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 [...]
Terrorizing Dissent or How Big Brother Hijacked Our City - a film screening and benefit for the RNC8
7/20/2009 | 7:00 PM
Terrorizing dissent is a film documenting the criminalization of dissent at the Republican National Convention in Saint Paul during September 2008. The film features unforgettable historical footage, interviews with the RNC8 protest organizers who’re now [...]
–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 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 [...]
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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 [...]
