Author: AWC

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Defend The RNC8! Town Hall Meeting

Sunday, 1/25th @ 3-6pm @ Walker Church, 3104 16th Ave S, Minneapolis

In what appears to be the first use of criminal charges under the 2002 Minnesota Patriot Act, Ramsey County Attorney Susan Gaertner has charged 8 anti-RNC organizers with four Felony Conspiracy charges, including Conspiracy to Riot in Furtherance of Terrorism. The potential consequences of these charges are enormous. Not only could we lose 8 of our friends and allies to prison, it also creates a dangerous precedent for the suppression of dissent.

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7 Anti-War Protesters Acquitted of Charges from Demonstration at National Guard Recruiting Office

On
January 14, a jury found 7 anti-war protesters not guilty of
trespassing at a Minneapolis National Guard recruiting office last
March. They were arrested with 9 others after trying to access the office
to protest both the lies told by recruiters and the illegality and
immorality of the war wage in Iraq by the US army. After two and a half days, the 6-member jury supported the defense argument that international law and the Constitution protect their rights to dissent.

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