tagged w/ RNC Welcoming Committee
-
In November, one or the other of the corporate candidates will win, and then, as always, it will be what the people do, not the politicians, that counts.
A video report on the protests that occurred in connection with the Democrat and Republican National Conventions, Ground Noise & Static is a manifesto. We went to Denver and St. Paul to take the pulse of the movement. Corporate media would cover the platitudes and posturing of the politicians, we were interested in something else, a story hidden in plain sight, captured in the now-classic street chant, “This is what democracy looks like.” In November, one or the other of the corporate candidates will win, and then, as... more
-
-
As the Republicans gathered last month in St. Paul to nominate John McCain for president, so did a group of protesters determined to stop them. We follow self-proclaimed anarchist Somorra and her friends as they successfully lockdown a highway off-ramp, blockade the streets, and clash with police in an attempt to shut down the Republican National Convention. Hear an insider's thoughts on anarchy, cops, and American culture and see why Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher called September 1 "eight hours of chaos."As the Republicans gathered last month in St. Paul to nominate John McCain for... more
-
-
On the streets of both Denver and St. Paul, protestors, demonstators and anarchists were out in force.On the streets of both Denver and St. Paul, protestors, demonstators and anarchists... more
-
-
Four years later it is STILL a powerful video and deserves to shared again...
Come along follow me as I lead through the darkness
As I provide just enough spark that we need to proceed
Carry on, give me hope, give me strength
Come with me and I won't steer you wrong
Put your faith and your trust as I guide us through the fog
To the light at the end of the tunnel
We gonna fight, we gonna charge, we gonna stomp, we gonna march
Through the swamp, we gonna mosh through the marsh
Take us right through the doors (c'mon) Four years later it is STILL a powerful video and deserves to shared again...
Come... more
-
-
he RNC Welcoming Committee (RNC-WC), an anarchist and anti-authoritarian organizing body based in the Twin Cities, announced today that it has ordered tasers for each of its members and friends. The announcement comes on the heels of last month’s St. Paul City Council approval of a St. Paul Police Department (SPPD) request for 234 tasers. Due to a unique corporate-anarchist confidentiality agreement, the exact number of tasers or documentable evidence of this new order will not be disclosed.
Both the SPPD and RNC-WC taser orders are scheduled to arrive before the September 1 so-called Republican National Convention (RNC) in St. Paul. However, “The RNC Welcoming Committee’s order of tasers has absolutely nothing to do with the upcoming Republican convention,” said Ann O’ Nymmity of the RNC-WC. “These deadly, yet humane, weapons are needed simply to protect the safety of members of our community on a day-to-day basis. The timing is purely a coincidence.”
Last month, St. Paul police spokesperson Tom Walsh made similar statements to the Associated Press, saying that in regards to the RNC, his department’s purchase is “in no way related [to the timing of the RNC in St. Paul]. It simply isn’t.”he RNC Welcoming Committee (RNC-WC), an anarchist and anti-authoritarian organizing... more
-
-
The anarchist group RNC Welcoming Committee is planning to stir up the Republican National Conference.
"Fox News was spreading this local coverage nationwide, telling their audience that anarchists "have plans to crash the Republican Convention" and featuring an interview on local community radio with three members of the RNC Welcoming Committee over the banner "anarchists plan to cut off the arena from entering delegates."
"We're not trying to influence the Republicans," stated one anarchist in the radio interview. "They already know that people are against the war. People are against pollution and global warming and racism. The Republicans don't seem to care."
"We don't think the political elite will stop because we ask nicely," explained another. "And so we advocate a strategy of direct action -- in this case, not letting them hold the convention."The anarchist group RNC Welcoming Committee is planning to stir up the Republican... more
-
