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[Dave Chance]

The article is very strongly worded and biased.

So the question is whether any of this bias is warranted or not.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/mar2012/prot-m03.shtml

A bill passed Monday in the US House of Representatives and Thursday in the Senate would make it a felony�a serious criminal offense punishable by lengthy terms of incarceration�to participate in many forms of protest associated with the Occupy Wall Street protests of last year. Several commentators have dubbed it the �anti-Occupy� law, but its implications are far broader.

The bill�H.R. 347, or the �Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Improvement Act of 2011��was passed by unanimous consent in the Senate, while only Ron Paul and two other Republicans voted against the bill in the House of Representatives (the bill passed 388-3). Not a single Democratic politician voted against the bill.

The virtually unanimous passage of H.R. 347 starkly exposes the fact that, despite all the posturing, the Democrats and the Republicans stand shoulder to shoulder with the corporate and financial oligarchy, which regarded last year�s popular protests against social inequality with a mixture of fear and hostility.

Among the central provisions of H.R. 347 is a section that would make it a criminal offense to �enter or remain in� an area designated as �restricted.�

The bill defines the areas that qualify as �restricted� in extremely vague and broad terms. Restricted areas can include �a building or grounds where the President or other person protected by the Secret Service is or will be temporarily visiting� and �a building or grounds so restricted in conjunction with an event designated as a special event of national significance.�

The Secret Service provides bodyguards not just to the US president, but to a broad layer of top figures in the political establishment, including presidential candidates and foreign dignitaries.