New York lockdown [Long, with details of riot plans]

The Guardian [UK] ^ | August 11, 2004 | Michelle Goldberg

[aculeus]

While anti-Bush activists in New York are adopting new techniques to try and disrupt the Republican party convention later this month, the police have got some new strategies of their own, writes Michelle Goldberg

If you're a delegate attending the Republican national convention at Madison Square Garden later this month, Jamie Moran knows where you're staying. He knows where you're eating and what Broadway musical you plan on seeing. For the past nine months, Moran has been living off savings earned as an office manager at a nonprofit and working full-time to disrupt the RNC.

His small anarchist collective, RNCNotWelcome.org, runs a snitch line and an email account where disgruntled employees of New York hotels, the Garden and the Republican party itself can pass on information about conventioneers. So far, the collective has received dozens of phone calls and hundreds of emails with inside dirt on GOP activities.

Recently, a woman with a polished, middle-aged sounding voice left a message saying, "For some God-unknown reason I'm on the Republican mailing list, and they sent me what they call a list of their inner-circle events." The events hadn't been publicised elsewhere, she said, and she wanted to fax the list to Moran.

Moran feeds information like this to a cadre of activists desperate to unleash four years' worth of anger at the Bush administration. By dogging the delegates wherever they go, RNC Not Welcome hopes to make the Republicans' lives hell for as long as they're in New York.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Head's up.

[Hildy]

Yea, that'll play well in the midwest.

[1066AD]

not knowing is inherent in his anarchist model, which relies on decentralised cells or "affinity groups" of five to 20 people who dream up and carry out autonomous actions. When larger numbers are called for, affinity groups temporarily team up, forming larger units called "clusters," and then disband when the deed is done.

I guess Al Qaeda is one of his "affinity models", sounds like it to me.

[Dont Mention the War]

Jamie Moron is truly delusional if he thinks he hasn't been under continuous surveillence by the FBI for months now, including wiretaps. I doubt he'll make it through the first day of the convention before ending up in federal custody. Neither will most of the other "activists." By the way, notice that the article is a reprint from Salon.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

The Social War is coming. Will it start this month????

[finnman69]

What a scumbag

[Khurkris]

Good post, thanks.

It truly shows how self-absorbed this group is. And also how well organized this has become. These are professional protestors with little to no concern for laws, property or life in their anarchistic pursuits.

Also, this prompts a question.

Hey LEO's...R.I.C.O. statutes?

This was used in the infamous Chicago 7 trials. Crossing state lines with intent to engage in criminal acts.

[Charlespg]

nothing that some cannister shot would not cure

[MOgirl]

...living off savings from an office management job at a "non-profit", huh? Interesting. Wonder which one?

Glad to be here, MOgirl

[CindyDawg]

I wonder what kind of surprise GB has for us. He seems to stay one step ahead of the bad guys.

[RippleFire]

bump

[francisurquhart]

They're taking "tips" from insiders? Hmmm? Well, here's their phone number: 212-696-6450 It's a voice mail line. Why doesn't everyone give them a polite call and give them what you know about the Republican National Convention? They also solicit "comments" for their voicemail. It might be worthwhile to, say, leave Lincoln's entire Second Inaugural Address on their voicemail.

[francisurquhart]

I wonder if he's the same "Jamie Moran" who ran a workshop on "Advanced Issues in Gay Male Dating" last May?

http://www.harveymilk.org/Workshops/Relationships/

[MOgirl]

Then his rioting and mayhem will be neat, orderly and done with style.

Queer Eye for the Anarchist Guy, I guess!

[bitt]

'chaining their arms together inside metal tubes, creating what's called a sleeping dragon. "You lock your arms in," he says. "When the cops come, they have to saw through these steel tubes. You get 30 people and you lock down a street for six hours.'

yeah, that will work. 'oooh, it's a dragon! better hit it with this taser! ooohhh, water hoses make dragons roll down the street..."

what kind of crazy people do things like this?

it's not as thought there were a draft that was going to snark them away to VN, and you would think they would rather protest against the terrorists that killed 3000 people than the President that tries to protect them...

[cyborg]

[jla]

fyi

[weegee]

Don't buy it when the left say that attempts to squash the anarchists are "anti-free speech". The anarchists mean to prevent the Republicans first amendment right to peaceful assembly.

The anarchists' rights DO NOT trump the Republicans and they are against our constitutional form of government. They hide behind the same Constitution that they seek to overthrow.