RNC

On Wednesday night the caravan participated in a performance hosted by the SE Minnesota Alliance of Peacemakers at the Oak Center General Store/Earthen Path Organic Farm south of Lake City, MN. On Thursday and Friday they'll be River Falls, WI, before entering St. Paul on Saturday. The ride will culminate at Indian Mounds Park in advance of a New Moon Ritual beginning at 6pm.

Previous Updates at TC-IMC | More details at pnc2rnc.org | More photos | Video of performances

Interview with rider Gabi (en español) | Clint | Thistle | Acadia re: street medics
(interviews conducted by Steve Mikesell for WORT 89.9 FM community radio in Madison WI)

This past weekend, an individual's St. Paul apartment had a warranted search performed.
This individual was told investigators knew that he was an acquaintance of another individual suspected of being involved with the RNC protest. Nothing was taken besides a map of St. Paul, and he was not arrested.
This afternoon, the suspected individual's parents' house was met by 3 officers, and asked the father where the individual was, lived, and worked. There was no warrant, and the father responded that he did not know and asked them to leave.

The RNC is nothing but a media spectacle. No decisions are made there, the delegates aren't creating a platform, they aren't getting the evil work of Empire done in a nuts and bolts way. They are simply setting up a stage and creating a media event so that they can reach a huge number of people simultaneously via satellite, cable, and broadcast TV, and to a lesser extent via the right wing blogs, radio stations, and print press. It's a moment for cementing support and building up Republican identity through televised spectacular politics.