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 [...]
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 dismantle [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 dropped two of four [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]