CRASH THE RNC: Sector 4 Barricade Building Contest
JOIN THE SECTOR 4 bay-area-CADE IN ST. PAUL
Representatives of our corrupt two-party system intend to host self-congratulatory celebrations this summer at the Democratic National Convention in Denver and the Republican National Convention in St. Paul. We support demonstrating opposition to their parties by crashing and shutting them down, […]

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Funk the War has spread like a fluorescent colored disco fungus across the map of the United States, and infected youth with militant anti-war disco fever.
Now we’re gonna be at the Republican National Convention on September 1st, incorporating our booty shakin’ beats into the RNC Welcoming Committee’s blockade strategy the best way we know how: […]

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THE KARZ SuX BRIGADE TAKE SECTOR 4! CALLS FOR “CRITICAL MASS”
The Karz SuX Brigade have agreed to take sector 4 for the day of action in St. Paul. We will be meeting an hour before the convention at 6pm. Bring your bike to sector 4 at 6pm and follow any bicycles you see,
resulting in a […]

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According to news reports and other verifiable sources, protesters charged with minor misdemeanors or less will be cited and released within four hours, both in St. Paul and Minneapolis, if they have not already been arrested during the convention.  We believe that in Minneapolis, those individuals may actually be cited and released on the spot […]

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Indy-TACT Crash the RNC
Attention all Capitalists, Imperialists, Racists, Sexists, Homophobes and most of all–Republicans! The status quo has just been replaced by a new order of autonomy, mutual aid, and direct democracy! Indy-TACT, a group of Fort Wayne, Indiana anti-capitalists, anti-authoritarians, and anti-war activists are hoisting our “Freedom From Capitalism” flag in the fertile soil […]

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A Mid-Atlantic cluster is psyched to announce that we will be working in
Sector 3 in solidarity with the RNC Welcoming Committee’s call to disrupt
the Republican National Convention!
In a time when this country is focusing on the rhetoric of "change" we
believe that as anarchists, anti-authoritarians, and radicals, the
electoral spectacle must not pass without a voice speaking […]

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from http://minnesotaindependent.com/view/convention-cops-five
Convention cops: Five weeks out, St. Paul still coming up short on police for RNC duty
By Paul Demko Jul 28 2008 03:15PM
A mere 34 before the opening of the 2008 Republican convention, the St. Paul Police Department still has not finalized arrangements for RNC security, and is continuing to solicit cops from across […]

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By Paul Demko Jun 24 2008 03:57PM, from http://minnesotaindependent.com/view/rnc-protests-16-park
**UPDATED**
The city of St. Paul has issued 16 park permits for gatherings of at least 25 people during the Republican National Convention. The permits have been provided to seven different groups planning events at the five downtown parks where such gatherings will be allowed. Most […]

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Bush will address GOP convention on opening night
By BOB VON STERNBERG, Star Tribune
July 23, 2008
President Bush will come to St. Paul to address delegates of the Republican National Convention on Sept. 1, the first night of the gathering.
White House press secretary Dana Perino announced Bush’s plans this morning, noting that the opening night of the […]

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Session schedule meshes with protest plans
By RANDY FURST, Star Tribune
July 24, 2008
Republican National Convention officials announced Thursday that they will hold an afternoon session on Monday, Sept. 1. Protest leaders said that could alleviate one of the concerns of demonstrators who fear they’d be marching in front of an empty convention center.
Protest organizers had expressed […]

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