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Five Years on the Hotel Picket Line

By Brian Cook

Directly west of Chicago’s iconic Buckingham Fountain sits the Congress Hotel. Itself an icon during its heyday of the early 20th century, the Congress is now a shabbier shade of its former self. But on June 12, the city’s left-labor bloc livened the place up by appearing, at first blush, to throw a raucous block party outside its doors. But it… return to article

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    If folks would like to see some photos of the demonstration, they can find some at

    http://www.chicagodsa.org/c20080612/index.html

    Jerry Mead-Lucero of “Labor Express” did some interviews of the demonstration participants that can be found at

    http://pilsenprole.blogspot.com/2008/06/congress-hotel-strike-enters-5th-year r.html

    be well,
    bob roman

    United States Posted by robertmroman on Jul 7, 2008 at 12:43 PM

    danger for democracy :
    Because there’s no more freedom of press and speech in France now,
    they strikes me everyday and night with microwave weapons;
    the french secret agency (DCRI) use those illegal methods
    on me just because im a political oposant also ive got all
    religions as friend on my further myspace’s music page,
    By using invisibility technology and microwave weapon, these
    nonlethal weapon users (DCRI) will easily commit murders on unaware targets with premeditation.  Their victims’ deaths (political oposants) will appear as if the result of natural causes because these weapons
    leave no signs of external injury on victims’ bodies.

    http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid d=327660523

    im just a musician but they treat me as a terrorist but im innocent

    its not a promotion its an alert

    God do something please

    Germany Posted by namy on Jul 8, 2008 at 10:47 AM
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