About this episode

Michael Rabbitt discusses his experience with the Broadview 6 prosecution and the implications of protesting.

One last riff about Paul Singer and Thomas Massie. Take it away, Ben. Michael Rabbitt tells you everything you need to know about the ordeal he and his five co-defendants faced in the Orwellian legal charade known as The Broadview 6 prosecution. They did nothing wrong other than exercise their right to protest against Operation Midway Blitz. Which is not wrong at all—exercising their rights, that is. Plenty wrong with the Blitz, of course. Michael is the Democratic committeeman of the 45th Ward in Chicago. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: Ben Joravsky

Guest: Michael Rabbitt

Topics covered

• legal issues
• protest rights
• political commentary
• Chicago politics
• activism

Keywords

• Broadview 6
• Michael Rabbitt
• protest
• Operation Midway Blitz
• legal charade
• Chicago
• activism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Democratic Party

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