Irish Céilí to benefit the RNC8 Legal Defense
Saturday, January 16, 7 to 10 PM
TC Friends Meeting House, 1725 Grand Ave in St. Paul
Suggested Donation $5-15
Live music by The Blackbirds
Dances taught and called by Mike Whalen
Support your right to dissent! Support the RNC8! And dance the winter chill off!
For more info contact info@rnc8.org.
Flyer PDF: Download and [...]
DEFEND ALL TARGETS OF STATE REPRESSION: SOLIDARITY TO CARRIE FELDMAN AND SCOTT DEMUTH
from the RNC 8 Defense Committee (www.rnc8.org)
Since the RNC 8 were first arrested and charged with terrorism last year, we have understood that they are not the first nor the last to be targeted by overzealous authorities for their effective political organizing. Furthermore, [...]
Susan Gaertner–the prosecutor with the power to drop the charges on the RNC 8–must be betting on out-state support to save her struggling campaign for Governor. After all, by casting her luck with the embattled Bob Fletcher, her reputation in the Twin Cities is kind of sour.
On Monday, November 9, she’ll be heading south [...]
The newest RNC documentary, produced by the Chicago Independent Media Center, features RNC 8 co-defendants Rob Czernik, Garrett Fitzgerald and Luce Guillen-Givins; RNC 8 attorney Robert Kolstad; volunteers/arrestees from the Community RNC Arrestee Support Structure (CRASS), and others impacted by the convention.
One year after the 2008 Republican National Convention, the Chicago Independent Media Center takes [...]
FROM NORTHSTAR HEALTH COLLECTIVE – THE FOLKS WHO PROVIDED MEDICS, TEAR GAS WASHDOWN, CRISIS AND EMERGENCY CARE DURING THE RNC.
WHAT: a free three-hour post RNC-related event offering healing by body workers, self-care & friend-care workshops, referrals, & RNC aftercare information.
Featuring Two Workshops: “How to Support Those Close to Me Who are Still
Dealing with Emotional Fall-out [...]
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 [...]
–please share with student groups in your community!–
Eight organizers from Minnesota are being tried for “conspiracy to incite a riot” and “conspiracy to destroy property.” Charged as “terrorists” by the state of Minnesota for participating in logistical organizing aimed at supporting resistance to the Republican National Convention (RNC), the RNC 8 face over a decade [...]
The Twin Cities-based Animal Rights Coalition brought Will Potter - independent journalist, Green Scare watchdog and author of GreenIsTheNewRed.com - to Minneapolis and St. Paul this week. Some of the RNC 8 and Friends of the RNC 8 sat down with Will before his public talk at the University of Minnesota.
In this clip (13:44), Will [...]
Representatives of the RNC 8 will appear at today’s CRASS (Community RNC Arrestee Support Structure) press conference at Room 125 of the State Capitol in St. Paul at 3:30pm to talk about the recently added charges and the context of their case amongst the others going to trial this week.
Afterwards, at 4:30 on West Seventh [...]
We have a great new logo, drawn by local artist Ricardo Levins Morales of Northland Poster Collective!
(can you figure out who’s who?)
Feel free to use this and the rest of our graphics as you see fit, and look for Ricardo’s drawing around town!
Download: 137K JPG or 1.8MB photoshop file (for printing)
