Events

On the eve of the Republican National Convention, a festival honoring freedom of expression to gather all of those who have something to say. We're having a light hearted outdoor concert/carnival honoring the resistance. So me of the proceeds will be donated to the resistance.

I know that spending an evening with republicans might not sound like much fun, but what if we weren't invited?

Monday Sept 1 - Blockades - the RNC Welcoming Committee has plans to blockade the convention on day 1. www.nornc.org

ANTI-TORTURE BANNERING DURING THE RNC

We have 4 huge banners the size of bed sheets which speak out against torture.

The banners say, "TORTURE DESTROYS US ALL", "TORTURE IS WRONG"; "TORTURE DOESN'T WORK", "WOULD JESUS WATERBOARD?"; "WOULD JESUS TORTURE?", "CLOSE GUANTANAMO"; "CLOSE GITMO". We will be displaying these banners each morning during the RNC. The location of this bannering will be on the Gateway Bike Trail bridge over 35E just north of downtown St. Paul. It will take 8 people to display these banners each day. Please call us or email us if you can commit to bannering with us on one or more of these days:

Saturday, Aug 30, 9 to 11 AM
Sunday, Aug 31, 8 to 10 AM
Monday, Sept 1, 8 to 10 AM
Tuesday, Sept 2, 9 to 11 AM
Wednesday, Sept 3, 9 to 11 AM
Thursday, Sept 4, 9 to 11 AM

The Gateway Bike Trail bridge over 35 E is just north of downtown St. Paul, between the exit for Maryland Ave and the exit for Wheelock Avenue. Arlington Avenue crosses 35 E just south of the bike path, but has no exit. There should be plenty of parking near the bike bridge even though the RNC is going on.

Thanks to Colleen Rowley and Ross for providing 3 of the 4 banners and for helping us with this project in so many ways, big and small.

Call or email Roger Cuthbertson, 952-474-2476, rojo@visi.com, if you can volunteer to banner with us on one of the above dates. If the schedule above doesn't fit your calendar, there might be opportunities for bannering and message kite lying. Give us a call. Thanks much. Roger Cuthbertson, Tackling Torture at the Top (a committee of Women Against Military Madness)

Visit Guantanamo in St Paul!

Impeach for Peace March Against The Bush Administration

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Este 1 de Septiembre los Republicanos tendrán su convención para nombrar a John McCain como su candidato a la presidencia de los Estados Unidos. La convención tendrá lugar en el Centro Xcel Energy en San Pablo, Minnesota. Los republicanos y su liderazgo nos han usado a nosotros los inmigrantes como piezas para jugar en su campaña política y en su guerra. Muchos de nuestros jóvenes están muriendo en una guerra por mantener el control del petróleo en otro país. Por eso, este 1 de Septiembre MIRAc te convoca a marchar junto con miles de personas que vendrán desde distintos estados para decir que NO estamos de acuerdo con las políticas que ellos están usando para criminalizar a la comunidad inmigrante.

Marcharemos en un Bloque pro-inmigrante.

Punto de Reunión en San Pablo, MN.
El Capitolio: Escaleras del lado Oeste (Calle Constitución y University )
Hora: 11: 00 a.m.

No a la Guerra contra los Pueblos Oprimidos.
No a la Guerra en contra de la comunidad inmigrante.
No al Terrorismo de Estado en contra de Latino América.

Comunicaciones MIRAc
www.mnimmigrantrights.net
email
651.389.9174 Deja tu mensaje

This September 1 the Republicans will hold their convention to nominate John McCain as their candidate to the US presidency. The convention will take place at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, MN. The Republicans and their leadership have used immigrants as playthings throughout their political campaigns and for their war. Many of our youth are dying in a war to maintain control of oil in another country. That is why this September 1 MIRAc invites you to march together with thousands of people who will come from around the country to say NO to the policies this administration is using to criminalize the immigrant community.

We will march together in a Pro-immigrant Contingent

Meet-up place in St. Paul, MN
Capitol building: West Steps (Constitution & University)
Time: 11: 00 a.m.

No to War against Oppressed Peoples
No to War against the Immigrant Community.
No to State Terrorism against Latin America.

MIRAc Comunications
www.mnimmigrantrights.net
email
651.389.9174 Leave a message

Join the Poor People's Contingent in the March on the RNC to Stop the War

Contingent will gather on the West side of the Capitol Mall...Look for the yellow balloons!

Full-page PDF flyer for Poor People's Contingent

Half-page PDF flyer for Poor People's Contingent

September 1, 2008 - Opening day of the Republican National Convention - Join us in St. Paul to March on the RNC and Stop the War!

Click on the image above for a PDF of the flyer for the September 1 march. Print it out and make copies - spread the word to your friends, family, co-workers and neighbors. Lets make this the biggest and most important protest in Minnesota's history!

For more info on the September 1 march, see the website for the Coalition to March on the RNC and Stop the War.

Join a Creative CODEPINK Affinity Group at the Conventions!
A CODEPINK affinity group is a small group of creative activists working together to carry out an activity of their own during the convention by using costumes, songs, props and street theatre. Each affinity group has a point of contact to encourage participation, provide inclusion and facilitate issues, logistics, roles and needs. Check out the list and sign up!

The Tumbleweed Cabaret: A Peace Revival with Scott Ritter, Medea Benjamin, Ronnie Cummins, Dragon Jane, Ray McGovern and more. Hosted by Lizzie West & Baba Buffalo. At the Lowry Theater 16 W. Fifth Street St. Paul, MN.

National Truth Commission on poverty and economic human rights violations

The Tumbleweed Cabaret: A Peace Revival at The RNC ...To Benefit Code Pink, OCA Featuring guests, Scott Ritter, CODEPINK, Ronnie Cummins, Ray McGovern and more! Hosted by: Lizzie West and Baba Buffalo. More info at www.lizziewestlife.com and www.ustourofduty.com

Join a Creative CODEPINK Affinity Group at the Conventions!
A CODEPINK affinity group is a small group of creative activists working together to carry out an activity of their own during the convention by using costumes, songs, props and street theatre. Each affinity group has a point of contact to encourage participation, provide inclusion and facilitate issues, logistics, roles and needs. Check out the list and sign up!

Exhibit of army boots, Eyes Wide Open will be laid out on the lawn of the state capitol all day long.

PEACE ISLAND: A parallel conference during the RNC
September 2-3, 2008 @ Concordia University, St. Paul

ANTI-TORTURE BANNERING DURING THE RNC

We have 4 huge banners the size of bed sheets which speak out against torture.

The banners say, "TORTURE DESTROYS US ALL", "TORTURE IS WRONG"; "TORTURE DOESN'T WORK", "WOULD JESUS WATERBOARD?"; "WOULD JESUS TORTURE?", "CLOSE GUANTANAMO"; "CLOSE GITMO". We will be displaying these banners each morning during the RNC. The location of this bannering will be on the Gateway Bike Trail bridge over 35E just north of downtown St. Paul. It will take 8 people to display these banners each day. Please call us or email us if you can commit to bannering with us on one or more of these days:

Saturday, Aug 30, 9 to 11 AM
Sunday, Aug 31, 8 to 10 AM
Monday, Sept 1, 8 to 10 AM
Tuesday, Sept 2, 9 to 11 AM
Wednesday, Sept 3, 9 to 11 AM
Thursday, Sept 4, 9 to 11 AM

The Gateway Bike Trail bridge over 35 E is just north of downtown St. Paul, between the exit for Maryland Ave and the exit for Wheelock Avenue. Arlington Avenue crosses 35 E just south of the bike path, but has no exit. There should be plenty of parking near the bike bridge even though the RNC is going on.

Thanks to Colleen Rowley and Ross for providing 3 of the 4 banners and for helping us with this project in so many ways, big and small.

Call or email Roger Cuthbertson, 952-474-2476, rojo@visi.com, if you can volunteer to banner with us on one of the above dates. If the schedule above doesn't fit your calendar, there might be opportunities for bannering and message kite lying. Give us a call. Thanks much. Roger Cuthbertson, Tackling Torture at the Top (a committee of Women Against Military Madness)

Experience Guantanamo in St Paul!

Substance RNC Music Festival
Featuring Anti-Flag, Wookie Foot, and more.

(Ripple Effect). Beyond the Convention, Beyond Partisanship. A daylong festival propelling a new wave of progressive action outside the RNC.

SEPTEMBER 2nd, 2008, 12:30-7pm
@ Minnesota State Capitol Lawn, St. Paul, MN

Featuring Michael Franti, Anti-Flag, Dead Prez, Wookie Foot w/
Matisyahu, Medea Benjamin (co-founder of CODEPINK and Global Exchange), Will Steger (arctic explorer and global warming activist), I Self Divine, B. Dolan and Prolyphic, Tru Ruts showcase, the Sustainable Living Roadshow, and more.

On September 2nd 2008, almost 10,000 people will gather at the Minnesota State Capitol Mall to engage in trainings, education, community building, music and art in the name of positive social and environmental change.

With the attention of the nation on St. Paul, RIPPLE EFFECT will go beyond the convention and beyond partisanship to further the already burgeoning global movement for sustainability, justice and equality.

Organized by Substance, a young nonprofit founded by three progressives in their early 20's, RIPPLE EFFECT will create partnerships with a diverse team of local and national organizations to provide a catalyst that will unite activists, engage youth and demonstrate positive action.

Their work is not finished, however, as they have yet to meet their fundraising goal. To keep the event free and open to all, they are raising money organically through individual donations and sponsorships from like-minded companies.

To make a contribution and for more information visit

www.rippleeffect08.com

Money For Health Care and Housing! Not For War!

Daily Show co-creator and Minneapolis native Lizz Winstead’s is bringing her new smash off-Broadway comedy WAKE UP WORLD to the Twin Cities for THREE NIGHTS ONLY during that Festival of Failure better known as the Republican National Convention.

Support Our Oil Companies!

Tuesday, 8:30PM 510 1st Ave N, Minneapolis, MN 55403 (612) 332-3742
http://www.epicmpls.com

Join our fellow Republican delegates for a "Support Our Oil Companies Rally" at a party hosted by Mississippi Governor Haley "Offshore Drilling" Barbourour and the American Petroleum Institute (API) – the leading trade
group representing the interests of Big Oil whose board members are composed of the CEOs of every major oil company.
Show your support for more oil wars, surging gas prices and obscene profits for Big Oil, drilling everywhere regardless of the consequences and say no to clean and renewable energy funding. We will be wearing our yellow "Support Our Oil Companies" ribbons, waving "Freedom Flags" (flags with the logos of the major oil companies) and showering our fellow delegates with millions of "Oily Dollars" that Big
Oil gives back to Republican candidates (74% of their contributions) and the $1.1 million Senator John McCain received from oil executives and employees immediately after reversing his previous opposition to offshore drilling (even though according to the Bush Administration's own Energy
Information Administration, the effect of allowing drilling in these areas on oil prices would be "insignificant." And the environmental and economic costs would be huge).

CodePink, Global Exchange, Oil Change and the Ronald Reagan Home for the Criminally Insane had no part in organizing this Republican Rally

For more info contace peace@globalexchange.org

Join a Creative CODEPINK Affinity Group at the Conventions!
A CODEPINK affinity group is a small group of creative activists working together to carry out an activity of their own during the convention by using costumes, songs, props and street theatre. Each affinity group has a point of contact to encourage participation, provide inclusion and facilitate issues, logistics, roles and needs. Check out the list and sign up!

PEACE ISLAND: A parallel conference during the RNC
September 2-3, 2008 @ Concordia University, St. Paul

Daily Show co-creator and Minneapolis native Lizz Winstead’s is bringing her new smash off-Broadway comedy WAKE UP WORLD to the Twin Cities for THREE NIGHTS ONLY during that Festival of Failure better known as the Republican National Convention.

Join the CEOs of Big Oil in Thanking the Texas Republican Delegates at their Hotel

When: 8:00 AM, Wednesday, September 3rd (Yes, 8:00AM)

Where: Crowne Plaza Hotel 11 East Kellogg Blvd. ST. Paul, MN
The CEOs of ExxonMobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, BP, Shell and Hess will be hosting a party at the hotel where the Texas Republican Delegates are staying to thank the Republican Party, the Bush Administration and Senator John McCain for the war in Iraq, skyrocketing gas prices at the pump, record breaking corporate profits for Big Oil and their excellent performance in blocking every effort to reduce carbon emissions and our nation's reliance on fossil fuels.
Wear your finest Republican Party clothes and we will provide Republican Party hats, "Oily Dollars", loot bags, "Freedom Flags" (flags with oil company logos) and yellow "Support Our Oil Companies" ribbons.

Be prepared to dance and roll around in the millions of "Oily Dollars" that the industry gives back to Republican candidates (74% of Big Oil contributions go to Republicans) and the $1.1 million Senator John McCain received from oil executives and employees immediately after reversing his opposition to offshore drilling and adopting Big Oil's political agenda across the board.

CodePink, Global Exchange, Oil Change and the Ronald Reagan Home for the Criminally Insane had no part in organizing this Republican Rally

For more info contact: Peace@globalexchange.org

ANTI-TORTURE BANNERING DURING THE RNC

We have 4 huge banners the size of bed sheets which speak out against torture.

The banners say, "TORTURE DESTROYS US ALL", "TORTURE IS WRONG"; "TORTURE DOESN'T WORK", "WOULD JESUS WATERBOARD?"; "WOULD JESUS TORTURE?", "CLOSE GUANTANAMO"; "CLOSE GITMO". We will be displaying these banners each morning during the RNC. The location of this bannering will be on the Gateway Bike Trail bridge over 35E just north of downtown St. Paul. It will take 8 people to display these banners each day. Please call us or email us if you can commit to bannering with us on one or more of these days:

Saturday, Aug 30, 9 to 11 AM
Sunday, Aug 31, 8 to 10 AM
Monday, Sept 1, 8 to 10 AM
Tuesday, Sept 2, 9 to 11 AM
Wednesday, Sept 3, 9 to 11 AM
Thursday, Sept 4, 9 to 11 AM

The Gateway Bike Trail bridge over 35 E is just north of downtown St. Paul, between the exit for Maryland Ave and the exit for Wheelock Avenue. Arlington Avenue crosses 35 E just south of the bike path, but has no exit. There should be plenty of parking near the bike bridge even though the RNC is going on.

Thanks to Colleen Rowley and Ross for providing 3 of the 4 banners and for helping us with this project in so many ways, big and small.

Call or email Roger Cuthbertson, 952-474-2476, rojo@visi.com, if you can volunteer to banner with us on one of the above dates. If the schedule above doesn't fit your calendar, there might be opportunities for bannering and message kite lying. Give us a call. Thanks much. Roger Cuthbertson, Tackling Torture at the Top (a committee of Women Against Military Madness)

Experience Guantanamo -- in St Paul!

Amnesty International invites you to be part of an effort aimed to raise awareness and finally close down the US detention facility in Guantánamo. Amnesty International is bringing a life-size replica of a maximum security cell at Guantánamo to cities across the USA as a way to bring the harsh realities of illegal detention to concerned citizens.

Don’t miss this once in a lifetime opportunity to show your commitment to human rights. You can demonstrate your support by visiting the Cell, bringing your family and friends, or volunteering. We can only do it together. Spread the word.

At the site, you will be able to enter the cell, go through the conditions of isolation, and record a video message to President Bush, letting him know where you stand on Guantánamo and torture. And before leaving, you can tear down a pixel of Guantánamo and join our call for detainees to be charged and given fair trials or released.

The Cell will be open to the public on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, September 1-3, from 10:30 AM to 7:30 pm at Walnut Street and 7th Street West in downtown St. Paul.

For more information or to volunteer, please call Robert at 312-435-6396. Info is also on-line at www.amnestyusa.org/celltour.

Join a Creative CODEPINK Affinity Group at the Conventions!
A CODEPINK affinity group is a small group of creative activists working together to carry out an activity of their own during the convention by using costumes, songs, props and street theatre. Each affinity group has a point of contact to encourage participation, provide inclusion and facilitate issues, logistics, roles and needs. Check out the list and sign up!

Daily Show co-creator and Minneapolis native Lizz Winstead’s is bringing her new smash off-Broadway comedy WAKE UP WORLD to the Twin Cities for THREE NIGHTS ONLY during that Festival of Failure better known as the Republican National Convention.

ANTI-TORTURE BANNERING DURING THE RNC

We have 4 huge banners the size of bed sheets which speak out against torture.

The banners say, "TORTURE DESTROYS US ALL", "TORTURE IS WRONG"; "TORTURE DOESN'T WORK", "WOULD JESUS WATERBOARD?"; "WOULD JESUS TORTURE?", "CLOSE GUANTANAMO"; "CLOSE GITMO". We will be displaying these banners each morning during the RNC. The location of this bannering will be on the Gateway Bike Trail bridge over 35E just north of downtown St. Paul. It will take 8 people to display these banners each day. Please call us or email us if you can commit to bannering with us on one or more of these days:

Saturday, Aug 30, 9 to 11 AM
Sunday, Aug 31, 8 to 10 AM
Monday, Sept 1, 8 to 10 AM
Tuesday, Sept 2, 9 to 11 AM
Wednesday, Sept 3, 9 to 11 AM
Thursday, Sept 4, 9 to 11 AM

The Gateway Bike Trail bridge over 35 E is just north of downtown St. Paul, between the exit for Maryland Ave and the exit for Wheelock Avenue. Arlington Avenue crosses 35 E just south of the bike path, but has no exit. There should be plenty of parking near the bike bridge even though the RNC is going on.

Thanks to Colleen Rowley and Ross for providing 3 of the 4 banners and for helping us with this project in so many ways, big and small.

Call or email Roger Cuthbertson, 952-474-2476, rojo@visi.com, if you can volunteer to banner with us on one of the above dates. If the schedule above doesn't fit your calendar, there might be opportunities for bannering and message kite lying. Give us a call. Thanks much. Roger Cuthbertson, Tackling Torture at the Top (a committee of Women Against Military Madness)

Walkout and March to Arrest the War Criminals!

A non-partisan family-oriented event. Following four days of marches, art and dramatic presentations and other “UnConventional” expressions throughout the Twin Cities when national attention is on the Republican National Convention, We the People CELEBRATE PEACE. We also eat! Free Picnic! We celebrate ordinary peace in extraordinary times. Musicians, artists and WE THE PEOPLE bring us back to sanity and good neighborliness at home and in the world.
http://theunconvention.com/projects/peace-island-picnic

On September 4, the Republican Party will officially nominate John McCain for president. McCain supports endless occupation in Iraq and has threatened war against Iran. His views on free trade, taxes, health care, immigration, and rights for GLBT people indicate that he plans to continue the war at home as well. Stand with people from around the country to say NO! to war and injustice.

We will rally at the State Capitol at 4 pm and march to the Xcel Center where people will utilize a diversity of tactics to confront the RNC creatively and directly. Organized by the Anti-War Committee, endorsed nationally by the Troops Out Now Coalition, the International Action Center, and locally by the Welfare Rights Committee, Communities United Against Police Brutality, Students for a Democratic Society, Freedom Road Socialist Organization, and others.