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DESCRIPTION:This summer, the Conspiracy Tour is going on a whirlwind, month-long 
 excursion across the continental United States to raise awareness of and 
 solidarity for political activists from Minneapolis, MN, who are facing 
 severe state repression. Come join us in raising political support and 
 much-needed legal defense funds for the RNC 8 and Scott DeMuth.\n\nIt’s 
 been alleged that the tour will include a musical puppet show, a 
 scintillating ...presentation on the charges the activists are facing, and 
 various (some would say nefarious) ways you can join the conspiracy to 
 support targets of state repression. In addition to the usual perks of 
 joining a conspiracy, co-conspirators will be learning ways to strengthen 
 and protect their communities from future incidences of state repression. 
 You know, just in case.\n\nCome find solidarity, strategizing, resistance, 
 and community that the state could only dream of! This will be a road show 
 to remember even before you read about it in your FBI file.\n\nTo find out 
 more about the tour, see: http://conspiracytour.wordpress.com/.\n\n\nAbout 
 the RNC 8\n\nThe RNC 8--Max Specktor (who will be speaking on the West 
 Coast stops of the tour), Erik Oseland, Eryn Trimmer, Garret Fitzgerald, 
 Luce Guillén-Givins, Monica Bicking, Nathanael Secor, and Rob 
 Czernik--were preemptively arrested in a series of raids by heavily armed 
 SWAT teams and other targeted arrests on the weekend before the Republican 
 National Convention in 2008. The criminal complaints are based on the 
 allegations of confidential reliable informants and an undercover Ramsey 
 County Sheriff’s deputy, who infiltrated the RNC Welcoming Committee and 
 conducted surveillance on the activists for about a year. Ramsey County 
 attorney Susan Gaertner initially slapped them with "terrorism" 
 enhancements in the first-known use of Minnesota's version of the PATRIOT 
 Act. After a successful pressure campaign against Gaertner's gubernatorial 
 bid, she dismissed the terrorism enhancement charges. The RNC 8 still face 
 felony charges of conspiracy to commit riot in the second degree and 
 conspiracy to commit criminal damage to property in the first degree. Their 
 joint trial will begin on October 25, 2010, and could last up to two 
 months. For more info, see: http://rnc8.org/.\n\nAbout Scott DeMuth\n\nIn 
 November 2009, Scott DeMuth and Carrie Feldman were subpoenaed to a federal 
 grand jury in Iowa investigating a 2004 Animal Liberation Front raid at the 
 University of Iowa. Though they had no information about the incident, they 
 both refused to cooperate with the grand jury on principle and were jailed 
 for civil contempt. Carrie was held for four months before being released, 
 and will be speaking about her experience on this tour. Two days after 
 being jailed, Scott was indicted for conspiracy under the Animal Enterprise 
 Terrorism Act. He has been released with conditions pending trial and has 
 been reindicted twice in response to his attorneys' motions to dismiss. In 
 March 2010, the Utah house of well-known animal rights activist and former 
 political prisoner Peter Young was raided on a federal search warrant from 
 Iowa. The raid happened only days before Carrie's release, and lists Scott 
 and others by name. For more info, see: 
 http://davenportgrandjury.wordpress.com/.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/07/23/18654583.php
SUMMARY:Conspiracy Tour 2010 in San Francisco
LOCATION:Station 40, 3030B 16th Street (at Mission), San Francisco, CA
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/07/23/18654583.php
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