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There's no other way to put it: in an MSNBC promo for an upcoming Chris Matthews special on "The Rise of The New Right," Matthews juxtaposes words and images to imply that the Tea Party seeks the violent overthrow of the government. As images roll of camo-clad men shooting automatic weapons [screencap after the jump], Matthews proclaims in the voice-over: "the Tea Party is determined to take power." View video here.

Just leaving the movies in downtown Palo Alto. Cops are all over, sealing off the two main streets. Gang of black dressed punks just tore thru breaking stuff up. Still on the rampage. Every cop in Palo alto and Menlo seems to be on the streets. All traffic diverted. Developing.

WASHINGTON - The National Park Service has agreed to give thousands of anti-war demonstrators a prime spot along President Bush (news - web sites)'s inaugural parade route that will allow them to protest during the procession. The anti-war group A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition is planning to erect its own bleachers in the space, an open plaza on Pennsylvania Ave., just a few blocks from the Capitol building, said Brian Becker, national coordinator for the group. The bleachers could seat up to 1,000 people and the park service estimates up to 10,000 could fill the space standing shoulder to shoulder. "I don't think...

In outlining their tactics and strategy for anarchist protests during the inauguration of President George W. Bush on January 20, the Anarchist Resistance website has called for an end to the United States. Below is their "Call to Action" posted on their website http://www.anarchistresistance.org/anarchistcall.shtml *************************************************************************************** All out for an anarchist mobilization against centralized power...at the 2005 Presidential Inauguration: Washington, DC - January 15-20th. As George W. Bush is coronated on January 20th, the question is not if there will be protests, but what shape these protests will take. Thousands are organizing to oppose Bush's Inauguration. As the liberal and authoritarian...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- At first glimpse, Gael Garcia Bernal's boyish looks don't bring revolutionary icon Ernesto "Che" Guevara to mind: no goatee, no military beret, no fatigues. That's a good thing, however, as the 26-year-old rising Mexican star redefines the leftist revolutionary for the big screen. The Motorcycle Diaries, a Robert Redford-produced accounting of Che's youthful escapades across South America, opened Thursday in Guevara's native Argentina and is coming in September to American audiences. It has screened in Cuba to enthusiastic audiences. Garcia Bernal, who previously starred as Julio in Y Tu Mama Tambien, has a seemingly impossible task:...