Chicago Sun Times | Garry McCarthy to NATO, G-8 protesters: Police will be ready
Published on July 15, 2011 by the Chicago Sun Times By Frank Main Battle lines between protesters and the police
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Star Tribune | Fallout from RNC lawsuits: $175,000 so far in settlements
Published on June 2, 2011 by the Star Tribune by Randy Faust Protesters say payments show police were out of
Read MoreStar Tribune | Fallout from RNC lawsuits: $175,000 so far in settlements
Published on June 2, 2011 by the Star Tribune by Randy Faust Protesters say payments show police were out of
Read MoreActivists Get $50, 000 for FBI & St. Paul Police Raid Prior to 2008 Republican Convention
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release: May 26, 2011 Contact: Plaintiff Kris Hermes 510-681-6361 Activists Get $50,000 for FBI & St. Paul
Read MoreActivists Get $50, 000 for FBI & St. Paul Police Raid Prior to 2008 Republican Convention
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release: May 26, 2011 Contact: Plaintiff Kris Hermes 510-681-6361 Activists Get $50,000 for FBI & St. Paul
Read MoreActivists Get $50, 000 for FBI & St. Paul Police Raid Prior to 2008 Republican Convention
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release: May 26, 2011 Contact: Plaintiff Kris Hermes 510-681-6361 Activists Get $50,000 for FBI & St. Paul
Read MoreTerrorist by Association
September 24 began like any other Friday for Joe Iosbaker and Stephanie Weiner. Then, at 7 a.m., FBI agents knocked on the door of the Chicago couple’s house in the city’s North Side.
Armed with a search warrant, more than 20 agents examined the couple’s home, photographing every room and combing through notebooks, family videos and books, even their children’s drawings. Some items were connected to their decades of anti-war and international solidarity activism, but others were not. “Folders were opened, letters were pulled out of envelopes,” says Weiner, an adult education professor at Wilbur Wright College. “They had rubber gloves and they went through every aspect of our home.”
Read MoreImportant Update on the RNC 8 Case: New Hearing Tuesday @ 9am
Subject: Important Update on the RNC 8 Case: New Hearing Tuesday 10/19 at 9am
Dear supporters near and far,
It is with strong and mixed emotions that we bring important news: there appears to be a major change in the cases of the four remaining RNC 8 defendants–Garrett, Max, Nathanael and Rob. The four have tentatively reached a plea agreement with prosecutors, likely avoiding trial. The agreement, if it goes according to plan, significantly reduces the charge, calls for favorable sentencing, and is non-cooperating.
Read MoreWe Are Prepared to March on the DNC
Speech by Meredith Aby, Anti-War Committee member and former spokesperson for Coalition to March on the RNC (2008), given at a press conference concerning the DNC on Thursday, July 22, 2010
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Press Conference: Anti-War Protest Announced for DNC
Thursday, July 22nd @ noon in front of the Metrodome, 900 South 5th Street, Minneapolis
Please join organizers from the Coalition to March on the RNC and Stop the War (2008) as they announce their plan to organize a large anti-war protest at the DNC if the Democratic Party chooses Minneapolis to host their 2012 convention. Speakers will include members of the Anti-War Committee, the Welfare Rights Committee and Women Against Military Maddness.