Reporter Abby Martin Speaks Out After Illegal, Aggressive Detainment At DNC (VIDEO)

Reporter and activist Abby Martin was aggressively detained yesterday while covering the Democratic National Convention. She talks about how she was never technically arrested but processed at an elementary school with a bunch of other civil disobedience activists.

Abby Martin
By Abby Martin

TeleSUR English -- Abby Martin, host of "Empire Files," was released by police on Monday after a violent arrest while covering DNC protests for teleSUR, but says that many more wait to be processed after "mass marches, mass protests and mass arrests and detentions," despite police reports that no arrests have been made at the

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FBI ‘No Knock, No Warrant’ Raid On Activists During RNC

On the morning of the third day of the Republican National Convention several activists were the victims of a no-knock, warrantless house raid conducted by the FBI, DHS, and local police.

Derrick Broze
By Derrick Broze
Police block off a protest at the 2016 Republican National Convention. July 19, 2016. (MintPress News / Desiree Kane)

Despite months of media coverage promising some of the most violent and chaotic protests at the Republican National Convention, the political circus came and went with very little fanfare. The numbers of protesters were drastically lower than the numbers put forth by organizers and the deadstream media. Aside from a few arrests for the legal act

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Gov’t Amasses Riot Police, Military Gear, And Opens Makeshift Prisons To Prepare For RNC

Cleveland opens up extra space in jails, courts, and shuts down local university to house thousands of riot police and military weaponry as FBI and Homeland Security warn of “radical activists”

Nika Knight
By Nika Knight
A police officer raises his weapon during a protest at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Kathryn Grim)

Authorities in Cleveland, Ohio, are adding fuel to an already "combustible" atmosphere, some activists say, as the city readies extra jail space and courtrooms and shuts down a local university to house 1,700 riot police and their weapons in preparation for demonstrations at next week's Republican Party convention. Democracy Now! reported

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Germany: Thousands Surround US Air Base To Protest Drone Use

Over 5,000 Germans formed a 5.5-mile human chain to surround the base.

Common Dreams
By Common Dreams
Over 5,000 Germans formed a 5.5-mile human chain to surround the base

Demonstrators have formed a human chain near a US air base in western Germany to protest against lethal drone strikes. The demonstration was organized by the alliance "Stop Ramstein - No Drone War", which says the Ramstein base relays information between operators in the US and unmanned drone aircraft on missions over Iraq, Afghanistan,

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Animal Rights Activists Infiltrate Tyson Plant For Fourth Time In Less Than A Year

In the new video released on Tuesday by Mercy for Animals, sickly birds covered in fecal matter, a dying bird covered in insects, and a front-end loader scooping up hundreds of dead birds and dropping them into a dumpster.

USA Today
By USA Today
Screenshot from Tyson Caught on Hidden Camera Ripping Heads Off Live Animals taken by Mercy for Animals.

For the fourth time in less than a year, an anti-animal cruelty group has infiltrated a facility connected to mega-meat supplier Tyson Foods and secretly filmed graphic video showing what they contend is inhumane treatment of chickens grown by America's biggest poultry producer. The new video from the Los Angeles-based Mercy for Animals was

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Activists, Police Clash In Hong Kong In Largest Protest Since 2014 Pro-Democracy Gatherings

Activists angered over authorities’ attempts to crack down on the food vendors in a crowded Kowloon neighborhood held running battles with police into the early morning hours of Tuesday.

Associated Press
By Associated Press
Protestors throw bricks at police and light fires on streets in Mongkok district of Hong Kong, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016. Protesters engaged in running battles with police, pelting officers with bricks and bottles and setting fires on the street Monday night and early Tuesday. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

HONG KONG  — Hong Kong's Lunar New Year celebration descended into chaos as protesters and police, who fired warning shots into the air, clashed over a street market selling fishballs and other local holiday delicacies, with dozens injured and arrested. The violence is the worst in Hong Kong since pro-democracy protests rocked the city in 2014,

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