Another thrilling cross-post from Feministing.com. Deep black-clad troops thick with riot gear and anonymizing helmets, no distinction between them save color-coded duct tape between the shoulders and the slightly differing gait in the thudding of their boots against the cold and hard pavement marched, od I’m not kidding you, Gestapo style up the middle of [...]
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Two links from former Punk Planet compatriot Jeff Severns Guntzel this a.m., with details as to the official and unofficial stories of last night: Day Two Diary, Part One Day Two Diary, Part Two
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
People are amassing and one arrest has already taken place. Snipers overhead and helicopters and riot cops by the hundreds in full gear on all sides make for a terrifying experience; not helped by the chant” Stop the war / arm the poor.” It’s absolutely not at all funny how many cops are literally training [...]
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
A bright, shining moment in our “peace platform” action in Minneapolis this morning:
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
A cross-post from Feministing.com. The Shock and Awe Campaign at the St. Paul RNC continues unabated, and eyewitness reports are flooding all the technology I got, including good, old-fashioned, hang-out-in the-coffeeshop-and-say-hi-to-people v.1.0. Eyewitnesses at the Mears Park gathering of yesterday afternoon, at which tear gas, “impact rounds” and physical threats ended in the arrests of [...]
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Two to three vanloads of riot cops with doors open are reported to be circling the Ramsey County Jail vigil, where people have congregated to protest the detainees and the crackdown on freedom of speech. Police on the scene are also taking photographs of volunteers (which has been standard at actions here at the RNC [...]
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
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