be only just beginning. In Fort Lauderdale, anti-tea party activists chanting "Amnesty yes, racists no!" clashed with tea party protesters who entered their protest zone. The group had emailed members calling... More »

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protests • political activism • tea parties • tea party fight • Fort Lauderdale tea party

 Tea-Party Protesters Hit 
 'Pro-Obama' Jersey School 

Demonstrators sing 'God Bless America' to protest song about prez

Oct 13, 09 3:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - A band of tea-party protesters descended on a New Jersey elementary school yesterday, complaining that a class song hailing President Obama was "indoctrinating" kids. Some 70 protesters sang God Bless America and The Battle Hymn of the Republic outside the B. Bernice Young School in a suburb 15 miles... More »

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Barack Obama • music • New Jersey • conservative • protests • song • elementary school • protesters • President Obama • Tea Party

Obama Seeks
to Mend Ties With Gays

Gives speech tonight, ahead of protest
march tomorrow

Oct 10, 09 11:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama's tense relations with the gay community reach critical mass this weekend. Obama will outline his administration's goals on gay rights tonight in a speech to the nation's largest gay advocacy group. It comes ahead of a major demonstration tomorrow in Washington by activists who think he's reneged on... More »

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gay rights • Don't Ask, Don't Tell • protests • President Obama

Anti-War Movement Switches Focus to Afghanistan

Dwindled movement seeks revival as war enters 9th year

Oct 7, 09 2:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - The anti-war movement isn't the force it was in the '60s or even six years ago, but organizers are hoping a campaign of protests this fall will gain momentum and capitalize on the growing unpopularity of the Afghanistan war. The National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance, an umbrella organization for dozens... More »

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protests • Cindy Sheehan • anti war movement • protesters • activists • Afghanistan war • peace movement

OPINION

 Protests? Pittsburgh 
 Just Glad for Respect 

Natives took the today's version of anarchy in characteristic stride

Sep 25, 09 11:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Native Pittsburghers definitely saw a motley crew of protesters invade for the G-20 summit this week, and were generally pretty unfazed. “It’s cool. People need to speak their mind,” one local told Bari Weiss, writing for the Wall Street Journal. “They didn’t bother anyone.”... More »

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protests • summit • Pittsburgh • Carla Bruni • anarchists • G-20 • respect

(Newser) - Protests in Pittsburgh are getting into full swing as Barack Obama and other world leaders arrive for the G-20 summit. Police fired pepper spray and smoke bombs to break up an unauthorized march of about 500 anarchists heading toward downtown, reports the Post-Gazette. Its live blog of the march says... More »

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protests • Pittsburgh • tear gas • G-20

 Fox Reminds DC Staff 
 They're Journalists 

Workers warned against creating news  after producer pumps up tea party crowd

Sep 22, 09 1:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fox News reminded its staff to follow journalistic standards after a producer was caught on camera whipping up a crowd at a tea party protest, Mediaite reports. Bill Sammon, the channel's vice-president of news, sent staff at Fox's DC bureau an email warning: "We do not cheerlead for one... More »

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protests • journalism • Fox News • cable news • tea parties • Griff Jenkins

media melee

Fox: Tea Parties Not Covered
CNN: You Lie!

Ad sparks network
tea party war

Sep 19, 09 8:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rival networks were quick to go on the counterattack after being accused by Fox of ignoring last weekend's tea party protests in the capital, Mediaite reports. A full-page Washington Post ad from Fox asked, "How Did ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC And CNN Miss This Story," prompting the... More »

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Bill O'Reilly • MSNBC • ABC • protests • Fox News • TV networks • CNN • Ricardo Sanchez • cable news • tea parties

OPINION

 Obama Backlash 
 Isn't About Race 

The real, centuries-old conflict is between urban elites and small towners

Sep 18, 09 1:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - It's a mistake to see the growing backlash against President Obama through the prism of race, David Brooks writes in the New York Times. The anti-Obama movement springs not from racism, but from the long American tradition of popular distrust of the urban elite, argues Brooks. He notes mostly white... More »

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protests • racism • populism • David Brooks • racial tension • Obama administration • President Obama • tea parties

OPINION

 Working Class Picks 
 Wrong Villains 


Sep 17, 09 11:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - When the tea party protesters converged on Washington, one leader, radio demagogue Mark Williams, repeatedly described them as “working stiffs” who felt left out. It’s no wonder they’re angry, writes Timothy Egan for the New York Times, because it’s been a lost decade for “... More »

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Bush administration • conservative • protests • tax cuts • deregulation • Obama administration • President Obama • tea parties

Analysis

 Ron Paul Fans Return, 
 as Tea Partiers 


Sep 15, 09 11:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - If you polled the protesters at Saturday’s tea party protest on who they voted for in the Republican primaries, Tom Schaller of FiveThirtyEight.com has a sneaking suspicion they’d reply, “Ron Paul.” The protesters focus on libertarian complaints and rhetoric, and bear that familiar Paulite intensity.... More »

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protests • Ron Paul • libertarian • health care reform • tea parties • Tea Party

 Shoe-Tosser 
 Released, Says 
 'I Was Tortured' 

Reporter al-Zeidi leaves prison after tossing shoe at Bush last year

Sep 15, 09 6:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Iraqi reporter who was locked up for throwing his shoes at George W. Bush says he was tortured in prison, the BBC reports. He was released today after nine months in a Baghdad jail, Reuters notes, and says he plans to identify those officials who tortured him. Relatives say... More »

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Iraq • torture • Baghdad • prison • shoes • protests • George W. Bush • prison release • Muntadar al-Zaidi

analysis

Harnessing Anti-Obama Energy Tough for GOP

Protesters, some with extreme messages, not necessarily leaning Republican

Sep 13, 09 4:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Thousands of angry conservatives turned out for protests in Washington and other cities yesterday, but their rage may prove difficult for Republicans to harness, Kenneth P. Vogel and Alex Isenstadt write on Politico. Many protesters not only opposed Democratic policies, but shouted extremist rhetoric and criticized high GOP spending over... More »

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GOP • protests • Tea Party

 Protest Organizer Inflated 
 Crowd Size: ABC News 

FreedomWorks president attributed 1.5M turnout to network

Sep 13, 09 3:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - The organizer of the "Tea Party" protest in Washington yesterday falsely attributed a high estimate of the turnout to ABC News, the network reports. Matt Kibbe, the head of FreedomWorks, said on stage that ABC estimated the turnout at 1 million to 1.5 million people. In a... More »

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Barack Obama • protests • health care reform • political protest • crowd • FreedomWorks Foundation • Tea Party

analysis

Fad or Movement? March Tests Sway of Tea Parties 

Vocal minority could hurt Republicans, critics say

Sep 12, 09 11:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - The “Tea Party Express” bus has rolled into Washington today for a “Taxpayer March” to the Capitol, and if you listen to organizers, it’s the start of a real political movement. “You can’t manufacture this kind of thing,” says a conservative radio host. A... More »

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conservative • protests • Glenn Beck • march • tea parties • FreedomWorks Foundation


 Army Recruiters' 
 Video Arcade 
 Draws Fire 

Simulations ignore 'reality of war itself:' Pulitzer winner Chris Hedges

Sep 11, 09 5:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Army Experience Center in Philadelphia—a sort of video arcade/recruiting center—has numerous detractors, and those opponents have an influential ally. “This is just a new version of an old attempt” at recruiting, Pulitzer Prize winner and former New York Times war correspondent Chris Hedges tells dscriber.... More »

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Army recruiting • US military • Pennsylvania • protests • Philadelphia • recruitment • anti war movement • video games • Chris Hedges • Army Experience Center

 Mich. Anti-Abortion 
 Activist Killed in Drive-By 

Perp also admits to shooting local business owner; motive unclear

Sep 11, 09 2:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - A prominent anti-abortion protester was gunned down this morning outside a Michigan high school, the Detroit Free Press reports. Owosso High School students were among the witnesses to the drive-by shooting, which police say was committed by a 33-year-old man who was arrested at his home and promptly confessed... More »

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murder • Michigan • protests • shooting • anti-abortion activists • Owosso • drive-by • abortion debate • James Pouillon

 Arab World 
 Head-Over-Heels 
 About Return of 
 'Hero' Shoe-Tosser 

Zaidi hailed as Goliath-battling David

Sep 9, 09 3:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Iraqi journalist who hurled both his shoes at George Bush during a speech in Baghdad last year will be released early from prison next week to a hero's welcome, a free house and offers of money, a wife, and a gold-saddled horse, reports the Guardian. Muntadar al-Zaidi "is... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • shoes • protests • Arabs • Arab • George W. Bush • Muntadar al-Zaidi

 Yale Slammed for 
 Censoring Cartoons 

Danish cartoons yanked from prof's book to 'avoid violence'

Sep 8, 09 7:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Criticism is continuing to mount against Yale University, even from its own professors and alumni, for publishing The Cartoons That Shook the World—while censoring the cartoons that shook the world, reports AP. Yale University Press yanked the Danish caricatures from a book about the protests they spawned out of... More »

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Yale University • censorship • protests • publishing • cartoon • Danish Mohammed cartoons

 'Tea Party Express' 
 to Bring Protest to DC 

Cross-country bus trip will hit DC on Sept. 12 for 'taxpayer march'

Aug 31, 09 12:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - A California-based political action committee is sponsoring a cross-country bus trip designed to unite right-wing malcontents of all stripes, NPR reports. Dubbed the “Tea Party Express,” the bus will culminate its journey with a “taxpayer march” on Washington, DC on Sept. 12. “It’s about time... More »

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protests • health care reform • political action committees • tea parties

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