Pen-Elayne on the Web

"...or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances"

While the Bush administration is busy sending thank-you notes to Michael Jackson for helping relegate the London visit to the status of a backstory, they should probably throw in a bouquet of roses as well for the misdirection away from Miami, where the FTAA meetings have been going on. Here's an Indymedia/Miami summary of the police crackdowns on peaceful demonstrators, many of whom are union activists. And wouldn't you know it, the two protests are connected. By the way, the STW coalition says 300,000+ from yesterday in Trafalgar Square; police lowballed it at 70,000. My instincts tell me it was probably closer to 200,000 but I'm still checking sites for alternate crowd estimates...