The U.S. Creeps Closer to a Police State (tags)
When word first arrived that the G-20 would be meeting in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, activists began organizing protest demonstrations. Events like this are what freedom of speech is made for. What better occasion to protest than a meeting of the world’s 20 top leaders — most of them deservedly hated — where they will be imposing policy on billions of people worldwide? The majority of protesters consisted of labor and community groups; they encountered an army of police…literally.
Important info on 2008 RNC lawsuits (tags)
The Community RNC Arrestee Support Structure (CRASS)'s campaign for civil litigation is up and moving! Workshops, actions, and deadlines are rapidly approaching, so look below for important information. Civil litigation is a great way to hold the state accountable for the police violence and repression during the RNC, and has the potential to strengthen our movement through community organizing and political victories.
RNC 8 National Call-In Days of Action (Dec. 16 and 17) (tags)
RNC 8 National Call-In Days of Action: Tuesday, Dec 16 (9-5) and Wednesday, Dec 17 (8-1) - all Central Time
Defend the RNC8! Drop the Charges!!! (tags)
Please show solidarity with those still trapped within the St. Paul courts... Below is a petition to dismiss the charges against the RNC 8. Once it reaches 100,000 signatures it will be sent to the Ramsey County Attorney, Susan Gaertner.
The Ground Noise and the Static: A Chronicle of the Battle of Saint Paul (Illustrated) (tags)
“Please, please, my friends, my dear friends, please, please don’t be diverted by the ground noise and the static”—John McCain, on being interrupted just before he can accept the GOP’s nomination, 9/4/08
RNC ’08: Pit Bulls On Parade (tags)
If you thought, in the wake of the nightmare of the Bush years, and the euphoria of the Democratic Convention, that the political pendulum in the USA was swinging to the “left”… If you thought that the Bush regime was so widely and bitterly hated that a repackaged version couldn’t seriously contend for the presidency… If you thought that the Christian fundamentalist theocrats were passé… Then you got a shocking wake up call from the Republican National Convention.
Fascistic New Normal in St. Paul (tags)
August 29, St. Paul, Minnesota. Police in full riot gear raided the “RNC Welcoming Committee” (which described itself as “an anarchist/anti-authoritarian organizing body preparing for the 2008 Republican National Convention”) This raid, referred to in the media as a “pre-emptive strike,” marked the beginning of a weekend of terror and intimidation brought down by the state on activists, organizers, protestors, and journalists throughout the four-day span of the Republican National Convention.
The RNC’S Outrageous Assault on Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!, and Alternative Media... (tags)
Revolution Newspaper writer Larry Everest takes on the attack on alternative media at the RNC. This is what imperialist democracy looks like!
RNC 8 Charged with "Conspiracy to Riot in Furtherance of Terrorism (tags)
In what appears to be the first use of criminal charges under the 2002 Minnesota version of the Federal Patriot Act, Ramsey County Prosecutors have formally charged 8 alleged leaders of the RNC Welcoming Committee with Conspiracy to Riot in Furtherance of Terrorism. Monica Bicking, Eryn Trimmer, Luce Guillen Givins, Erik Oseland, Nathanael Secor, Robert Czernik, Garrett Fitzgerald, and Max Spector, face up to 7 1/2 years in prison under the terrorism enhancement charge which allows for a 50% increase in the maximum penalty.
Campus Antiwar Network's Alternative Education in the Streets of Sector 6! (tags)
The Republicans have conveniently decided to hold their convention during the first week of school. So to take advantage of the amazing learning opportunity, CAN wants students and youth to converge on Sector 6 of the RNC Welcoming Committee's map to receive an alternate education in a wide array of topics.
CRASH THE RNC: Call-out to Individuals, Affinity Groups, and Regional Clusters (tags)
Bay Area, Santa Cruz, and other Northern California radicals have banded together as "Unconventional Action (UA) in the Bay" and collectively chosen to adopt SECTOR 4 in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota — in alliance with thousands of others nationwide who are collaborating to swarm the Republican National Convention on day one, September 1st.
Direct Action for Direct Democracy: Shut Down the Republication National Convention (tags)
POG adopts Sector 1 and will blockade 7th and Wall Streets
Solidarity to Sara Jane Olson from RNC Welcoming Committee and Arise! in the Twin Cities (tags)
The RNC Welcoming Committee and the Arise! Books and Resources Collective would like to extend their sympathies and solidarity to former St. Paul resident Sara Jane Olson and her family. While some call into question the actions of the Symbionese Liberation Army, the only way to avoid criticism is to remain silent, and so we find the words and actions of the SLA inspirational. The everyday violence of the state, of which the murder of several SLA members was only a part, is immense. Sara Jane Olson spent and continues to spend her life in accordance with her conscience, bravely resisting systems of oppression. We regard her a hero and history will as well.
anti-RNC tour coming to LA Area (tags)
Organizers from the RNC Welcoming Committee are traveling on tour to talk to activists about resistance to this fall's political conventions.
RNC 2008 Call to Action (tags)
a call to action against the 2008 RNC in Minnesota
Bipartisan Legislation to bring the troops home to be announced tommorow (tags)
please contact c-span and ask them to cover this press conference events@c-span.org phone 202-737-3220
RNC A 29 After Party Video (tags)
After the UFPJ march on A29 at the RNC a 1/2 million people "dispersed".
RNC reportback- 10/6 - Flor y Canto- 7:30pm (tags)
Join local activists who traveled to New York in August to protest at The RNC. We will be discussing the details of what happened that historic week in New York City, as well as beginning a discussion of where do we go from here.
Delivering the NO! at the RNC; The Battle for a Revolutionary Summation (tags)
As we sum up the week of protest at the RNC and look to the struggles ahead, we should think about those who will be cracking history books in the future. We need to think about this today as we run the streets and struggle to win hearts and minds, fighting for a whole different world. As we rise up to say NO! to this rolling juggernaut of imperialist destruction, we need to think about all those future people who will be learning about the historic struggles that took place in the early part of the 21st century. When the world was crackling with both danger and opportunity..how did history unfold?
RNC Protest Video Why Anarchists? (tags)
A half a million patriots don't make the news but the invisable 10's of thousands of ... so called... anarchists do. .... RNC video 31 minutes. This RNC video addresses why people felt it was so important to Protest.
NYC RNC Critical Mass Video (tags)
Ugly arrests & good music. ~~~ FLUXVIEW, USA has been HiJacked... Please remove all links to Fluxview.com you're only driving the populaity of Marketing Slime at this time. Fluxview, USA will rise from the ashes again... later.
legal status of people caught in police sweeps at RNC (tags)
Uploaded is audio with Daniel Meyers of the NLG on the legal status of the people caught up in the police sweeps during the RNC last week.
Building Bridges Radio- N.Y. Labor Protests Bush and the RNC (tags)
BUILDING BRIDGES RADIO BRINGS YOU THIS 29 MINUTES RADIO PROGRAM. TO LISTEN CLICK ON URL LINK BELOW
Building Bridges Radio- N.Y. Labor Protests Bush and the RNC (tags)
BUILDING BRIDGES RADIO BRINGS YOU THIS 29 MINUTES RADIO PROGRAM. TO LISTEN CLICK ON URL LINK BELOW
Phone, email, and other info on key RNC staff - FORWARD EVERYWHERE!!! (tags)
FORWARD EVERYWHERE!!!
WWP candidates condemn RNC/police repression (tags)
THE STREETS BELONG TO THE PEOPLE!
Revolutionary Reporting Live from the RNC (tags)
Revolutionary Reporting Live from the RNC -How History is Made, by Akil Boman -Delivering the "No" to Bush & Everything He Stands for, by Osage Bell -Revolutionary Writers & Artists Team Blog -Delivering the NO!: Photos from the Republican National Convention
Brightness in the Street, Dimness in the Garden (tags)
The intelligence and common sense of New Yorkers, and especially of the people who took to the street Sunday outside the RNC venue, stands in sharp contrast to the stupidity and willful ignorance on display inside the Garden, and at large across the country. The intelligence and common sense of New Yorkers, and especially of the people who took to the street Sunday outside the RNC venue, stands in sharp contrast to the stupidity and willful ignorance on display inside the Garden, and at large across the country.
Live coverage of the RNC and protests from NYC indymedia and the A-Noise soundcoalition.
Become Your Own RNC Media Outreach Team! (tags)
Traveling to New York for the RNC protests? Want the public to find out what's really happening in the streets and why people are out there? Become your own media outreach team. Here's how you do it. *Call your local paper. It’s best if you call in the morning before the late afternoon deadline crunch setsnin. If you’ve already sent a concise, well-written fax the night before, all the better.
Exxon/Mobil, the RNC & Widespread Nonviolent Militancy (tags)
Decentralized Direct Action Worldwide
RNC Video ~ Paula Revere's Ride (tags)
1st video of the RNC from FluxRostrum.... Fluxview, USA's patron saint (Paul Revere) would be proud of this fun colorful action.
RNCdelegates.com launched! (tags)
The RNC Delegates Working Group would like to announce the launch of RNCdelegates.com! On this website, people mobilizing against the RNC will find the names, e-mail addresses, and phone numbers of many of the delegates going to the Republican National Convention later this month.
How to get to the RNC
Announcing The People's Guide to the Republican National Convention. (tags)
Guide to the Republican National Convention packed with info on RNC events, protests, restaurants, lodging, and more.
Annoucing LIVE WEBSTREAM during the RNC - Participate! (tags)
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Defend New York From the RNC: The Indypendent's new issue (tags)
The Republican Party couldn’t have picked a worse place to launch Bush’s re-coronation. With the army neck deep in Baghdad, it seems they have a uniquely hard time knowing where they’re not wanted. From his Pharisee fundamentalism to that frat boy smirk, it’s like Bush was created in a lab just to make a New Yorker’s skin crawl. Maybe it takes an enemy the size of Bush to bring this city together. Out of sight of the TV cameras and spin doctors, that’s exactly what’s happening.
Militant Direct Action is a must at the RNC (tags)
Not much needs to be said here. The police will as always be donning their Darth Vader gear...this includes objects of OFFENSE, and objects of defense. We, as could-be revolutionaries must show that we are serious and to be TAKEN seriously.
www.rncnotwelcome.org googlebomb (tags)
a short update on our collective
Exxon/Mobil, the RNC & Widespread Nonviolent Militancy (tags)
Please do not load the summary box with more than 6 or so lines. Your text has been moved to the article section. Thanks, Independant Media Center Exxon/Mobil, the RNC & Widespread Nonviolent Militancy “Fascism should more appropriately be called corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power” -- Benito Mussolini “If elected, I will run the government like a business” -- George W. Bush
We need everyone to take 5 minutes and have a laugh on the Bush Blog. Use the comment option to advertise for the NYC RNC and help raise the expectations.
Why Do Republicans Lie So much (tags)
Truths and Half Truths
Discussions around the future Republican National Convention protests are heating up here in NYC. We have the next 400 days to organize for an incredibly important moment, to pull the rug (or welcome mat) out from under the Republicans who are hell-bent on creating a political juggernaut to push their regressive agenda.
Diebold - The face of modern ballot tampering (tags)
“Critics warn local election officials could be trading one set of problems for another potentially as bad, or worse, than last year's election debacle. They vigorously argue that fully electronic systems pose data-security problems and lack a paper trail. "There's no way to independently verify that the voter's ballot as cast was actually the ballot being recorded by the machine,'' said Rebecca Mercuri, a computer scientist and visiting lecturer at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania.”
Some DNC and RNC protesters have alleged that the Democrats and Republicans are no different than Coke and Pepsi...
Philadelphia police brass incite officers in preparation for RNC convention. (tags)
An official Philadelphia police document asserts that RNC demonstrators will race-bait officers -- the same charge that white Washington, DC police brass used to incite its officers during the A16 demonstrations against the IMF and World Bank this spring.