(The following article appeared in Revolution newspaper this week.) by Leslie Rose Introduction to the Series: A very important case is unfolding in Minnesota—eight people are being singled out by the government for their role in the political protests at the 2008 Republican National Convention (RNC). At the September ’08 RNC in St. Paul, war [...]

Today (Wednesday, January 14) at 3:30 the so-called “Heffelfinger-Luger Commission” is set to release its report on RNC policing before the St. Paul City Council.  The commission is led by two former federal prosecutors and includes former cops, a former mayor, and a token civil rights professor – hardly a representative sample of those affected [...]

RNC terrorists? Or just young people speaking their minds? Three activists nabbed in pre-convention raid deny any plans for violence by Emily Gurnon Saint Paul Pioneer Press At times, they laugh at how ridiculous it seems. But Monica Bicking and Garrett Fitzgerald weren’t laughing when police broke down the door of their South Minneapolis house [...]

print 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 [...]