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New York Times on Snitch, Ex-Activist Brandon Darby

"Mr. Darby would not provide details about his undercover activities, but said he had also worked as an informant in cases not involving the convention."
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"He wore recording devices at times, including a transmitter embedded in his belt during the convention."

January 5, 2009
Activist Unmasks Himself as Federal Informant in G.O.P. Convention Case
By COLIN MOYNIHAN
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/05/us/05informant.html

International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinians and the Greek Anarchists and Anti-Authoritarian Activists

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An International Day of Solidarity is being called for January 23, 2009, for the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the Greek Anarchists and other anti-authoritarian activists in Greece. There are many overlaps between these two struggles, and those similarities are explored below. The date of the demonstration is to also commemorate the anniversary of the Riots in the Warsaw Ghetto in Poland, during the period of Nazi Germany (1943), where 70,000 Jewish people took this city back, and held it for a long time before the Germans took over.

Protesters Occupy Klobuchar's Office (from Twin Cities Daily Planet)

http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/article/2009/01/01/protesters-occupy-klobuc...
By Nekessa Opoti , TC Daily Planet
January 01, 2009

A group of about 40 protesters on Tuesday afternoon took over Senator Amy Klobuchar’s Minneapolis office, demanding that the Senator take a stand against the recent Israeli attacks on Gaza. After two hours, they got a meeting with Senator Klobuchar.

SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE OF GAZA AND PALESTINE!

SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE OF GAZA AND PALESTINE!!!

On Cornyn Who Wants To Filibuster Franken's Seating in the US Senate

John Cornyn who represents Texas in the US Senate has said he will filibuster the seating of Al Franken

In John Cornyn's Texas in Nov of 2008 were more reports of voteflipping
machines recording Democrat votes as Republican than in any other state.

Cornyn is the warmonger who helped Dick Cheney in Rolling Rock, Pennsylvania slaughter 400 cage raised
birds in 1 day, birds released directly in nets in front of them. Even as brutal canned hunts go, this stood out.

God remove now the fraudulently elected Cornyn now from

Sit-in at senator's office demands end to attacks on Gaza

Sit in at Senator Klobuchar’s office, December 30, 2008.

By staff, fightbacknews.org

Minneapolis, MN - 200 Palestinian Americans, anti-zionist Jews and peace activists protested outside of Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar’s office, Dec. 30, to demand an end to U.S. support for Israel’s attacks on Gaza. Over 400 people have died and over 1700 Palestinians have been injured in Gaza from Israeli bombing attacks.

Brandon Darby of Common Ground is an FBI Snitch.

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Brandon Darby of Common Ground is an FBI Snitch.

http://news.infoshop.org/article.php?story=20081231114519856

He’s snitch on many including many at the Pre-RNC groups.

I know many of us know him from his work at Common Ground in N.O.
If Malik Rahim of all people will not disown him, then Common Ground it the enemy too.

Sometimes You Wake Up and It's Different: Statement on Brandon Darby, the 'Unnamed' Informant/Provocateur in the "Texas 2" Case

Dear friends and allies,

Below is a statement by a group of Austin-based community organizers that documents that a local activist, Brandon Michael Darby of Austin, is a government informant/provocateur.

Brandon now publicly acknowledges that he is working with the FBI and has been for some time.

Sometimes You Wake Up and It's Different: Statement on Brandon Darby, the 'Unnamed' Informant/Provocateur in the "Texas 2" Case from Austin, Texas