Upstate Uprise Unconventional Action Faction
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Upstate NY! Crash the 2008 Democractic & Republican National Conventions!
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Son Giriş: 04.12.2008
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UUUAF is part of the Unconventional Action Network
UpstateUnconventionalAction(at)gmail.com
PLEASE DONATE FOR LEGAL SUPPORT VIA PAYPAL!
HUNDREDS STILL IN JAIL ON BOGUS CHARGES W/ BAIL RANGING FROM HUNDREDS TO THOUSANDS
PLEASE DONATE VIA PAYPAL HERE! REPOST!
EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS!
http://coldsnaplegal. wordpress. com/
RNC arrestees in Ramsey Co. Jail need your help!
Please call the following offices:
* St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman (651.266.8510)
* Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher (651.266.9333)
* County Chief Judge Gearin (651.266.8266)
And demand the following:
* Immediate medical attention as needed for ALL arrestees;
* That the prisoners who haven’t given their names (Jane, John, and Jesse Does) have access to group meetings with a lawyer;
* Dismissal of all charges; and
* Release of all minors.
(See also:
FreePress. net: FRIDAY: Delivery of 50,000 Letters Demanding St. Paul Drop Charges Against Journalists
http://twincities. indymedia. org/2008/sep/freepressnet-friday-delivery-50000-letters-demanding-st-paul-drop-charges-against-journalis
RNC finale: Unprecedented police riot against peaceful protesters & journalists
http://twincities. indymedia. org/2008/sep/rnc-finale-unprecedented-police-riot-against-peaceful-protesters-journalists
Over 300 protesters, bystanders, media, and medics arrested at RNC
Two minors sentenced to 30 days in adult jail
St. Paul, MN – Two days into the Republican National Convention (RNC), more than 300 people have been arrested, including at least 120 people for felonies — mostly the notoriously vague charge, “conspiracy to riot.” With no provocation, police have indiscriminately used rubber bullets, concussion grenades, and chemical irritants to disperse crowds and incapacitate protesters. Police appear to be specifically targeting videographers documenting these police abuses. In response, lawyers have filed a federal restraining order against such conduct.
By the end of the day today, only 12 people had been arraigned. Many arrestees are refusing to provide identification, in order to call attention to what they consider trumped-up charges and to collectively bargain. “These tactics are designed to protect the most vulnerable people in jail, and take a page from the history of labor solidarity,” said Rick Kelley of Coldsnap Legal Collective, an activist-based legal collective supporting the arrestees. “Based on the vagueness of their charges and the program of police intimidation currently underway, these individuals understand how they will fare if they don’t stick together.” The court has been imposing the maximum bail of $2,000 for misdemeanor defendants.
In an unusual court decision, Ramsey County Judge Paulette K. Flynn today convicted two minors of criminal contempt for refusing to provide their identity. The two minors were then sentenced to 30 days in an adult jail facility. “This decision undermines one of the most fundamental human rights concepts in the justice system, to protect the rights and safety of children,” said Jordan Kushner, Mass Defense Committee Chair of the National Lawyers Guild’s Minnesota chapter, and an attorney for one of the minors. “This shows the willingness of the courts to go to any length, including sacrificing the most important due process rights, to answer to the political pressure to persecute activists.”
Many arrestees are also being denied medical attention. One arrestee with hemophilia and another with asthma are being denied their prescription medication. An arrestee with a broken finger is being refused medical care, as is a person who has been coughing up blood. An anemic woman reported to Coldsnap today that she passed out for 20 to 30 minutes due to iron deficiency and was told that she could not receive iron because it was a prescription medication, and because she refused to identify herself. Iron is in fact an over-the-counter supplement. The same anemic woman reported seeing a Sheriff knock another woman to the ground and drag her out of the room by her hair. “Just because people have been jailed does not mean their health should be put in jeopardy,” said Kelley. “This is a matter of compassion and basic human rights.” An unknown number of arrestees are also engaging in a hunger strike to put pressure on the jail to provide needed medical attention for other prisoners.
Under Minnesota law, detainees must be released after 36 hours if the court fails to review and affirm probable cause for their charges. This 36-hour period will expire at noon on Wednesday.
Coldsnap Legal Collective is an autonomous legal collective based in the Twin Cities whose purpose is to work in solidarity with other groups or individuals in order to EDUCATE, EMPOWER, and SUPPORT the radical community by sharing knowledge, raising awareness, and developing a network of legal support and solidarity. We've got your back!
Syracuse, NY, Syracuse Solidarity Network
Unconventional Action - Rochester Meeting
When: Sunday, April 6th, 5PM
Where: Antiwar Storefront Crisis Center 658 Monroe
Ave.
Join our mailing list:
lists. rocus. org/listinfo/unconventional-action-rochester
Current agenda items are:
*Affinity Groups
*Rochester IMC coverage of events/indymedia role and
other media aspects
Have agenda items? Email Ted at Knight0440 (at) yahoo.com
Upstate NY-wide Unconventional Action meeting
in Syracuse, NY
Sunday, April 13th
3pm-6pm
Womens Info Center, 601 Allen St, Syracuse NY, 13210
We saw just a sliver of the pent-up rage only barely hidden across Upstate NY against the war, against our rulers and their brutal economy, on the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war. Anarchists and anti-authoritarians joined disruptive demonstrations in Binghamton, Rochester, and Syracuse - blocking roads, pounding drums, making the connections between war and everyday oppression on these stolen lands. Many protests felt a new sense of urgency and determination filling the streets, having popular support despite facing police surveillance, harassment and sometimes arrests. In Binghamton, NY, many students were attacked, pepper-sprayed and arrested by cops. This summer we will confront the war-makers and their blood-drenched system in its totality with creative actions at the Democratic and Republican National conventions based on the strategies outlined by the Unconventional Action network.
Join us in Syracuse, NY for an Upstate New York-wide Unconventional Action meeting hosted by the Syracuse Solidarity Network, an affiliate of the North East Anarchist Network. Following meetings in Binghamton and Rochester, we'll continue to network and link up our struggles across the region and mobilize for the DNC/RNC. We will hear updates from the Bash Back! Trans/Queer anti-RNC convergence in Chicago, April 5-6th, and prepare messages of solidarity and input for the pReNC in the Twin Cities, May 5th. Please bring information about movements in your area to share.
While we prepare to bring the fight to the spectacle of the conventions, we are also using this opportunity to network and mobilize Upstate New York for the emergency demonstration in Philadelphia April 19th to free Mumia Abu-Jamal. From the prison-dotted landscape of Upstate, we stand firmly in solidarity with all those across the world committed to free Mumia, free all political prisoners & prisoners of war, and abolish this racist, capitalist system destroying life & planet once and for all.
For more info see http://FreeMumia.com
participants in the Syracuse Solidarity Network
SyracuseSolNet (at) gmail.com
http://myspace.com/SyracuseSolidarityNetwork
an affiliate of the North East Anarchist Network
http://NEanarchist.net
in cooperation with the Upstate Uprise Unconventional Action Faction
UpstateUnconventionalAction (at) gmail.com
What Is Unconventional Action?
From Unconventional Action.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
Read more about What is Unconventional Action?
Unconventional News: Un.News! Up To The Minute Info & Discussion
Resources, How-To-Guides + Some Theory
Downloads, Maps, Posters & Zines
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