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CANG8 March & Mass Rally Against the NATO/G8 Summits

by OccupyWallSt

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CANG8 March & Mass rally against the NATO/G8 summits
Time: 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. CDT
Location: Petrillo Band Shell, Grant Park, downtown Chicago. Followed by protest march to McCormick Convention Center, sight of NATO summit
This is the official permitted protest rally against the NATO summit organized by the Coalition Against NATO/G8 War and Poverty Agenda (CANG8). CANG8 is a broad international coalition of organizations formed in August 2011 to organize protests against the NATO summit taking place in Chicago May 20-21, 2012.
For a more detailed schedule and list of events today, see NATOprotest.org.

#NoNATO So Far: Thousands Protest War and Austerity

by OccupyWallSt

You wouldn't know it from watching CNN, but thousands of people have gathered this week in Chicago and elsewhere to peacefully express their indignation at a political system dominated by war and austerity. While world leaders gather for the G8 and NATO summits -- where they are discussing war plans and addressing their failed financial system with rhetoric alone -- Occupiers and our allies are not only holding our own workshops and discussions on the financial crisis, we are taking direct action to create a world that does not need their warfare or austerity. We are building a world without technocrats and political and financial elites, a world based on

#SolidaritySunday: Fight Back Against State Terrorism!

by OccupyWallSt

The scene late last night in Chicago
via Interoccupy:

While tens of thousands are in Chicago protesting NATO and many more are marching in the streets of Quebec, the action in your city must not stop! NOW IS THE TIME TO AMPLIFY!
Use the tag #SOLIDARITYSUNDAY to organize! Send your meet up locations to Info@interoccupy.org or post a comment here to be included in this list. We will update as soon as