Newswires: RNC / DNC 2008

RNC-DNC Conventions 2008

The Democratic National Convention took place in Denver, Colorado, August 24-28, 2008 while the Republican National Convention was in St. Paul, Minnesota between September 1-4, 2008. Here are some articles from external newswires filtered for the keywords: RNC, DNC, Denver, Minneapolis...

Campaign for a mass labor party - left sectarianism, ultra leftism and opportunism.

Source: Indymedia Ireland

WIL. meeting in minneapolis. The group the WIL is holding as meeting to launch a campaign for a labor party in the USA. This article questions why this group has taken this initiative on its own and why it has not sought a united front approach. It raises the issues of left sectarianism, ultra leftism and opportunism and how these have damaged the workers and left and radical movement in the USA and internationally. more >>

DC at the RNC, Two Years Later: Where are we now?

Source: Infoshop News

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Minnesota Student Resistance to the Downsizing of Our Education

Source: Anarchist News Dot Org

Last week members of the Mankato Area Activist Collective, an anti-authoritarian organization, took action against the $7 million budget cut facing Minnesota State University, Mankato over the next two years. Last spring the university cut 79 ½ positions, one out of every ten faculty members. With tuition predicted to increase as much as 15 percent students are being forced to pay more for less. From August 23rd to the 27th students and community members took inspiration from the student occupations of March 4th and seized a section of the universities lawn on which they camped out all week. They used this space to protest the downsizing of our education as well as to raise student awareness on a variety of issues and the repercussions of the budget cuts. Workshops where held on a variety of issues including bike repair, state repression against the RNC 8, the war, and anti-capitalism. Food not bombs was served everyday and the group liberated power from a nearby university building to play music and show movies on a projector. read more more >>

Denver: Nearly 200 march against police

Source: Denver Anarchist Black Cross

Capitalist news coverage: Dozens of people marched through Denver Saturday carrying signs and banners calling for a stop to police brutality. The march started at 20th and Little Raven, the same spot where police were caught on tape using force against Mark Ashford who was trying to take a picture of an officer writing a [...] more >>

RNC 8: Erik Oseland pleads guilty, receives 91 day sentence in work house

Source: Denver Anarchist Black Cross

From Twin Cities – by Emily Gurnon From a bang to a whimper. The criminal case against Republican National Convention protester Erik Oseland was resolved this afternoon, when he pleaded guilty to third-degree conspiracy to commit criminal damage to property, a gross misdemeanor. The other charges against him were dismissed. The former member of the RNC [...] more >>

ACLU Confronts Denver Prison’s Abusive Strip Searches

Source: Denver Anarchist Black Cross

by Michelle Chen The ACLU has launched a blitzkrieg against the abuse of women in prison, from a health care crisis in a Wisconsin facility to horrid sexual abuse cases in immigration detention. But its case against strip searches at the Denver Women’s Correctional Facility plumbs new depths of degradation. Prison staff have allegedly subjected women to traumatic and [...] more >>

Erik Oseland Pleads Guilty to Gross Misdemeanor in RNC Protest Case, Gets 91 days

Source: Anarchist News Dot Org

From Twin Cities - by Emily Gurnon From a bang to a whimper. The criminal case against Republican National Convention protester Erik Oseland was resolved this afternoon, when he pleaded guilty to third-degree conspiracy to commit criminal damage to property, a gross misdemeanor. The other charges against him were dismissed. The former member of the RNC 8 admitted to talking with several other people before the 2008 event about knocking over newspaper boxes, thus "impeding the flow of convention traffic," said his attorney, Ted Dooley. read more more >>

Minneapolis Zombies donate portion of settlement to RNC 8 and Scott DeMuth

Source: Denver Anarchist Black Cross

Friday, August 27, 2010 Minneapolis, Minnesota — The RNC 8 and Scott DeMuth, Twin Cities anarchist organizers facing trial this fall on politically motivated conspiracy charges, are receiving donations to their legal defense funds from an unlikely source–zombies who settled a lawsuit with the City of Minneapolis late last week. The seven “zombie” street theatre [...] more >>

Minneapolis: Zombies to Donate Thousands from Police Settlement to Targets of State Repression

Source: Infoshop News

Minneapolis, MN--The RNC 8 and Scott DeMuth, Twin Cities anarchist organizers facing trial this fall on politically motivated conspiracy charges... more >>

Victims of the “War on Terror” Letter Writing Night

Source: Denver Anarchist Black Cross

On Wednesday September First, Denver ABC will host a letter writing night in support of the victims of the United States’ criminal foreign and domestic ‘anti-terror’ policies. The event will be held at the 6th Avenue United Church of Christ and begins at 6:30. Dinner will be served with vegetarian and halal options. Come show [...] more >>

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Reclaim the Future 5: A vast day/night party event in a liberated, occupied space in London, 5 September 2009

from email, updated 6 September 2009: "Reclaim the Future 5 is a vast all-day all-night information and party event in a liberated, self-managed occupied venue somewhere in London on Saturday 5 September 2009.
* At least two rooms of live bands 9pm-4am
* DJs 4am-7am
* Cabaret * Workshops and stalls all afternoon - info on the arms trade, the G20, prisoner & detainee support, squatting, samba, permaculture, climate change, bike repair, and more... more

Police Review: magazine cartoon - "In staggeringly poor taste"

from J4J campaign, 18 November 2008: We would imagine that, in the midst of the inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes, publications aimed at and widely read by serving police officers would show greater sensitivity in the way they talk about fatal shootings by the police. But evidently not. The magazine "Police Review", in its 14 November edition, decided that the introduction of new rules preventing firearms officers from conferring after a shooting was best illustrated by this appalling cartoon. more