The workers at the Hilton Crystal City, owned by the demon hotel corporation Columbia-Sussex have been under fire, and are fighting to retain the rights they've fought so hard for so many years to attain. Since their contract expired, management has ruthlessly tried to break the union and force the workers back into poverty and barbaric working conditions. Come stand with them on Thursday, the 28th at 4pm, right out in front of the hotel, to demand that Columbia-Sussex cooperate in negiotiations, agree to a fair contract, and stop taking away their rights!

**From WSQT Radio****
8/28: Jeff reports on arrest-and arrestees given Sept 2nd court dates, DURING RNC Audio
Maria Luis on Immigrant march: Audio
Jay Day 4: 9/11 truthers take MSNBC's plaza, shut down MSNBC's outdoor broadcasts from that site: Audio

8/28 8:50pm (MDT) Al Gore also refers to torture being bad. Baby Boomer music segues.
8/28 6:22pm (MDT) Denver: Gov Bill Richardson says, "It's time we had a president committed to…shutting down Guantanamo, and ending torture." Repeating many previous speakers, he said, "Bring our troops home responsibly".

8/27 3:36pm (MDT) Denver DNC Convention: IVAW march starts, I-70 is blocked. 300 cops at Rage Against Machine concert, Convergence center raided by Denver police. Colorado Indymedia
Fotos of DnC || Rocking the Coliseum: 6,000 Youth March Through Denver || Police Block Veterans’ Access to DNC in Largest Protest to Date

Here are phone reports from Denver, Day 4 of the DNC. REPORT 1-Jeff:
DC area activist Jeff is out of Enemy hands-but he reports that ALL persons released after the mas arrest were given Sep 2 court dates-DURING the RNC!

Download links:
dc.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/11/jeff_dnc_arrest_edit.mp3

dc.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/7/maria_luis_immigrant_march.mp3

dc.indymedia.org/usermedia/audio/10/dnc_jay_msnbc__day4.mp3

Federal agents from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency, or ICE, descended onto the Howard Industries factory early on Monday. They separated all Latino workers from their white and black co-workers, arresting nearly 600 people, in a massive immigration raid on an electrical equipment factory in Laurel, Mississippi. The raid is now being described as the largest in US history, topping the May raid on a meat-processing plant in Postville, Iowa.

When anti-immigrant forces mobilize, they focus on creating a 'Berlin Wall' between the USA and Mexico. I have not heard about any walls keeping East Europeans out. I have not heard about stopping the East Europeans at the borders, when they exit planes or ships, or perhaps cross over from Canada. - Bill Fletcher, Jr. - Another Side to Race and Immigration

Solidarity Forever? AFL-CIO Snitch Triggers Largest Immigration Raid in US History

At around 10:30am, 5-6 Officers made there way into the Longhaul Infoshop and broke down every door and stole every single computer on the property (including those used by the Slingshot collective and East Bay Prisoner Support). They also raided cabinets, cut locks and mis-sorted our mail.
Indybay.org article || Campus Police Raid Long Haul; Seize Computers, Disks, Drives

Here is the latest data for non-elderly taxpayers from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy for the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia.

Minneapolis Police officers detained three journalists early this morning, confiscating each of the their personal belongings including cell phones, video cameras, still cameras, a computer, hard drive, clothing, personal objects and money. The journalists are all members of New York City based Glass Bead Collective and are in town to document the events around the Republican National Convention.

The officers refused to file an official report of the incident or a receipt of the items taken, claiming that they were allowed to conduct the search and seizure under the jurisdiction of Homeland Security