A wonderful e-mail has been circulating today. It describes how Alice Paul, Lucy Burns and other women of the 1900s — two generations after Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton — were beaten, jailed, trashed in the newspapers and taunted by crowds when they snuck into private venues, stood in lines illegally, chained themselves [...]
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Starhawk’s updates on the RNC protests: “This is exactly what we’ve always feared the various anti-terrorist laws would be used for: not to stop another September 11, but to target dissent.”
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY National Call for Action to Stop Police Brutality at the Republian National Convention! Support 300 people arrested in Saint Paul! Demand an end to illegal detention and brutality in Ramsey County Jail! 9/3/08, St. Paul - Approximately 300 people have been arrested for participating in demonstrations since the beginning of the Republican National Convention. The majority of [...]
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Moments ago, staffers Desiree Fairooz of Washington, DC and Nancy Mancias of the Bay Area, CA were taken into custody along with volunteers Toby Blone (53) of El Cerrito, CA, and Kit Simeon (50) of Quilcene, CA. Witnesses report the four were dancing and singing. After breaking out in one dance, two attempted to crawl under [...]
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
I did want to post a link to this story, which alleges conspiracy to commit “kidnapping” among the “self-proclaimed anarchists.” Such jokes and topics, when they come from elected officials, are of course not valid items to be listed on a warrant application.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
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 Robert [...]
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
The Stimulator’s here at the RNC editing video like a madman. Yesterday he had two camera people arrested. Here’s an update he just sent out with a link to video: http://submedia.tv/stimulator/2008/09/01/rnc-dispatch-3/ On the arrests. The two cameramen arrested are Joseph La Sac and Lambert Rochfort of Pepperspray Productions in Seattle. Both were picked up at different [...]
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Legal Observer Gerry sent this report along. Our observation crew was not downtown so I can’t comment on what happened there. But we were at the intersection of Shepard Rd and Chestnut St.. Myself and one other observer, Laura stopped here because there were six young men that looked like they were in their early [...]
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
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