Free Spaghetti Dinner with the RNC 8 and Friends!
Tuesday, March 16
6-7:30 p.m.
3104 16th Ave S., Minneapolis (basement)
It’s spaghetti time! Come enjoy a delicious meal prepared by the RNC 8 and friends. Vegetarian, gluten-free and vegan options will be available at our community meal.
In the summer of 2007, an Anarchist/Anti-Authoritarian group ironically named the “RNC Welcoming Committee (RNC-WC)” released a satirical video entitled, “We’re Getting Ready.” The video sparked a quarter-of-a-million dollar investigation by the infamously humorless Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office into the RNC-WC. Almost a year and a half later, eight organizers face conspiracy charges. They’re getting ready [...]
January 2010
Dear friends, families and supporters,
The last time that we wrote, we were only weeks beyond the 2008 RNC, and still figuring out how to navigate our case with a sense of collectivity and integrity. Now, more than a year after the fact, we find ourselves in a sort of limbo. Day to day, we [...]
The Hearing:
9 AM to 4 PM with a break for lunch.
Ramsey County Courthouse, Room 131-B
15 W. Kellogg Boulevard, St. Paul
The Lunch:
11:30 to 1:30 (or somewhere in between)
Central Presbyterian Church
500 Cedar Street, St. Paul
As we announced previously, the RNC 8 will be in court all day this coming Tuesday, February 2. The courtroom can [...]
February 2 isn’t just the next court date for the RNC 8–in Minnesota, it’s also the evening of each political party’s statewide precinct caucuses. For our liberal and progressive friends and supporters, the caucuses represent an important opportunity to build support for the RNC 8 and raise awareness of the repression of political organizing.
Ramsey County [...]
It’s almost time again for the next community meal cooked by the RNC 8 and friends! Please join us on Tuesday, January 19 to warm up the January night with a free spaghetti feed at Walker Church:
FREE Spaghetti Dinner with the RNC 8
Tuesday, January 19
6-8pm
3104 16th Ave. S., Minneapolis
As always, vegan and vegetarian options [...]
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 [...]
After we learned earlier this month that the RNC 8 will face a single trial, we also learned that Judge Teresa Warner has denied Max Specktor’s motion to suppress evidence obtained in a warrantless search on September 1, 2008. Max and his attorney Larry Leventhal had argued the motion in a September 29 hearing, a [...]
The RNC 8 learned this week that Judge Teresa Warner has set the next court date for the eight: Tuesday, February 2 at 9am in room 131-B (that’s the big one) of Ramsey County Courthouse, 15 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul.
(Not mentioned in the scheduling order is the little-known procedure for hearings on Groundhog Day: [...]
The RNC 8 have received joinder at trial, and now they ask you to join them for December’s FREE monthly dinner! It’s on Tuesday, December 15 from 6-8pm at Walker Church, 3104 16th Ave. S. in Minneapolis. The 8 organized together, were charged together, and will be tried together… now, let’s EAT together.
Susan Gaertner’s office [...]
