Arrestee Support Organizations
The organizations working with arrestees during/after the RNC, including Coldsnap Legal Collective, the Community RNC Arrestee Support Structure (CRASS), Food Not Bombs-Minneapolis, the National Lawyers Guild-Minnesota, Friends of the RNC 8, Help Dave Mahoney, The Milwaukee Three, and Support the Texas Two. [Read more]
Independent Media Organizations that Covered the 2008 RNC
Documentary makers, on-the-ground camera ninjas, and citizen journalists
Including Democracy Now, the Glass Bead Collective, Twin Cities Indymedia Center (TCIMC), the Minnesota Independent, The Uptake, i-Witness Video, Submedia.tv, Mobile Broadcast News, Portland Indymedia, Rochester Indymedia and Bay Area Indymedia. [Read more]
Key Documentaries about the 2008 RNC
Key documentary films made about the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, MN including Ground Noise and Static and Terrorizing Dissent: Election Cut. [Read more]
Local Government and Police Forces
Links to Twin Cities local government and police force web resources including those of the City of Minneapolis, Mayor R. T. Rybak, the Minneapolis City Council, the Minneapolis Police Department, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the City of St. Paul, Mayor Christopher Coleman, the St. Paul City Council, the St. Paul Police Department, and the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office. [Read more]
Primary Sources used by the RNC '08 Report
A-Z list of links to primary sources used in this website. [Read more]
Related Events: G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh, PA (September 2009)
RNC 08 Report, July 12th, 2009
The G-20 Summit is being held on September 24th-25th, 2009, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Mirroring the "RNC Welcoming Committee" during the 2008 Republican National Convention in St. Paul, MN, already local anti-authoritarian groups in Pennsylvania are preparing protests for the G-20 Convention, under the name the "Pittsburgh G-20 Resistance Project". [Read more]
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2004 Republican National Convention in NY,
2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver,
Harassment of Glass Bead Collective journalists (night of Aug 26th/early morning of Aug 27th),
Critical Mass Bike Ride at Loring Park (Aug 29th),
Raid on Convergence Center at 627 Smith Ave S, St. Paul, MN (Aug 29th),
Raid on 951 Iglehart Ave, St. Paul, MN where i-Witness Video were staying (Aug 30th),
Raid on 2301 23rd Ave South, Minneapolis, MN (Aug 30th) Food Not Bombs home. Nathanael David Secor arrested,
Raid on 3500 Harriet Avenue, Minneapolis, MN (Aug 30th),
Raid on 3240 17th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN (Aug 30th) - Garrett Scott Fitzgerald, Eryn Chase Trimmer, Monica Rachel Bicking arrested,
Liberty Parade on Nicollet Mall (Aug 31st),
Vets for Peace Solumn Funeral Procession (Aug 31st),
March on the RNC to Stop the War (Sep 1st),
Vandalism in downtown St. Paul (Sept 1st),
Democracy Now staff arrests (Sep 1st),
Mass Arrest of Harriet Island "Take Back Labor Day" concert-goers on Shepard Road (Sep 1st),
Ripple Effect Concert at the State Capitol (Sep 2nd),
Mears Park Poor People's Rally & March for Our Lives (Sept 2nd),
Near-raid on i-Witness Video space at 1595 Selby Ave (Sep 3rd),
Mass arrest of Rage Against The Machine concert goers in Minneapolis (Sept 3rd),
Student Strike Against the RNC (Sep 4th),
"No Peace for the Warmakers" Rally & Demonstration (Sep 4th),
Mass arrest on Marion St Bridge (Sept 4th),
Community Conversation about the RNC (Sep 24th), RNC Public Review Safety Commission public hearing (Nov 6th), G-20 Protests in London (March-April 2009), G-20 protests in Pittsburgh (24-25 September 2009), RNC 8 evidentiary hearings (May 2010), G-20 Protests in Toronto (26-27 June 2010), RNC 8 Final Court Appearance (19 October 2010)
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