Archive for January, 2008
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Unconventional Denver is calling for protests and other actions on "Super Tuesday", the day when 24 states will hold their presidential primaries. These sort of build-up actions have the potential to really set the tone for the protests at the two conventions this summer. I guess we'll have to what ...
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Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
Have you heard about this yet? The guy who played Borat & Ali G is going to be portraying Abbie Hoffman in a movie about the 1968 protests at the Democratic National Convention!
In a movie called "The Trial of the Chicago Seven 7", Sacha Baron Cohen will portray Abbie Hoffman, ...
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Monday, January 28th, 2008
Last week Recreate '68, Unconventional Denver, and other local groups held a regional consulta in Denver to plan some of the logistics of the protests against the Democratic National Convention in August. The 70 or so activists played ice-breaker games, organized subcommittees, and held some action planning meetings.
As a part ...
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Thursday, January 24th, 2008
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The RNC welcoming committee released this video trailer about the RNC protests in Saint Paul. Check it out:
Here are some highlights starting from the beginning of the vid:
Zapatista coffee and homemade zines make for a good morning. Our protagonist rolls out of bed and hits the alarm, which is ...
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
On March 1, 2008 there's a regional meeting in Minnesota about the upcoming protests in St Paul. Here's an email from the unconventional action email list:
On March 1st anti-authoritarians will gather @ the Belfry community center in Minneapolis, MN for the first Unconventional Action in Minnesota.
If you're planning on ...
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
The Associated Press is reporting that the St Paul-based Coalition to March on the RNC and Stop the War will receive a permit for a large demonstration on September 1, 2008. The group has already been holding regular demonstrations and marches along their planned route with the hopes that a ...
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Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
The RNC Welcoming Committee has announced that they'll be going on tour of the country to rouse the rabble and get people psyched for the demonstrations in St. Paul and Denver.
Here's a snapshot of their current tour dates:
1/23/2008 West Lafayette, IN
1/24/2008 Bloomington, IN
1/25/2008 Columbus, OH
1/26-27/2008 Frederick, MD
1/28-29/2008 ...
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Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
UnconventionalAction is holding a Northeast Regional Convergence this weekend in Binghamton, NY.
This is an excerpt from their website:
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 ...
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Wednesday, January 16th, 2008
On August 24-28, 2008 the Democrats will hold their convention in Denver, CO and shortly afterwards the Republican Convention will take place in St. Paul, MN from September 1 to the 4th. An extensive organizing effort is already underway for mass protests at this year's Republican and Democratic National Conventions. ...
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