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The importance of unconventional actions

noDNCRNC Four years ago, between 500,000 and 800,000 people mobilized in New York City to protest the Republican National Convention. This year during the last week of August (the 25th-28th), and the first week of September (the 1st-4th), the 2008 Democratic and Republican National Conventions will meet again, and like four years ago, will be opposed.

This year, anti-authoritarian groups are organizing under the name “Unconventional Action” and "Bash Back" to nationally mobilize direct action during the DNC in Denver and the RNC in St. Paul. The Unconventional Action network, made up of autonomous groups in cities across the country, including Rochester (and Upstate, NY), unify under the following principles:

∑ Reject all forms of hierarchy including capitalism, party communism, patriarchy, white supremacy, colonialism, and so-called representational politics;
∑ Organize on a non-hierarchical, consensus-based basis that promotes autonomy, solidarity, grass-roots involvement, and the agency of those most affected by each decision
∑ Embrace a diversity of tactics
∑ Do not condemn any action on the grounds that it is illegal alone.

Additional Information: Unconventional Action | Unconventional Action - Rochester | Upstate Uprise Unconventional Action Faction | RNC Welcoming Committee | DNC Disruption '08 | Recreate '68 | Crash the Conventions | Obama Is Hot, Empire is Not!

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