Unconventional Action

Unconventional Action

Unconventional Action is an anarchist and anti-authoritarian organization formed in the United States with the purposes of engaging in direct action in opposition to the 2008 Democratic and Republican National Conventions.cite news|title=The pinstripe brigade lines up to defend convention scofflaws|work=Minneapolis Star-Tribune |date=Aug 30, 2007] It was structured as an emerging network. Police documents alleging to be based on informants' information claimed that the organization hosted with the RNC Welcoming Committee an "action camp" from July 31-Aug. 3, 2008, at Lake Geneva in Minnesota, which was attended by approximately 50 individuals. According to one of the informants, a raised platform stage labeled "Xcel Center" was the primary target of the training.Cite news|title=Search warrant filing details anarchists’ RNC disruption plans |author=Associated Press |work=Boston Herald |url=http://news.bostonherald.com/news/national/politics/2008/view/2008_09_03_Search_warrant_filing_details_anarchists__RNC_disruption_plans/srvc=home&position=recent |date=September 3, 2008] Ahead of the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, Unconventional Action members had their cars searched by police near their convention centre.cite web|title=Beijing and Denver: Separated at birth? |first=Linda |last=LeTendre
date=August 29, 2008 |url=http://www.dailygazette.com/weblogs/letendre/2008/aug/29/beijing-and-denver-separated-birth/ |work=Waking Peace |publisher="Daily Gazette"] In Denver, Unconventional Action manifested itself under the umbrella group Recreate68 as Unconventional Denver, "a local coordinating group for a national network of anarchists that [was] planning to disrupt the convention", in the words of the "New American".cite news|url=http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/election/259-recreating-riots |title=Recreating Riots |first=William F. |last=Jasper |date=September 1, 2008 |accessdate=2008-09-24 |work=New American]

Ben Yager, who helped lead Unconventional Denver, asserted that its goal was to blockade the delegates to the Democratic National Convention, thereby preventing them from getting to their hotels.Cite news|title=City maps plan for protest permits|first=David |last=Montero |work=Rocky Mountain News |date=February 21, 2008 |accessdate=2008-09-24 |url=http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/Feb/21/city-maps-plan-for-protest-permits ] Unconventional Action were supported by CrimethInc. groups, who distributed the organizations plans ahead of the conventions.cite web|url=http://www.crimethinc.com/blog/2007/12/15/crimethinc-groups-endorse-rnc-strategy/#more-173 |title=CrimethInc. Groups Endorse RNC Strategy |work=CrimethInc. Far East Blog |publisher=CrimethInc. |author=ret marut |accessdate=2008-09-24]

Related topics

*2008 Republican National Convention#Protest

References

External links

* [http://www.unconventionalaction.org/ UnconventionalAction.org]


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