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Settlement won in lawsuit against police violence at Republican National Convention
Staff | Saint Paul, MN | 6/07/11
The case of Mick Kelly, whose lawyers filed the first lawsuit resulting from police violence at the 2008 Republican National Convention on his behalf, was...
2008 Republican National Convention (RNC), Anti-War Committee, infiltration, Karen Sullivan, lawsuit, Mick Kelly, Protest RNC 2008, Republican National Convention, RNC 2008, State Repression
Activists win $50,000 from FBI, Saint Paul for police raid before 2008 Republican Convention
Staff | St. Paul, MN | 5/26/11
Three activists and their attorneys won a $50,000 settlement today in a lawsuit that challenged an August 30, 2008 police raid on a Saint Paul home in...
2008 Republican National Convention (RNC), Committee to Stop FBI Repression, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Saint Paul Police Department
Lawsuit against police violence at Republican National Convention to go forward
Staff | Minneapolis, MN | 3/04/11
At a March 4 press conference outside the Federal Building, lawyers who filed the first lawsuit resulting from police violence at the 2008 Republican...
FBI, Karen Sullivan, Protest RNC 2008, Republican National Convention, September 24 FBI Raids
Activist Scott DeMuth taken into custody for 6-month jail term
Staff | Davenport, IA | 2/17/11
On Feb. 14, Twin Cities-based activist Scott DeMuth was taken into custody by the authorities in Davenport, Iowa.
Animal Liberation Front, Carrie Feldman, Republican National Convention, Scott DeMuth
Defending the Right to Dissent
Meredith Aby | St. Paul, MN | 9/10/09
Even though the 2008 Republican National Convention (RNC) has been over for a year, eight Twin Cities activists are still caught up in its aftermath.
Coalition to March on the RNC and Stop the War, Patriot Act, RNC 8, RNC Welcoming Committee
Saint Paul officials settle lawsuit for violated rights of anti-war organizer
Staff | St. Paul, MN | 2/06/09
At a press conference here, Feb. 6, Meredith Aby of the Anti-War Committee announced that the City of Saint Paul is spending $5000 to resolve a lawsuit...
Antiwar Committee, Protest RNC 2008, State Repression
Judge Dismisses RNC Charges in First Case to Proceed to Trial
Staff | St. Paul, MN | 1/23/09
A Ramsey County judge threw out all charges Jan. 23 in the first Repbulican National Convention (RNC) protest-related case to proceed to trial.
National Lawyers Guild, Wall Street Seven
Minneapolis Anti-war Protesters Win Trial
Staff | Minneapolis, MN | 1/19/09
On January 14, a jury found a group of seven anti-war protesters not guilty of trespassing at a Minneapolis National Guard recruiting office last March.
Antiwar Committee, Protest RNC 2008, SDS
Anti-war protests at the RNC send message to the world
Freedom Road Socialist Organization | St. Paul, MN | 1/19/09
The tens of thousands of RNC protesters who hit the streets of Saint Paul Sept. 1 - 4 did something that was truly great.
Elections, John McCain, Protest RNC 2008
A Band that Wants to Rock the Empire
Staff | Twin Cities, MN | 1/03/09
Junkyard Empire is a band from the Twin Cities that started out in 2006. They are a band with revolutionary music and revolutionary politics. Their lyrics...
Junkyard Empire, Protest RNC 2008