Part of our pressure campaign against Ramsey County Attorney Susan Gaertner will be to exploit her 2010 run for governor of Minnesota on the Democratic ticket. She’s already starting to fundraise in the hopes of being another in a long line of politicians with rhetoric of change, but policies of repressing dissent. If she continues [...]
Feeding people, activism and arrests connect RNC 8′s Nathanael Secor and Robert Czernik Czernik, whose intimates call him “Tumbleweed,” tells this story: In the spring of 1998, he was arrested at a protest in Ohio and spent a week in a county jail. During the week he spent there, he told his cellmate about his [...]
MUSIC FOR JUSTICE A BENEFIT FOR THE RNC8 AND STAAC FRIDAY DEC 5 @ 6PM COMMUNITY CHURCH OF BOSTON 565 BOYLSTON ST BOSTON, MA 02116 ALL AGES $10-30 SLIDING SCALE ADMISSION PROCEEDS WILL SUPPORT THE LEGAL FEES OF THE RNC8 AND BOSTON-AREA ACTIVISTS ARRESTED AT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION. FEATURING PERFORMANCES BY: TEM BLESSED – [...]
What: A fundraiser for RNC arrestees, including the RNC 8! When: Saturday, November 22nd, 10pm Where: Bedlam Theatre, 1501 S. 6th St., Minneapolis Who: YOU + The Usual Suspects, Toki Wright, Jason Anxious, and the Nancy Drew Crew 18+, $5-10 suggested donation. The Bedlam Theatre is located next to the Cedar-Riverside light rail station on [...]
(The case of RNC 8 was featured in this week’s issue of the Twin Cities weekly, City Pages. You can read the article at their website here.) Eight RNC protesters accused of ‘furthering terrorism’ thanks to statute Officials say the RNC 8 plotted to sabotage Xcel, kidnap delegates By Matt Snyders Published on November 11, [...]
Actually, there’s not much of an update yet as the early stages of the pre-trial process drag along. But here’s what’s up: The court date previously set for Monica, Eryn, Max, Rob, Erik, Nathanael, and Garrett on November 10 is NOT happening Luce has had a pretrial conference scheduled for November 24, which we expect [...]
Lucy Parsons Project Folk Opera about the Haymarket tragedy on the anniversary of the executions Tuesday, Nov. 11th, 7pm Black Bear Bakery 2639 Cherokee St. St. Louis, MO 63118 Fundraiser for the RNC 8!
JUNK FOR JUSTICE! Garage sale benefit for the RNC 8 SAT. NOV. 15, 10am to 6pm Walker Community Church, 3104 16th Avenue South, Minneapolis BOOKS! Music & Movies! Clothes! Household goods! Posters/ART! Children’s toys, clothes and more! Clean Out Your Closets for the RNC 8 Defense fund – then, come shop for justice! Drop off [...]
“Pre-Crime Benefit” at the Dry River Collective The arrest of the RNC 8 represents a rising phenomenon in the US legal system: pre-emptive arrests, where people are convicted before having committed a crime. With the rise of new conspiracy laws comes the risk of their abuse, such as suppressing a peaceful protest before it occurs. [...]
Screening of Terrorizing Dissent: Election Cut doors 7pm / show 8pm sharp (runtime: approx 120 min) $5-10 sliding scale benefit for RNC8 and general RNC legal support at AK PRESS: 674-A 23rd Street, Oakland CA More info at Bay Area Indymedia