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BREAKING: RNC 8 Charged with "Conspiracy to Riot in Furtherance of Terrorism"

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 17:14

In what appears to be the first use of criminal charges under the 2002 Minnesota version of the Federal Patriot Act, Ramsey County Prosecutors have formally charged 8 alleged leaders of the RNC Welcoming Committee with Conspiracy to Riot in Furtherance of Terrorism. Monica Bicking, Eryn Trimmer, Luce Guillen Givins, Erik Oseland, Nathanael Secor, Robert Czernik, Garrett Fitzgerald, and Max Spector, face up to 7 1/2 years in prison under the terrorism enhancement charge which allows for a 50% increase in the maximum penalty.

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We will not be intimidated: An Urgent Call for Bail Funds

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 14:19

We are calling on all to support the nearly 300 brave comrades arrested during the anti-RNC protests. The State could not stop our passion or resistance on the streets nor silence our message that another world is truly possible so they have twisted their own system to punish the our brothers and sisters they have detained. They are using excessive bail to try to intimidate all of us or anyone else who may think to voice their opposition. So far nearly everyone is getting bail despite the charges and the illegality of the arrests.

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Interview with Undercover Infiltrators at the March For Our Lives in St. Paul

Submitted by daveid on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 12:16

Without going into all of the supersecret ways that anarchists spot undercover cops in a crowd, these two men were pointed out as infiltrators by reliable sources and then interviewed on camera. The two split up once they realized they were "made" and then one just left the march all together.

Interview conducted at the the March For Our Lives in St. Paul, September 2nd, 2008:

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/09/03/18532509.php

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The Battle of Saint Paul: S1 Photo Essay

Submitted by MikeGW on Wed, 09/03/2008 - 00:33

The Battle of Saint Paul: Photo Essay in Three Parts

Part 1: Rally & Breakaway.
http://nyc.indymedia.org/en/2008/09/99581.html

Part 2: RNC Blockaded.
http://nyc.indymedia.org/en/2008/09/99603.html

Part 3: Battle for the Streets.
http://nyc.indymedia.org/en/2008/09/99625.html

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How The Secret Service Turned Into The Stasi

Submitted by kirk james murp... on Tue, 09/02/2008 - 19:18

Whose streets? Our streets?

Whose police? The Secret Service's police.

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North Star Health Collective Round-Up

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 09/02/2008 - 18:50

September 2, 2008

North Star Health Collective

Word up smart alec. Here's updates from the hottest RNC street medic collective in Minnesota! YEY!

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CONCERNS ABOUT HEALTH CARE IN JAIL

This afternoon (Sept 2nd) our amazing M.D. talked to the nurse at the Ramsey County Jail. North Star was concerned after hearing that some dozen or so folks didn’t receive appropriate health care while in jail. The conversation seemed rather productive and reassuring. At this point we think that repeatedly calling the nurse at the jail is not useful.

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Cops Attack Anti-Capitalist Bloc on Shepard Road, 9/1/08: video

Submitted by daveid on Tue, 09/02/2008 - 15:36

Video starts just a few seconds after cops and perhaps national guard began to attack the Anti-Capitalist bloc across the street on the Shepard Road waterfront at Jackson.

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/09/02/18532139.php

The bloc was moving northeast on Shepard and paused at Jackson Street across from a line of riot cops. Police, and what appeared to be Minnesota National Guard, then began to wildly attack the bloc with tear gas, bean bags, concussion grenades, and colored smoke bombs/people markers.

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