Events

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Despite the conclusion of the RNC 8 case, all previously scheduled fundraiser/FUNraiser events are STILL ON! Funds raised will be redirected to allied activists fighting resisting state repression and to partnered political projects.

Thursday, October 28: We the People Benefit Concert, 7pm, Walker Church, Minneapolis

Saturday, November 14: Irish Ceili Dance, 7pm, TC Friends Meeting House, St. Paul

RNC 8 Event Series

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Help us make this a time of movement building and solidarity!

Join the RNC 8 Defense Committee and an array of community organizations for six events in November and December. Events will begin with dinner, followed by different content each week. The proceeds will be donated to rotating political projects.

Please note that the event series will proceed even though there will not be a trial.

When: Dinner at 6:30pm, Content at 7:00pm

Where: Waite House, 2529 13th Ave. S., Minneapolis

Cost: $5-15 sliding scale, kids $2

Vegan and gluten-free options; childcare provided

November 5: COINTELPRO 101

Screening of the new documentary “COINTELPRO 101” and Q&A w/ former political prisoners Claude Marks and Ricardo Jiménez. (Click for 11/5 flyer)

proceeds benefit soon-to-be political prisoner Scott DeMuth’s defense fund

November 12: No SB1070! No to anti-immigrant laws, from AZ to MN

Co-sponsored by MIRAc; slideshow and reflection on anti-SB1070 actions and organizing across the country with organizer Isaac Martín. (Click for 11/12 flyer)

proceeds benefit MIRAc (Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee)

November 19: Minneapolis Autonomous Radical Space (MARS) – We Are Not Alone

Co-sponsored by MARS; Panel discussion on the history (and future) of Twin Cities radical spaces. (Click for 11/19 flyer)

proceeds benefit MARS (Minneapolis Autonomous Radical Space)

December 3: TC Indymedia 2010 Resistance in Review

Co-sponsored by TC Indymedia; videos, slideshows and reflection on Midwest resistance in 2010. (Click for 12/3 flyer)

proceeds benefit TC Indymedia and resistance to mountain top removal in Appalachia

December 10: The Forest for the Trees/Shannon Murray

Co-sponsored by the TC-IWW; music by Shannon Murray and screening of the film “The Forest For The Trees,” about radical environmental and labor organizer Judi Bari’s fight back against FBI attempts to defame and assassinate her. (Click for 12/10 flyer)

proceeds benefit Green Scare political prisoners

December 17: Metapeninsula

Music by Metapeninsula, midwestern gay country band from Chicago, and information about Avenues for Youth, which provides shelter and support for homeless youth in the Twin Cities. (Click for 12/17 flyer)

proceeds benefit Avenues for Youth

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