NO PEACE FOR SUSAN GAERTNER! DROP THE CHARGES!
TWO ACTIONS:
Thursday, April 30, 5-7pm | hellraiser outside Susan Gaertner’s fundraiser:
801 Washington Ave., Minneapolis , Suite 302 (home of David Potter and Darwin Lookingbill)
**Plus a special announcement from the RNC 8!**
Tuesday, May 5, 4:30-6pm | rush-hour picket at Susan Gaertner’s campaign office:
1821 University Ave. W., St. [...]
The Right to Dissent-Women Against Military Madness (WAMM)
Women Against Military Madness (WAMM) is a nonviolent, non-partisan feminist organization that has worked in solidarity with others, since its founding in January 1982, to create a system of social equality, self-determination and justice through education, action and the empowerment of women. WAMM’s purpose is to [...]
Defend the RNC 8!
April 26, 7pm
An evening with members of the RNC 8, a group of activists arrested preemptively and charged with conspiracy ahead of the Republican National Convention in St. Paul in 2008.
Presentation by defendants, followed by entertainment from the Glass Bead Collective.
at The Living Theatre
21 Clinton Street, New York City
download the flyer! (PDF)
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Defend the RNC 8!
The Struggle for Justice After the RNC
Wednesday, April 29 - 7pm
Coffman Student Union Room 324
University of Minnesota
300 Washington Ave. SE, Minneapolis
The RNC 8 are a group of Twin Cities residents, nearly all in their 20s, who were initially charged with conspiracy to riot in furtherance of terrorism under the Minnesota version of [...]
CineBang! and KIWA present:
A night of film and discussion about Terrorizing Dissent, an exposé of events at the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota. There will also be a legal update on the RNC 8 (see below for more info).
Thursday April 30, 2009, 7 pm
KIWA Cultural Education Center,
3471 W. Eighth Street, Los Angeles, [...]
We’ll be attending this timely and relevant event at the University of Minnesota - you should too!
Dissent and American Democracy
Friday, April 24th
1:00-3:00pm
Cowles Auditorium, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
301 19th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN
“The Intersections of Dissent”: What is the value of dissent within a democracy, and how is it best promoted and protected? [...]
GAERTNER DROPS TERRORISM ENHANCEMENTS, CONTINUES CRIMINALIZATION OF DISSENT
RNC 8, FRIENDS OF THE RNC 8 SPEAK ABOUT POLITICAL MANEUVERING
UPDATE: View the amended complaint (PDF)
April 9, 2009 Contact: Celia Kutz, press@rnc8.org, 612-886-4565
In the surest sign yet of the power of post-RNC court solidarity, Ramsey County Attorney Susan Gaertner has [...]
Near the end of March, Judge Teresa Warner proclaimed her ruling on the prosecution’s problematic proposed protective order, which was one of the main topics of last month’s proceedings. The ruling is about as favorable as could be expected, with the main point being that the eight will be able to receive their own copies [...]
Repression and Resistance, Then and Now
from the MOVE 9 to the RNC 8
Lecture and Discussion with
Ramona Africa of the MOVE Organization
Sunday, April 19, 2009
2:00 p.m.
Hallie Q Brown/Martin Luther King Community Center
270 N Kent Street, St. Paul
Ramona Africa is international spokesperson for the MOVE organization, a revolutionary back-to-nature organization whose main belief is in life. [...]
LITANY OF RESISTANCE for the RNC8 on Monday April 6th, 2009!
Holy Trinity & Saint Anskar Episcopal Church is hosting a Litany of Resistance - A fundraiser to benefit the RNC8 Organizers and recognize the brave work they’ve done in our community.
Starts at 7pm, free and open to everyone. We’ll say a collective Litany (of Resistance!) [...]
