Archive for the ‘RNC Welcoming Committee’ Category

7 Reasons to Blockade the 2008 RNC

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

The RNC Welcoming Committee just published an explanation of why they are organizing around a blockading strategy. Their goal is to shut down the RNC by clogging the streets, blocking the bridges, locking down intersections, biking around downtown en mass, etc, etc. Why? Well, they have 7 reasons. From the RNC ...

pReNC 5.3 Announced

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

The RNC Welcoming Committee announced the second pre-RNC national gathering for May 3 in the Twin Cities. They're calling on groups who are planning to come to the RNC protests from outside the Twin Cities to send a representative (or a handful of representatives) to Minnesota for the weekend. Sounds ...

RNC Welcoming Committee Clarifies what happened at the Canadian Border

Sunday, February 10th, 2008

A week ago I posted a story about the RNC Welcoming Committee not being allowed to cross the Canadian border. Well, the RNC Welcoming Committee just posted a statement clarifying what happened at the border.  In my haste to post something it turns out I made a couple mistakes. Some important ...

anti-RNC Activists Barred from Canada

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

ROAD Kingston, the group in Kingston, ON who was planning to host the RNC Welcoming Committee on their tour of the Northeast has announced that the RNC Welcoming Committee workshop planned for this evening in Kingston, Ontario was canceled. Apparently the border police, FBI, and ATF barred the American RNC ...