Greetings & Solidarity from the Upstate Uprise Unconventional Action Faction, Martin Luther King, Jr Day weekend, January 19-21st, are tentative dates for a northeast Unconventional Action convergence in Binghamton, New York to network anti-authoritarians for the protests against the 2008 Democratic & Republican National Conventions. — While plans are still coming together, we wanted to give people a heads up and start getting the word out. Several groups/individuals are working on announcements & info about logistics that will come soon! —-
What Is Unconventional Action? — From unconventionalaction.org
Unconventional Action is an emerging network aiming to complement the work of local organizers in Denver and the Twin Cities with regional organizing throughout the rest of the country. Our goal is to build a horizontal, inclusive framework for protests that will disrupt the upcoming Democratic and Republican National Conventions. We are currently organizing meetings, propaganda, and consultas in our communities and encourage those in other regions to do the same…
We invite others who share our goals to organize under the name Unconventional Action. Unconventional Action is an umbrella name available to all who agree with our points of unity..
The name Unconventional Action is available to all who:
* Reject all forms of hierarchy including capitalism, party communism, patriarchy, white supremacy, colonialism, and so-called representational politics
* Organize on a non-hierarchical, consensus-based basis that promotes autonomy, solidarity, grass-roots involvement, and the agency of those most affected by each decision
* Embrace a diversity of tactics
* Do not condemn any action on the grounds that it is illegal alone
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More info about the protests against the 2008 Democratic and Republican
National Conventions:
RNC Welcoming Committee
www.rncwelcomingcommittee.org
www.myspace.com/rnc2008welcomingcommittee
Re-Create ‘68 Activist Convergence for the Denver Democratic National
Convention
www.recreate68.org/
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There will likely be a small, sub-regional gathering of the North East Anarchist Network alongside the Unconventional Action consulta.
“The Northeast Anarchist Network (NEaN) is a recently formed network of anarchists and anti-authoritarian organizations and individuals that has been meeting and collaborating since February of 2007. Comprising groups and individuals from 7 sub-regions in the northeast our aim is to create a regional, horizontal organizing network in the Northeast, linking those committed to struggles anti-authoritarian, anti-capitalist and anti-oppressive.” - NEaN October Rebellion call to action
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Raise the resistance!
Upstate Uprise Unconventional Action Faction
UpstateUncoventionalAction (at) gmail.com
myspace.com/upstateunconventional
