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Not-so-big tent: RNC host committee pushed for cancellation of Ron Paul, Rage Against the Machine events

By Steve Perry | 09.12.08 | 11:57 am

Here’s a behind-the-scenes postscript about the lengths to which the planners of the Republican National Convention went to ensure the appearance of a discord-free GOP: They tried to scuttle Ron Paul’s counter-convention across the river in Minneapolis, and the next night’s Rage Against the Machine concert as well.

Anti-Flag Q&A: Police at Ripple Effect “dangerous”

By Peter S. Scholtes | 09.05.08 | 8:03 am

Radical punk band Anti-Flag headlined the Ripple Effect Tuesday at the St. Paul Capitol Grounds, where Rage Against the Machine were physically barred by police from taking the stage to perform a surprise set. Rage performed two songs…

Rage in the streets: Concert-goers peaceful, 102 arrested

By Andy Birkey | 09.04.08 | 6:30 am

Hundreds of police (and dozens of media personnel) greeted concert-goers as they left the Rage Against the Machine concert at the Target Center in Minneapolis. No violence or property damage was observed, but 102 people were arrested for “blocking…

RNC Day Two Diary (Part II): Armies of the night

By Jeff Severns Guntzel | 09.03.08 | 9:16 am


Continued from part I.
Leaving the Xcel Center, I walk outside and search for whatever gate will spit me out of the security zone the closest to the State Capitol. Riot police are shadowing a march organized…