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Interview with Esteban Tovar about FBI informant Brandon Darby

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 09/17/2011 - 14:34

Houston Indymedia interviews Esteban Tobar, who was featured in the award winning PBS documentary 'Better This World', a film about David McKay and Bradley Crowder, two anti-war activists from Midland, who were entrapped by Austin activist-turned-FBI informant, Brandon Darby...

FBI information Brandon Darby entrapped two young anti war activists who were arrested at the RNC 2008 in Minneapolis

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Texas Two's Bradley Crowder on Russia Today re FBI operations, setups & govt terror paranoia

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 15:39

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RNC Aftermath

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TC Indymedia presents "Better This World" RNC Documentary screening & discussion

Submitted by Twin Cities Ind... on Fri, 09/02/2011 - 18:33

Please join us for a free screening & discussion of Better This World, the 2008 Republican National Convention documentary at the independent coffee shop The Nicollet (@ Franklin & Nicollet) Sept 14th, 8:30 PM. Musicians will be performing live jazz beforehand.

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New 2008 Republican National Convention documentary "Better This World" brings light deep inside Minnesota's secret federal political subversion machine

Submitted by Twin Cities Ind... on Sat, 04/23/2011 - 15:21

By Dan Feidt for Twin Cities Indymedia -- A new documentary on the 2008 Republican National Convention, Better This World, screens at the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival on Sunday and next Wednesday, and on PBS POV nationwide on Sept. 6th. Directed by Kelly Duane and Katie Galloway, the film premiered in March at SXSW in Austin, TX, earned stellar reviews from industry critics like Variety, and just days ago, Documentary Jury Prize at the 2011 Sarasota Film Festival.

Better This World exposes one of the most sinister & depressing narrative threads of the RNC, the elaborate federal sting operation staged from March-September 2008 upon two young activists from Texas, David McKay and Bradley Crowder, who wanted to participate in the Twin Cities protests, guided the whole way by the older famous activist and paid FBI operative Brandon Darby.

It's relieving to see these disturbing events and the independent media material reaching a national audience. [See TCIMC's previous Texas Two coverage] Twin Cities Indymedia, Glassbead Collective and other RNC videographers contributed footage -- and Better This World expands our view of events first shown in the Indymedia/Glassbead RNC documentary Terrorizing Dissent. PGH-IMCer Nigel Parry's RNC08Report.org helped provide substantive research for the film.

"Better This World" screens at St. Anthony Main Theatre Sun April 24th, 4:30pm, Weds April 27 9:30pm. Nationwide on PBS POV Sept. 6.
Also: Fantastic & funny Frank López film "End:Civ" screens 4/30 @ 7pm, Mayday Weekend at MayDay Bookstore in Cedar-Riverside (limited seating) and June 6 @ 7pm Walker Church, special Q&A with López & Waziyatawin! Below the fold: Untold details of the Texas Two case.

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FBI Informant Brandon Darby: Sexism, Egos, and Lies, by Lisa Fithian

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 03/22/2010 - 19:34

http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/lisa-fithian-fbi-informant-brando...

Sexism, egos, and lies:
Sometimes you wake up and it is not different

By Lisa Fithian / The Rag Blog / March 22, 2010

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NOT GUILTY: Twelve reasonable people, and how the state tried to ‘Aunt Sally’ Kate Kibby

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 11/24/2009 - 19:24

“ These are dangerous days

To say what you feel is to dig your own grave

"Remember what I told you

If they hated me they will hate you"

-- Sinead O’Connor ‘Black Boys on Mopeds’

Our drama play continues: Act 2 Scene 1

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Anarchism, Violence, and Brandon Darby's Politics of Moral Certitude

Submitted by haloka on Mon, 07/06/2009 - 18:24

by MJ Essex, reposted from New Orleans Indymedia: In post-Katrina New Orleans, anarchist truths found fertile, if toxic grounds to take root and grow. New paths were walked on. Antiauthoritarian principles emerged as important guides for both reconstruction and the struggle against disaster capitalism.

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James Retherford : Brandon Darby, The Texas 2, and the FBI's Runaway Informants

Submitted by haloka on Wed, 05/27/2009 - 12:13

from The Rag Blog: http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/james-retherford-brandon-darby-te...

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This American Life debuts story on Brandon Darby

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 05/25/2009 - 18:45

Hello friends -

This week on Chicago Public Radio/Public Radio International's This American Life, they debuted a story on Brandon Darby, the infamous RNC snitch. It's the second story in the show; it focuses on Brandon going from Katrina "hero" to informant. TAL is pretty liberal, and has been good to the cause before, so it's disappointing how apologetic it is toward Brandon. It's also pretty horrible how they glaze over activist theories in a way that put them down (i.e. "diversity of tactics" at around 39 minutes).

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Snitch Brandon Darby featured on Public Radio's This American Life

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 05/20/2009 - 14:34

http://thislife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?episode=381

Episode 381: Turncoat
A well-known activist—an anarchic, revolutionary activist—is accused of spying on other activists for the FBI. The strangest thing about the rumor is, it's true. How Brandon Darby transformed from cop-hater to federal witness. Plus, a new story by Etgar Keret, about a boy who betrays his people with a pair of shoes.

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