Monday, September 1, will be a day of civil disobedience and direct action to shut down the opening of the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Minneapolis-Saint Paul. Pittsburgh Organizing Group (POG) will join these actions in opposition to a two-party system incapable of meeting basic human needs that is bankrupting and decimating our communities through a culture of war and fear.

We are looking for legal and/or solidarity support for a friend of NISGUA who
has been detained in the Columbus, Ohio area. Bridget in the Guatemala City
office is in daily contact with family members in Guatemala, with whom we work
closely.

He is currently being held at the Wilmington County Jail. We would love to

Witnesses say protesters wearing bandannas over their faces broke a window and wrote graffiti at the I-69 office in Bloomington just after noon Wednesday.

Bloomington police were called to the office at One City Centre at 12:12 p.m. According to the police report, witnesses said about a dozen men and women arrived at the building carrying a “Stop I-69” sign, marched into the building and used chalk to mark up the sidewalk, steps and the inner and outer walls. A chunk of concrete was thrown, reportedly by a protester, breaking out a glass pane in the entry door. The protesters then scattered and were gone by the time police arrived.

Action Alert

By Paul Weinberg, NOW Magazine