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November 1996

• Alfredo Oviedo and Repression in Joliet
• After Years of Struggle, Salazar Wins Freedom; Jury Rules Involuntary Manslaughter in Death of Police Officer
• Gunned Down by Chicago Police: The Execution of Bilal Ashraf
• Repression and Resistance in Chicago's Housing
• A Dream Destroyed: The Police Murder of Eric Smith
• 11/10: Public Housing Activist Assaulted By Police for Fighting CHA Evictions

24 October 1996

• StreetWise Vendors Protest Police Murder of Gould

22 October 1996

• 10/23, 11/10: Hundreds Gather in Chicago on Oct. 22 to Protest Police Brutality and State Repression

13 September 1996 - Friday

• DNC Police Report: Democratic Convention '96: The Iron Fist After All - a short summary of many of the arrests and police repression during the DNC of activists during demonstrations, actions, and alternative events - vx

30 August 1996 - Friday

• Press Conference & Demonstration Planned for Police Headquarters Friday

29 August 1996 - Thursday

• DNC Police Report - 8:30 pm: Chicago Police Raid Activist Headquarters While President Addresses Convention
• DNC Police Report : Police Escalate Harassment of Independent Reporters, Activists
• Press Conference by CounterMedia & Active Resistance Thursday 10 a.m. to discuss police harassment
• DNC Personal Account: One Man's Attempt to Get Demo Info from City Hall

28 August 1996 - Wednesday

• DNC Demo Report: Lesbian Avengers Stage Mock Marriage of Bill Clinton and Bob Dole

27 August 1996 - Tuesday

• DNC Demo Report - Clinic Defense: Chicago Clinic Defense Confrontation and CounterMedia Cameraman Eddy Nix Assulted and Arrested at Clinic Defense
  
• DNC Demo Report: Anarchist Street Chase Demonstration

26 August 1996 - Monday

• Resident Unhappy with Tribune Coverage of Stop-the-Drug-War Demonstration
• DNC Demo Report: Rally for Same-Sex Marriage Rights
• Press Release: Chicago Fire Fighters Demonstrate During the DNC
• DNC Demo Report: Stop the War on the People!
• DNC Demo Report: Democrats Called on Burma Hypocrisy
• DNC Demo Report: Refusing and Resisting the Religious Right - demonstration against the Christian Coalition at the Field Museum. Counterdemonstrators Protest Christian Coalition "Celebration of Life" Rally

25 August 1996 - Sunday

• DNC Demo Report: Lively Immigrants Rights March & Rally and A Thousand Rally for Immigrant Rights
• DNC Police Report: Increased Police Surveillance of Activist Conference
• DNC Event Report: Haskell Wexler Presents "Medium Cool" at the Music Box
• DNC Event Report: Smash the State, Yawn at 68 - Report on Active Resistance and 8/25 CounterMedia Benefit Dinner
• DNC Event Report: Official Reunion of 68 Protestors

24 August 1996 - Saturday

• DNC Police Report: Activist Arrested for Leafletting DNC Event
• DNC Demo Report: "We Won't Be Uprooted": Homeless Protest in Downtown Chicago
• DNC Demo Report: Demonstration Calls for an End to the "Drug War"

23 August 1996 - Friday

• DNC Demo Report: "Pro-Life Action League" Demo Met With Opposition
• List of Street Closings for the DNC

22 August 1996 - Thursday

• DNC Demo Report: Midnight Protests Planned at McDonald's

19 August 1996

Press Release: Anti-Deportation Demonstration at DNC

17 August 1996

NOW Rally in Lincoln Park

1 August 1996

Protest Pit Lottery Attendance Low -- ML

27 July 1996

Jobs with Justice To Picket Water Tower Place

25 July 1996

Housing Activists Threaten Action at DNC : Affordable Housing Activists Say to Daley: No South Loop Housing, No Peace at Convention -- Chris Geovanis

20 July 1996

Local 1600 Settles, Convention Peace Assured : Daley Ally Brokers Agreement with Teachers Union, Edges Out Potential Picket at Democratic Convention -- Chris Geovanis

13 July 1996

African Americans Call for Demo at DNC -- Chris Geovanis

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