RNC Protest Organizers Speak to the Media

The RNC Welcoming Committee–an anarchist and anti-authoritarian group that organized for over a year in support of the protests against the Republican National Convention (RNC)–held a joint press conference with the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign on September 4 regarding the terrorism charges announced the day before against eight Welcoming Committee members, the violent tactics of the police to suppress dissent in St. Paul and across America, and the media’s role taking the word of the police without question and largely ignoring those who are denied basic resources in our society. One person who had been arrested testifies about having been tortured in the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Jail.

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2. RNC Protest Report Finds Little Fault in Police Conduct
3. Statewide RNC Protest Planning Meeting
4. Twin Cities Corporate Media Marginalizes Anarchists in Advance of RNC Protests
5. RNC Update: UFPJ will not use Highway as Protest Location