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Bridge Blockade At the RNC More at http://www.theuptake.org. rotesters were prevented from marching on the Xcel Energy Center on the evening of John McCain's Republican Nomination acceptance speech by a growing mass of police in St. Paul, Minnesota today. The Uptake's Corrine McDermid was there on the ground documenting the tension, the frustration, and the spirit of those protesters. Tags:[2008conventions][2008election][corrinemcdermid][protesters][republicannationalconvent][rnc][rnc08][theuptake][uptake] |
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TPMtv: Sarah Palin Lovefest Your Daily Politics Video Blog: We wrap up reaction to Sarah Palin's speech at the Republican Convention, in the most patriotic episode of TPMtv ever. Tags:[][politics][video][blog][sarah][palin][vp][veep][vice][president][rnc][republican][convention] |
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Lip Service Or Real Help For Homeless Vets? More at http://www.theuptake.org. The system that cares for America's Veterans is strained and breaking. There's been an increase in the number of homeless veterans following the Desert Storm and Iraq wars. Normally homeless people are helped by State and County governments, but veterans are supposed to be helped by the Federal government through the Veterans Administration. Over the last several budgets, the VA has been under funded. More than one-half of the VA facilities do not offer counseling for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). A large majority of facilities that do offer PTSD counseling can't handle the caseload, which is unfortunate since many suicides among veterans have been attributed to untreated PTSD. Against that backdrop, advocacy groups are meeting with politicians from both parties at the RNC and the DNC. In this video The UpTake's Noah Kunin reports that Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons came to the vets events, but refused to talk about what he is doing on veterans issues. Gibbons has been given low marks by many veterans advocacy groups. Tags:[2008conventions][2008election][gibbons][homeless][republicannationalconvent][rnc][rnc08][theuptake][uptake][veterans] |
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Hillary Supporters for John McCain More at http://www.theuptake.org. Citizens for McCain, a group of former Hillary Clinton supporters who now back John McCain, gave a press conference at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, MN. Many supporters switched allegiance because of a perceived lack of response from the Democratic Party on the sexism in the media towards Clinton during the election cycle. One such supporter, Jennifer Lee of California, had an interesting moment when asked why she now supported McCain. Tags:[2008conventions][2008election][clinton][mccain][republicannationalconvent][rnc][rnc08][theuptake][uptake] |
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TPMtv: The Rise and Fall of The GOP Your Daily Politics Video Blog: Generational election? Political sea change? After a few days in St. Paul, TPMtv's David Kurtz is beginning to be convinced. Tags:[][video][politics][blog][gop][republican][party][delay][santorum][lowry][conservatism][money][infrastructure] |
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RNC Day 1: Mostly Peaceful More at http://www.theuptake.org. Independent media have given a lot of coverage to the confrontations between police, demonstrators, and - well - independent media. The UpTake now has proof that creative, peaceful people were in fact spotted in downtown St. Paul on the first day of the RNC; an estimated 10,000 of them in fact. Here's a little taste. Tags:[2008conventions][2008election][protest][republicannationalconvent][rnc][rnc08][theuptake][uptake] |
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Trapped Between Police, Protestors And Pyrotechnics More at http://www.theuptake.org. Outside the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, UpTake Journalists Corrine McDermid and Oliver Dykstra find themselves caught between police and protesters when there are suddenly explosions. Video edited by Michael McIntee. Tags:[2008conventions][2008elections][police][protest][raid][republicannationalconvent][rnc][rnc08][theuptake][uptake] |
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RNC: Cop Attacked More at http://www.theuptake.org. The UpTake captured video of a St. Paul police officer dragging a "black bloc" protester away from a bus, only to get tackled from behind. The officer sprayed a chemical agent all around him but ultimately lost the suspect and called for backup. Video by Corey Becker. Tags:[2008conventions][2008election][police][protest][raid][republicannationalconvent][rnc][rnc08][theuptake][uptake] |
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"We've Been Arrested" - Adventures In Reporting At The RNC More at http://www.theuptake.org. Outside the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, UpTake Journalists Corrine McDermid and Oliver Dykstra are swept up in a massive poice arrest. Video edited by Michael McIntee Tags:[2008conventions][2008election][police][protest][raid][republicannationalconvent][rnc][rnc08][theuptake][uptake] |
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TPMtv: GAMECHANGER? Your Daily Politics Video Blog: Sarah Palin has managed to dominate the news -- and the buzz here in St. Paul -- despite Obama's speech to 75,000 in Denver, a Gulf Coast hurricane and the Republican National Convention. We review the various reactions to the Palin selection from the Republican side. Tags:[][politics][video][blog][rnc][republican][national][convention][sarah][palin][vp][vice][president] |
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Scenes from the RNC Free Speech Zone More at http://www.theuptake.org. September 1, 2008. The RNC Free Speech Zone is about two blocks from the convention site. A large anti-war march wound through the streets to a triangle of land with about 50-100 counter-protesters. The two sides were up close and personal for about one city block. The path then led the march back through a series of tall, cage-like metal barricades and back out of downtown away from the convention. Police in riot gear were on scene the entire time. This is what roughly 10,000 people experienced in the streets of St. Paul while the police and other smaller groups clashed across downtown. Video by Chuck Tomlinson Tags:[2008conventions][2008election][police][protest][raid][republicannationalconvent][rnc][rnc08][theuptake][uptake] |
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McCain Refuses to Meet with Iraq Veterans Against War More at http://www.theuptake.org. Iraq Veterans Against the War marched towards the convention center at the RNC in St. Paul today with the goal of presenting Senator John McCain with a list of demands about the Iraq Occupation. While the veterans had no problem gaining access to Senator Obama, Senator McCain refused to meet with the group. The UpTake's Chuck Olsen reports. Tags:[2008conventions][2008election][iraqveteransagainsthtewar][protest][republicannationalconvent][rnc][rnc08][theuptake][uptake] |
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TPMtv: RNC Arrival Your Daily Politics Video Blog: Hurricane Gustav has thrown at least the first day of the Republican Convention into disarray. We report from St. Paul with the latest. Tags:[][politics][video][blog][rnc][republican][national][convention][mccain][hurricane][gustav][bush][minneapolis] |
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RNC Eve: Police Seize Sustainable Living Bus More at http://www.theuptake.org. Delyla Wilson tours the country with her family in the "PermiBus," a mobile permaculture demonstration. The group is in the Twin Cities to teach people about sustainable living practices. On the evening of Saturday, Aug. 30, 2008 the bus was pulled over in what police eventually described as a routine traffic stop. After detaining the bus occupants, the police decided the bus was a commercial vehicle and impounded it for inspection, leaving the family and their guests stranded and homeless. The police allowed the Wilsons to remove their dogs and chickens, but were not allowed to retrieve their computers or any other belongings, including their daughter's shoes. This incident ended a day that saw multiple pre-RNC raids, which some legal observers believe is a coordinated pre-emptive effort by local and national law enforcement agencies to chill RNC protest action. Video by Chuck Olsen of The UpTake: http://theuptake.org Photos by Tony Webster, used with permission: http://www.tonywebster.com/ Tags:[2008conventions][2008election][permaculture][police][protest][raid][republicannationalconvent][rnc][rnc08][theuptake][uptake] |
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RNC Eve: Let The Raids Begin! This is video from the first of a series of raids Ramsey County Sherrifs deputies carried out on groups, people and locations related to plans to protest the Republican National Convention. This raid happened at 10pm on Friday night and Wyoming and Smith in St. Paul. The pattern of detaining, searching and then releasing large numbers of people would be followed in the several raids that followed on Saturday. Tags:[conventions2008][minnesota][mn][police][raid][rnc][rnc08][stpaul][uptake] |
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Inside the raided "RNC Welcoming Committee" center More at http://www.theuptake.org. Why did the Ramsey County Sheriff's Office raid a quiet musical performance at a rented theater and then search everyone? It's the eve of the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, and that has everything to do with it. Noah Kunin takes us inside the building that the police raided Friday night and shows us what they did, or didn't find. This was streamed live from a cell phone camera, hence the video quality. Tags:[2008conventions][2008election][police][protest][raid][republicannationalconvent][rnc][rnc08][theuptake][uptake] |
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RNC Eve: "Police Are Acting Like Nazis"M More at http://www.theuptake.org. Michelle Gross of Communities Against Police Brutality was the victim of a burglary...and she's hinting strongly that she thinks someone from the government did it. She and her husband were detained by police in St. Paul on Fri. 8/29/08 while attending an organizing meeting of activists protesting the RNC in the Twin Cities. They were not arrested, and eventually released. However, they returned home to find their garage and car had been burglarized. Nothing was taken, but documents and belongings had been searched. Interviewed at a gathering in Powderhorn Park on 8/30/08. Tags:[2008conventions][2008election][police][protest][raid][republicannationalconvent][rnc][rnc08][theuptake][uptake] |
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Activists Laugh At Sheriff's "Criminal Enterprise" ... More at http://www.theuptake.org. Jordan Kushner of the National Lawyers Guild reading a statement from the Ramsey County Sheriff's office regarding the RNC Welcoming Committee raid of 8/29/08. He read the statement to a gathering of activists in Powderhorn Park on Sat. 8/30/08 after several more raids took place that same morning. Tags:[2008conventions][2008election][police][protest][raid][republicannationalconvent][rnc][rnc08][theuptake][uptake] |
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RNC Activists Laugh At "Criminal Enterprise" Accusation Jordan Kushner of the National Lawyers Guild reading a statement from the Ramsey County Sheriff's office regarding the RNC Welcoming Committee raid of 8/29/08. He read the statement to a gathering of activists in Powderhorn Park on Sat. 8/30/08 after several more raids took place that same morning. Tags:[jordan][kushner][minneapolis][paul][police][raid][rnc][saint][uptake] |
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Police Detain Journalists More at http://www.theuptake.org. Sat. Aug 30, 2008. Saint Paul, MN Police Department raids a home at 591 Iglehart Avenue at gunpoint. The journalists include a contributing photojournalist with "Democracy Now", whose host Amy Goodman appears in this clip jumping a fence to question police officers. This is part of a series of police actions on the eve of the Republican National Convention in St. Paul. After several hours, all those detained were released. No arrests. No property was seized as result of the search warrant. The clip ends with an interview with homeowner Mike Whalen. At the start of the clip, a neighbor shouts to the media and onlookers that we could all come into her backyard to see the detained people held in the adjacent backyard. Video by Chuck Tomlinson Tags:[2008conventions][2008election][police][protest][raid][republicannationalconvent][rnc][rnc08][theuptake][uptake] |