A Mid-Atlantic cluster is psyched to announce that we will be working in
Sector 3 in solidarity with the RNC Welcoming Committee’s call to disrupt
the Republican National Convention!
In a time when this country is focusing on the rhetoric of "change" we
believe that as anarchists, anti-authoritarians, and radicals, the
electoral spectacle must not pass without a voice speaking […]

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from http://minnesotaindependent.com/view/convention-cops-five
Convention cops: Five weeks out, St. Paul still coming up short on police for RNC duty
By Paul Demko Jul 28 2008 03:15PM
A mere 34 before the opening of the 2008 Republican convention, the St. Paul Police Department still has not finalized arrangements for RNC security, and is continuing to solicit cops from across […]

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By Paul Demko Jun 24 2008 03:57PM, from http://minnesotaindependent.com/view/rnc-protests-16-park
**UPDATED**
The city of St. Paul has issued 16 park permits for gatherings of at least 25 people during the Republican National Convention. The permits have been provided to seven different groups planning events at the five downtown parks where such gatherings will be allowed. Most […]

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Bush will address GOP convention on opening night
By BOB VON STERNBERG, Star Tribune
July 23, 2008
President Bush will come to St. Paul to address delegates of the Republican National Convention on Sept. 1, the first night of the gathering.
White House press secretary Dana Perino announced Bush’s plans this morning, noting that the opening night of the […]

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Session schedule meshes with protest plans
By RANDY FURST, Star Tribune
July 24, 2008
Republican National Convention officials announced Thursday that they will hold an afternoon session on Monday, Sept. 1. Protest leaders said that could alleviate one of the concerns of demonstrators who fear they’d be marching in front of an empty convention center.
Protest organizers had expressed […]

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RNC Delegates: Foul Weather Warning in Sector 5
A MIDWEST SNOWSWARM IS INEVITABLE
On Labor Day, 2008, as the republican horde descends on St. Paul and their sweating souls push the heat to unbearable levels, the renegade reindeer squadron has announced plans to seed the burning clean-coal clouds ™ above Sector 5 with cold and fluffy justice. […]

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The RNC Welcoming Committee is tickled pink that four of downtown St. Paul’s seven sectors have been adopted by organizing bodies throughout the country. Organizers from coast to coast representing a variety of different communities have come to the fore to help show how unwelcome the RNC is in St. Paul, and the growing […]

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CRASH THE RNC
STAND WITH THE BAY AREA AND JOIN THE RESISTANCE IN ST. PAUL
Bay Area, Santa Cruz, and other Northern California radicals have banded together as “Unconventional Action (UA) in the Bay” and collectively chosen to adopt SECTOR 4 in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota — in alliance with thousands of others nationwide who are collaborating […]

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from http://gopconvention.com/news/Read.aspx?ID=521
GOP Convention Names Party Headquarters, Delegation Hotels
Monday, April 07, 2008
Saint Paul’s Hilton Garden Inn to Host Minn. Delegation;
Hyatt Regency Minneapolis to Welcome Republican National Committee
(SAINT PAUL, Minn.) - (SAINT PAUL, Minn.) - With less than five months before the 2008 Republican National Convention gets underway at the Xcel Energy Center, the Committee of Arrangements […]

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Campus Antiwar Network is calling for a student and youth bloc in sector 6 of the RNC Welcoming Committee’s map(https://lists.riseup.net/www/d_read/rnc08/WCSite/sectormap.jpg.) The Republicans are laying all the conditions for the destruction of our future, so the least we can do is fuck up their convention. One of the first things many delegates are going to […]

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