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    Time Out Chicago / Issue 168 : May 15–21, 2008
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    Chicago protests: Then and now

    40 years after Grant Park erupted in chaos during the Democratic National Convention, local activists demonstrate more effective ways to fight the power.


    Unquiet riot: Forty years ago, Chicago played host to 20th century America’s most iconic domestic battle, where protesters sowed some of the seeds that grew into this year’s historic Democratic presidential primary contest.
    Freedom fighters: Six protesters from the ’68 Democratic National Convention rally together again to debate their movement’s legacy and how times have changed.
    Hell no, they won’t go: The hippies and Yippies may have mellowed and grayed, but the power of protest lives on in these local activist groups.
    Taking it to the streets: Mix together the best elements from various rallies to create the ideal FrankenProtest.
    Fighting mad: The 1968 protesters had their lives on the line with the Vietnam War draft. We asked Chicagoans what it’d take to get them off their couches and into the streets.
    Riot act: A collection of newly preserved doc films brings back the spirit of ’68.
    Action Jackson: Rev. Jesse Jackson looks at the Democratic conventions of ’68 and’08.
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    Notes from the underground: The full transcript from our “Freedom Fighters” roundtable.






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