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

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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Sentencing David McKay and Spinning the Media: Politicized & Ambitious Law Enforcement Downplays Nationwide RNC Informant Program (CRASS Press Release)

David McKay

Minneapolis, May 21st, 2009 — After his first federal trial ended in a hung jury[1], Texan David McKay pled guilty in a second trial rather than letting his friend from Austin and co-defendant, Bradley Crowder, be manipulated into testifying against him.

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Crowder Sentenced to Two Years (corporate article)

Texas man sentenced to 2 years in RNC Molotov cocktail case

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David McKay may take plea deal in FBI entrapment case Monday

UPDATE 3/17 10:30am: Judge decides to accept the guilty plea - details to follow. [Current details about entrapment dimensions coming up.] 12:50pm: Strib summary says entrapment claim dropped, McKay now held until sentencing. COINTELPRO still works, score another round for feds' provocateur playbook; pressuring multiple defendants worked for them.

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David McKay RNC FBI Entrapment Re-Trial This Week

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David McKay, Federal Felony Jury Trial, Judge Davis

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Mon Mar 16 9am – Mon Mar 16 5pm
20090316T090000/20090316T170000
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Mon, 03/16/2009 - 06:30

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