NATO

an occupy chicago preview of the week of actions planned around the NATO summit, and from chicago network access television (CAN TV).




here is a taste of what the city is planning for protesters, in the following chilling youtube video of a long-range acoustic device or LRAD, which reportedly can cause permanent hearing damage.  the city has spent 1 million dollars on policing and this sort of military equipment, the LRAD purportedly "as a means to ensure a consistent message is delivered to large crowds that can be heard over ambient noise."  the video shows the LRAD being used for the first time in the U.S. in pittsburgh for the G20 summit in september, 2009.




and, of course, while chicago breaks the piggy bank taking militarism out to the ball, the city is facing deep cuts in common sense priorities like health care and education, for starters.