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Cleveland Prepares for Protests at Republican National Convention
The New York Times ^ | 07/17/2016 | Yamiche Alcindor

Posted on 07/17/2016 4:28:49 PM PDT by Fedora

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This article and a related piece identify some of the groups organizing the protests. The National Lawyers Guild, long-time legal arm of the Communist Party, is giving the protestors legal training, the first article mentions; the NLG and NYT also provided information about the number of police security who will be involved and the equipment they will be using. The article links to a Facebook page for Shut Down Trump & the RNC which includes this verbiage:

March Against Racism, Islamophobia, Attacks on Immigrants and on LGBTQ people and Endless War! Build Peoples Resistance! . .RALLY 4pm Sunday, July 17 (Site of last session of People’s Convention for Peace & Justice) MARCH to City Hall and the RNC Convention Center

Initiated by Solidarity Center NYC, Wisconsin Bail Out The People Movement, Peoples Power Assemblies NYC, Peoples Power Assembly Balt, Moratorium NOW! Coalition, International Action Center, Monica Moorehead & Lamont Lilly 2016, Workers World Party Other endorsements listed below. ENDORSE at: http://iacboston.org/EndorseShutDownTrumpandRNC.html Send us a message at: NoTrumpRNC@gmail.com

Trump’s candidacy is drawing the most reactionary elements of the capitalist class to Cleveland for the RNC July 18 to 21. Their agenda is war, racism, raids and austerity. . .

Cleveland is notorious for racist police murders. Tamir Rice, Tanisha Anderson, Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams are only the latest Black people murdered by the Cleveland Police Dept. Cleveland police will gain a vast new arsenal to be goons for Trump and the RNC and will continue to use these mega-weapons in their war on the Black community. This too we will protest.

NEW ENDORSEMENTS INCLUDE: Greater Cleveland Immigrant Support Network, United National Antiwar Coalition, Muslims for Social Justice, Workers World Party, Code Pink, Detroit Active and Retired Employees Association (DAREA), Boston School Bus Drivers Union - United Steelworkers Local 8751, Detroit Eviction Defense, Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, Milwaukee Anti-War Committee, Appalachian Workers Alliance, The MOVE Organization, United Workers Organization of Wisconsin, People’s Opposition to War, Imperialism and Racism (POWIR), Students for a Democratic Society at College of DuPage, Parents to Improve School Transportation (PIST NYC), Community/Labor United for Postal Jobs & Services, Labor Against Racist Terror, Guyanese American Workers United, Puerto Rican Alliance, Haiti Liberté, South Asian Fund for Education, Scholarship and Training (SAFEST), Ramona Africa - MOVE, Minnie Bruce Pratt - UAW Local 1981/ National Writers Union* for id only, Donnie M. Pastard - Cleveland Activist, Don Bryant - Co-convener Greater Cleveland Civil and Human Rights Network,

The page currently features links to Solidarity Center NYC, Moratorium NOW! Coalition (Detroit), and Wisconsin Bail Out The People Movement.

Protest groups named in the second NYT article include Code Pink, Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (originally founded in 1973 to free CP activist Angela Davis), Westboro Baptist Church, Stand Together Against Trump, U.S. Palestinian Community Network, and 'Everything She Says Means Everything'.

Finally, I will draw attention to this piece: Dem strategy to counter GOP convention leaked

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has allocated an $806,650 budget for its counter-events and tactics, according to documents posted online by an individual calling themselves “Guccifer 2.0.”

The hacker, who recently leaked the DNC's opposition file on Trump, also posted what appears to be a donor spreadsheet of more than 17,000 names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, event names and dollar figures marked “Amount.” A sampling of phone numbers tested appeared to accurately match voicemails of the listed names.

1 posted on 07/17/2016 4:28:50 PM PDT by Fedora
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

Ping.


2 posted on 07/17/2016 4:34:38 PM PDT by Fedora
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To: piasa

Ping.


3 posted on 07/17/2016 4:35:01 PM PDT by Fedora
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To: Fedora

These malcontents are major players in the DEMOCRAT PARTY. President John F. Kennedy would roll over in his grave if he saw this.


4 posted on 07/17/2016 4:42:42 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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To: Fedora

On Judge Jeanine show.. re: Cleveland protests
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1lVCenTjFM


6 posted on 07/17/2016 4:48:57 PM PDT by tflabo (truth or tyrrany)
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To: stars & stripes forever

He was way too liberal for me, but he was a patriot, you’re right.

I suggest FReepers dont shed their blood in Cleveland.

It will be unorganized chaos.

We will need you more if God forbd, Trump doesn’t win, and maybe if he DOES win!


7 posted on 07/17/2016 4:50:04 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: Fedora

I’m sorry, but Cleveland is absolutely the worst place to hold the RNC convention. I would have loved for the convention to be held in Anchorage, AK. That would have stopped the protesters cold.


8 posted on 07/17/2016 4:59:52 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Moderate Muslims are the fans cheering for blood during a hockey game)
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To: tflabo

Thanks for the link!


9 posted on 07/17/2016 5:13:54 PM PDT by Fedora
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To: Fedora

I’m going to go on record as saying that Cleveland is going to be a bust for protestors.

Between the police, who are ready to process a 1,000 arrests each day, and the motorcycle guys, the protestors are going to generally behave themselves.

The big news is going to be the lack of big news of riots and violent protesters.

And Kendal Unruh will be stuffed in a seat way away for the main stage.


10 posted on 07/17/2016 5:14:03 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: Balding_Eagle

Let’s hope you’re right. It may be that the Democrats end up having bigger problems from the Bernie supporters in Philadelphia. In any case, it’s useful to keep an eye on who’s organizing these protests.


11 posted on 07/17/2016 5:17:28 PM PDT by Fedora
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

I just returned from Anchorage 3 weeks ago. Mid afternoon it was close to 90.

Today at 4:12pm, it was 73.

That said, I think your right because of the distance to Anchorage. My guess is that Anchorage will never have a convention because it has too few Hotel Rooms or cops for that matter.


12 posted on 07/17/2016 5:19:22 PM PDT by Cen-Tejas (it's the debt bomb stupid)
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To: Fedora

I hope Cleveland has it set up to only accept cash bonds and have all their tasers fully charged.


13 posted on 07/17/2016 5:36:12 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (The Mofia is a private crime family; whereas, the DOJ is the gov't's political crime family.)
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To: TrumpTrain_VS_TheClintonToilet

“The scoops are coming! The scoops are coming!”-Soylent Green


14 posted on 07/17/2016 5:42:38 PM PDT by Exeter
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What the Slimes fails to report is that BLM and Co predicted 10,000 protestors, and only got hundreds. They also did not carry, at this time at least, as threatened. They did some big talking, but talk's cheap. We'll see.
15 posted on 07/17/2016 6:35:04 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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Traffic controls are already in place so that miscreants cannot make things worse. Drove through there tonight, everything is in place for Game Time.

Outsiders who underestimate Cleveland will be sadly disappointed.

16 posted on 07/17/2016 6:42:01 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: hinckley buzzard

I think that BLM is about done. We’ll see in Cleveland.


17 posted on 07/17/2016 7:09:59 PM PDT by buffaloguy
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To: hinckley buzzard
Outsiders who underestimate Cleveland will be sadly disappointed.

what do you mean by that?

18 posted on 07/17/2016 7:13:30 PM PDT by uncitizen (Gloves OFF! Go Trump!)
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To: Balding_Eagle; All


19 posted on 07/17/2016 7:37:17 PM PDT by freepersup (Trump is exposing the Fifth Column in the US!)
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To: Balding_Eagle

Colorado’s delegation is seated to the far rear right. LOL. Get some!


20 posted on 07/17/2016 7:38:48 PM PDT by freepersup (Trump is exposing the Fifth Column in the US!)
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