Seattle: Film Screening and Benefit, August 3

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

Common Action Seattle Presents:
A FILM SCREENING AND BENEFIT FOR THE RNC 8
*including a door prize raffle bonanza*
with Luce Guillen-Givins
7:30pm, Monday, August 3rd
Cascade People’s Center
309 Pontius Ave N. Seattle, WA 98109
$0-$20.00 (please pay what you can; no one turned away)
Common Action Seattle invites you to a screening of “Terrorizing Dissent,” a film documenting the [...]

GAERTNER’S OFFICE DROPS TERROR ENHANCEMENT; 2 CONSPIRACY CHARGES REMAIN

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

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 [...]

Upcoming Motion Hearing Dates (Feb. 24-Mar. 3)

Friday, February 20th, 2009

All hearings are at the Ramsey County Courthouse, 15 W. Kellogg Boulevard in St. Paul, courtrooms TBA (you can always check the TV screens on the ground floor for courtroom assignments).

Max Specktor: Tuesday, February 24, 1:30pm
Monica Bicking: Tuesday, February 24, 1:30pm (schedule change - previously listed as 2:30)
Luce Guillen-Givens: Friday, February 27, 9:00am (note: not [...]

RNC 8 in City Pages: Nov. 12

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

(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, 2008

Eryn Trimmer sits in [...]

Video: RNC 8 Interviewed in “Terrorizing Dissent”

Friday, October 31st, 2008

Section 3 - “And Then They Came For the Anarchists” -  of the new documentary by the Glass Bead Collective and Twin Cities Indymedia, Terrorizing Dissent: Election Cut.  This ~35min. segment includes new footage of the pre-convention raids and interviews with the RNC 8 and allies discussing their case.

RNC 8 in the (Independent) Media: Oct. 28

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

RNC 8 defendants Luce Guillen-Givins and Eryn Trimmer appeared on Activist Radio on October 23. You can listen to the interview by going to http://www.classwars.org and clicking on “Oct. 23.” The interview begins at about halfway through the program.
From the Twin Cities Daily Planet: The War at Home, an interview with former Chicago 8 defendant [...]

A Letter from the RNC 8

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

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A Letter from the RNC 8
Dear Friends, Family, and Comrades:
We are the RNC 8: individuals targeted because of our political beliefs and work organizing for protests at the 2008 Republican National Convention, in what appears to be the first use of Minnesota’s version of the US Patriot Act. The 8 of us are currently charged [...]

RNC 8 Charged as Terrorists Under State Patriot Act - by Bruce Nestor

Monday, September 8th, 2008

When Protest Is Terrorism:
RNC 8 Charged as Terrorists Under State Patriot Act
By Bruce Nestor 09/04/08 ICH
Ramsey County Charges RNC 8 Under State Patriot Act, Alleges Acts of Terrorism
In what appears to be the first use of criminal charges under the 2002 Minnesota version of the Federal Patriot Act, Ramsey County Prosecutors have formally charged 8 [...]