NATO Protest- What Wasn't Covered!

Protesters march down Michigan Ave. in Chicago during this weekend's NATO summit Sunday, May 20, 2012 in Chicago. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

Photo - Salon.com

Up to 75,000 people descended on Chicago to protest NATO, endless war, climate change and  economic injustice this past weekend, but MSM talked about hundreds of protestors and there were few, if any images I could see showing the breadth and passion of these protests. Veterans were a leading force and many used the occasion to throw their medals away, including Scott Olsen, the Iraq veteran who was seriously wounded by Oakland police at an Occupy demonstration last Fall.

Three young men were arrested preemptively on the eve of the NATO summit and charged with planning violent actions. Some reports said materials for Molotov cocktails were found, others say it was beer making equipment. There are also reports of entrapment, so the facts are not clear. Here is another take on it from OWS.  CNN has reported this as "Terror Plot in Chicago Foiled". These are guys with no criminal record (one was drunk once and swam in a school pool) and now they will be tried as "terrorists".

The media have also said the police deserve high marks for the way they handled the protests, but many peaceful protestors would disagree, including reporters who were beaten and had cameras smashed.

Lastly, here is a great images of nurses using the Robin Hood theme at the summit to make a plea for economic justice! God Bless all the nurses!

National Nurses United protest fires up in Daley Plaza. (Zbigniew Bzdak, Chicago Tribune)

The fact is thousands of nurses, teachers, veterans, students, occupiers, religious groups, union members and others simply fed up with our corrupt system that continues to pour billions into death and destruction while our infrastructure and middle class crumble- took to the streets in a largely peaceful way in Chicago to demand change. This happened and it will only grow bigger whether MSM covers it or not.