Discussion on the RNC Protests – Minneapolis, MN

Saturday, September 20 at 2:00 p.m.
at the Brian Coyle Center
420 15th Ave S
Minneapolis, MN
(one block west of Cedar & Riverside intersection; one block from Cedar-Riverside Light Rail station)
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What happened and what can we learn from it? Were the protests
successful? Why or why not? What was your experience? How do we stay
organized? What about the ongoing legal battle and the struggle for
summation?

Activists in the Twin Cities organized against the RNC for up to two
years. When the RNC came, we had the largest anti-war protest this year
on Sep 1, direct action blockades, great political music, other marches
and creative protests, police raids, thousands of riot police creating a
police state-type atmosphere in St. Paul, teargas and pepper spray, and
by the end of the week over 800 arrests (including terrorism-type
charges against 8 people), with almost half of the arrests coming on Day
4 at the “No Peace for the Warmakers” march. Come share your thoughts
about what we can learn from our protests and the state’s reaction.

Event sponsored by www.frso.org 
For more information: 612-823-2841

Tags: anti-war protests, Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Minneapolis, RNC 8, St. Paul, Twin Cities