RNC

RNC8 Benefit Show at Black Bear Bakery

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:34:56 +0000

Come out and show your support for the RNC8 who are facing terrorism charges and 7 1/2 year prison sentences for their organizing against the Republican National Convention this past September. Their legal fees are $250,000, so if you can spare a few bucks that would be great, but if not come anyway cause the show is gonna be awesome and you won't be turned away for lack of funds!

What: The Mayday Orchestra performing their rock opera about the Haymarket Affair (featuring members of Bad Folk, Rats and People, and Theodore)
Where: Black Bear Bakery
2639 Cherokee St.

Let us rally together

Freedom-for-us-2008 — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:43:26 +0000

We the People,
To long have we lived in a World forged in fear...
We must Take to the streets. We can not let the event that happened at R.N.C Continue. We can not let the GOV. Get away with this, I wish for all of us Freedom, Constitution minded citizens to ban together this Sept. 11th to Protest the Way our country is going.
I want a peaceful protest. It is not helpful to our cause for violence to occur
Contact me at nevermore4311@yahoo.com
to discuss where we will meet and where we will protest.

FBI Wanted Obama Plotters Charged, But A Rove Appointee Said No

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:55:26 +0000

Now it turns out that those suspicions were fully warranted:

KUSA - 9Wants to Know has learned three
men in Denver planned to assassinate U.S. Senator Barack Obama during
the Democratic National Convention in Denver by sneaking into one of
his events and shooting him with a gun hidden inside of a camera,
according to federal court records.

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Rage Against the Machine: Anatomy of a Protest

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 01:41:55 +0000

You could tell right away, just walking up to the Target Center for the highly anticipated Rage Against the Machine show, that the cops expected trouble.

You could tell, by the way they lined up around the entire building in full riot gear and wooden sticks, while the fans were going INSIDE the center for the show they paid $80 to go see. (Seriously? They're going to riot BEFORE getting their money's worth?).

A time to dialogue, a time to demand

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:39:41 +0000

Coalition and compromise are important tools in building diverse mass movement for social justice, but there are times to dialogue and there are times to demand.

The upcoming RNC protests in St. Paul are an example of when it’s time to throw down and fuck shit up.

Direct Action for Direct Democracy: Shut Down the Republication National Convention

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:38:35 +0000

Monday, September 1, will be a day of civil disobedience and direct action to shut down the opening of the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Minneapolis-Saint Paul. Pittsburgh Organizing Group (POG) will join these actions in opposition to a two-party system incapable of meeting basic human needs that is bankrupting and decimating our communities through a culture of war and fear.