republican national convention

"This Week in Blackness", a show put on by The Brooklyn Comedy Company, featuring comedian Elon James
White responds to the now infamous Obama Waffles in this weeks episode. This episode is absolutely hilarious, in my opinion. They could use a condenser microphone though.  read more »

Douglas Rushkoff is a cultural media theorist. I've had the pleasure of an online exchange of words with him before and I can say he's an incredibly descent one at that.

He recently posted his thoughts on the RNC - which I find incredibly insightful.  read more »

From seizures of cameras and buses, to police raids of organizing groups, the appearance of the National Guard, to weird explosions, to two Democracy Now! producers being arrested, and now Amy Goodman arrested as well, chaos is breaking out in Minneapolis. Civil rights violations abound.

For coverage of the events check out theuptake.org (youtube version), democracynow.org, therealnews.com, and veracifier.com.

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CNN.com reports that police have raided a rental hall "used by a group organizing protests at the Republication National Converntion in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Friday. The RNC Welcoming Committee, which describes itself as "anarchist/anti-authoritarian," accused St. Paul police of trying to disrupt their protest planned for Monday, the day the GOP convention is set to begin."

"While no one was arrested, the group said police temporarily detained and photographed at least 50 people who were inside the building."

"St. Paul Police spokesman Tom Walsh said they were executing a search warrant."

Twin Cities Daily Planet gives this report of the experience of one of the organization's members:

“I heard somebody saying, ‘They’re coming, they’re coming!’ And feet pounding on the back stairs, pounding on the door saying they had a search warrant. They busted through the door. They’ve got their guns cocked at people.” Sammy Schutz held tightly to five-year-old Gabe, who had been watching a video with his mother and father and about 20 other people when the police stormed into 827 Smith Avenue in St. Paul, ordering everyone down on the floor.

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CNN.com is reporting that police have raided a rental hall "used by a group organizing protests at hte Republication National Converntion in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Friday."  read more »