RNC Uprising to the Very End
05/09/2004
Even in the dying hours of the Republican National Convention (RNC), demonstrators refused to show complacency, with many gathering outside Madison Square Garden until well after midnight. The last few days in New York City have seen the streets filled with individuals and groups determined for their voices to be heard.
As predicted, George W Bush was named as the Republican candidate for the forthcoming election and as expected, a group of right-winged, neocons converged on New York City singing the praises of their leader and the party’s hardline political policies. [Full Feature]
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Republican National Convention Counteraction
29/08/2004
For ongoing coverage of the RNC go to New York Indymedia | Live Webstream
For the first time in history, from August 30 to September 2 2004, New York City will be the site of the annual Republican National Convention (RNC). The main purpose of the convention is to nominate current president George W Bush as the Republican presidential candidate for the forthcoming election, but the event will be met by mass protest by local and international activists.
The beginning of action in New York City was marked on Thursday with the arrival of the Democracy Uprising group’s ‘DNC 2 NRC’ caravan. The 258 mile march began in Boston at the Democratic Convention and has spent the last month making its way to New York for the commencement of the RNC. The group is marching for those who can not be present and seeking “dignity, justice, housing, autonomy, education, health care, work and food for all.”
The Gotham Gazette reported that 21 people involved in anti-RNC activities were arrested on Friday. Four of the arrested face a maximum of 25 years in prison for assault, after a police officer fell through a skylight at the Plaza Hotel. Despite calls for peaceful action it seems unlikely that the NYPD will allow activists to carry out events without intervention. Many groups will be on hand during the coming days to provide free legal advice to those in need. [Full Story...]
Students of Sustainability Conference: July 11 To 17
Jul 8th 2004
The Students of Sustainability Conference 2004, a cascade of issues, visions and ideas leading to an open space of strategies for social change, will be be held at La Trobe University, Bundoora (Melbourne) from Sunday July 11 until Saturday July 17. The Conference is structured as a series of plenaries, forums, panel discussions, practical workshops, and field trips that explore sustainability issues on individual, local, national and global levels.
The SoS Conference began in 1991 under the name ‘Students, Science and Sustainabilty’, and has attracted up to a thousand people into one conference in the past. The Conference is inclusive, attracting a diverse range of participants, including young people, activists, students, community group members, politicians, Indigenous people, academics, and many others. The conference will offer discussion and insight into premaculture, media activism, Indigenous land management, sustainable transport, as well as environment issues in the region.
Registration and fees apply for those attending any part of the week-long event. A program is available, which includes the times, descriptions, and official speakers for each event.
[Discuss | Students of Sustainability: Website, Registration, Program, Location]
State of Emergency Conference
May 21st 2004
State of Emergency, a convergence of ideas, actions and events, is currently running at 201-207 Albert Street, Brunswick, in a reclaimed warehouse [ Details and Map]. It finishes Monday night, May 24.
The 2PM opening panel includes Tony Birch speaking on Redfern, Jude
McCulloch on Terror Laws and Tahir Cambis; maker of Exile in Sarajevo
and recently returned from Baghdad. Other highlights include the SOE one minute of infamy, a Sunday night party, a host of film screenings,
workshops, discussions, skillshares, seminars and Jellomania.
View the full programme and what you need to bring. A reader has also been released for the conference. [Download Reader PDF File - 1.9MB] There will also be a temporary Indymedia centre at Irene warehouse for the duration of the event for you to upload stories to the website.
[State of Emergency Website | Call Out]
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The first day of the 5th annual Australian anarchist
conference took place in Melbourne at Ceres
environment park over 26-27 February, with a range of
workshops, and debates. Sessions included discussions
on the unexamined 'whiteness' of Australian anarchism,
in the context of the indigenous fight for justice,
queer anarchism, plant propagation and the war in
Iraq. On Saturday night a 
