35 minutes. On Tuesday, October 28, Glass Bead Collective, Twin Cities Indymedia, and other independent media activists released a new film, "Terrorizing Dissent: Election Cut," an expose of events at the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota. This is part 2 of the documentary, and looks at police harassment of the September 2nd Poor People's Campaign for Economic and Human Rights rally and march, concluding with the gassing of a peaceful protest outside the iconic Mickey's Diner in Downtown St. Paul.



Featuring first-person accounts and footage from more than forty cameras on the streets, "Terrorizing Dissent" focuses on the story of dissent suppressed. People charged with "conspiracy to riot in furtherance of terrorism" speak out against the government's campaign to manipulate media coverage and label civil disobedience and community organizing as terrorism.

The documentary consists of four provocative sections:

September 1st: The Battle of St Paul
September 2nd: The Gassing in St Paul
September 3rd: Terrorizing Dissent
September 4th: The Bombing of the Peace March

Cut from hundreds of hours of donated footage, "Terrorizing Dissent: Election Cut" will be released for free on the Internet in HD, FLV and Quicktime formats, under the Creative Commons/CopyLeft license, and its producers encourage everyone to share this important film.

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For more information and to download the documentary see terrorizingdissent.org

Independent Media Activists Set to Release Documentary on Political Repression During the 2008 Republican National Convention: Documentary to be Released One Week Before Historic Presidential Election, Press Release, Glass Bead Collective (October 27th, 2008)

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