St. Paul Photo Essay: Making the Front Page, Getting Arrested, and More from the RNC
September 8th, 2008Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, the US Campaign
to End the Israeli Occupation not only had a strong presence at
the Democratic National Convention in Denver but at the Republican National
Convention (RNC) in St. Paul as well. National Organizer Katherine Fuchs filed this photo essay from
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![]() Iraq Veterans against the War (IVAW) march on Labor Day. |
The
RNC protest activities kicked off with an Iraq Veterans against the War (IVAW) march
from the Minnesota State Capitol to the |
![]() Palestine contingent of the Labor Day anti-war march on the RNC. |
After
IVAW’s march, there was a general anti-war march attended by thousands. The |
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The US Campaign supplied the |
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On Tuesday and Wednesday, the US Campaign had a
presence at the Peace Island Conference. We shared a table with member group Middle East Peace Now. From this table we distributed postcards
challenging military aid to |
Throughout
the RNC, Katherine worked in the Coldsnap Legal Collective’s office, answering
calls from arrested activists, working to bail them out, and taking police
misconduct reports. This legal support
work helps build civil liberties lawsuits against police agencies involved in
brutality and false arrests. Katherine’s
legal support helped our volunteers and others arrested during the protests to
keep their spirits up as they sat in jail on trumped-up felony riot charges
without medical care or access to their lawyers for up to two days after their
arrests.
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The
police presence in the Twin Cities was over-the-top. This armed Coast Guard skiff
was patrolling around the |
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On
Thursday, Katherine gathered signatures on postcards for our military aid
campaign at the |
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