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Home Front: Politix
AFL-CIO reps coordinated anarchists for RNC
2008-09-09
University of Minnesota staff were key coordinators of the recent violent protests at the Republican National Convention (RNC). The university employees are also members of the local clerical union of the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees. The AFSCME is part of the AFL-CIO union.

Protests turned violent at the 2008 RNC located in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Police have arrested hundreds of demonstrators for violent attacks on police officers and bystanders and other more nuisance crimes. The Saint Paul Police have identified an anarchist group called the RNC Welcoming Committee as being at the center of the violence. It's goal was to stop the convention.

The website ProtestRNC2008.org carries a press release which sheds light on the activities of the RNC Welcoming Committee. The online notification posted June 8th, 2007 by a woman named Jessica Sundin calls for a meeting at the University of Minnesota Student Union Center co-hosted by the RNC Welcoming Committee. Sundin is a clerk at the University of Minnesota. Another press release was posted by Sundin in the name of the RNC Welcoming Committee after the convention began.
Posted by:Fred

#10  They organized the anarchists? I thought the whole point of anarchy was to reject organization.

Hey, someone's gotta be the vanguard of the proletariat, if they were smart enough to do it for themselves, they wouldn't be proletariat, would they? Nor would they accept us as the vanguard. Ergo...
Posted by: Abdominal Snowman   2008-09-09 18:21  

#9  That was kind of a long reach to tag it to the AFL-CIO.

Perhaps. But it isn't for the AFSCME.
Posted by: Pappy   2008-09-09 14:09  

#8  The UAW was the incubator for the SDS, so the pattern continues.
Posted by: Formerly Dan   2008-09-09 11:01  

#7  They organized the anarchists? I thought the whole point of anarchy was to reject organization.
Posted by: Mike   2008-09-09 08:56  

#6  Prosecute them in front of a jury, and if found guilty, have them shot for fomenting dissent and rebellion.
Posted by: DarthVader   2008-09-09 08:35  

#5  The whole idea is to give teh impression that everybody hates Republicans. Just look at the diversity (sic) of groups that protested against teh evil McCain/Palin ticket. Funny part is the more coveraget eh loons get the crazier they get. I would like to see a class-action by property owners who werehit during the peacful demonstrations and have the Twin Cities sue all the groups for the cost of policing them.
Posted by: Cyber Sarge   2008-09-09 08:19  

#4  If they wanted real thugs for the protest they'd have used Teamsters. Just ask Romney (when he went against Sen. Kennedy in '94).
Posted by: Raj   2008-09-09 08:19  

#3   Some experts consider anarchist groups to be based on communist ideals and fronts for communist activities.

Who would have suspected this??? Maybe it was the bandana over the face and molotov coctail.
Posted by: Besoeker   2008-09-09 08:15  

#2  That was kind of a long reach to tag it to the AFL-CIO. They'd like to see Obama win, democrat is their default mode, but I'm not sure I buy the terrorism link. It's curious to me how they justify backing Obama this time, he isn't saying much that would further their cause, in fact he'll probably get a good deal of them laid off with his economic policy.
Posted by: bigjim-ky   2008-09-09 07:00  

#1  So AFL-CIO and the university of Minesotta didn't know. Noiw they do. If they don't act people will know about them.
Posted by: JFM   2008-09-09 04:58  

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