Pittsburgh Benefit for the RNC8 on Sat. 5/9

Infoshop News April 28, 2009

We will be heard! RNC8 fundraiser in Pittsburgh on Saturday May 9th with music, food, and info about how this case could affect you and the projects you work on.


The Friends of RNC8 will be having a fundraiser on Saturday, May 9 from 7:00 PM until 10:00 PM at the Friends Meeting House, 4836 Ellsworth Avenue in Shadyside/Oakland. We will have an exhibit of photos and footage of the events of the RNC protests, speakers who will talk about what happened and the latest developments in the case, and live music by the Breakaway Marching Band, Pittsburgh's radical marching band. We will also have food and drink. One reason for the event is to raise funds for the RNC 8 legal defense so we are asking for whatever donation you can afford. But an equally important purpose is to publicize the events of the protests and to highlight how this case could affect us all. Because it's easier to keep them out than to get them out!


The RNC8 are the eight activists who were arrested in the days leading up to the Republican National Convention and are now being charged with conspiracy to commit riot and conspiracy to commit criminal damage to property damage . These 8 people have been targeted with these baseless charges because of their anti-authoritarian politics and their involvement RNC 2008 resistance group, the Welcoming Committee. For much more information on the case or to make a donation go to www.RNC8.org