Media Coverage of Situation
at Baywalk
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"A better world is possible"
Donna Winchester, St. Petersburg Times, Sept. 6 (read)
"Democracy can get noisy, unless
you're at BayWalk"
Robyn Blumner, St. Petersburg Times, Sept. 4 (read)
"Hotbed of Protest: In St. Petersburg,
It's the Downtown Mall"
Lynn Waddell, NY Times, Sep. 2 (read
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required)
"Baywalk barriers removed"
Jon Wilson, St. Petersburg Times, Aug. 27 (read)
"City
Council recommends removing barriers at BayWalk", Aug 25th  (Tampa Bay's
10 coverage)
 Listen
to WMNF's coverage from Thursday, Aug 25th (go to 26:30)
"SP Times Editorial Opinion: Don't rush
BayWalk decisions"
Aug. 25 (read)
"Activists
deserve praise, not harassment"
Aug. 21, Robyn
Blumner,
St. Petersburg Times (read)
"Weekend BayWalk
car ban possible"
Aug.
19, Carrie Johnson, St. Petersburg Times (read)
"Saturday
Night
Live"
Aug.
17, Wayne Garcia, Weekly Planet (read)
St.
Petersburg
Times Clarification
"Articles
in Floridian on July 21 and City & State on Aug. 7 were unclear
about the strategy of the war protest group St. Pete for Peace......But
he did not say he
thought St. Pete for Peace members should break a window or tempt
arrest." (Aug.
16, read)
(We
appreciates the Times willingness to set the record straight)
"Reclaiming the public
sidewalk at
Baywalk!"
Aug.
15, Carol Schiffler, Tampa Indy Media
(read)
"Faces
for
Peace"
Aug.
15, St. Petersburg Times (read)
Additional Media Coverage &
Stories
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Anti-war activists all around the country are being harassed:
 Catholic High School Teacher Forced
Out over Flag (October
18, 2005)- The Fight for Free Speech at Union
Square (October
10, 2005)
- Crack
down on anti-war students at three U.S. colleges (October
7, 2005)
- Pittsburgh
police use tasers on protestors at a counter recruting protest (August
21, 2005)
- Free
Speech:
Going, Going...... (August
19, 2005)
- Pentagon
devising scenarios for martial law in US (August
9, 2005
- US anti-war
grannies face justice.
(July 23, 2005)
- The FBI is
building huge files on anti-war, rights groups.
(July 18, 2005)
- An anti-war
protester was pulled from a parade & arrested.
(July
16, 2005)
- Police tell
anti-war protesters they can't hand out leaflets.
(July 11, 2005)
- Two nuns
arrested for peaceful actions at military recruiting station. (June 17,
2005)
- Anti-war
students sanctioned at San Francisco State. (June
9, 2005)
- Pepper Spray
Trial Jury Agrees Excessive Force Used by Officers Against Protesters.
(April
29, 2005)
Civil
liberties have been
under attack in the U.S. for quite some time, and our government has a
long
history of repressing dissent:
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