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“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” — Edmund Burke
Welcome to Day 28 of ImpeachmentWatch™, your daily diary that tracks Impeachment, whether the Mainstream Media covers it or not.
Fox: Anarchists planning to ‘crash’ RNC convention
Since last summer, an anarchist group calling itself the RNC Welcoming Committee has been advertising its intention to be present at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, MN this September, even releasing a video showing black-clad figures cheerfully spreading the word.
However, when a leaked plan for moving delegates in and out of the convention center was posted at Indymedia.org last week and online posts suggested the anarchist group was planning to blockade major bridges and intersections, the local Fox News affilliate became concerned that “the protesters goal is to block delegate access leaving the hotels on the six bridges leading to St. Paul, as well as into and out of the Xcel Center.”
By Monday, Fox News was spreading this local coverage nationwide, telling their audience that anarchists “have plans to crash the Republican Convention” and featuring an interview on local community radio with three members of the RNC Welcoming Committee over the banner “anarchists plan to cut off the arena from entering delegates.”
“We’re not trying to influence the Republicans,” stated one anarchist in the radio interview. “They already know that people are against the war. People are against pollution and global warming and racism. The Republicans don’t seem to care.“
“We don’t think the political elite will stop because we ask nicely,” explained another. “And so we advocate a strategy of direct action — in this case, not letting them hold the convention.”
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