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Protests and Demonstrations

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2012

    With Lot Back to Bid, Riverside Market Sees a Brighter Fate

    The saga of Riverside Market continues. Last night, the Fort Lauderdale City Commission decided that the parking lot that had been awarded to taxi czar Jesse Gaddis would go back up for bid.Riverside Market owner Julian Siegel is pleased, albeit guarded. "The only way the ruling is in my favor is th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2011

    Kicked Out but Still Kicking: Five Ways to Keep the Occupy Fort Lauderdale Movement Alive

    ​Today, about a third of all American adults will go shopping. Many of them lined up in the early-morning hours, breathlessly filling daily-newspaper pages with pictures of their unchecked wanting, pushing and shoving to get their piece of an engineered discount, forking over cash for shit they do ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2011

    Allen West: Occupy Movement Is a Commie "Gang" Full of "the Bad People"

    ​Sen. Joseph McCarthy Rep. Allen West decided to donate his two cents on the Occupy movement this week, and here's what we learned: He doesn't know exactly what he's talking about.He managed to identify the Occupy protesters as "communists," "Marxist," "Stalinist," and "socialist" in the same sent ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2011

    Occupy Fort Lauderdale Sets Up Shop in Wilton Manors After Being Forced Out of Bubier Park

    ​Just a few days after officially starting to "occupy" in Fort Lauderdale's Bubier Park, the protesters have already gotten the boot.Although the group says the Downtown Development Authority initially gave it permission to set up camp in the park, the DDA decided to inform the protesters yesterda ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 9, 2011

    Occupy Fort Lauderdale Protesters Defy Rain as Hundreds Turn Out to Express Grievances

    ​Amid the unfavorable weather that hovered over Fort Lauderdale last night, a couple of hundred people still gathered near the Broward Main Public Library to express their distaste, distrust, and disdain for the state of the country.There's a common misconception that the Occupy movement is a rein ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2011

    Tree-Sitting Protesters Arrested; Activists Mourn Fallen Foliage

    Courtesy of scrapscripps.infoBefore the arrests, they had been sitting in trees for a month.​In South Florida, defending green space from a developer's bulldozer is akin to protesting oil rigs in Texas. Yesterday, the activists attempting to block the construction of a new Scripps Research Institu ... More >>

  • Music

    August 26, 2010

    The English Beat to Light Up Culture Room

    Courtesy of scrapscripps.infoBefore the arrests, they had been sitting in trees for a month.​In South Florida, defending green space from a developer's bulldozer is akin to protesting oil rigs in Texas. Yesterday, the activists attempting to block the construction of a new Scripps Research Institu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2010

    Michael Vick Protesters Giddy Over Hallandale No-Show

    ​We recently learned that Michael Vick could be facing a possible lawsuit over his Memorial Day weekend no-show at the MI-VI nightclub at Gulfstream in Hallandale Beach. The protesters outside the club that night wondered why they never saw his entourage or never saw any news coverage of the contr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2010

    Wilted Wall Street Protest Highlights Obama Fatigue

    Lisa Rab​The small crowd gathered outside the West Palm Beach courthouse at noon today was sweaty and subdued. Holding signs urging people to "Stand With the President: Support Wall Street Reform!" the ten protesters -- polite, mostly middle-aged, in shorts and sneakers -- drew mixed reactions."Ye ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    Patriot Act: Tea Partiers on the Lookout for Spies

    Flickr: pargonTeabonics: not just for patriots anymore.​In advance of the tea party rally Thursday, local activists are circulating tips for how to spot a liberal prankster seeking to infiltrate, then sabotage. According to a note sent to "patriots," these spies can be detected thus:  1) They ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2010

    Morning Juice: BSO Gets Deal in Pompano; Protests Over Education Cuts, Health Care

    ​Here's what's happening in Palm Beach and Broward:The Broward Sheriff's Office received a tentative agreement with Pompano Beach, but the commission approved a deal for just two and a half years, not five, and Sheriff Al Lamberti will have to demonstrate he can control salary increases and the co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2009

    TechSqueeze: Al Gore Speaks in Boca Raton, Gets Pwnd

    Al Gore Please Save Me!​Saturday night, the President of the World was in Boca Raton to give a speech on climate change at the Mizner Park Amphitheater. Crowds lined up to buy tickets to listen to Al Gore speak or to protest, boo and hiss from outside during the event. I'll be right up front and t ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 12, 2009

    Everything Old is New Again

    Al Gore Please Save Me!​Saturday night, the President of the World was in Boca Raton to give a speech on climate change at the Mizner Park Amphitheater. Crowds lined up to buy tickets to listen to Al Gore speak or to protest, boo and hiss from outside during the event. I'll be right up front and t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2009

    Two Stabbings at Ritz-Carlton in Manalapan; Nazi Sympathizer's Supporters May Be Involved

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  • Calendar

    July 30, 2009

    Blues Versus Sacre Bleu

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  • Blogs

    March 31, 2009

    Local Protest Planned Against "General Betray Us"

    www.army.milWe all know how well it worked out when MoveOn.org took out an ad in the New York Times in 2007 calling General Petraeus "General Betray Us." (President Bush called the ad "disgusting," polls indicated a majority of America found it distasteful, and the Senate even passed a resolution to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2008

    Wedding Crashers II: When Gays Attack

    For all this talk of who's invited to Gov. Charlie Crist's wedding, has anyone remembered the fire hoses and German shepherds? They tend to occupy the front lines of Republican efforts to quash civil rights, and perhaps they'll make the guest list now that regional gays have announced they're cras ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 4, 2008

    McCain Can't ...

    For all this talk of who's invited to Gov. Charlie Crist's wedding, has anyone remembered the fire hoses and German shepherds? They tend to occupy the front lines of Republican efforts to quash civil rights, and perhaps they'll make the guest list now that regional gays have announced they're cras ... More >>

  • News

    May 8, 2008

    Mi Casa Is Not Tu Casa

    Protesters say illegals take our jobs, bring in leprosy, and, grrr, sell ice cream from bicycles

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2007

    Get Well Marley Marl

    Protesters say illegals take our jobs, bring in leprosy, and, grrr, sell ice cream from bicycles

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2006

    A Weekend Warning

    Protesters say illegals take our jobs, bring in leprosy, and, grrr, sell ice cream from bicycles

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    August 26, 2004

    Party Train

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    May 13, 2004
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    February 19, 2004

    Against Me!

    Give Gainesville back to the Irish!

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    May 15, 2003

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    March 13, 2003

    Where Are You Now, Anita?

    Gay pride group celebrates 26 years of fighting back

  • Music

    February 13, 2003

    The Culture Wars

    War, peace, subversion, and silliness on South Florida stages

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